The largest community of people today. How many peoples are there in the world?

The top five most populated countries is completed by Brazil with a population of 210,147,125 people.

Urban population Brazil accounts for 84%, rural – 16%. The famous Rio de Janeiro is home to 11 million people, and Sao Paulo is home to 19 million. These are the two largest federal centers in the country.

A special feature of the Brazilian population is the fact that 50% of Brazilians are first or second generation foreigners. In the north of the country there is a greater influence of immigrants from Portugal and representatives of African tribes. The more favorable south and southeast are inhabited by Brazilians with German, Italian and Japanese roots.

The Republic of Indonesia ranks fourth in the ranking of the most populous countries in the world with a population of 266,357,297 people.

It is located in Southeast Asia, the country's territory spreads over 13 thousand islands. Many small islands don't even have names! The most populous of them are Java and Madura. 58% of the country's residents are concentrated here, with every sixth resident in Java. There are about 300 ethnic groups in the Republic, the most numerous are the Javanese, Sundas, Minangkabau, Toba-Batak and Acehnese (Sumatra Island), Balinese (Bali Island).

The structure of the Indonesian family is curious. Since there is a huge number of different ethnic groups in the country, then family traditions have fundamental differences. If an ordinary family The Javanese consist of two parents and children, show independence in everyday life and do not maintain contact with relatives, while the Balinese, on the contrary, hold close family ties. The Balinese family is a complex structure: in addition to the parents, it includes families of several brothers with wives and numerous children.

As of 2018, the population of the United States of America was 325,145,963 people. It is the fourth largest country in the world in terms of territory, and the third in terms of population. America's population is a mixture of different ethnic groups and races. They speak here various languages, profess all world religions, you can talk endlessly about the diversity of nationalities of US residents.

Initially, the indigenous people, the aborigines of the country, were Indians, of whom there were more than 3 million. In the XVI- XVII centuries The first colonies of Europeans appeared, mainly the British, Scots and Irish. Later representatives from Sweden, France and others appeared European countries. At the same time, representatives of African Americans (blacks) appeared as slaves.

Today the United States is a multinational country, home to 80% of the white race, 12% of African Americans, and the remaining races (Asians, Indians, Eskimos) account for 5%. Every year, the US population increases by 0.5 million people who come in search of better life. The USA is the most urbanized state, the share of city dwellers in the total population is 77%.
One of interesting facts is the number of Russian-speaking residents - 700 thousand people!

Trends recent years They say that China may lose its lead in population to India by 2030. As of July 2013, the population of this country is 1,220,800,359 people. Over the past hundred years, India's population growth has exceeded China's by 50 million people!

Considering that the territory of India occupies only 2.4% of the world's area, it concentrated 17.5% of the planet's population, that is, this share of such states as the USA, Pakistan, Indonesia, Brazil, and Japan in total. India's population density is almost 8 times the world average!

Interesting:

The current population of India is very young: more than 50% of Indians are under 25 years of age. India's birth rate is the highest among countries in the world. For every thousand inhabitants there are 22 births of children, and the mortality rate is no more than 6 people.

The most recent data gives a figure of 1,430,075,000 people who inhabit the People's Republic of China. This number suggests that every fourth inhabitant of the planet is of Chinese origin.

Why are the Chinese the most populous nation?

Let's start with the fact that China has more than 5,000 years of existence. The traditions of many nations value large families. But only in China, since the time of Confucius, raising many children in a family (especially boys) was elevated to a cult and was considered the main achievement and happiness for a man.

Since the Communist Party came to power, this principle has received active support. The party leadership relied on huge labor resources. In 1980, demographic problems worsened in China, and the birth of a second and subsequent children was severely punished at the state level (the fine was more than $3,500).

Today, the country's population has slowed down the rate of growth, and the imbalance has begun in the other direction - it has noticeably aged. A single child cannot provide a decent old age for his aged parents and 4 grandparents (a very limited circle of people receive pensions in China). This sad fact violates the centuries-old traditions of China.

