Slavic Countries

Slavic countries are the nations whose majority population speaks a Slavic language and shares Slavic heritage. Linguists split them into three branches: East Slavic (Russia, Ukraine, Belarus), West Slavic (Poland, Czechia, Slovakia) and South Slavic (the former Yugoslav states plus Bulgaria). These languages descend from a common ancestor, Proto-Slavic, which is why a Pole and a Croat can often recognise fragments of each other's speech.

13 countries Countries with a Slavic majority language, grouped into the East, West and South Slavic branches.

Country	Capital	Currency	Population
Belarus	Minsk	BYN Br	9,085,991
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sarajevo	BAM KM	3,140,095
Bulgaria	Sofia	EUR €	6,433,302
Croatia	Zagreb	EUR €	3,876,200
Czechia	Prague	CZK Kč	10,886,878
Montenegro	Podgorica	EUR €	623,129
North Macedonia	Skopje	MKD den	1,820,909
Poland	Warsaw	PLN zł	36,435,861
Russia	Moscow	RUB ₽	143,513,328
Serbia	Belgrade	RSD дин.	6,549,143
Slovakia	Bratislava	EUR €	5,413,813
Slovenia	Ljubljana	EUR €	2,130,986
Ukraine	Kyiv	UAH ₴	38,980,376

Frequently asked questions

What are the Slavic countries?

The Slavic countries are Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, North Macedonia and Montenegro.

What are the three branches of Slavic languages?

Slavic languages divide into East Slavic (Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian), West Slavic (Polish, Czech, Slovak) and South Slavic (Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian and others).

Related lists

Populations from the World Bank (SP.POP.TOTL); other fields from open datasets. Sources and vintage on the data page. Membership of cultural regions can vary between sources; this list uses the definition described above.