Demographics
| Year | Population (in thousands) |
|---|---|
| 2001 |
|
| 2007 |
|
| 2008 |
|
| 2009 |
|
| 10/2010 |
|
| Regional Directorate of Statistics | |
According to the Ukrainian Census of 2001 most of the population consider themselves Ukrainians with a small Russian diaspora mostly located within the city of Ivano-Frankivsk. The Russian language is the dominant foreign language in the region and well understood by everyone. Among other common foreign languages are Polish, English, and German languages. The population in the region as the rest of the country was on substantial decline
| Nationality | Number | percentage (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Ukrainians | 1,371,242 | 97.50 |
| Russians | 24,925 | 1.80 |
| Others | 4,532 | 0.32 |
| Total | 1,406,129 | 100.00 |
| Ukrainians | 97.5% | |||
| Russians | 1.8% | |||
| Poles | 0.1% | |||
| Belarusians | 0.1% | |||
| Others | 0.1% | |||
| Largest settlements in the region | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City | Population | |||||
| 1 | Ivano-Frankivsk | 215,288 | ||||
| 2 | Kalush | 67,887 | ||||
| 3 | Kolomyia | 61,448 | ||||
| 4 | Dolyna | 20,696 | ||||
| 5 | Nadvirna | 20,620 | ||||
| 6 | Burshtyn | 15,182 | ||||
| 7 | Perehinske | 12,272 | ||||
| 8 | Bolekhiv | 10,590 | ||||
| 9 | Sniatyn | 10,210 | ||||
Read more about this topic: Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast