The language structure of Ukraine, according to the All-Ukrainian census data, is characterized by the following data:
| |
The part of those whose mother tongue was( %) |
| the language of their nationality |
Ukrainian |
Russian |
other language |
| Ukrainians |
85.2 |
х |
14.8 |
0.0 |
| Russians |
95.9 |
3.9 |
х |
0.2 |
| Belarussians |
19.8 |
17.5 |
62.5 |
0.2 |
| Moldavians |
70.0 |
10.7 |
17.6 |
1.7 |
| Crimean Tatars |
92.0 |
0.1 |
6.1 |
1.8 |
| Bulgarians |
64.2 |
5.0 |
30.3 |
0.5 |
| Hungarians |
95.4 |
3.4 |
1.0 |
0.2 |
| Romanians |
91.7 |
6.2 |
1.5 |
0.6
|
| Poles |
12.9 |
71.0 |
15.6 |
0.5 |
| Jews |
3.1 |
13.4 |
83.0 |
0.5 |
| Armenians |
50.4 |
5.8 |
43.2 |
0.6 |
| Greeks |
6.4 |
4.8 |
88.5 |
0.3 |
| Tatars |
35.2 |
4.5 |
58.7 |
1.6 |
| Gypsies |
44.7 |
21.1 |
13.4 |
20.8 |
| Azerbaijanians
|
53.0 |
7.1 |
37.6 |
2.3 |
| Georgians |
36.7 |
8.2 |
54.4 |
0.7 |
| Germans |
12.2 |
22.1 |
64.7 |
1.0 |
| Gagausians |
71.5 |
3.5 |
22.7 |
2.3 |
| other |
32.6 |
12.5 |
49.7 |
5.2 |
The part of those whose mother tongue is Ukrainian totals 67.5% of the population of Ukraine, this is by 2.8 percentage points more than in 1989. The percentage of those whose mother tongue is Russian totals 29.6% of the population. Comparatively with the data of previous census this index has decreased by 3.2 percentage points. The part of other languages, specified like mother tongue, during the period that have passed since previous census has increased by 0.4 percentage points and accounts for 2.9%.
