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Ethnic groups in Lithuania

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Tatars
thumb|upright=1.4|Share of Tatars in regions of Russia, 2010 census
Lithuanians
Lithuanians () are a Baltic ethnic group. They are native to Lithuania, where they number around 2,378,118 people. Another two million make up the Lithuanian diaspora, largely found in countries such as the United States, United Kingdom, Brazil and Canada. Their native language is Lithuanian, one of only two surviving members of the Baltic language family along with Latvian. According to the census conducted in 2021, 84.6% of the population of Lithuania identified themselves as Lithuanians. Most Lithuanians belong to the Catholic Church, while the Lietuvininkai who lived in the northern part o
Crimean Karaites
ethnic group
Kipchaks
thumb|A Safavid Iran|Safavid depiction of the [[Padishah (Emperor) of Dast-i Qipchaq ("Steppe of the Kipchaks"). Tabriz or Qavin, circa 1550. British Museum, Padishah (Emperor) of Dast-i Qipchaq, (1550). Possible portrait of Kazakh khan]] thumb|The Cumania in Eurasia, 1200|alt=The Desht-i Kipchak in Eurasia, 1200
Lipka Tatars
Ethnic group: Tatars settled in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania by Vytautas the Great in the 14th c.
Samogitians
Samogitians are the inhabitants of Samogitia, an ethnographic region of Lithuania. Many speak the Samogitian language, which in Lithuania is mostly considered a dialect of the Lithuanian language together with the Aukštaitian dialect. The Samogitian language differs the most from the standard Lithuanian language.
Prussian Lithuanians
Lithuanians that inhabited East Prussia
Russians in Lithuania
ethnic group in Lithuania
Kursenieki
The Kursenieki (, – 'Curonians', , ) are a nearly extinct Baltic ethnic group living along the Curonian Spit. "Kuršiai" refers only to inhabitants of Lithuania and former East Prussia that speak a southwestern dialect of Latvian. Some autochthonous inhabitants of Šventoji in Lithuania call themselves "kuršiai" as well.
Tutejszy
Tutejszy was a self-identification of Eastern European rural populations, who did not have a clear national identity. The term means "from here", "local" or "natives". Linguistically, the term is closely associated with speakers of the so-called prostaya mova ('simple speech'), an uncodified vernacular based on Belarusian dialects with influences from Polish, Russian, and Lithuanian.
Belarusians in Lithuania
ethnic group in Lithuania
Armenians in Lithuania
Armenian community in Lithuania
Tatars in Lithuania
ethnic group in Lithuania
Ukrainians in Lithuania
ethnic group in Lithuania
Latvians in Lithuania
ethnic group
Russians in Baltic States
Slavic Orthodox ethnic group in subregion in Eastern Europe
Armenians in the Baltic states
Armenian community in the Baltic states