World Ethnic Group – R

Ethnic Group: Rabai

Population: 114,000

Language(s): Rabai

Related Ethnic Group(s):
• Mijikenda
• Giriama
• Digo
• Chonyi
• Duruma
• Jibana
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Ethnic Group: Rabari

Population: 772,000

Language(s): Gujarati

Religion: Traditional Religion

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Ethnic Group: Rabha

Population: 374,000 (1993)

Language(s): Rabha, Assamese

Religion: Traditional Religion, Hinduism, Christian

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Ethnic Group: Rade

Population: 366,000

Language(s): Rade, Vietnamese

Religion: Christianity, Animism

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Ethnic Group: Raglai

Population: 122,245 (2009)

Language(s): Raglai, Vietnames

Related Ethnic Group(s):
• Cham

Religion: Traditional Religion, Christianity

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Photo By: Vietnam bikeventure, http://www.vietnambikeventure.com/blog/the-raglai-people/

Ethnic Group: Rahanweyn

Population: 2,068,000

Language(s): Maay, Somali

Related Ethnic Group(s):
• Dir
• Isaaq
• Hawiye

Religion: Sunni Islam

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Ethnic Group: Rai

Population: 635,751 (2001)

Language(s): Kiranti, Nepali

Religion: Shamanism, Kiranti Mundhum

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Ethnic Group: Raizal

Population: 70,000

Language(s): Spanish, San Andrés–Providencia Creole

Related Ethnic Group(s):
• Jamaican
• Afro-Colombian

Religion: Roman Catholic, Protestant

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Ethnic Group: Rajasthani

Population: 20,000,000

Language(s): Rajasthani language, Hindi-Urdu

Religion: Hinduism, Islam, Sikhism, Jainism, Buddhism, Zorastrianism, Judaism, Bahá'í, Christianity

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Ethnic Group: Raji

Population: 4,000

Language(s): Raji, Hindi, Nepali

Religion: Traditional Religion, Buddhism

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Ethnic Group: Rajput

Population: 120,000,000

Language(s): Hindi, Punjabi, Gujarati, Urdu, Maithili, Marwari

Religion: Hinduism, Sikhism, Islam

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Ethnic Group: Rakhine

Population: 3,361,000 (2010 estimate)

Language(s): Arakan, Burmese

Related Ethnic Group(s):
• Chakma
• Bamar

Religion: Theravada Buddhism

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Photo By: Darrell Chaddock, https://www.flickr.com/photos/59522351@N05/

Ethnic Group: Rakkaia

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Ethnic Group: Ralte

Population: 34,000 (Ethnologue)

Language(s): Ralte, Mizo

Religion: Christianity

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Ethnic Group: Rama

Population: 900 (2000 C. Grinevald)

Language(s): Spanish, Rama, Rama Cay Creole

Related Ethnic Group(s):
• Guna
• Miskito

Religion: Moravian

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Ethnic Group: Ramapough Mountain Indians

Population: 5,000

Language(s): English, Iroquoian languages, Munsee, Dutch

Related Ethnic Group(s):
• Lenape

Religion: Christianity, Native American Church

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Ethnic Group: Ramindjeri

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Ethnic Group: Ramona Band of Cahuilla

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Language(s): English, Cahuilla

Related Ethnic Group(s):
• Augustine Band of Cahuilla Indians
• Cahuilla Band of Mission Indians of the Cahuilla Reservation
• Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla and Cupeno Indians
• Cabazon Band of Mission Indians
• Torres-Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians

Religion: Traditional tribal, Christianity

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Ethnic Group: Rana

Population: 1,300

Language(s): Hindi

Religion: Hinduism

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Ethnic Group: Rangi

Population: 539,000

Language(s): Kilaangi

Religion: Islam

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Ethnic Group: Rapa Nui

Population: 5,000 (Kieviet 2016)

Language(s): Rapa Nui, Spanish

Related Ethnic Group(s):
• Tahitian

Religion: Roman Catholicism

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Photo By: Miguel A. G. Marvizon, https://www.instagram.com/rano_raraku_photo/

Ethnic Group: Rappahannock

Population: 500

Language(s): English, Algonquian

Related Ethnic Group(s):
• Mattaponi
• Chickahominy
• Monacan

Religion: Christianity

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Ethnic Group: Rashaida

Population: 14,131,700 (Ethnologue)

