Roma people by country

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Roma people in European countries
Roma people in European countries

This is a table of Roma people by country. Note that some countries with a Roma population are not included, where reliable sources could not be found, also many of the sources are outdated and/or supply only partial information only about a part of the Roma groups in a certain country. The official number of Roma people is disputed in many countries, because many Roma individuals often refuse to register their ethnic identity for fear of discrimination [1], determining parallel unofficial censuses, surveys and estimations in order to reveal the true numbers.

Country Population Roma groups
Flag of Albania Albania Disputed: 1,300 to 120,000 [2] Ashkali
Flag of Algeria Algeria unknown number
Flag of Argentina Argentina 300,000 [3] Kalderash, Boyash, Kale
Flag of Armenia Armenia Lom, Bosha
Flag of Australia Australia 5,000+ [4] Romnichal, Boyash
Flag of Austria Austria 20,000-25,000 [5] Sinti, Lovari
Flag of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan ca. 2,000 [6] Garachi
Flag of Belarus Belarus 10,000-15,000 [7]
Flag of Belgium Belgium 10,000-15,000 [8] Romungro
Flag of Bolivia Bolivia Kalderash
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 60,000 or 80,000 [9] [10]
Flag of Brazil Brazil 678,000-1,000,000[11] Kale, Kalderash, Machvaya, Xoraxane, Boyash
Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria Disputed: 370,908 (official census)
to 750,000 [12]		 Yerli, Gurbeti, Kalderash, Boyash, Ursari
Flag of Canada Canada 80,000 [13] Kalderash, Romnichal
Flag of Chile Chile 15,000 to 20,000[14] Xoraxane
Flag of Colombia Colombia 79,000 [15] Kalderash[16]
Flag of Croatia Croatia Disputed: 9,463[17]
to 40,000[18]		 Lovari
Flag of Cuba Cuba >200[19]
Flag of Cyprus Cyprus 500-1,000 [20] Domari
Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic Disputed: 12,000
or 220,000[21] to 360,000[22][23]		 Romungro; Bohemians
Flag of Denmark Denmark 1,500-2,000 [24]
Flag of Ecuador Ecuador 2000[25] Kalderash
Flag of Egypt Egypt 234,000-1,080,000[26] Domari
Flag of Estonia Estonia 1,000-1,500 [27]
Flag of Finland Finland 10,000+ [28] [29] Kàlo
Flag of France France 280,000-340,000 [30] Manush, Kalderash, Lovari, Sinti
Flag of Germany Germany 110,000-130,000 Sintis, Romis [31]
Flag of Greece Greece Disputed: 200,000
or 300,000–350,000 [32]		 Arlije, Domari
Flag of Hungary Hungary Disputed: 205,984[33];
394,000–482,000[34];
450,000–600,000[35];
to
800,000-1,000,000[36][37]		 Romungro, Boyash, Lovari
Flag of Iran Iran 110,000 [38] Domari
Flag of Iraq Iraq 50,000 Qawliya, Domari
Flag of Ireland Republic of Ireland 8,000 Romnichal, Kalderash, Lovari, Romungro
Flag of Israel Israel Kalderash, Domari
Flag of Italy Italy 90,000-180,000[39] + 670,000 illegal immigrants (most of them Roma)[40] Sinti, Abruzzesi Roma, Ursari,Kalderash,Xoraxane,Ashkali
Flag of Jordan Jordan 25,000 Domari
Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 7,000[citation needed] Sinti [41]
Flag of Latvia Latvia 8,205 (census 2005) or 13,000-15,000 [42]
Flag of Lebanon Lebanon 12,000 Domari
Flag of Libya Libya 33,000 Domari
Flag of Lithuania Lithuania 3,000-4,000 [43]
Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg 100-150 [44]
Flag of the Republic of Macedonia Republic of Macedonia Disputed: 53,879 Roma and 3,843 Balkan Egyptians
to 260,000 [45]		 Yerli, Gurbeti, Cergari
Flag of Mexico Mexico Kale, Boyash, Machwaya, Lovari, Kalderash[46]
Flag of Moldova Moldova 12,900 (census) to 20,000-25,000 [47] Rusurja, Ursari, Kalderash
Flag of Montenegro Montenegro Disputed: 2,601
to 20,000 [48]		 Ashkali
