The total number of the actual population of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea according to the data of the All-Ukrainian census of the population, accounted for 2033,7 thousand persons.

The number of the urban population according to the data of the All-Ukrainian census of the population ’2001 accounted for 1,274,300 persons, or 62.7% and that of the rural population - the 759,400 people or 37.3%.

According to the data of the All-Ukrainian census of the population, the number of men totaled 937,600 people or 46.1% that of women - 1,096,100 people or 53.9%.

During the years that have passed since the census of the population in 1989, the number of towns in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea has increased by 2 and on the date of the All-Ukrainian census of the population it was 16 towns. Among them 5 towns numbered more than 50,000 inhabitants.

The total number of the permanent population of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea accounted for 2,024,000 people including men - 931,400 people or 46.0%, women - 1,092,600 people or 54.0%; the urban population - 1,258,700 people or 62.2%, the rural population - 765,300 people or 37.8%.

The age structure of the population, stated by the All-Ukrainian census of the population ’2001, is characterized by the following data:

The peculiarity of the national structure of the population of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea is its multinational composition. According to the data of the All-Ukrainian census of the population, the representatives of more than 125 nationalities and ethnic groups live on the territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.

The language structure of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, according to the data of the All-Ukrainian census of the population, is characterized by the following data:

The results of the All-Ukrainian census of the population testified to the tendency to the rise of the educational standard of the population and the increase in the number of people with higher and secondary education:

According to the data of the All-Ukrainian census of the population, of married men and women accounted for 944.3 thousand people.