Language(s): Hejazi Arabic

Religion: Sunni Islam

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Ethnic Group: Ratagnon

Population: 2,000 (Ethnologue, 2007)

Language(s): Ratagnon (endangered)

Related Ethnic Group(s):
• Iraya
• Tadyawan
• Alangan
• Buhid (Mangyan)

Religion: Christianity

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Ethnic Group: Rathawa

Population: 451,000 (2006 IMB)

Language(s): Rathawi

Related Ethnic Group(s):
• Bhil

Religion: Hinduism

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Ethnic Group: Raute

Population: 650

Language(s): Raute, Nepali, Hindi

Religion: Traditional Religion

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Ethnic Group: Rawa

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Language(s): Malay, Minangkabau (Rawa Malay)

Related Ethnic Group(s):
• Malay
• Minangkabau

Religion: Christianity, Islam

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Ethnic Group: Rawang

Population: 100,650

Language(s): Rawang

Related Ethnic Group(s):
• Nu

Religion: Christianity

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Ethnic Group: Rawngtu

Population: 5,000 (Ethnologue 2008)

Language(s): Rawngtu Chin, Müün Chin, Burmese

Religion: Christianity

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Ethnic Group: Red Karen

Population: 115,000

Language(s): Eastern Kayah

Religion: Buddhist, Christian, Traditional Religion

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Ethnic Group: Reddi

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Language(s): Telugu

Religion: Hinduism

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Ethnic Group: Regeibat

Population: 111,000

Language(s): Hassaniya Arabic

Religion: Islam

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Ethnic Group: Rejangese

Population: 1,200,000

Language(s): Rejangese, Indonesian

Related Ethnic Group(s):
• Bidayuh (Dayak)

Religion: Christianity, Sunni Islam

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Ethnic Group: Rek

Population: 500,000 (estimate)

Language(s): Southwestern Dinka

Related Ethnic Group(s):
• Dinka

Religion: Christianity

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Ethnic Group: Rembarrnga

Population: 40

Language(s): Rembarunga, Kriol, Dalabon

Religion: Ethnic Religion

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Ethnic Group: Rendille

Population: 60,432 (2009)

Language(s): Rendille

Related Ethnic Group(s):
• Sakuye
• Gabra
• Borana Oromo (Boran)

Religion: Local Traditional, Christianity, Islam

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Photo By: Alena Hašková & Zdenek Hašek, http://www.fotogaleriehasek.cz/en/

Ethnic Group: Rengao

Population: 21,000

Language(s): Rengao, Vietnamese

Religion: Ethnic Religion

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Ethnic Group: Rengma Naga

Population: 53,500

Language(s): Southern Rengma, Northern Rengma

Related Ethnic Group(s):
• Ao Naga
• Angami Naga
• Chakhesang Naga
• Chang Naga
• Konyak Naga
• Liangmai Naga
• Lotha Naga
• Mao Naga
• Maram Naga
• Pochury Naga
• Phom Naga
• Poumai Naga

Religion: Animism, Christianity

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Ethnic Group: Rer Bare

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Language(s): Somali, Rer Bare (Extinct)

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Ethnic Group: Resighini Rancheria

Population: 31

Language(s): English, Yurok

Religion: Traditional Religion

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Ethnic Group: Reyesano

Population: 1,200

Language(s): Reyesano (nearly extinct), Quechua

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Ethnic Group: Riang

Population: 144,000 (Ethnologue)

Language(s): Riang

Religion: Christianity, Traditional Religion

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Ethnic Group: Riffian

Population: 1,400,000

Language(s): Riffian-Berber, Moroccan Arabic, French, Spanish

Related Ethnic Group(s):
• Chaoui
• Mozabite
• Sanhaja
• Tuareg

Religion: Sunni Islam, Christianity

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Ethnic Group: Rikbaktsa

Population: 1,120 (Crevels 2011)

Language(s): Portuguese, Rikbaktsa (dying language)

Religion: Animism

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Ethnic Group: Rincon Band of Luiseño Indians

Population: 525 (Tribal members)

