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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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