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About number and composition population of ZAPORIZHZHIA REGION
by data All-Ukrainian population census '2001
The peculiarity of the national structure of the population of 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 region:
The data about the most numerous nationalities are mentioned below:
| |
Total
(thousand persons) |
as % to the result |
2001
as % to 1989 |
| 2001 |
1989 |
|
Ukrainians
|
1364.1 |
70.8 |
63.1 |
104.3 |
|
Russians
|
476.7 |
24.7 |
32.0 |
71.8 |
|
Bulgarians
|
27.8 |
1.4 |
1.7 |
80.2 |
|
Belarussians
|
12.7 |
0.7 |
0.9 |
68.9 |
|
Hungarians
|
6.4 |
0.3 |
0.1 |
in 2.6 times more |
|
Tatars
|
5.2 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
98.3 |
|
Jews
|
4.4 |
0.2 |
0.7 |
30.3 |
|
Georgians
|
3.9 |
0.2 |
0.04 |
in 4.2 times more |
|
Azerbaijanians
|
2.5 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
in 1.9 times more |
|
Moldavians
|
2.5 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
72.2 |
|
Germans
|
2.2 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
94.8 |
|
Greeks
|
2.2 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
102.2 |
|
Gipsies
|
1.9 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
94.7 |
|
Poles
|
1.8 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
70.6 |
The part of Ukrainians in the national structure of population of region is the largest, it accounts for 1364.1 people, or 70.8% of the population. During the years that have passed since the census of the population ‘1989, the number of Ukrainians has increased by 4.3% and their part among other citizens of Ukraine has increased by 7.7 percentage points.
Russians are the second numerous nation of Ukraine. Since 1989 their number has decreased by 28.2% and at the date of the census it accounted for 476.7 thousand people. The part of Russians in total population has decreased by 7.3 percentage points and accounted for 24.7%.
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