This article presents the largest nations of the Earth, whose number exceeds 50 million people. It is worth noting that of the 24 most large nations India is represented by 9 peoples (Hindustani, Bengalis, Punjabis, Biharis, Marathas, Tamils, Telugus, Gujaratis, Sindhis).

The largest people on Earth - Chinese(self-name - Han), of whom there are currently 1 billion 310 million people. This represents 19% of the total population of our planet.

Chinese actor and director Jackie Chan

In second place among the largest nations on Earth are Arabs, of which there are currently about 350 million people.

In fifth place among the largest nations on the planet are Bengalis- the main population of the state of Bangladesh and the state of West Bengal in India. Total number There are more than 250 million Bengalis in the world (about 150 million in Bangladesh and about 100 million in India).

Indian writer and poet Rabindranath Tagore, Bengali by nationality

Bengal girl

In sixth place among the largest nations on Earth are Brazilians(193 million people) - a nation that was formed in the same way as the American nation - by mixing different ethnic groups.

Brazilian fashion model Camila Alves

Brazilian football player Ronaldinho

The seventh largest people on Earth - Russians, of which there are about 150 million people in the world, of which 116 million live in Russia, 8.3 million in Ukraine, 3.8 million in Kazakhstan. Russians are the largest people in Europe.

The eighth largest people on the planet - Mexicans, of which there are 147 million people in the world, of which 112 million people. live in Mexico and 32 million in the USA. Using the example of the Mexicans, one can note the convention of dividing people into nations. The 32 million Mexicans who live in the United States can be considered both Mexican and American.

Mexican Ximena Navarrete - Miss Universe 2010

Mexican footballer Rafael Marquez, captain of the Mexico national team

The ninth largest nation in the world is Japanese(130 million people).

Japanese animation director Hayao Miyazaki

Rounding out the top ten largest nations on Earth Punjabis. There are 120 million Punjabis in the world, of which 76 million are lives in Pakistan and 29 million in India.

14th largest people in the world - Marathi(80 million people) - the main population of the Indian state of Maharashtra.

Indian actress Madhuri Dixit from the Maratha people

15th largest people on Earth - Tamils, of which there are 77 million people in the world, of which 63 million live in India.

Indian actress Vyjayanthimala, Tamil by nationality

Indian chess player Viswanathan Anand (Tamil by nationality), current world chess champion.

There are approximately the same number of Tamils ​​as there are Tamils ​​(77 million people) in the world. Vietnamese(Viets).

Vietnamese dancer, singer, actress and fashion model Ngo Thanh Van

Another large nation - Germans. There are 75 million Germans in Germany. If we also count persons German origin, then we get a more impressive figure - 150 million people. For example, in the USA, 60 million people have German roots, making it the largest ethnic group among Americans.

German actress Diane Kruger

There are also at least 75 million people Telugu- the main population of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.

Do you know how many peoples there are in the world? Probably, few people will be able to accurately answer this question, even among scientists and historians. In Russia alone there are 194 nations of the world (the list goes on and on). All people on Earth are completely different, and this is the biggest advantage.

General classification

Of course, everyone is interested in quantitative data. If you collect all the peoples of the world, the list will be endless. It is much easier to classify them according to certain characteristics. First of all, this is done depending on what language people speak within the same territory or within the same cultural traditions. An even more general category is language families.

Preserved through the centuries

Every nation, no matter what its history, tries with all possible forces to prove that their ancestors built Tower of Babel. It is flattering for everyone to think that he or she belongs to those roots that go back to distant, distant times. But there are ancient peoples of the world (the list is attached), whose prehistoric origin is beyond doubt.

