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{{Short description|West Slavic ethnic group}} {{for|information on the population of Slovakia|Demographics of Slovakia}} {{Update|part=Statistics|reason=Data present are from the early 1990s|date=August 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}} {{Infobox ethnic group | group = Slovaks<br /> ''Slováci'' | native_name = | native_name_lang = | flag = <!-- Don't add any flags as this article is about an ethnic group living in several different countries, and not about the citizens of, or about the, Republic of Slovakia. --> | flag_caption = | image = Map of the Slovak Diaspora in the World.svg | pop = '''{{circa}} 6–7 million'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sme.sk/c/2422124/Ako-ziju-Slovaci-za-hranicami-Slovensko-mam-rad-ale-mojim-domovom-uz-nie-je.html|title=Ako žijú Slováci za hranicami? Slovensko mám rád, ale mojím domovom už nie je.|trans-title=How do Slovaks live abroad? I like Slovakia but it is no longer my home.|website=Sme.sk|access-date=2 August 2017|archive-date=3 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803005021/https://www.sme.sk/c/2422124/ako-ziju-slovaci-za-hranicami-slovensko-mam-rad-ale-mojim-domovom-uz-nie-je.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | popplace = {{Flag icon|Slovakia}} [[Slovakia]] 4,567,547<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scitanie.sk/vysledky-v-kombinacii|title=Národnosť a materin. jazyk|website=scitanie.sk|access-date=2022-10-13|archive-date=2022-10-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221013214515/https://www.scitanie.sk/vysledky-v-kombinacii|url-status=live}}</ref> | region1 = {{USA}} | pop1 = 416,047 (2022); 750,000 (estimate) | ref1 = <ref>{{cite web |title=Census Reporter: People Reporting Multiple Ancestry |url=https://censusreporter.org/data/table/?table=B04005&geo_ids=01000US&primary_geo_id=01000US#valueType{{!}}estimate |website=censusreporter.org |access-date=16 August 2024}}</ref><ref name="uszz">{{cite web |title=Office for Slovaks living abroad |url=https://www.uszz.sk/krajania/ |website=USZZ |language=sk-SK}}</ref> | region2 = {{CZE}} | pop2 = 162,578 (2021 census); 200,000–400,000 (estimates) | ref2 = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tyden.cz/rubriky/domaci/slovaku-v-cesku-pribyva-tvori-petinu-vsech-cizincu-v-zemi_524806.html|title=Slováků v Česku přibývá, tvoří pětinu všech cizinců v zemi|website=týden.cz|date=15 June 2019|access-date=25 June 2020|archive-date=28 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200628080812/https://www.tyden.cz/rubriky/domaci/slovaku-v-cesku-pribyva-tvori-petinu-vsech-cizincu-v-zemi_524806.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="uszz"></ref> | region3 = {{CAN}} | pop3 = 68,210; (including 14,910 first generation immigrants); 100,000 (estimate) | ref3 = <ref>{{cite web |title=Ethnic or cultural origin by generation status: Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations with parts |url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810033801 |website=www150.statcan.gc.ca |access-date=16 August 2024 |date=26 October 2022}} </ref><ref name="uszz"></ref> | region4 = {{GER}} | pop4 = 64,745; 80,000 (estimate) | ref4 = <ref>{{cite web |title=Federal Statistical Office Germany - GENESIS-Online |url=https://www-genesis.destatis.de/genesis/online?operation=ergebnistabelleUmfang&levelindex=3&levelid=1723797138038&downloadname=12521-0002#abreadcrumb |website=www-genesis.destatis.de |access-date=16 August 2024 |language=en |date=16 August 2024}}</ref><ref name="uszz"></ref> | region5 = {{AUT}} | pop5 = 63,621 (2020); 65,000 (estimate) | ref5 = <ref name="uszz"></ref> | region6 = {{UK}} | pop6 = 58,000; 135,000 (estimate) | ref6 = <ref>{{cite web |title=Population of the UK by country of birth and nationality: individual country data (Discontinued after June 2021) - Office for National Statistics |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/internationalmigration/datasets/populationoftheunitedkingdombycountryofbirthandnationalityunderlyingdatasheets |website=www.ons.gov.uk |access-date=16 August 2024}}</ref><ref name="uszz"></ref> | region7 = {{SRB}} | pop7 = 41,730 (2021); 40,000 (estimate) | ref7 = <ref name="uszz"></ref> | region8 = {{HUN}} | pop8 = 29,794 (2021); 75,000 (estimate) | ref8 = <ref name="KSH">{{cite book|last=Vukovich|first=Gabriella|url=http://www.ksh.hu/docs/hun/xftp/idoszaki/mikrocenzus2016/mikrocenzus_2016_12.pdf|title=Mikrocenzus 2016 - 12. Nemzetiségi adatok|trans-title=2016 microcensus - 12. Ethnic data|language=hu|publisher=Hungarian Central Statistical Office|location=Budapest|year=2018|access-date=9 January 2019|isbn=978-963-235-542-9|archive-date=8 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808024307/http://www.ksh.hu/docs/hun/xftp/idoszaki/mikrocenzus2016/mikrocenzus_2016_12.