Slovaks

Slovaks
Slováci

Total population
c. 6–7 million[1]
Regions with significant populations
Slovakia 4,567,547[2]
United States	797,764[3]
Czech Republic	116,817/191,818–400,000[4]
United Kingdom	85,000[5]
Canada	72,290[6]
Germany	62,235[7]
Serbia	52,750[8]
Austria	32,052[9]
Hungary	29,794[10]
France	23,000[11]
Brazil	17,200[12]
Romania	17,226[13]
Australia	12,000[14]
Ireland	10,801[15]
Ukraine	6,397[16]
Croatia	4,712[16]
Norway	4,000[16]
Belgium	4,000[16]
Italy	2,500–3,000[17]
Portugal	491[18]
Languages
Slovak
Religion
Majority Roman Catholics with Minorities of Lutherans, Eastern Catholics, other
Related ethnic groups
Pannonian Rusyns, other West Slavs (Czechs Moravians Chodové Silesians)

The Slovaks (Slovak: Slováci, singular: Slovák, feminine: Slovenka, plural: Slovenky) are a West Slavic ethnic group and nation native to Slovakia who share a common ancestry, culture, history and speak the Slovak language.

In Slovakia, c. 4.4 million are ethnic Slovaks of 5.4 million total population. There are Slovak minorities in many neighboring countries including Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia and Ukraine and sizeable populations of immigrants and their descendants in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, United Kingdom and the United States among others, which are collectively referred to as the Slovak diaspora.