Siberia is a sparsely populated region, but historically it has been home to a variety of different linguistic groups. According to some estimates, by the beginning of the 17th century, indigenous peoples numbered 160,000, and according to the 1897 census, their number increased to 822,000. [1] The 2021 census recorded 1,620,000 indigenous Siberians. [2]
Indigenous peoples of Siberia | ||
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Ethnic group | Population ( 2021) | Population ( 2010) |
Siberian Turkic | ![]() |
924,136 |
Yakuts | 478,409 | 478,085 |
Tuvans | 295,384 | 263,934 |
Altai | 78,125 | 74,238 |
Khakas | 61,365 | 72,959 |
Shors | 10,507 | 12,888 |
Dolgans | 8,157 | 7,885 |
Siberian Tatars* | 6,297 | 6,779 |
Soyot | 4,368 | 3,608 |
Teleuts | 2,217 | 2,643 |
Tofalar | 719 | 762 |
Chulyms | 382 | 355 |
Mongolic | ![]() |
461,389 |
Buryats | 460,053 | 461,389 |
Uralic | ![]() |
92,590 |
Samoyedic | 53,992 | 49,378 |
Nenets | 49,646 | 44,640 |
Selkup | 3,458 | 3,649 |
Nganasan | 687 | 862 |
Enets | 201 | 227 |
Ugric | 43,695 | 43,212 |
Khanty | 31,467 | 30,943 |
Mansi | 12,228 | 12,269 |
Tungusic | ![]() |
77,894 |
Evenks | 39,226 | 38,396 |
Evens | 19,913 | 21,830 |
Nanai | 11,623 | 12,003 |
Ulchs | 2,472 | 2,765 |
Udege | 1,325 | 1,496 |
Orochs | 527 | 596 |
Negidals | 481 | 513 |
Oroks | 268 | 295 |
Paleosiberian | ![]() |
37,461 |
Chukotko-Kamchatkan | 27,851 | 28,985 |
Chukchi | 16,200 | 15,908 |
Koryaks | 7,485 | 7,953 |
Itelmens | 2,596 | 3,193 |
Kamchadals | 1,547 | 1,927 |
Kereks | 23 | 4 |
Nivkh ( Nivkh) | 3,842 | 4,652 |
Yukaghir | 2,702 | 2,605 |
Yukaghir | 1,802 | 1,603 |
Chuvans | 900 | 1,002 |
Yeniseian ( Kets) | 1,088 | 1,219 |
Eskaleut | ![]() |
2,220 |
Siberian Yupik | 1,657 | 1,738 |
Aleuts | 397 | 482 |
Sino-Tibetan | ![]() |
274 |
Taz | 235 | 274 |
Total | ![]() |
1,595,964 |