Demographics
Population: 1,047,394 (2010 Census); 1,046,039 (2002 Census); 1,001,613 (1989 Census).
Major ethnic groups living in the oblast are Russians (92.1%), Ukrainian-Belorussian (1.4%), Siberian Tatars (1.7%) & Volga German (0.9%). Slavs, Finns and Germans make up more than 94.4% of the population, while Tatars, Chuvash, Armenes and Khants make up the remaining part. Additionally, 45,016 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.
After the disastrous situation during the 1990s, the demography of Tomsk Oblast is starting to get stabilized. During the first three months of 2009, there were 3,337 births (2.4% higher than that of 2008) and 3,339 deaths (6.7% less than that of 2008).
- Births (2008): 13,372 (12.90 per 1000, higher than national average).
- Deaths (2008): 13,403 (13.00 per 1000, lower than national average).
Birth rate for 2008 is 7.97% higher than that of 2007.
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