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Ethnic Group: Ringaringa

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Ethnic Group: Ritarngo

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Ethnic Group: Rizeigat

Population: 345,000

Language(s): Sudanese Arabic

Related Ethnic Group(s):
• Baggara

Religion: Islam

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Ethnic Group: Rơ Măm

Population: 301

Language(s): Ro Mam

Religion: Traditional Religion

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Ethnic Group: Roanoke

Population: Extinct as a tribe

Language(s): Carolina Algonquian, English

Religion: Tribal Religion

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Ethnic Group: Rohingya

Population: 1,700,000

Language(s): Rohingya, Burmese, Rakhine, Bengali, Arakanese

Religion: Islam

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Ethnic Group: Rolong

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Ethnic Group: Romani

Population: 2,000,000 - 20,000,000

Language(s): Romani

Related Ethnic Group(s):
• Domba
• Dom

Religion: Christianity, Islam

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Photo By: Makis Siderakis, https://www.flickr.com/photos/8153468@N04/

Ethnic Group: Romani American

Population: 1,000,000

Language(s): American English, Romani

Religion: Roman Catholic, Protestant

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Ethnic Group: Romani Mexican

Population: 15,850

Language(s): Romani languages, Mexican Spanish

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• Romani American

Religion: Folk Religion, Roman Catholicism, Evangelical Protestantism

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Ethnic Group: Romanian

Population: 21,599,736 (CIA, July 2016 est.)

Language(s): Romanian

Related Ethnic Group(s):
• Occitan
• Italian
• Spaniard
• Portuguese

Religion: Orthodox Christian, Greek Catholic, Roman Catholic

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Photo By: Gheorghe Petrila, http://adevaruldespredaci.ro/

Ethnic Group: Romanian American

Population: 1,100,000 (Romanian American census, 2009)

Language(s): English, Romanian

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• Hungarian American

Religion: Romanian Orthodoxy Catholicism, Protestant, Romanian Greek Catholicism, Protestant, Judaism

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Photo By: Romanian American Society, https://www.facebook.com/RomanianAmericanSociety/

Ethnic Group: Romansh

Population: more than 75,000

Language(s): Romansh, Swiss German

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• Swiss

Religion: Christianity (Swiss Reformed, Roman Catholic)

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Ethnic Group: Romblomanon

Population: 94,000 (2011 SIL)

Language(s): Romblomanon, Bantoanon

Religion: Christianity

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Ethnic Group: Rongmei Naga

Population: 190,000

Language(s): Rongmei

Related Ethnic Group(s):
• Angami Naga
• Ao Naga
• Chakhesang Naga
• Chang Naga
• Lotha Naga
• Mao Naga
• Maram Naga
• Phom Naga
• Pochury Naga
• Poumai Naga
• Rengma Naga
• Rongmei Naga
• Sangtam Naga

Religion: Christianity

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Ethnic Group: Roro

Population: 20,000

Language(s): Waima

Religion: Christianity

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Ethnic Group: Rosebud Sioux

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Ethnic Group: Rotenese

Population: 180,000

Language(s): Rotenese, Indonesian

Related Ethnic Group(s):
• Helong
• Kemak
• Atoni

Religion: Christianity, Islam, Folk Religion

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Ethnic Group: Rotuman

Population: 10,000

Language(s): Rotuman, English

Related Ethnic Group(s):
• Fijian
• Tongan
• Samoan

Religion: Roman Catholicism, Methodism

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Photo By: Fiji Airways, https://discoverfiji.fijiairways.com/destinations/rotuma

Ethnic Group: Rufiji

Population: 536,000

Language(s): Rufiji

Religion: Islam

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Ethnic Group: Rukai

Population: 12,400

Language(s): Rukai, Mandarin

Related Ethnic Group(s):
• Amis
• Atayal
• Bunun
• Kuvalan (Kavalan)
• Paiwan
• Puyuma
• Saisiyat
• Tsou
• Hoanya
• Ketagalan
• Luilang

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Ethnic Group: Rukuba

Population: 144,000 (People Groups)

Language(s): Che

Religion: Traditional Religion, Christianity

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Ethnic Group: Rumai

Population: 218,000

Language(s): Rumai Palaung

Religion: Theravada Buddhism

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Ethnic Group: Rumanau

Population: 5,000 (2015 P. Porodong)

