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The Region's population by January 1, 2003 makes 2 676,4 thousand people. The correlation between urban and rural population is 1961,8 and 714,6 thousand people respectively. The density of population is 26 people per sq.km.
The Saratov Region is multinational. Representatives of 111 nations and nationalities live in the Region.
Ethnic structure of the Region:
- Russians - 85,9 %
- Ukrainians - 3,8 %,
- Kazakhs - 2,7 %,
- Tatars - 2,0 %
- Mordva - 0,9%
- Chuvashy - 0,8%
- Byelorussians - 0,7%
- Germans - 0,6 %.
The economically active population in the Saratov Region makes 60,6 % of the total population (1623356 people). A level of the registered unemployment is 11 %.
Engaged in economy:
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