Pskov Oblast - Demographics

Demographics

Population: 673,423 (2010 Census); 760,810 (2002 Census); 846,449 (1989 Census).

For the first half of 2007, the birth rate was 9.1 per 1000

According to the 2010 Census, the ethnic composition was:

• 95% Russian
• 1.3% Ukrainian
• 1% Belarusians
• 0.5% Roma
• 0.4% Armenian
• 0.1% Estonian
• 1.7% others
• 24,630 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.

A notable ethnic minority are the Setos, an ethnic group related to Estonians. Setos are traditionally Orthodox Christians and live in Pechorsky District in the west of the oblast.