Flag of Morocco Morocco unknown number Domari
Flag of Burma Myanmar Sea Gypsies
Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands 35,000-40,000 [49] Ursari
Flag of New Zealand New Zealand 1231[citation needed]
Flag of Norway Norway 6,500 or more [50] Romanoar, Tavringer, Vlax
Palestinian flag Palestinian territories 7,200+ Domari
Flag of Paraguay Paraguay Kalderash
Flag of Peru Peru Kalderash
Flag of Poland Poland 15,000 to 50,000 [51] Romungro
Flag of Portugal Portugal 40,000-50,000 [52]
Flag of Romania Romania Disputed:
Official census: 535,250
UNDP et al.:
700,000–2,500,000 [53][54][55]		 Kalderash, Ursari, Lovari, Vlax, Romungro
Flag of Russia Russia Disputed: 183,000-400,000 [56] Ruska Roma (descented from Polska Roma, from Poland), Kelderare (from Moldova), Servy (from Ukraine and Balkans), Ursari (from Bulgaria) Lovare, Vlahurya (from Vlachia),
Flag of Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Domari
Flag of Serbia Serbia Disputed: 108,193
to 500,000 [57]		 Ashkali, Ursari, Machvaya
Flag of Slovakia Slovakia Disputed: 92,500 or 550.000[58] [59] Romungro
Flag of Slovenia Slovenia Disputed: 3,246 to 10,000[60] [61]
Flag of South Africa South Africa 7,900[citation needed] Romnichal
Flag of Spain Spain 600,000 to 800,000 [62] or 1,500,000[63] Gitanos, Kalderash, Boyash
Flag of Sudan Sudan 20,000-50,000 Domari
Flag of Sweden Sweden 15,000-20,000 [64] or 28,092[65] Kalo, Tavringer, Vlax
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 30,000-35,000 [66]
Flag of Syria Syria 250,000 Domari
Flag of Tajikistan Tajikistan Lyuli
Flag of Tunisia Tunisia unknown number
Flag of Turkey Turkey Disputed:
300,000 to 5 million [67]		 Bosha, Yerli
Flag of Turkmenistan Turkmenistan Lyuli
Flag of Ukraine Ukraine 48,000 or 400,000 [68] Kelderare (Zakarpattia), Ruska Roma (northern Ukraine), Servy (Serby, southern and central Ukrain from Balkans), Lovare (central Ukraine), Kelmysh, Crymy (in Crimea), Servica Roma (in Zakarpattia from Slovakia), Ungriko Roma (in Zakarpattia from Hungary)[69][70]
Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom 44,000–94,000+ [71] Romnichal, Kalderash, Lovari, Romungro
Flag of the United States United States of America 1 million (Roma organizations' estimations)[72] Kalderash, Machvaya, Lovari, Romnichal, Boyash, Romungro
Flag of Uruguay Uruguay 2,000-5,000[73] Kalderash
Flag of Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Lyuli
Flag of Venezuela Venezuela Kalderash

[edit] References

  1. ^ Other News » It Now Suits the EU to Help the Roma
  2. ^ http://www.greekhelsinki.gr/pdf/cedime-se-albania-roma.doc
  3. ^ Jorge M. Fernandez Bernal, The Rom of the Americas (chapter Argentina) ERRC,
  4. ^ Ethnologue report for language code:rme
  5. ^ Jean-Pierre Liégeois, Roma, Tsiganes, Voyageurs, p.34, Conseil de l'Europe, 1994
  6. ^ (Russian) Our Roma Neighbours by Kamal Ali. Echo. 30 December 2006. Retrieved 29 April 2007
  7. ^ Jean-Pierre Liégeois, Roma, Tsiganes, Voyageurs, p.34, Conseil de l'Europe, 1994
  8. ^ Jean-Pierre Liégeois, Roma, Tsiganes, Voyageurs, p.34, Conseil de l'Europe, 1994
  9. ^ Bosnia and Herzegovina: Roma and the right to education. Factsheet | Amnesty International
  10. ^ Roma of Bosnia and Herzegovina
  11. ^ Official data: 678,000
    800,000 -1,000,000 in The Rom of the Americas (chapter Brazil), by Jorge M. Fernandez Bernal
