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Population of St. Petersburg: total number, dynamics, national composition

St. Petersburg is the most important scientific, financial, cultural and transport center of Russia. What is the real population of St. Petersburg? How has the number of inhabitants of the city changed in past centuries?

The population of St. Petersburg today

According to preliminary data, the population of St. Petersburg is (as of January 1, 2017) 5 million 262 thousand 127 people.

If we talk about the demography of St. Petersburg, then in this regard, the Northern Capital of Russia can boast several records at once. Firstly, it is the most northern city on the planet, a millionaire city. And secondly, St. Petersburg is the largest population center in Europe, if one does not take into account the capitals of states.

According to the scientists' forecasts, in 2020 the population of St. Petersburg will be able to approach the 6 million mark. True, many experts argue that in reality in the city there are from 6 to 6.5 million people (including illegal migrants and temporary workers).

Population of St. Petersburg: historical section

The first people settled in the territory of the modern city 12 thousand years ago, immediately after the departure of the last glacier. Since the VIII century, the banks of the Neva have been actively settled by the Eastern Slavs.

Officially, the city of St. Petersburg was founded in 1703. In the first decades, the whole life of the future metropolis was concentrated within the present Petrograd island. It was there that the Winter and Summer palaces of Peter the Great were built, the first city shipyards were laid. In 1712, St. Petersburg received the status of the capital of Russia.

During the 18th century the city grew rapidly and grew in size. By 1800, its population was already over 200 thousand people. At that time, the city tried to imitate the Western, European fashion in everything: growing a beard was considered a bad form, and the nobility wanted to talk among themselves only in French.

In 1923, the population of St. Petersburg for the first time reached a mark of one million people. With the advent of Soviet power, the city lost the status of the capital, was renamed Leningrad, became "overgrown" by industrial enterprises and communal apartments.

National and age composition of the population

Women, according to the results of the last census, in St. Petersburg more. The ratio is approximately the same: 45% by 55% in favor of the fair sex. The inhabitants of the northern capital are educated people. About 70% of them have a higher education.

The population of St. Petersburg is multinational. At least two hundred ethnic groups and communities are registered in the city. In the national structure of the inhabitants of St. Petersburg, Russians dominate (they are about 85% here), followed by Ukrainians (about 2%), Byelorussians, Jews, Tatars and Armenians.

In St. Petersburg, quite a few so-called guest workers (temporary hired workers who came from other countries or cities). Such people, according to various estimates, in the city there are from 0.5 to 1 million. Among the foreign gastarbeiters in St. Petersburg, most Uzbeks, Tajiks and Ukrainians.

The average life expectancy in St. Petersburg is quite high (by Russian standards) and is 74 years. To date, the city has about 300 long-livers (citizens who turned 100 years old) and another 20 thousand people between the ages of 90 to 100 years.

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