Ukraine 46,710,816 (July 2006 est.)
Ukrainian (official) 67%, Russian 24%,
Uzbekistan 27,307,134 (July 2006 est.)
Uzbek 74.3%, Russian 14.2%, Tajik 4.4%, other 7.1%
Kazakhstan 15,233,244 (July 2006 est.
Kazakh (Qazaq, state language) 64.4%, Russian

(official, used in everyday business, designated

"language of interethnic communication") 95% (2001 est.)

Belarus 10,293,011 (July 2006 est.) Belarusian, Russian, other

Azerbaijan 7,961,619 (July 2006 est.)

Azerbaijani (Azeri) 89%, Russian 3%, Armenian 2%,

Tajikistan 7,320,815 (July 2006 est.)

Tajik (official), Russian widely used

Georgia 4,661,473 (July 2006 est.)

Georgian 71% (official), Russian 9%, Armenian 7%,

Kyrgyzstan 5,213,898 (July 2006 est.)

Kyrgyz (official), Russian (official)

Turkmenistan 5,042,920 (July 2006 est.)

Turkmen 72%, Russian 12%, Uzbek 9%,

Moldova 4,466,706 (July 2006 est.)

Moldovan (official, Russian, Gagauz (a Turkish dialect)

Lithuania 3,585,906 (July 2006 est.)

Lithuanian (official) 82%, Russian 8%, Polish 5.6%,

Latvia2, 274,735 (July 2006 est.)

Latvian (official) 58.2%, Russian 37.5%

Armenia 2,976,372 (July 2006 est.)

Armenian 97.7%, Yezidi 1%, Russian 0.9%,

Estonia 1,324,333 (July 2006 est.)

Estonian (official) 67.3%, Russian 29.7%, other 2.3%