Largest nations

There are many on Earth large nations having the same historical roots. For example, there are 330 nations in the world, numbering a million people each. But there are only eleven of those with more than 100 million people (each). Consider the list of peoples of the world by number:

1. Chinese - 1.17 million people.
2. Hindustani - 265 million people.
3. Bengalis - 225 million people.
4. Americans (USA) - 200 million people.
5. Brazilians - 175 million people.
6. Russians - 140 million people.
7. Japanese - 125 million people.
8. Punjabis - 115 million people.
9. Biharis - 115 million people.
10. Mexicans - 105 million people.
11. Javanese - 105 million people.

Unity in diversity

Another classification characteristic that allows us to distinguish between the world's population is threefold: Caucasoid, Mongoloid and Negroid. Some Western historians distinguish a little more, but these races still became derivatives of the three main ones.

IN modern world there are a large number of contact races. This led to the emergence of new peoples of the world. The list has not yet been provided by scientists, because no one has worked on an exact classification. Here are some examples. The Ural group of peoples originated from the mixing of some branches of northern Caucasoids and northern Mongoloids. The entire population of southern island Asia arose as a result of the kinship of Mongoloids and Australoids.

Endangered ethnic groups

There are nations of the world on Earth (the list is attached), the number of which amounts to several hundred people. These are endangered ethnic groups who are trying to preserve their identity.

conclusions

Can be interpreted in different ways. Some will argue that this population is within the state, others will insist that it does not matter where people live, the main thing is that they are united by some common features, determining their belonging to one historical origins. Still others will believe that a people is an ethnic group that has existed for centuries, but has faded over the years. In any case, all people on Earth are very diverse and studying them is a pleasure.

Only on the territory of Russia live 65 small peoples, and the number of some of them does not exceed a thousand people. There are hundreds of similar peoples on Earth, and each carefully preserves its customs, language and culture.

Our top ten today includes smallest peoples in the world.

This small people lives on the territory of Dagestan, and its population is only 443 people as of the end of 2010. For a long time, the Ginukh people were not identified as a separate ethnic group, since the Ginukh language was considered only one of the dialects of the Tsez language widespread in Dagestan.

9. Selkups

Until the 1930s, representatives of this West Siberian people were called Ostyak-Samoyeds. The number of Selkups is just over 4 thousand people. They live mainly in the Tyumen and Tomsk regions, as well as the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug

8. Nganasans

This people lives on the Taimyr Peninsula, and their number is about 800 people. Nganasany is the most northern people in Eurasia. Until the middle of the 20th century, people led nomadic image life, driving herds of deer over vast distances, today the Nganasans live sedentary.

7. Orochons

The place of residence of this small ethnic group is China and Mongolia. The population is about 7 thousand people. The history of the people goes back more than a thousand years, and the Orochons are mentioned in many documents dating back to the early Chinese imperial dynasties.

6. Evenks

This indigenous people of Russia lives in Eastern Siberia. These people are the most numerous in our top ten - their numbers are quite sufficient to populate a small town. There are about 35 thousand Evenks in the world.

5. Chum salmon

Kets live in the north of the Krasnoyarsk region. The number of this people is less than 1500 people. Until the middle of the 20th century, representatives of the ethnic group were called Ostyaks, as well as Yeniseians. The Ket language belongs to the group of Yenisei languages.

4. Chulym people

The number of this indigenous people of Russia is 355 people as of 2010. Although most of The Chulym people are recognized by Orthodoxy; the ethnic group carefully preserves some traditions of shamanism. Chulyms live mainly in the Tomsk region. It is interesting that the Chulym language does not have a written language.

3. Basins

The number of this people living in Primorye is only 276 people. The Taz language is a mixture of one of the Chinese dialects with the Nanai language. Now this language is spoken by less than half of those who consider themselves to be Taz.

2. Livs

This one is extremely small people lives in Latvia. From time immemorial, the main occupations of the Livs were piracy, fishing and hunting. Today the people have almost completely assimilated. According to official data, there are only 180 Livs left.

