Population

Share of townsmen in the total number of the population made approximately 91.5%. For the last 5 years the number of the population has increased by appriximately 4% and made over 1% of the population of the Russian Federation. In connection with rapid development in oil- and gas-processing industry population number of the Okrug has increase by over 1 million people for the last 30 years.

Stability of demographic development of Ugra is achieved by two factors: young age structure of the population and comparatively low level of mortality in comparison with other regions of the Russian Federation.

Average age of residents of the Autonomous Okrug is 32.8 years. Regarding the men number this index is lower, it makes 31.9, regarding the women number this index is 33.6.

Representatives of 123 nationalities live in the region, including Slavonic, Turkic, Finno-Ugrian groups. According to the data of the census - 2002 the Russians, Ukrainians, Tartars and Bashkirs prevail in the national structure of the population.

Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug is a historic motherland of the indigenous (aboriginal) population which is represented by 3 small-in-number groups: Khanty, Mansi, forest Nenets. Their total number makes about 1.5 %.

Taking into account the national structure, confessions as follows can be defined: Orthodoxy and Islam.