Demographics of Abkhazia
Historical developments

Demographics of Abkhazia

Section Title: Historical developments
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Year	Georgians	Abkhaz	Russians	Armenians	Greeks	Total

1886 Family Lists	50.6 % (34,806)	41.2 % (28,323)	1.6 % (1,090)	1.6% (1,090)	3.1% (2,149)	68,773

1897 Census	24.4% (25,873)	55.3% (58,697)	4,8% (5,135)	6.2% (6,552)	5.1% (5,393)	106,179

1926 Census	33.6% (67,494)	27.3% (55,918)	6.7% (12,553)	12.8% (25,677)	7.6% (14,045)	201,016

1939 Census	29.5% (91,967)	18.0% (56,197)	19.3% (60,201)	15.9% (49,705)	11.1% (34,621)	311,885

1959 Census	39.1% (158,221)	15.1% (61,193)	21.4% (86,715)	15.9% (64,425)	2.2% (9,101)	404,738

1970 Census	41.0% (199,596)	15.9% (77,276)	19.1% (92,889)	15.4% (74,850)	2.7% (13,114)	486,959

1979 Census	43.9% (213,322)	17.1% (83,087)	16.4% (79,730)	15.1% (73,350)	2.8% (13,642)	486,082

1989 Census	45.7% (239,872)	17.8% (93,267)	14.3% (74,913)	14.6% (76,541)	2.8% (14,664)	525,061

2003 Census	21.3% (45,953)	43.8% (94,606)	10.8% (23,420)	20.8% (44,870)	0.7% (1,486)	215,972

2011 Census	19.2% (46,367)	50.7% (122,069)	9.1% (22,077)	17.4% (41,864)	0.6% (1,380)	240,705

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As of the 1989 census, the size of Abkhazia's population was 525,061.

final_sentence: As of the 1989 census, the size of Abkhazia's population was 525,061.