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="uszz"></ref> | region9 = {{SUI}} | pop9 = 20,581 (2021); 25,000 (estimate) | ref9 = <ref name="uszz"></ref> | region10 = {{BRA}} | pop10 = 17,200 | ref10 = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://epoca.globo.com/edic/214/soci1a.htm|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=Edição 214, Um atalho para a Europa|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090126010348/http://epoca.globo.com/edic/214/soci1a.htm|archive-date=26 January 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> | region11 = {{DEN}}{{NOR}}{{SWE}} | pop11 = 17,000 (estimated total in Scandinavian countries) | ref11 = <ref name="uszz"></ref> | region12 = {{ESP}} | pop12 = 12,350 (2021); 15,000(estimate) | ref12 = <ref name="uszz"></ref> | region13 = {{IRL}} | pop13 = 10,801; 15,000 (estimate) | ref13 = <ref name="CSO Emigration">{{cite web | url=http://www.cso.ie/en/media/csoie/census/documents/census2011profile6/Profile%206%20Migration%20and%20Diversity%20Commentary.pdf | title=CSO Emigration | publisher=Census Office Ireland | access-date=January 29, 2013 | archive-date=November 13, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113165431/http://www.cso.ie/en/media/csoie/census/documents/census2011profile6/Profile%206%20Migration%20and%20Diversity%20Commentary.pdf | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="uszz"></ref> | region14 = {{ROU}} | pop14 = 10,300 (2021 census) 13,000 (estimate) | ref14 = <ref name="uszz"></ref> | region15 = {{FRA}} | pop15 = 9,768 (2017); 20,000 (estimate) | ref15 = <ref name="uszz"></ref> | region16 = {{ITA}} | pop16 = 9,014 (2021); 20,000 (estimates) | ref16 = <ref name="uszz"></ref> | region17 = {{NLD}} | pop17 = 9,000 (2022); 15,000 (estimate) | ref17 = <ref name="uszz"></ref> | region18 = {{ISR}} | pop18 = 8,000 (2020); up to 70,000 (estimate) | ref18 = <ref name="uszz"></ref> | region19 = {{BEL}} | pop19 = 6,677 (2022 census); 10,000 (estimate) | ref19 = <ref name="uszz"></ref> | region20 = {{UKR}} | pop20 = 6,700 (estimate) | ref20 = <ref name="uszz"></ref> | region21 = {{AUS}} | pop21 = 4,781 (2021 census), 9,000-15,000 (estimates) | ref21 = <ref name="uszz"></ref> | region22 = {{HRV}} | pop22 = 3,688 (2021 census); 5,000 (estimate) | ref22 = <ref name="uszz"></ref> | langs = [[Slovak language|Slovak]] | rels = Majority [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholics]] with Minorities of [[Lutheranism|Lutherans]], [[Slovak Greek Catholic Church|Eastern Catholics]], other | related = [[Pannonian Rusyns]], other [[West Slavs]]<br>{{hlist|([[Czech people|Czechs]]|[[Moravians]]|[[Chodové]]|[[Silesians]])}} | region35 = Other }} The '''Slovaks''' ({{langx|sk|Slováci}} {{IPA|sk|ˈsɫɔvaːt͡si|}} (historical Sloveni {{IPA|sk|ˈsɫɔvɛŋi|}}), singular: ''Slovák'' {{IPA|sk|ˈslɔvaːk|}} (historical: ''Sloven'' {{IPA|sk|ˈsɫɔvɛŋ|}}), feminine: ''Slovenka'' {{IPA|sk|ˈsɫɔvɛŋka|}}, plural: ''Slovenky'') are a [[West Slavs|West Slavic]] [[ethnic group]] and [[nation]] native to [[Slovakia]] who share a common [[ancestor|ancestry]], [[Culture of Slovakia|culture]], [[History of Slovakia|history]] and speak the [[Slovak language]]. In Slovakia, {{circa}} 4.4 million are ethnic Slovaks of 5.4 million total population. There are Slovak minorities in many neighboring countries including [[Austria]], [[Croatia]], [[Czech Republic]], [[Hungary]], [[Poland]], [[Romania]], [[Serbia]] and [[Ukraine]] and sizeable populations of immigrants and their descendants in [[Australia]], [[Canada]], [[France]], [[Germany]], [[United Kingdom]] and the [[United States]] among others, which are collectively referred to as the [[Slovak diaspora]].
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