Sakhalin Oblast - Demographics

Demographics

Population: 497,973 (2010 Census); 546,695 (2002 Census); 709,629 (1989 Census).

Ethnic groups: 409,786 ethnic Russians are the largest group, followed by 24,993 Koreans, 12,136 Ukrainians and a whole host of smaller groups, including 219 Japanese (0.05%). The ethnic composition of the oblast in 2010 was as follows:

• Russians: 86.5%
• Koreans: 5.3%
• Ukrainians: 2.6%
• Tatars: 1%
• Belarusians: 0.6%
• 24,035 people were registered from administrative databases, and could not declare an ethnicity. It is estimated that the proportion of ethnicities in this group is the same as that of the declared group.