Tatar speaking countries
Tatar is no official language in any country, but is spoken as a mother tongue in three countries by a minor part of the population.As a percentage of the total population, the largest share of around 3 percent is in Russia. A total of about 5.1 million people worldwide speak Tatar as their mother tongue.
| Country | Region | Official language | Distribution | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | Eastern Europe | no | 3.0 % | 4,303,000 |
| Uzbekistan | Central Asia | no | 1.1 % | 384,000 |
| Kazakhstan | Central Asia | no | 2.0 % | 380,000 |
Unless otherwise described in the text, this page is about native speakers — not the total number of speakers. How many people understand or speak Tatar as a subsequently learned language is not the subject of this page. Countries where native speakers make up only a few thousand, or even a few hundred people, or countries with a percentage well below 1% are unlikely to be listed here.