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About number and composition population of DONETS'K REGION
by data All-Ukrainian census of the population 2001
The peculiarity of the national structure of the population of Donets'k region is its multinational composition. According to the data of the All-Ukrainian census of the population, the representatives of more than 130 nationalities and ethnic groups live on the territory of the country.
The data about the most numerous nationalitiesare mentioned below:
| |
Total
(thousand persons) |
as % to the result |
2001
as % to 1989 |
| 2001 |
1989 |
|
Ukrainians
|
2744.1 |
56.9 |
50.7 |
101.9 |
|
Russians
|
1844.4 |
38.2 |
43.6 |
79.6 |
|
Greeks
|
77.5 |
1.61 |
1.58 |
92.6 |
|
Belarussians
|
44.5 |
0.92 |
1.45 |
57.9 |
|
Tatars
|
19.2 |
0.40 |
0.48 |
75.2 |
|
Armenians
|
15.7 |
0.33 |
0.19 |
155.1 |
|
Jews
|
8.8 |
0.18 |
0.53 |
31.4 |
|
Azerbaijanians
|
8.1 |
0.17 |
0.08 |
in 1.9 times more |
|
|
Georgians
|
7.2 |
0.15 |
0.07 |
in 1.9 times more |
|
|
Moldavians
|
7.2 |
0.15 |
0.25 |
53.8 |
|
Bulgarians
|
4.8 |
0.10 |
0.14 |
67.0 |
|
Germans
|
4.6 |
0.10 |
0.12 |
73.0 |
|
Poles
|
4.3 |
0.09 |
0.13 |
63.0 |
|
Gypsies
|
4.1 |
0.08 |
0.09 |
85.4 |
|
Other nationality
|
22.7 |
0.47 |
0.59 |
72.8 |
The part of Ukrainians in the national structure of population of region is the largest, it accounts for 2,744,100 people, or 56.9% of the population. During the years that have passed since the census of the population ‘1989, the number of Ukrainians has increased by 1.9% and their part among other citizens of region has increased by 6.2 percentage points. Russians are the second numerous nation of Donets'k region. Since 1989 their number has decreased by 20.4% and at the date of the census it accounted for 1,844,400 people. The part of Russians in total population has decreased by 5.4 percentage points and accounted for 38.2%.
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