Demographics Dnipropetrovsk Oblast

1 demographics

1.1 age structure
1.2 median age
1.3 religion
1.4 cities , towns

demographics

detailed map of dnipropetrovsk oblast.

its population in 2004 3,493,062, constituted 5.3% of overall ukrainian population.

dnipro



kryvyi rih

at 2001 census, ethnic groups within dnipropetrovsk oblast were:

ukrainians – 79.3%,
russians – 17.6%,
belarusians – 0.8%,
jews – 0.4%,
armenians – 0.3%,
azeris – 0.2%,
moldavians – 0.12%,
gypsies – 0.11%,
tatars – 0.11%,
germans – 0.11%,
other – 0.95%;

the groups native language:

ukrainian 67%,
russian 32%,
other languages 1%.

age structure

0–14 years: 14.1% (male 241,006/female 226,216)
15–64 years: 70.2% (male 1,100,602/female 1,219,668)
65 years , over: 15.7% (male 168,447/female 348,547) (2013 official)

median age

total: 40.3 years
male: 36.6 years
female: 43.9 years (2013 official)

religion

bryansk church (dnipro house of organ , chamber music)

a pew survey of dnipropetrovsk residents religious self-identification showed following distribution of affiliations: ukrainian orthodox church (moscow patriarchate) 47.5%, ukrainian orthodox church of kyivan patriarchate 10.7%, roman catholic 1.3%, ukrainian autocephalous orthodox church 0.8%, protestantism 32.3%.

dnipropetrovsk has 1 of balanced percentage of religious people in nation due large number of ethnic groups. jewish community centered in dnipro (golden rose synagogue) , kryvyi rih area, , emerged during wave of jewish immigration.

cities , towns

there 20 cities , towns in dnipropetrovsk. major population centers today result historical factors — advent of iron development took place predominantly along kryvyi rih, dnipro located on river dnieper. kryvyi rih base of large metropolitan area.

ranked population, state s 12 largest municipalities are: