2015 Transnistrian census
| 2015 Transnistrian census | ||
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| Country | Transnistria (internationally recognized as part of Moldova) | |
The 2015 Transnistrian census was organized in the unrecognized state of Transnistria in 2015. It was held after Moldova, internationally recognized as the owner of the state's territory, made a census in 2014.
Census results
[edit]According to the census results, Transnistria's population was of 475,373 people in 2015. This represented a population decline of 14.47%[1] (or nearly 80,000 people) since the 2004 Transnistrian census, which is an amount similar to the population of the second largest Transnistrian-controlled city, Bender (Tighina).[2]
The ethnic composition results were the following:[1]
- Russians: 29.1%
- Moldovans: 28.6%
- Ukrainians: 22.9%
- Bulgarians: 2.4%
- Gagauz: 1.1%
- Belarusians: 0.5%
- Transnistrians: 0.2%
- Others: 1.4%
This census was the first one in Transnistria in which the population was given the option to identify as "Transnistrian", which more than 1,000 people did. Furthermore, 14% of the population did not specify its ethnic affiliation.[1]
See also
[edit]- 1989 Transnistrian census
- 2004 Transnistrian census
- Demographic history of Transnistria
- 2014 Moldovan census
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Tynyaev, Ivan (9 March 2017). "Перепись населения ПМР" (in Russian). Privet PMR. Archived from the original on 14 August 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
- ^ Benea, Radu (16 May 2016). "Transnistria a pierdut "un oraș"". Radio Europa Liberă Moldova (in Romanian).