Mordovia is a Russian republic. She is part of the Volga Federal District. The capital of the republic is in Saransk. The population of Mordovia in 2016 amounted to 807, 453 thousand people. According to this indicator, the country is in 62nd place in the Russian Federation. A feature of the republic is the predominance of Russians in the national composition.
The population of Mordovia in dynamics
Until the 19th century, the number of people living in this area grew extremely slowly. This was due to high mortality. The situation improved somewhat after the transition to cattle breeding and farming from hunting and elementary gathering. The population growth rate sharply increased at the beginning of the 20th century. In 1920, the population of Mordovia was 1.2 million people. This was confirmed by the first census, which was carried out in 1926. Five years later, it increased by another 100 thousand. In 1934, the population of Mordovia decreased due to administrative changes. Several districts were excluded from the district. Together with them 130 thousand people were “given away”. Before the events of World War II, 1.187 million people lived in Mordovia. Over the years, the population dropped to 880.4 thousand. Slow recovery could be observed until the 1970s. Then he began to fall again. Today, the population of the Republic of Mordovia is only 807, 453 thousand. This is almost half a million less than before the Great Patriotic War.
Ethnicity
The ethnic composition is dominated by Russian. According to the 2002 census, their share is 61% of the total population. This is two times more than the number of Mordovians. Representatives of this ethnic group are only 31.9% of the population. The share of Tatars is 5.2%, Ukrainians - 0.5%, Belarusians - 0.1%. The population of Mordovia is also represented by Armenians, Chuvashs, Azerbaijanis, Gypsies, Uzbeks, Georgians, Germans, Tajiks, Moldavians, Maris, Bashkirs, Udmurts, Kazakhs, Chechens, Ossetians and Poles.
The proportion of urban residents
During the first census of 1926, the population of Mordovia was rural. Only 4% of the inhabitants lived in the city. Before the war, most of the population was rural - 93%. In 1979, the shares were almost equal. During this period, 47% of the inhabitants of Mordovia lived in the city. In 1989, the urban population exceeded the rural population. Since that time, it remains at 59%. The population density of the region was greatest in 1897. Then it was 51 people per square kilometer. Since then, this figure has been steadily decreasing. In 2016, it is only 30.9 people per square kilometer.
Natural growth
For Mordovia, as for most Russian regions, depopulation is characteristic. However, back in the 1960s, the natural increase in the republic was more than the national average. But then a tendency towards a decrease in both the rural and urban population began to manifest itself more and more. In the 1990s, natural growth in Mordovia was -2%. In 2016, 3, 827 girls and 3, 389 boys were born here. This is 92 more babies than in 2015. The number of deaths in 2016 amounted to 9, 426 people. Among the causes of death, the first place is occupied by heart and circulatory diseases. About 8% of the total number of deaths died from accidents. In 2016, 3, 810 marriages and 2, 184 divorces were registered. The influx of population through migration is positive. In the first nine months, 13, 770 people arrived in Mordovia, and 9, 935 went beyond its borders.
