Demographics
Population: 1,386,186 (2010 Census); 1,452,941 (2002 Census); 1,504,309 (1989 Census).
Ethnic composition (2010):
- Russians - 86.8%
- Tatars - 6.4%
- Mordvins - 4.1%
- Ukrainians - 0.7%
- Chuvash people - 0.4%
- Armenians - 0.3%
- others - 1.3%
- 43,283 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: 7,962 (Jan-July 2008)
- Deaths: 13,608 (Jan-July 2008 )
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