Answer
|
Population
|
Religion
|
Country or Region
|
Turkish
|
75,700,000
|
Sunni Islam
|
Turkey
|
Azerbaijanis
|
31,300,000
|
Shia Islam
|
Azerbaijan
|
Uzbeks
|
30,700,000
|
Sunni Islam
|
Uzbekistan
|
Kazakhs
|
15,100,000
|
Sunni Islam
|
Kazakhstan
|
Uyghurs
|
11,900,000
|
Sunni Islam
|
China (Xinjiang)
|
Turkmen
|
8,000,000
|
Sunni Islam
|
Turkmenistan
|
Tatars
|
6,200,000
|
Sunni Islam
|
Russia (Tatarstan)
|
Kyrgyz
|
6,000,000
|
Sunni Islam
|
Kyrgyzstan
|
Bashkirs
|
1,700,000
|
Sunni Islam
|
Russia (Bashkortostan)
|
Chuvashes
|
1,500,000
|
Eastern Orthodox
|
Russia (Chuvashia)
|
Khorasani Turks
|
1,000,000
|
Shia Islam
|
Iran (Khorasan)
|
Qashqai
|
949,000
|
Shia Islam
|
Southern Iran
|
Karakalpaks
|
796,000
|
Sunni Islam
|
Uzbekistan (Karakalpakstan)
|
Kumyks
|
520,000
|
Sunni Islam
|
Russia (Dagestan)
|
Crimean Tatars
|
500,000
|
Sunni Islam
|
Ukraine (Crimea)
|
Yakuts
|
482,000
|
Eastern Orthodox
|
Russia (Sakha)
|
Karachays
|
346,000
|
Sunni Islam
|
Russia (Karachay-Cherkassia)
|
Tuvans
|
273,000
|
Buddhism
|
Russia (Tuva)
|
Gagauz
|
126,000
|
Eastern Orthodox
|
Moldova (Gagauzia)
|
Balkars
|
112,000
|
Sunni Islam
|
Russia (Kabardino-Balkaria)
|
Nogais
|
110,000
|
Sunni Islam
|
Russia (North Caucasus)
|
Salar
|
104,000
|
Sunni Islam
|
China (Qinghai, Gansu)
|
Khakas
|
75,000
|
Eastern Orthodox
|
Russia (Khakassia)
|
Altaians
|
70,000
|
Burkhanism
|
Russia (Altai Republic)
|
Khalaj
|
42,000
|
Shia Islam
|
Iran
|
Yugurs
|
13,000
|
Buddhism
|
China (Sunan Yugur Autonomous County)
|
Dolgans
|
13,000
|
Tengrism
|
Russia (Krasnoyarsk Krai)
|
Khotons
|
10,000
|
Sunni Islam
|
Mongolia (Uvs Province)
|
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