Germans

Infobox ethnic group | group = Germans | native_name = Deutsche | native_name_lang = de | region1 = Germany | pop1 = 72,569,978 | region2 = United States | pop2 = 534,000 | region3 = Brazil | pop3 = 21,000 5,000,000 | region4 = Canada | pop4 = 157,000 3,322,405 | region5 = Australia | pop5 = 125,000 1,026,140 | region6 = Kazakhstan | pop6 = 900,000 | region7 = Russia | pop7 = 142,000 840,000 | region8 = Argentina | pop8 = 9,000 500,000 | region9 = Switzerland | pop9 = 357,000 | region10 = United Kingdom | pop10 = 310,000 | region11 = Hungary | pop11 = 36,000 250,000 | region12 = New Zealand | pop12 = 25,000 200,000 | region13 = Austria | pop13 = 233,000 | region14 = Italy | pop14 = 211,000 | region15 = France | pop15 = 203,000 | region16 = Spain | pop16 = 201,000 | region17 = Poland | pop17 = 101,000 148,000 (of whom 45,000 declared solely German ethnicity) | region18 = Turkey | pop18 = 102,592 ' 'Türkiye'de ikamet eden yabancı ülke vatandaşlarının sayısı ne? (Turkish) | region19 = Mexico | pop19 = 7,000 90,000 | region20 = Chile | pop20 = 8,000 1,000,000 | region21 = South Africa | pop21 = 17,000 75,000 | region22 = Romania | pop22 = 34,071 22,900 | region23 = Slovakia | pop23 = 8,537 Germans (Deutsche, ˈdɔʏtʃə) are the natives or inhabitants of Germany, and sometimes more broadly any people who are of German descent or native speakers of the German language. The constitution of Germany defines a German as a German citizen. During the 19th and much of the 20th century, discussions on German identity were dominated by concepts of a common language, culture, descent, and history. Today, the German language is widely seen as the primary, though not exclusive, criterion of German identity. Estimates on the total number of Germans in the world range from 100 to 150 million, and most of them live in Germany. The history of Germans as an ethnic group began with the separation of a distinct Kingdom of Germany from the eastern part of the Frankish Empire under the Ottonian dynasty in the 10th century, forming the core of the Holy Roman Empire.