Moldovans
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Moldovans, sometimes referred to as Moldavians (Romanian: moldoveni [moldoˈvenʲ], Moldovan Cyrillic: молдовень), are a Romanian-speaking ethnic group and the largest ethnic group of the Republic of Moldova (75.1% of the population as of 2014) and a significant minority in Romania, Italy, Ukraine and Russia. There is an ongoing controversy, in part involving the linguistic definition of ethnicity, over whether Moldovans' self-identification constitutes an ethnic group distinct and separate from Romanians, or a subset. The extent of self-identification as Romanians in the Republic of Moldova varies (2.1% of the population self-identified as Romanians in 2004 and 7% self-identified as Romanians in 2014).
Moldoveni | |
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Total population | |
c. 2.9 million[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Moldova 2,023,069 (including 135,957 Moldovans from Transnistria)[2] | |
Other countries | |
Ukraine | 258,619[3] |
Romania | 161,846[4] |
Russia | 77,509[5][6] |
Italy | 188,923[7] |
Germany | 139,000[8] |
Poland | 37,338[9] |
France | 26,300[10][11] |
Spain | 17,426[12] |
Kazakhstan | 14,245[13] |
Portugal | 13,586[14] |
Turkey | 13,472[15] |
Greece | 9,920[16] |
Canada | 8,050[17] |
United States | 7,859[18] |
Czech Republic | 5,260[19] |
Belarus | 3,465[20] |
United Kingdom | 3,417[21] |
Latvia | 2,284[22] |
Languages | |
Romanian Russian within post-soviet | |
Religion | |
Orthodox Christianity | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Romanians |
The variant Moldavians is also used to refer to all inhabitants of the territory of historical Principality of Moldavia, currently divided among Romania (47.5%), Moldova (30.5%) and Ukraine (22%), regardless of their ethnic identity. In Romania, natives of Western Moldavia identifying with the term generally declare Romanian ethnicity,[23] while the Moldovans from Bessarabia (the Republic of Moldova included) are usually called "Bessarabians" (Romanian: basarabeni).