  12. ^ According to the last official census in 2001 370,908 Bulgarian citizens define their identity as Roma (official results here). 313,000 self-declared in 1992 census (Elena Marushiakova and Vesselin Popov, The Gypsies of Bulgaria: Problems of the Multicultural Museum Exhibition (1995), cited in Patrin Web Journal). According to Marushiakova and Popov, "The Roma in Bulgaria", Sofia, 1993, the people who declared Roma identity in 1956 were about 194,000; in 1959 - 214,167; in 1976 - 373,200; because of the obvious and significant difference between the number of Bulgarian citizens with Roma self-identification and this of the large total population with physical appearance and cultural particularity similar to Roma in 1980 the authorities took special census of all people, defined as Roma through the opinions of the neighbouring population, observations of their way of life, cultural specificity, etc. - 523,519; in the 1989 the authorities counted 576,927 people as Roma, but noted that more than a half of them preferred and declared Turkish identity (pages 92-93). According to the rough personal assumption of Marushiakova and Popov the total number of all people with Roma ethic identity plus all people of Roma origin with different ethnic self-identification around 1993 was about 800,000 (pages 94-95). Similar supposition Marushiakova and Popov made in 1995: estimate 750,000 ±50,000. Some international sources mention the estimates of some unnamed experts, who suggest 700,000 - 800,000 or higher than figures in the official census (here, UNDP's Regional Bureau for Europe). These mass non-Roma ethnic partialities are confirmed in the light of the last census in 2001 - more than 300,000 Bulgarian citizens of Roma origin traditionally declare their ethnic identity as Turkish or Bulgarian. Other statistics: 450,000 estimated in 1990 (U.S. Library of Congress study); at least 553,466 cited in a confidential census by the Ministry of the Interior in 1992 (cf Marushiakova and Popov 1995).
  13. ^ Roma in Canada fact sheet
  14. ^ Jorge M. Fernandez Bernal, The Rom of the Americas
  15. ^ Ethnologue report for language code:rmy
  16. ^ Jorge M. Fernandez Bernal, The Rom of the Americas (chapter Colombia)
  17. ^ Central Bureau of Statistics of Republic of Croatia. Census 2001, Population by Ethnicity, by Towns/Municipalities.
  18. ^ UNDP's Regional Bureau for Europe
  19. ^ Jorge M. Fernandez Bernal, The Rom of the Americas (chapter Cuba)
  20. ^ Jean-Pierre Liégeois, Roma, Tsiganes, Voyageurs, p.34, Conseil de l'Europe, 1994
  21. ^ 12,000 according to 2001 census, 220,000 ([1] according to NGOs)
  22. ^ [ http://www.romnews.com/community/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=945 By James Palmer]: In Slovakia the number ranges from 90,000 to 520,000, in a 5.4 million population, and in the Czech Republic from 12,000 to 300,000, among 10.2 million.
  23. ^ Romani World
  24. ^ Jean-Pierre Liégeois, Roma, Tsiganes, Voyageurs, p.34, Conseil de l'Europe, 1994
  25. ^ Source: ASOROM, Roma NGO from Ecuador, cited in The Rom of the Americas (chapter Ecuador), by Jorge M. Fernandez Bernal
  26. ^ Ethnologue.com: Domari
  27. ^ Jean-Pierre Liégeois, Roma, Tsiganes, Voyageurs, p.34, Conseil de l'Europe, 1994
  28. ^ National Minorities of Finland, The Roma — Virtual Finland
  29. ^ EDU.fi: The Roma and health services
  30. ^ Jean-Pierre Liégeois, Roma, Tsiganes, Voyageurs, p.34, Conseil de l'Europe, 1994
  31. ^ Jean-Pierre Liégeois, Roma, Tsiganes, Voyageurs, p.34, Conseil de l'Europe, 1994
  32. ^ 200,000, according to the Greek government ([2])
    300,000 to 350,000 according to the IHF monitor for Greece ([3]).
  33. ^ 2001 census
  34. ^ Hablicsek László: A magyarországi cigányság demográfiája
  35. ^ Demos Hungary - Hungary's strategic audit 2005
  36. ^ The New York City Times: Roma make up an estimated 8 to 10 percent of Hungary’s population
  37. ^ The christian science monitor: "[...] the Roma, who account for between 8 and 10 percent of Hungary's 10 million people."