1. Pitcairns

This people is the smallest in the world and lives on the small island of Pitcairn in Oceania. The number of Pitcairns is about 60 people. All of them are descendants of the sailors of the British warship Bounty, who landed here in 1790. The Pitcairn language is a mixture of simplified English, Tahitian and maritime vocabulary.

Do you know how many nationalities there are in the world? Answering this question is not as easy as it seems at first glance. There are quite a lot of contradictions in the understanding of the very term “nationality”. What is this? Linguistic community? Citizenship? This article will be devoted to bringing some clarity to the problems of nationalities of the world. We will also look at which ethnic groups produce beautiful women and attractive men. Naturally, nationalities can disappear and assimilate. And an individual in our age of globalization can be a product of a mixture of different ethnic groups. And it is often difficult for a person to answer the question of what his nationality is. But if we talk about large groups of people, then we can isolate several factors by which ethnicity is determined.

Citizenship and nationality

Firstly, not all powers are monolithic in the ethnic composition of their populations. And even if we do not take into account the presence of migrants, the so-called “first generation citizens,” even then we cannot say that there are one hundred and ninety-two nationalities of the world. List of states (namely, there are so many of them in political map) does not give us an idea of ​​the numerous ethnic groups inhabiting these same countries. For example, in Russian Federation Representatives of more than one hundred and eighty nationalities live here. And Northern and South Korea inhabits one people, divided by a demarcation line due to political strife. There is a concept of “American nation”, but it is extremely diverse in ethnic composition. The same can be said about Australia, New Zealand and Canada, whose lands were settled by emigrants from all over the world. At the same time, even in such a seemingly monolithic country in terms of ethnic composition as Poland, there are Silesians, Kashubians, Lemkos and other groups.

Language and nationality

One of the markers by which one can determine whether a person belongs to a particular nation is his language. In the population census, this factor is placed at the forefront. If we are guided by this marker, then the question of how many nationalities there are in the world can be answered: from two and a half to five thousand. Why is there such a huge discrepancy in numbers? Because we are faced with a new difficulty: what is language? Is it a dialect, a dialect used by a certain ethnic community? But determining a person’s nationality by language is also not entirely correct. After all, not all Jews know Hebrew. And it almost died, and now the government is making incredible efforts to revive it. Residents of the Green Island speak English, but do not consider themselves British.

Appearance and nationality

An even more precarious path is to determine the ethnicity of an individual by his physiological characteristics. What can we say about a person's appearance? If he has blond hair and Blue eyes, then he can equally successfully turn out to be a Swede, a Russian or a Pole. You can, of course, talk about Scandinavian, Mediterranean, Latin American, but all this does not give us an idea of ​​what a representative of the “titular nation” should look like. Moreover, with the dominant brunette gene, blondes are gradually “dying out.” Nationalities of the world, whose representatives inhabited the lands previously known as the countries of fair-haired people (Bulgaria, states on Balkan Peninsula, Italy, Georgia), after Turkish conquest noticeably darker. So define ethnicity by appearance does not seem possible. Although, of course, there are certain facial features that are often found in representatives of a particular nationality.

Formation of ethnic groups

All the nationalities of the world in their own way historical development passed long haul. Ancient tribes entered into military-trade alliances with each other and long time lived in close proximity. As a result, certain differences were erased, dialects came closer together, forming one language. One can cite the example of the ancient Romans. In addition to the Latins who inhabited the regions along the banks of the Tiber, the Veneti, Auzones, Lucanians, Osci, Messapians, Piceni, Umbrians and Falisci took part in the formation of the people. And their dialects still exist today! The huge Roman Empire, which included many nationalities, collapsed in the Middle Ages. Latin, the official language of the ancient state, gave impetus to the formation of Romance languages: Italian, French, Spanish. Awareness of the multitude by one community within the state gives rise to a nation.

