Demographics
Population: 1,202,444 (2010 Census); 1,269,568 (2002 Census); 1,353,870 (1989 Census).
Ethnic composition (2010):
- Russians - 97.3%
- Ukrainians - 0.7%
- Belarusians - 0.3%
- Veps - 0.04
- Others - 1.7%
- 58,511 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 2007
Source
- Birth Rate: 11.46 per 1000
- Death Rate: 15.86 per 1000
- Net Immigration: +0.3 per 1000
- NGR: -0.44% per Year
- PGR: -0.41% per Year
Babayevsky and Vytegorsky District in the northwest of the oblast belong to the areas traditionally populated by Vepsians. The Vepsians living in Vologda Oblast speak the central group of Veps dialects.
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