Kurgan Oblast - Demographics

Demographics

Population: 910,807 (2010 Census); 1,019,532 (2002 Census); 1,104,872 (1989 Census).

Russians (823,7222) are the largest ethnic group in the Kurgan Oblast, making up 92.5% of the population. Other prominent ethnic groups in the oblast include Tatars (17,017) at 1.9%, Bashkirs (12,257) at 1.4%, Kazakhs (11,939) 1.3%, and Ukrainians (7,080) at 0.8%. Other ethnicities are 2.1%. Additionally, 20,017 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.

• Births (2010): 11,862 (13.0 per 1000)
• Deaths (2010): 14,590 (16.0 per 1000)