Chechen people

The Chechens (/ˈtʃɛtʃɛnz, tʃəˈtʃɛnz/;^[19] Chechen: Нохчий, Noxçiy, Old Chechen: Нахчой, Naxçoy) are an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group native to the North Caucasus who refer to themselves as Nokhchiy (pronounced [no̞xtʃʼiː]; singular Nokhchi, Nokhcho, Nakhchuo or Nakhtche). The vast majority of Chechens are Muslim and they adhere to the Sunni branch of Islam. Most Chechens live in Chechnya, an "autonomous republic" of the Caucasussian part of Russia, while the rest live as a diaspora, mostly in Turkey, Kazakhstan and the European Union.^[20]

Chechens

Нохчий Noxçiy
Total population
c. 2 million[1]
Regions with significant populations
Russia	1,431,360[2]
Chechnya	1,206,551[3]
Dagestan	93,658[3]
Ingushetia	18,765[3]
Moscow Oblast	14,524[3]
Stavropol Krai	11,980[3]
Rostov Oblast	11,449[3]
Volgograd Oblast	9,649[3]
Astrakhan Oblast	7,229[3]
Tyumen Oblast	6,889[3]
European Union       France       Austria       Belgium       Germany       Sweden       Poland       Denmark	130,000 (2009)[4]
Turkey	100,000[5][6]
Kazakhstan	32,894[7]
Jordan	12,000–30,000[8]
Iraq	11,000[9]
Georgia	10,100, including Kist people
Syria	6,000–35,000[10][11]
Egypt	5,000[5]
Ukraine	2,877[12]
United Arab Emirates	2,000–3,000[13]
Finland	636[14]
United States	250–1,000[15][16]
Latvia	136–189[17][18]Data figures from 2001 to 2021; see also Chechen diaspora.
Languages
Chechen
Religion
Sunni Islam
Related ethnic groups
Other Nakh peoples, including the Bats and Ingush

Chechens in Grozny