Chechen diaspora
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The Chechen diaspora (Chechen: Нохчийн диаспора, romanized:Noxçiyn diaspora) is a term used to collectively describe the communities of Chechen people who live outside of Chechnya; this includes Chechens who live in other parts of Russia. There are also significant Chechen populations in other subdivisions of Russia (especially in Dagestan, Ingushetia and Moscow Oblast).
Outside Russia, Chechens are mainly descendants of people who had to leave Chechnya during the 19th century Caucasian War (which led to the annexation of Chechnya by the Russian Empire) and the 1944 Stalinist deportation to the Soviet Central Asia in the case of Kazakhstan. More recently, tens of thousands of Chechen refugees settled in the European Union and elsewhere as the result of the First and Second Chechen Wars, especially in the wave of emigration to the West after 2002.
Geography
Statistics by country
| Country | Official figures | % | Current est. Chechen population | Further information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 1,674,854 (2021 census) | 1.28% | — | |
| Turkey | 12,626 (1965 census, Chechen speakers) | 0.04% | Approx. 100,000 | Chechens in Turkey |
| France | —N/a | —N/a | approx. 67,000 | Chechens in France |
| Kazakhstan | 32,252 (2013 annual statistics) | 0.2% | — | — |
| Austria | —N/a | —N/a | approx. 30,000 − 40,000 | Chechens in Austria |
| Belgium | —N/a | —N/a | approx. 17,000 | — |
| Jordan | —N/a | —N/a | approx. 12,000 − 30,000 | Chechens in Jordan |
| Germany | —N/a | —N/a | approx. 50,000 | — |
| Egypt | —N/a | —N/a | approx. 5,000 | — |
| Syria | —N/a | —N/a | approx. 4,000 | Chechens in Syria |
| Ukraine | 2,877 (2001 census) | 0.01% | — | — |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1,875 (2009 census) | 0% | — | — |
| Georgia | 1,271 (2002 census) | 0% | — | — |
| Uzbekistan | 1,006 (1989 census) | 0.01% | — | — |
| Denmark | —N/a | —N/a | approx. 1,000 | — |
| United States | —N/a | —N/a | approx. 1,000 | — |
| Finland | 636 (2017 annual statistics, Chechen speakers) | 0.01% | — | — |
| Azerbaijan | 456 (1989 census) | 0.01% | — | — |
| Poland | 338 (2011 census) | 0% | — | — |
| Canada | 136–189 (2023 statistics) | -0% | — | — |
| Moldova | 108 (2004 census) | 0% | — | — |
| Lithuania | 72 (1989 census) | 0% | — | — |