Yoruba people
A group of Yoruba people at a public event | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| c. ≈ 53,213,000 (2025)[a][1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Nigeria | 42,600,000 (2020)[2] |
| Benin | 1,600,000[3] |
| Ghana | 425,600[4] |
| Togo | 342,500 (2014)[5] |
| United States | 213,732 (2023)[b][6] |
| Ivory Coast | 115,000 (2017)[7] |
| Niger | 80,700 (2021)[8] |
| Canada | 42,075 (2021)[c][9] |
| Sierra Leone | 16,578 (2022)[10] |
| Ireland | 10,100 (2011)[11] |
| Gambia | 9,224 (2024)[12] |
| Australia | 4,020 (2021)[13] |
| Finland | 1,538 (2023)[14] |
| Languages | |
| Religion | |
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| Related ethnic groups | |
(Yoruboid) Aku · Igala · Itsekiri · Nagos · Olukumi · Tabom
(Gbe) Aja · Ewe · Fon · Mahi · Ogu
(Kwa) Adele · Akebu · Anii · Ga · Kposo
(Nupoid) Ebira · Gbagyi · Nupe
(Gur) Bariba · Losso[20]
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| Person | Ọmọ Yorùbá |
|---|---|
| People | Ọmọ Yorùbá |
| Language | Èdè Yorùbá |
| Country | Ilẹ̀ Yorùbá |
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The Yoruba people (/ˈjɒrʊbə/ YORR-ub-ə;[24][25] Yoruba: Ìran Yorùbá, Ọmọ Odùduwà, Ọmọ Káàárọ̀-oòjíire)[26] are a West African ethnic group who inhabit parts of Nigeria, Benin, and Togo, which are collectively referred to as Yorubaland. The Yoruba constitute more than 50 million people in Africa,[1] are over a million outside the continent, and bear further representation among the African diaspora. The vast majority of Yoruba are within Nigeria, where they make up 20.7% of the country's population according to Ethnologue estimations,[27][28] making them one of the largest ethnic groups in Africa. Most Yoruba people speak the Yoruba language, which is the Niger-Congo language with the largest number of native or L1 speakers.[29]
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