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=== Ethnic groups === The majority of the population of North Ossetia are Christians who belong to the [[Russian Orthodox Church]], although there is also a [[Islam in North Ossetia–Alania|Muslim]] minority who are of [[Ossetic language|Ossetian]]-speaking origin. According to the [[Russian Census (2021)|2021 Census]],<ref name=census2021>{{cite web|title=Национальный состав населения|url=https://rosstat.gov.ru/storage/mediabank/Tom5_tab1_VPN-2020.xlsx|publisher=[[Federal State Statistics Service (Russia)|Federal State Statistics Service]]|accessdate=30 December 2022}}</ref> [[Ossetians]] make up 68.1% of the republic’s population. Other groups include [[Russians]] (18.9%), [[Ingush people|Ingush]] (3.8%), [[Kumyks]] (2.8%), [[Armenians]] (1.8%), [[Georgian people|Georgians]] (1.0%), and a host of smaller groups, each accounting for less than 1% of the total population. {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;" |- style="background:#e0e0e0;" ! rowspan="2" | Ethnic<br />group ! colspan="2" | 1926 Census<sup>1</sup> ! colspan="2" | 1939 Census ! colspan="2" | 1959 Census ! colspan="2" | 1970 Census ! colspan="2" | 1979 Census ! colspan="2" | 1989 Census ! colspan="2" | 2002 Census ! colspan="2" | 2010 Census ! colspan="2" | 2021 Census<sup>2</sup> |- style="background:#e0e0e0;" ! Number ! % ! Number ! % ! Number ! % ! Number ! % ! Number ! % ! Number ! % ! Number ! % ! Number ! % ! Number ! % |- | style="text-align:left;"| [[Ossetians]] | 141,723 |49.6% | 165,616 |50.3% | 215,463 |47.8% | 269,326 |48.7% | 299,022 |50.5% | 334,876 |53.0% | 445,310 |62.7% | 459,688 |65.1% | 439,949 |68.1% |- | style="text-align:left;"| [[Russians]] | 68,192 |23.8% | 122,614 |37.2% | 178,654 |39.6% | 202,367 |36.6% | 200,692 |33.9% | 189,159 |29.9% | 164,734 |23.2% | 147,090 |20.8% | 122,240 |18.9% |- | style="text-align:left;"| [[Ingush people|Ingush]] | 23,851 |8.3% | 6,106 |1.9% | 6,071 |1.3% | 18,387 |3.3% | 23,663 |4.0% | 32,783 |5.2% | 21,442 |3.0% | 28,336 |4.0% | 24,285 |3.8% |- | style="text-align:left;"| [[Kumyks]] | 3,153 |1.1% | 85 |0.0% | 3,921 |0.9% | 6,363 |1.2% | 7,610 |1.3% | 9,478 |1.5% | 12,659 |1.8% | 16,092 |2.3% | 18,054 |2.8% |- |align="left"| [[Armenians]] | 9,185 |3.2% | 8,932 |2.7% | 12,012 |2.7% | 13,355 |2.4% | 12,912 |2.2% | 13,619 |2.2% | 17,147 |2.4% | 16,235 |2.3% | 11,668 |1.8% |- | style="text-align:left;"| [[Georgians]] | 6,057 |2.1% | 6,312 |1.9% | 8,160 |1.8% | 10,323 |1.9% | 11,347 |1.9% | 12,284 |1.9% | 10,803 |1.5% | 9,095 |1.3% | 6,756 |1.0% |- | style="text-align:left;"| [[Ukrainians]] | 19,101 |6.7% | 7,063 |2.1% | 9,362 |2.1% | 9,250 |1.7% | 10,574 |1.8% | 10,088 |1.6% | 5,198 |0.7% | 3,251 |0.4% | 925 |0.1% |- | style="text-align:left;"| Others | 14,690 |5.1% | 12,477 |3.8% | 16,938 |3.8% | 23,210 |4.2% | 26,182 |4.4% | 30,141 |4.8% | 32,982 |4.6% | 26,636 |3.8% | 22,418 |3.5% |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="19"| <sup>1</sup> <small>The results of the 1926 census refer to the present territory, which is a combination of the North Ossetian AO, the city of Vladikavkaz and adjacent areas.</small><ref>[http://www.ethno-kavkaz.narod.ru/rnnossetia.html население северной осетии]. Ethno-kavkaz.narod.ru. Retrieved on 18 August 2012.</ref> <sup>2</sup> <small>41,062 people were registered from administrative databases, and could not declare an ethnicity. It is estimated that the proportion of ethnicities in this group is the same as that of the declared group.</small><ref>[http://www.perepis-2010.ru/news/detail.php?ID=6936 Перепись-2010: русских становится больше] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225111852/http://www.gks.ru/free_doc/new_site/perepis2010/croc/perepis_itogi1612.htm |date=25 December 2018 }}. Perepis-2010.ru (19 December 2011). Retrieved on 18 August 2012.</ref> |}
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