Tatars

Tatars

татарлар, tatarlar
Total population
Volga Tatars: c. 6.4 – 6.6 million[1][2] Crimean Tatars: c. 500 thousand – 6.5 million[3][4][5] Siberian Tatars: c.100,000 – 200,000 Lipka Tatars: c. 10,000 – 15,000
Regions with significant populations
Russia	5,319,877 (excl. Crimea)[6]
Ukraine (mostly includes Crimean Tatars)	319,377 (incl. Crimea)[7]
Uzbekistan	Crimean Tatars: ~239,965[8]
Kazakhstan	108,987[9]
Turkey	159,000–6,900,000[3][4][5][10]
Afghanistan	100,000 (Estimate)[11]
Turkmenistan	900,874[12]
Kyrgyzstan	390,854[13]
Azerbaijan	600,000[14]
Romania (only includes Crimean Tatars)	~20,000[15]
United States	10,000[16]
Belarus	7,300[citation needed]
France	7,000[citation needed]
Lithuania (mostly includes Lipka Tatars of both, Crimean and Idel-Ural, origin)	2,800-3,200[17][18][19]
China	20,000[20]
Canada	56,000[21] (Includes those of mixed ancestry)
Poland	1,916[citation needed]
Bulgaria (mostly includes Crimean Tatars)	5,003[22]
Finland	600-700[23]
Japan	600-2000[24]
Australia	900+[25]
Czech Republic	300+[26]
Switzerland	1,045+[27]
Languages
Kipchak languages
Religion
Predominantly Sunni Islam with Eastern Orthodox minority
Related ethnic groups
Other Turkic peoples

The Tatars (/ˈtɑːtərz/; Tatar: татарлар, tatarlar, تاتارلر‎, Crimean Tatar: tatarlar; Old Turkic: