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Table 2. National minorities of Europe by population size (around 1990)

National minorities
Total number
1. Russians
15,120,000
2. Hungarians
3,663,000
3. Turks
3,000,000
4. Italians
2,600,000
5. Germans
2,445,000
6. Albanians
2,390,000
7. Irish
2,300,000
8. Poles
1,669,000
9. Ukrainians
1,528,000
10.Portugueses
1,030,000
11.Serbs
983,000
12.Spanish
953,000
13.Belarussians
860,000
14.French
670,000
15.Greeks
564,000
16.Rumanians, Moldavians, Vlachs
540,000

Sources: Geografichesky Entsiklopedichesky Slovar. Ponyatia i terminy. (Treshnikov, A.F. /ed./1988, Moscow, pp. 420-426., Census data: 1989 (USSR), 1992 (Rumania), 1991 (Yugoslavia, Croatia, Slovenia, Macedonia, Czechoslovakia), Britannica. Book of the Year 1991, London, pp. 758-761.

Remarks: The national minorities include "Gastarbeiters (migrant workers)" on the territory of Europe excluding Russia and Turkey. The state borders of 01.01.1993 are considered.

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