The peculiarity of the national structure of the population of Kyiv cityis its multinational composition. According to All-Ukrainian population census data, the representatives of more than 130 nationalities and ethnic groups live on city.
The data about the most numerous nationalities of Kyiv city are mentioned below:
| | Total
(thousand persons) |
as % to total |
2001
as % to 1989 |
| 2001 |
1989 |
| Ukrainians |
2110.8
|
82.2
|
72.5
|
113.3
|
| Russians |
337.3
|
13.1
|
20.9
|
62.8
|
| Jews |
17.9
|
0.7
|
3.9
|
17.9
|
| Belarussians |
16.5
|
0.6
|
1.0
|
65.5
|
| Poles |
6.9
|
0.3
|
0.4
|
66.3
|
| Armenians |
4.9
|
0.2
|
0.2
|
108.9
|
| Azerbaijanians |
2.6
|
0.1
|
0.1
|
93.2
|
| Tatars |
2.5
|
0.1
|
0.1
|
70.6
|
| Georgians |
2.4
|
0.1
|
0.1
|
120.5
|
| Moldavians |
1.9
|
0.1
|
0.1
|
60.5
|
