Moldovans: Ethnic group
Moldovans, sometimes referred as Moldavians (Romanian: moldoveni , Moldovan Cyrillic: молдовень), are the largest ethnic group of the Republic of Moldova (75.1% of the population as of 2014) and a significant minority in Ukraine and Russia.
moldoveni, молдовень | |
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 Map of the Moldovan diaspora | |
| Total population | |
| c. 2.9 million | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Moldova 2,245,693(including 177,635 Moldovans from Transnistria) | |
| Other countries | |
 Ukraine | 258,619 |
 Romania | 161,846 |
 Russia | 156,400 |
 Italy | 142,583 |
 Spain | 17,426 |
 Kazakhstan | 14,245 |
 Portugal | 13,586 |
 France | 13,000 |
 Greece | 9,920 |
 Canada | 8,050 |
 United States | 7,859 |
 Czech Republic | 5,260 |
 Poland | 5,117[source?] |
 Belarus | 3,465 |
 United Kingdom | 3,417 |
 Latvia | 2,284 |
| Languages | |
| Romanian | |
| Religion | |
| Primarily Orthodox Christianity (with small Catholic and Evangelical minorities) | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Romanians, other Eastern Romance peoples | |
This article refers to the mostly Moldovan/Romanian language-speaking population native to the Republic of Moldova, the historical Bessarabia, Transnistria and the diaspora originating from these regions, self-identified as Moldovans (another 7% of the population of Moldova self-identified as Romanians).
The variant Moldavians may also be 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 ethnic identity. In Romania, natives of Western Moldavia identifying with the term generally declare Romanian ethnicity, while the Moldovans from Bessarabia (the Republic of Moldova included) are usually called "Bessarabians" (Romanian: basarabeni).
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