Dnipropetrovsk Oblast - Demographics

Demographics

Its population (as of 2004) is 3,493,062 constitutes 5.3% of the overall Ukrainian population.

As of the 2001 census, the ethnic groups within the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast are:

• Ukrainians – 79.3%,
• Russians – 17.6%,
• Belarusians – 0.8%,
• Jews – 0.4%,
• Armenians – 0.3%,
• Azeris – 0.2%,
• Moldavians – 0.12%,
• Gypsies – 0.11%,
• Tatars – 0.11%,
• Germans – 0.11%,
• Other – 0.95%;

the groups by native language:

• Ukrainian 67%,
• Russian 32%,
• other languages 1%.