The Turkic people display a great variety of ethnic types.[79] They possess physical features ranging from Caucasoid to Northern Mongoloid. Mongoloid and Caucasoid facial structure is common among many Turkic groups, such as Chuvash people, Tatars, Kazakhs, Uzbeks, Hazaras, and Bashkirs. Historically, the racial classification of the Turkic peoples was sometimes given as Turanid. The following incomplete list of Turkic people shows the respective groups core areas of settlement and their estimated sizes (in millions): People Region Population Modern language Predominant religion Turkish people Meskhetian Turks Syrian Turks Egyptian Turks West Thrace Muslim Minority in Greece Algerian Turks Iraqi Turkmen Turkey, Germany, Algeria, Iraq, Bulgaria, Georgia, Syria, Yugoslavia, Greece 70 M Turkish Sunni Islam and Alevism Azerbaijanis Azerbaijan Republic, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Russia, Georgia 30 M Azerbaijani Shia Islam Uzbeks Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan 28,3 M Uzbek Sunni Islam Kazakhs Kazakhstan, Russia, China, Uzbekistan 13.8 M Kazakh Sunni Islam Uyghurs China (Xinjiang), Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkey 9 M Uyghur Sunni Islam Turkmens Turkmenistan, Iran, Afghanistan, 8 M Turkmen Sunni Islam Tatars Russia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Poland, Lithuania, Finland 7 M Tatar Sunni Islam Kyrgyzs Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, China, Tajikistan 4,5 M Kyrgyz Sunni Islam Bashkirs Russia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan 2 M Bashkir Sunni Islam Crimean Tatars Ukraine (Crimea), Russia, Uzbekistan, Turkey, Romania 0.5 to 2 M Crimean Tatar Sunni Islam Qashqai Iran 1.7 M Qashqai Shia Islam Chuvashes Russia 1.7 M Chuvash Orthodox Christianity Karakalpaks Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan 0.6 M Karakalpak Sunni Islam Yakuts Russia 0.5 M Sakha Orthodox Christianity Kumyks Russia 0.4 M Kumyk Sunni Islam Karachays and Balkars Russia, Turkey 0.4 M Karachay-Balkar Sunni Islam Tuvans Russia 0.3 M Tuvan Tibetan Buddhism Gagauzs Moldova, Greece 0.2 M Gagauz Orthodox Christianity Turkic Karaites and Krymchaks Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Turkey 0.2 M Karaim and Krymchak Judaism Language
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