Demographics
Population: 2,665,911 (2010 Census); 2,692,251 (2002 Census); 2,782,005 (1989 Census).
According to the 2010 Census, the ethnic composition of the oblast was 93.1% Russians; 1.2% Germans; 0.9% Ukrainians; 0.9% Tatars; 0.4% Kazakhs; 0.2% Belarusians; 0.4% Armenians; 0.3% Azeris; and 0.5% Uzbek. Additionally, 124,859 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 (2011): 34,944 (13.1 per 1000)
- Deaths (2011): 36,373 (13.6 per 1000)
Major urban centers in 2006 were Novosibirsk (with a population of 1,379,000), Berdsk (91,900), Iskitim (63,800), Kuybyshev (48,500).
Read more about this topic: Novosibirsk Oblast