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About number and composition population of CHERNIHIV REGION
by data All-Ukrainian census of the population 2001
The peculiarity of the national structure of the population of Chernihiv region is its multinational composition. According to the data of All-Ukrainian census of the population, the representatives of more than 90 nationalities and ethnic groups lived on the territory region.
Largest nationality of Chernihiv region present below:
| |
Number
(thousand persons) |
As
% to total |
2001
as % to 1989 |
| 2001 |
1989 |
|
Ukrainians
|
1155.4 |
93.5 |
91.5 |
89.4 |
|
Russians
|
62.2 |
5.0 |
6.8 |
64.4 |
|
Belarussians
|
7.1 |
0.6 |
0.8 |
66.9 |
|
Jews
|
1.5 |
0.1 |
0.4 |
24.8 |
|
other nationalities
|
6.4 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
87.8 |
Thus, in national composition of population of Chernihiv region majority share is Ukrainians. Between 1989 and 2001 number population those indicated that they were Ukrainians decreased by 10.6%.
Number Russians compared with a census in 1989, decreased by 35.6%.
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