Demographics
- Population makeup by ethnicity of Lviv 1900-2001, in thousands
| Ethnicity | 1900 | % | 1931 | % | Oct 1944 | % | 1950 | % | 1959 | % | 1979 | % | 1989 | % | 2001 | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukrainians | 33.9 | 19.9% | 49.7 | 15.9% | 40.6 | 26.4% | 144.6 | 49.9% | 246.4 | 60.0% | 492.2 | 74.0% | 622.7 | 79.1% | 639.0 | 88.1% |
| Russians | ~0.5 | 0.2% | 8.5 | 5.5% | 90.4 | 31.2% | 110.9 | 27.0% | 128.3 | 19.3% | 126.5 | 16.1% | 64.6 | 8.9% | ||
| Poles | 84.1 | 49.4% | 157.5 | 50.4% | 103.4 | 66.7% | 30.0 | 10.3% | 16.4 | 4.0% | 11.9 | 1.8% | 9.7 | 1.2% | 6.4 | 0.9% |
| Jews | 45.1 | 26.5% | 99.6 | 31.9% | 1.7 | 1.1% | 18.6 | 6.4% | 24.6 | 6.0% | 17.6 | 2.7% | 12.8 | 1.6% | 1.9 | 0.3% |
| Total | 170.2 | 100.0% | 311.5 | 100.0% | 154.0 | 100.0% | ~290.0 | 100.0% | 410.7 | 100.0% | 665.1 | 100.0% | 786.9 | 100.0% | 725.2 | 100.0% |
- Language use 1931-1989
| Language | 1931 | 1970 | 1979 | 1989 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukrainian | 11.3% | 65.2% | 71.3% | 77.2% |
| Russian | 31.1% | 25.7% | 19.9% | |
| Yiddish | 24.1% | |||
| Polish | 63.5% | |||
| Other | 1.1% | 3.7% | 3.0% | 2.9% |
Ethnic population
of Lviv (2001)
| Ukrainians | 88.1% |
| Russians | 8.9% |
| Poles | 0.9% |
| Belarusians | 0.4% |
| Jews | 0.3% |
| Armenians | 0.1% |
Ethnicity in Lviv
according to the census of 1989
| Ukrainians | 622,800 | (79.1%) |
| Russians | 126,418 | (16.1%) |
| Jews | 12,837 | (1.6%) |
| Poles | 9,697 | (1.2%) |
| Belarusians | 5,800 | (0.7%) |
| Armenians | 1,000 | (0.1%) |
| Total | 778,557 |
Numbers do not include regions
and surrounding towns
- 1405: approx. 4,500 inhabitants in the old town, and additionally approx. 600 in the two suburbs.
- 1544: approx. 3,000 inhabitants in the old town (number had decreased by about 30% due to the fire of 1527), and additionally approx. 2,700 in the suburbs.
- 1840: approx. 67,000 inhabitants, including 20,000 Jews.
- 1850: nearly 80,000 inhabitants (together with the four suburbs), including more than 25,000 Jews.
- 1890: 127,943 inhabitants (64,102 male, 63,481 female), predominantly Polish (12,162 Germans, 9,067 Ruthenians), among them 67,280 Catholics, 21,876 members of the Greek Uniate Churches, 2,061 Protestants and 36,130 Jews.
- 1900: 159,877 inhabitants, including the military (10,326 men). Of these inhabitants, 82,597 were members of the Roman Catholic Church, 29,327 members of the Greek Uniate Churches, and 44,258 were Jews. As their language of communication, 120,634 used Polish, 20,409 German or Yiddish, and 15,159 Ukrainian.
- 1921: 219,400 inhabitants, including 112,000 Poles, 76,000 Jews and 28,000 Ukrainians.
- 1939: 340.000 inhabitants.
- 2001: 725,000 inhabitants, of whom 88 percent were Ukrainians, 9 percent Russians and 1 percent Poles. A further 200,000 people commuted daily from suburbs.
- 2007:735,000 inhabitants.
- By gender:
- 51.5% women
- 48.5% men
- By place of birth:
- 56% born in Lviv
- 19% born in Lviv oblast
- 11% born in Ukraine, but in the East
- 07% born in the former republics of the USSR (Russia 4%)
- 04% born in Poland
- 03% born in Western Ukraine, but not in Lviv oblast
- Religious adherence:
- 45% Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
- 31% Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kiev Patriarchate
- 05% Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church
- 03% Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)
- 03% Other faiths
- 1999: 77.6 percent of Lviv's inhabitants were primarily Ukrainian-speaking.
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