Jewish Autonomous Oblast - Demographics

Demographics

See also: Jews and Judaism in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast

Population: 176,558 (2010 Census); 190,915 (2002 Census); 215,937 (1989 Census).

The 2010 Census reported the largest group to be the 160,185 ethnic Russians (92.7%), followed by 4,871 ethnic Ukrainians (2.8%), and 1,628 ethnic Jews (1%). Additionally, 3,832 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.

Vital statistics for 2008:

• Births: 2,582 (13.9 per 1000)
• Deaths: 2,851 (15.4 per 1000)