  38. ^ http://www.domresearchcenter.com/population/popiran.html Dom Research Center - Iran
  39. ^ Jean-Pierre Liégeois, Roma, Tsiganes, Voyageurs, p.34, Conseil de l'Europe, 1994
  40. ^ Italy cracks down on illegal immigration - The Boston Globe
  41. ^ Ethnologue report for language code:rmo
  42. ^ Estimated by the Soros foundation
  43. ^ Jean-Pierre Liégeois, Roma, Tsiganes, Voyageurs, p.34, Conseil de l'Europe, 1994
  44. ^ Jean-Pierre Liégeois, Roma, Tsiganes, Voyageurs, p.34, Conseil de l'Europe, 1994
  45. ^ 2002 census, UNDP's Regional Bureau for Europe
  46. ^ Jorge M. Fernandez Bernal, The Rom of the Americas
  47. ^ Jean-Pierre Liégeois, Roma, Tsiganes, Voyageurs, p.34, Conseil de l'Europe, 1994
  48. ^ UNDP's Regional Bureau for Europe
  49. ^ Jean-Pierre Liégeois, Roma, Tsiganes, Voyageurs, p.34, Conseil de l'Europe, 1994
  50. ^ Ethnologue report for Norway
  51. ^ Early 1990s from U.S. Library of Congress Country study.
  52. ^ People on the Move—Supp. N°93, Pontifical Council, December 2003, pp.299–305.
    Jean-Pierre Liégeois, Roma, Tsiganes, Voyageurs, p.34, Conseil de l'Europe, 1994
  53. ^ 2002 census data, based on Population by ethnicity, gives a total of 535,250 Roma in Romania. This figure is disputed by other sources, because at the local level, many Roma declare a different ethnicity (mostly Romanian, but also Hungarian in Transylvania and Turkish in Dobruja) for fear of discrimination. Many are not recorded at all, since they do not have ID cards [4]. International sources give higher figures than the official census(UNDP's Regional Bureau for Europe, World Bank, International Association for Official Statistics).
  54. ^ [5]: "[...]independent estimates point to numbers varying form 1 million to 2.5 million."
  55. ^ Rumänien sieht Ende starker Auswanderung (Schweiz, NZZ Online)
  56. ^ 2002 Russian census recorded 182,766 Roma. In Jean-Pierre Liégeois, Roma, Tsiganes, Voyageurs, p.34, Conseil de l'Europe, 1994 there are presented 220,000-400,000.
  57. ^ UNDP's Regional Bureau for Europe
  58. ^ CNN.com - Slovakia seeks help on Roma issue - Apr 14, 2004
  59. ^ CIA Factbook on Slovakia.
  60. ^ 2002 census http://www.stat.si/letopis/2005/04_05/04-03-05.htm
  61. ^ Jean-Pierre Liégeois, Roma, Tsiganes, Voyageurs, p.34, Conseil de l'Europe, 1994
  62. ^ U.S. Library of Congress Country study.
  63. ^ Estimated by the Society for Threatened Peoples
  64. ^ Jean-Pierre Liégeois, Roma, Tsiganes, Voyageurs, p.34, Conseil de l'Europe, 1994
  65. ^ Ethnologue report for Sweden
  66. ^ Jean-Pierre Liégeois, Roma, Tsiganes, Voyageurs, p.34, Conseil de l'Europe, 1994
  67. ^ No official count; estimate from Reaching the Romanlar—A Feasibility Study Report (International Romani Studies Network), Istanbul: 2006, p.13. See also Turkey: A Minority Policy of Systematic Negation (IHF report) and SERİN, Ayten (08.05.2005). AB ülkeleriyle ortak bir noktamız daha ÇİNGENELER. Hürriyet. Retrieved on September 23, 2006.
  68. ^ 2001 Ukrainian census recorded 47,587 Roma.
  69. ^ Нова Січ | Новини | Історія українських циган
  70. ^ Helbing Adriana, Ukraine: Performing Politics, 02/28/2006
  71. ^ 40,000–90,000 Anglo-Romani speakers, see http://www.llc.manchester.ac.uk/Research/Projects/romani/downloads/2/Matras_Rmni_UK.pdf and http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=rme. Unspecified number of Roma immigrants from Eastern Europe (among them in 2004 there were 4,100 Vlax Roma [6]).
  72. ^ Estimation by SKOKRA (The Council of the Kumpanias and Organizations of the Americas) and Roma Union
  73. ^ Jorge M. Fernandez Bernal, The Rom of the Americas (chapter Uruguay, Bolivia, Paraguay)

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