Demographics
Historic population figures for Sukhumi, split out by ethnicity, based on population censuses:
| Year | Abkhaz | Armenians | Estonians | Georgians | Greeks | Russians | Turkish | Ukrainians | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1887 Census | 1.8% |
13.5% |
0.4% |
11.9% |
14.3% |
0.0% |
2.7% |
7,998 | |
| 1926 Census | 3.1% |
9.4% |
0.3% |
11.2% |
10.7% |
23.7% |
--- | 10.4% |
21,568 |
| 1939 Census | 5.5% |
9.8% |
0.5% |
19.9% |
11.3% |
41.9% |
--- | 4.6% |
44,299 |
| 1959 Census | 5.6% |
10.5% |
--- | 31.1% |
4.9% |
36.8% |
--- | 4.3% |
64,730 |
| 1979 Census | 9.9% |
10.9% |
--- | 38.3% |
6.5% |
26.4% |
--- | 3.4% |
108,337 |
| 1989 Census | 12.5% |
10.3% |
--- | 41.5% |
--- | 21.6% |
--- | --- | 119,150 |
| 2003 Census | 65.3% |
12.7% |
0.1% |
4.0% |
1.5% |
16.9% |
--- | 1.6% |
43,716 |
| 2011 Census | 67.3% |
9.8% |
--- | 2.8% |
1.0% |
14.8% |
--- | --- | 62,914 |
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