Khabarovsk Krai - Demographics

Demographics

Population: 1,343,869 (2010 Census); 1,436,570 (2002 Census); 1,824,506 (1989 Census).

According to the 2010 Census, 91.8% of the population are Russians, 2.1% Ukrainians, 0.8% Nanais, 0.6% Tatars 0.6% Koreans and 0.4% Belarusians. 55,038 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.

In addition to the Nanai, other indigenous groups include the Evenks and Evens in the northern part of the province, and Ulchs in the lower Amur river (Ulchsky District). Some Nivkhs (Gilyak), an indigenous fishing people speaking an isolate language, live around the Amur river delta as well. Smaller groups indigenous to the area are Negidals (567), Orochs (686), and Udege (1,657) according to the 2002 census.

• Births (2009): 17,573 (12.5 per 1000)
• Deaths (2009): 19,115 (13.6 per 1000)
• Urban Births (2009): 13,612 (12.1 per 1000)
• Rural Births (2009): 3,961 (14.5 per 1000)
• Urban Deaths (2009): 15,472 (13.7 per 1000)
• Rural Deaths (2009): 3,643 (13.3 per 1000)

The birth rate for 2008 is 5.2% higher than that in 2007, and the death rate is 1.4% lower. Birth rate was recorded at 11.6 for 2007 (11.1 for Urban areas and 13.8 for Rural areas) per 1000 people. The death rate was 14.2 in 2007 (14.3 for Urban areas and 14.0 for Rural areas). Rural locations of Khabarovsk Krai had a positive natural growth of population in 2008 (for the first time in the last 16 years).