Language(s): Lobu, Sabah Malay, Standard Malay, Kadazan Dusun

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• Murut
• Kadazan
• Dusun

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Ethnic Group: Rumelian Turk

Population: 73,599,800 (People Groups)

Language(s): Turkish

Religion: Sunni Islam

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Ethnic Group: Rungarungawa

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Ethnic Group: Rungus

Population: 60,000 (2010 census)

Language(s): Rungus, Malay, Dusun

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• Lun Bawang
• Murut
• Dusun
• Kadazan

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Photo By: Tropical Adventure, http://blog.borneotropicaladventures.com/2014/04/culture-of-sabah/

Ethnic Group: Rungwa

Population: 40,500

Language(s): Rungwa, Swahili

Religion: Traditional Religion, Christianity

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Ethnic Group: Russian

Population: 142,257,519 (CIA, July 2017 est.)

Language(s): Russian

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• Belarusian

Religion: Eastern Orthodox Christianity

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Ethnic Group: Russian American

Population: 3,060,143 (2013)

Language(s): American English, Russian

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• Ukrainian American
• Rusyn

Religion: Judaism, Eastern Orthodoxy

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Ethnic Group: Russian Australian

Population: 74,317

Language(s): Australian English, Russian

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• Australian Jew
• Ukrainian Australian

Religion: Russian Orthodox, Judaism

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Ethnic Group: Russian Brazilian

Population: 35,000

Language(s): Portuguese, Russian

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• White Brazilian

Religion: Roman Catholicism, Judaism, Russian Orthodox

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Ethnic Group: Russian Canadian

Population: 550,520

Language(s): Canadian English, Russian, French

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• Russian American
• Ukrainian Canadian
• Russian

Religion: Judaism, Christianity

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Ethnic Group: Russian Mexican

Population: 1,606

Language(s): Mexican Spanish, Russian

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• Russian

Religion: Judaism, Russian, Orthodox

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Ethnic Group: Russian people in Azerbaijan

Population: 119,300 (2009 census)

Language(s): Azeri, Russian

Religion: Eastern Orthodox Christianity

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Ethnic Group: Russian people in Bulgaria

Population: 9,978 (2011 census)

Language(s): Bulgarian, Russian

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• Russian

Religion: Eastern Orthodox Christianity

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Ethnic Group: Russian people in China (Ethnic Russian)

Population: 15,631

Language(s): Chinese, Russian

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• Russian

Religion: Eastern Orthodox

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Ethnic Group: Russian people in Finland

Population: 70,000

Language(s): Finnish, Russian

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• Russian

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Ethnic Group: Russian people in Georgia

Population: 26,453

Language(s): Georgian, English, Russian

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• Russian

Religion: Georgian Orthodox, Russian Orthodox, Catholic

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Ethnic Group: Russian people in Germany

Population: 3,500,000

Language(s): German, Russian

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Religion: Roman Catholic, Russian Orthodoxy, Protestantism, Islam, Judaism

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Ethnic Group: Russian people in Japan

Population: 11,546

Language(s): Japanese, Russian

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Religion: Christianity

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Ethnic Group: Russian people in Kazakhstan

Population: 3,644,529 (2016)

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Religion: Christianity, Islam

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Ethnic Group: Russian people in Korea

Population: 30,098 (Russian residents in South Korea as of 2016)

Language(s): Korean, Russian

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Ethnic Group: Russian people in Ukraine

Population: 8,334,100

Language(s): Russian, Ukrainian

Religion: Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church

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Ethnic Group: Russians in Belarus

Population: 785,000

Language(s): Belarusian, Russian

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• Russian

Religion: Eastern Orthodox Church, Catholic

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Ethnic Group: Rusyn

Population: 75,000 – 85,000

Language(s): Rusyn, Slovak, Serbian, Ukrainian

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• Lemko
• Ukrainian

Religion: Eastern Orthodoxy, Eastern Catholic Rite

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Ethnic Group: Rutul

Population: 35,200 (Ethnologue, 2010 census)

Language(s): Rutul

Religion: Muslim (Sunni)

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Ethnic Group: Rwa

Population: 90,000 (1987)

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Ethnic Group: Ryukyuan

Population: 1,900,000

Language(s): Ryukyuan languages, Japanese

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• Ainu
• Yamato

Religion: Ryukyuan religion, Shinto, Buddhism

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