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About number and composition population of KHARKIV REGION
by data All-Ukrainian census of the population 2001
The peculiarity of the national structure of the population of Kharkiv region is its multinational composition. According to the data of the All-Ukrainian census of the population, the representatives of more than 111 nationalities and ethnic groups live on the territory of region.
The data about the most numerous nationalities of Kharkiv region are mentioned below:
| | Total
(thousand persons) |
as % to the result |
2001
as % to 1989 |
| 2001 |
1989 |
|
Ukrainians
|
2048.7 |
70.7 |
62.8 |
102.8 |
|
Russians
|
742.0 |
25.6 |
33.2 |
70.4 |
|
Belarussians
|
14.7 |
0.5 |
0.7 |
64.4 |
|
Jews
|
11.5 |
0.4 |
1.5 |
23.7 |
|
Armenians
|
11.1 |
0.4 |
0.3 |
136.9 |
|
Azerbaijanians
|
5.6 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
86.9 |
|
Georgians
|
4.4 |
0.15 |
0.1 |
138.8 |
|
Tatars
|
4.2 |
0.14 |
0.2 |
70.2 |
|
Moldavians
|
2.5 |
0.09 |
0.1 |
65.7 |
|
Vietnamians
|
2.4 |
0.08 |
0.001 |
in 54 times more |
|
Gipsies
|
2.3 |
0.08 |
0.09 |
78.6 |
The part of Ukrainians in the national composition of population of region is the largest, it accounts for 2,048,700 people, or 70.7% of the population. During the years that have passed since the census of the population ‘1989, the number of Ukrainians has increased by 2.8%.
Russians are the second numerous nation of Ukraine. Since 1989 their number has decreased by 29.6% and at the date of the census it accounted for 742 thousand people. The part of Russians in total population has decreased by 7.6 percentage points and accounted for 25.6%.
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