Demographics
The oblast's population (as of 2004) is 2.4 million people, nearly 40% of whom live in the city of Odessa.
Significant Bulgarian (6.1%) and Romanian (5.0%) minorities reside in the province. There is a small Greek community in the city of Odessa.
Bulgarians and Moldovans / Romanians represent 21% and 13% respectively, of the population in the region of Budjak, within Odessa oblast.
| Year | Fertility | Birth | Year | Fertility | Birth | Year | Fertility | Birth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1,8 | 33 166 | 2000 | 1,1 | 20 042 | 2010 | 1,6 | 28 690 |
| 1991 | 1,7 | 32 119 | 2001 | 1,1 | 20 423 | 2011 | 1,6 | 29 225 |
| 1992 | 1,6 | 30 155 | 2002 | 1,2 | 21 227 | |||
| 1993 | 1,5 | 28 185 | 2003 | 1,2 | 22 326 | |||
| 1994 | 1,4 | 26 197 | 2004 | 1,3 | 23 343 | |||
| 1995 | 1,4 | 24 993 | 2005 | 1,3 | 23 915 | |||
| 1996 | 1,3 | 23 666 | 2006 | 1,4 | 25 113 | |||
| 1997 | 1,2 | 22 491 | 2007 | 1,5 | 26 759 | |||
| 1998 | 1,2 | 21 273 | 2008 | 1,6 | 28 780 | |||
| 1999 | 1,1 | 19 969 | 2009 | 1,6 | 28 986 |
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