List of territorial entities where Russian is an official language

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Countries where Russian is an official language

Country Population 2010[1] Native Russian speakers Est. total speakers Status of Russian More info
Total Russian language
 Belarus 9,480,178 x x 2-nd state language Languages of Belarus
 Kazakhstan 17,736,896 x x official
 Kyrgyzstan 5,418,300 x 2-nd official Languages of Kyrgyzstan
 Russia 142,914,509 x x State language Languages of Russia
 Tajikistan 7,616,400 x x official inter-ethnic communication Languages of Tajikistan

Regions where Russian is an official language

Region Country Status Population Native Russian speakers Est. total speakers Status of Russian More info
 Abkhazia  Georgia De facto independent[2][3] x x Official Languages of Abkhazia
 South Ossetia  Georgia De facto independent[3][4] x x Official Languages of South Ossetia
 Transnistria  Moldova De facto independent x x Official Languages of Transnistria
 Gagauzia  Moldova Autonomous region x x Official Languages of Moldova
 Kherson Oblast  Ukraine Oblast x x Regional Languages of Ukraine
 Mykolaiv Oblast  Ukraine Oblast x x Regional Languages of Ukraine
 Odessa Oblast  Ukraine Oblast x x Regional Languages of Ukraine
 Kharkiv Oblast  Ukraine Oblast x x Regional Languages of Ukraine
 Dnipropetrovsk Oblast  Ukraine Oblast x x Regional Languages of Ukraine
 Republic of Crimea  Ukraine,  Russia (de facto) Partially recognized referendum x x Official Languages of Crimea
A number of municipalities in Tulcea and Constanța counties  Romania 18,946[5] x Local Languages of Romania
Russian Economic Zone in Spitsbergen  Norway x x Demographics of Svalbard

Organisations with Russian as an official language

Other

In addition to the above-mentioned countries in which Russian is an official language, there are several other countries where Russian, though not official, is spoken by a significant portion of the population, and is thus an important secondary language in these countries.[further explanation needed] These include:

References

  1. ↑ See: List of countries by population in 2010
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Abkhazia and South Ossetia are partially recognised independent states
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ 2011 Romanian census
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