Natural assimilation

Not all nationalities of the countries of the world have survived to this day. A smaller nation surrounded by a larger one risks losing its identity, especially if it is included in a state where “ titular nation"This is considered to be the largest nationality. This happened in the USSR. The first census, conducted in 1926, found that there were 178 nationalities living in the state. In 1956 there were only 109 of them. And major nationalities, which numbered more than ten thousand people, there were 91. Thus, in less than thirty years, the number of ethnic groups has decreased significantly. Of course, not everyone became Russian. Adjarians, Laz, Svans and Mingrelians began to associate themselves with Georgians; Kuramins, Turks and Kipchaks began to consider themselves Uzbeks. Thus, if not supported cultural characteristics small nations, there is a serious risk that they will disappear.

Forced assimilation

Sometimes governments, wary of separatist sentiments, pursue policies aimed at the deliberate destruction of nationality as such. They do not kill members of the ethnic minority, but carry out targeted assimilation measures. For example, in Poland after World War II, all Lemkos were taken out of their places of compact residence and settled in small groups in other regions of the country. In the south of France for a long time Schoolchildren were punished if they began to speak the local Occitan dialect. Only in the eighties of the twentieth century, under public pressure, elective courses were opened to study the almost extinct dialect. Since the world's small nationalities are already inclined to dissolve into large ones, assimilating them by force is a violation of human rights.

How many nationalities are there in the world?

Nobody knows this. According to various sources, the nationalities of the peoples of the world can number from four and a half to six thousand. The total number of languages ​​and dialects ranges from two and a half to five thousand. But there are still tribes that do not make contact with the civilized world (the so-called un-contacted people). How many such tribes are still found in Africa, the Amazon Valley? It is also quite difficult to determine the line between ethnic group, nationality and nationality. But there is another opinion about larger communities. It is believed that a nation is a purely political construct. This theory is gaining more and more supporters in modern society.

Beautiful nationalities of the world: list

Assimilation, of course, can lead to the disappearance of an ethnic group. But mixing blood only improves the gene pool. The so-called mestizos have always amazed us with their beauty and talents. Let us at least remember the Russian poet A.S. Pushkin, in whose veins Slavic and African blood flowed. If we talk not about certain individuals, but about large groups of people, then the same relationship can be traced here. The most beautiful community is the one in which they are mixed, as in a crucible, different nationalities peace. Yes, countries Latin America amaze with the abundance of beauties and angelic men. After all, local Indian tribes, Spaniards and people from Africa took part in the formation of Costa Ricans, Brazilians and Colombians. Citizens former USSR They are also quite good-looking, since many of them were born as a result of mixed interethnic marriages.

Where do the most beautiful girls live?

This issue worries not only representatives of the stronger sex. Of course, everyone has their own standard of beauty, but aren’t Miss Universe competitions held? Let's do a small one statistical analysis to identify which country is most likely to have the most beautiful women peace. The nationality of the charming winner is not taken into account by the jury. But we will consider the charming girl a representative of the “titular nation”.

So, according to surveys done by various men and women women's magazines, in first place in beauty are residents of Brazil. After all, this Latin American country is real. Here you can meet both an irresistible blonde and a charming black woman. Many Asians gave Brazilians the languor of the Japanese orchid and almond-shaped eyes. If you like tall blondes, then feel free to go to Sweden for them. Argentines are in third place. The fourth position is held by Ukrainians, and the fifth by Russians.

Where do the most handsome men in the world live by nationality?

A selection of super attractive machos different countries created a portal for tourists Travelers Digest. He did his own research to properly guide single ladies on a romantic getaway. What happened? What nationalities of the world gave birth to large quantity Apollo's?

The portal warns that it assessed not only the external data of men, but also their upbringing, level of intelligence, and ability to care for a lady. Swedes, residents of New York and Amsterdam lead the list. The Top Ten included the Portuguese, Argentines, Australians, Spaniards, Germans, Italians and Israelis. But girls often notice that the portal is wrong. In their opinion, residents of Latin American countries, Spaniards, Italians and Turks are more attractive.