Demographics of Russia
Peoples of European Russia
Table:
Ethnic
group

Language
family

1926 Census

1939 Census

1959 Census

1970 Census

1979 Census

1989 Census

2002 Census

2010 Census

Number

%

Number

%

Number

%

Number

%

Number

%

Number

%

Number

%

Number

%

Russians

Indo-European

72,374,283
78.1%

89,747,795
82.9%

97,863,579
83.3%

107,747,630
82.8%

113,521,881
82.6%

119,865,469
81.5%

115,889,107
80.6%

111,016,896
80.9%

Tatars

Turkic

2,926,053
3.2%

3,682,956
3.4%

4,074,253
3.5%

4,577,061
3.5%

5,055,757
3.6%

5,522,096
3.8%

5,554,601
3.9%

5,310,649
3.9%

Ukrainians

Indo-European

6,870,976
7.4%

3,205,061
3.0%

3,359,083
2.9%

3,345,885
2.6%

3,657,647
2.7%

4,362,872
3.0%

2,942,961
2.0%

1,927,888
1.4%

Bashkirs

Turkic

738,861
0.80%

824,537
0.76%

953,801
0.81%

1,180,913
0.91%

1,290,994
0.94%

1,345,273
0.92%

1,673,389
1.16%

1,584,554
1.15%

Chuvashs

Turkic

1,112,478
1.20%

1,346,232
1.24%

1,436,218
1.22%

1,637,028
1.26%

1,689,847
1.23%

1,773,645
1.21%

1,637,094
1.14%

1,435,872
1.05%

Mordvins

Uralic

1,306,798
1.41%

1,375,558
1.27%

1,211,105
1.03%

1,177,492
0.91%

1,111,075
0.81%

1,072,939
0.73%

843,350
0.59%

744,237
0.54%

Udmurts (incl. Besermyan 1939–1989)

Uralic

503,970
0.54%

599,893
0.55%

615,640
0.52%

678,393
0.52%

685,718
0.50%

714,883
0.49%

636,906
0.45%

552,299
0.40%

Besermyan

Uralic

10,035
0.01%

3,122
0.00%

2,201
0.00%

Mari

Uralic

427,874
0.46%

476,314
0.44%

498,066
0.42%

581,082
0.45%

599,637
0.44%

643,698
0.44%

604,298
0.42%

547,605
0.40%

Belarusians

Indo-European

607,845
0.66%

451,933
0.42%

843,985
0.72%

964,082
0.74%

1,051,900
0.77%

1,206,222
0.82%

807,970
0.56%

521,443
0.38%

Germans

Indo-European

707,277
0.76%

811,205
0.75%

820,016
0.70%

761,888
0.59%

790,762
0.58%

842,295
0.57%

597,212
0.42%

394,138
0.29%

Komi (incl. Komi-Permyak 1939)

Uralic

226,012
0.24%

415,009
0.38%

281,780
0.24%

315,347
0.24%

320,078
0.23%

336,309
0.23%

293,406
0.20%

228,235
0.17%

Komi-Permyak

Uralic

149,275
0.16%

143,030
0.12%

150,244
0.12%

145,993
0.11%

147,269
0.10%

125,235
0.09%

94,456
0.07%

Roma

Indo-European

39,089
0.04%

59,198
0.05%

72,488
0.06%

97,955
0.08%

120,672
0.09%

152,939
0.10%

183,252
0.13%

204,958
0.15%

Jews

Semitic

539,086
0.58%

891,147
0.82%

875,058
0.74%

807,526
0.62%

699,286
0.51%

550,709
0.37%

233,439
0.16%

156,801
0.11%

Moldovans

Indo-European

16,870
0.02%

21,974
0.02%

62,298
0.05%

87,538
0.07%

102,137
0.07%

172,671
0.12%

172,330
0.12%

156,400
0.11%

Karelians

Uralic

248,017
0.27%

249,778
0.23%

164,050
0.14%

141,148
0.11%

133,182
0.10%

124,921
0.08%

93,344
0.06%

60,815
0.04%

Poles

Indo-European

189,269
0.20%

142,461
0.13%

118,422
0.10%

107,084
0.08%

99,733
0.07%

94,594
0.06%

73,001
0.05%

47,125
0.03%

Lithuanians

Indo-European

26,128
0.03%

20,795
0.02%

108,579
0.09%

76,718
0.06%

66,783
0.05%

70,427
0.05%

45,569
0.03%

31,377
0.02%

Bulgarians

Indo-European

4,087
0.00%

8,338
0.01%

24,899
0.02%

27,321
0.02%

24,943
0.02%

32,785
0.02%

31,965
0.02%

24,038
0.02%

Finns

Uralic

134,089
0.14%

138,962
0.13%

72,356
0.06%

62,307
0.05%

55,687
0.04%

47,102
0.03%

34,050
0.02%

20,267
0.01%

Latvians

Indo-European

124,312
0.13%

104,877
0.10%

74,932
0.06%

59,695
0.05%

67,267
0.05%

46,829
0.03%

28,520
0.02%

18,979
0.01%

Estonians

Uralic

146,051
0.16%

130,494
0.12%

78,556
0.07%

62,980
0.05%

55,539
0.04%

46,390
0.03%

28,113
0.02%

17,875
0.01%

Gagauz

Turkic

0
0.00%

0
0.00%

3,012
0.00%

3,704
0.00%

4,176
0.00%

10,051
0.01%

12,210
0.01%

13,690
0.01%

Veps

Uralic

32,783
0.04%

31,442
0.03%

16,170
0.01%

8,057
0.01%

7,550
0.01%

12,142
0.01%

8,240
0.01%

5,936
0.00%

Sami

Uralic

1,715
0.00%

1,828
0.00%

1,760
0.00%

1,836
0.00%

1,775
0.00%

1,835
0.00%

1,991
0.00%

1,771
0.00%

Izhorians

Uralic

16,136
0.02%

7,720
0.01%

564
0.00%

561
0.00%

449
0.00%

449
0.00%

327
0.00%

266
0.00%

Karaites

Turkic

1,608
0.00%

1,608
0.00%

1,236
0.00%

939
0.00%

680
0.00%

366
0.00%

205
0.00%

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