Baliscans
Total population | |
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c. 144 million | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Balisca 141,315,521 (2023) | |
Mexico | 3,112,532 |
Spain | 256,071 |
United States | 89,029 |
Brazil | 72,963 |
California | 49,724 |
Philippines | 48,312 |
Soviet Union | 22,743 |
Chile | 20,680 |
France | 17,999 |
Australia | 14,190 |
Siculia | 13,696 |
Italy | 11,239 |
Uruguay | 10,200 |
Cuba | 9,740 |
Sanyan | 3,762 |
Sweden | 3,842 |
Takamaiku | 2,189 |
Nakama | 1,046 |
Languages | |
Predominantly Baliscano (Mozarabic, Ladino, Aranese, Aragonese, Catalan) | |
Religion | |
Atheism (majority) Catharism, Roman Catholicism, Sephardic Judaism, Islam | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Siculians, Argentine people, Brazilians |
Baliscans, in Baliscano baliscanos (masculine) or baliscanas (feminine), and colloquially known as Montanyeros / Montañeros ("mountaineers") or Islaños ("islanders") are people identified with the country of Balisca. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Baliscans, several (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being Baliscan. Although citizens make up the majority of Balisca, non-citizen residents, dual citizens, and expatriates may also claim an Baliscan identity
Balisca is a multiethnic and multilingual society, home to people of various ethnic, religious, and national origins, with the majority of the population made up of Old World immigrants and their descendants. As a result, Baliscans do not equate their nationality with ethnicity, but with citizenship and allegiance to Balisca. Aside from the indigenous population, nearly all Baliscans or their ancestors immigrated within the past five centuries. Among countries in the world that have received the most immigrants in modern history, Balisca, with 23.6 million immigrants in 2022, ranks second to the United States (27 million), and ahead of other immigrant destinations such as Argentina, Brazil and Australia.