Ukrainians

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Ukrainians

Українці
Total population
c. 46 million[1]
Regions with significant populations
Ukraine 37,541,700 (2001)[2]
Russia	1,864,000 (2023)
Poland	1,651,918 (2023)[3]
Canada	1,359,655 (2016)[4]
Germany	1,125,000 (2023)[5]
United States	1,028,492 (2016)[6]
Brazil	600,000–1,500,000 (2015)[7]
Czech Republic	636,282 (2023)[8]
Italy	347,183 (2023)[9]
Kazakhstan	387,000 (2021)[10]
Argentina	305,000 (2007)[11][12]
Spain	264,528 (2023)[13]
Romania	251,923 (2023)[14][15]
Slovakia	228,637 (2023)[16][17]
Moldova	181,035 (2014)[18][19]
Belarus	159,656 (2019)[1]
Uzbekistan	124,602 (2015)[10]
France	106,697 (2017)[20][21]
Netherlands	98,010 (2023)[22]
Turkey	95,000 (2022)[23][24]
Latvia	50,699 (2018)[25]
Portugal	45,051 (2015)[10]
Australia	38,791 (2014)[26][27]
Greece	32,000 (2016)[28]
Israel	30,000–90,000 (2016)[29]
United Kingdom	23,414 (2015)[10]
Estonia	23,183 (2017)[30]
Georgia	22,263 (2015)[10]
Azerbaijan	21,509 (2009)[31]
Kyrgyzstan	12,691 (2016)[32]
Lithuania	12,248 (2015)[10]
Denmark	12,144 (2018)[33]
Paraguay	12,000–40,000 (2014)[34][35]
Austria	12,000 (2016)[36]
United Arab Emirates	11,145 (2017)[37]
Sweden	11,069 (2019)[38]
Hungary	10,996 (2016)[39]
Uruguay	10,000–15,000 (1990)[40][41]
Switzerland	6,681 (2017)[42]
Finland	5,000 (2016)[43]
Jordan	5,000 (2016)[44]
Languages
Ukrainian,[45] Ukrainian Sign Language[46]
Religion
Majority Eastern Orthodoxy with Catholicism (Ukrainian Greek Catholicism and Latin Catholicism) minority
Related ethnic groups
Other East Slavs Especially Russians, Belarusians, Cossacks, Rusyns, Poleshuks, and Podlashuks

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The Ukrainians (Ukrainian: українці, romanized: ukraintsi, pronounced [ʊkrɐˈjinʲts⁽ʲ⁾i])^[47] are an East Slavic ethnic group native to the country of Ukraine, who share a common ancestry, culture, and history. Their native tongue is Ukrainian, and they mostly adhere to the Eastern Orthodox Church. Many Ukrainians are also fluent in Russian and/or use it as their native tongue.^[48] By total population, the Ukrainians form the second-largest Slavic ethnic group after the Russians.^[1]

Historically under rule from various realms, the Ukrainians have been given various names by the rulers.^[49] Within in the territories Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Habsburg monarchy, the Austrian Empire, and then Austria-Hungary, the East Slavic population inhabiting the territories of modern-day Ukraine were known as Ruthenians, referring to the territory of Ruthenia; the Ukrainians living under the Russian Empire were known as Little Russians, named after the territory of Little Russia.^[50]

The ethnonym Ukrainian, a term associated with the Cossack Hetmanate, was adopted following the Ukrainian national revival.^[51] Their affinity with the Cossacks is frequently emphasized, for example in the Ukrainian national anthem.^[52] Citizens of Ukraine are also called Ukrainians regardless of their ethnic origin.^[48]