The population of Tatarstan is Government structure and population

The Russian Federation, in addition to Russian cities, also includes various republics of other nationalities. These include Tatarstan, whose population consists not only of Tatars. This state has a huge cultural heritage, the study of which is very fascinating. The cities of Tatarstan seem to be very different from each other, but at the same time they have a large number of similar features. It is these moments that we will talk about.

About the republic

Tatarstan is located in the middle Volga region. It belongs to the Volga Federal District. The area of ​​Tatarstan is limited by such regions as Ulyanovsk, Samara, Kirov and Orenburg, as well as the republics of Mari El, Chuvashia, Udmurtia and Bashkiria. The capital of this subject of the Russian Federation is the city of Kazan.

The entire area of ​​Tatarstan is about 68 thousand square kilometers. The total population is 3868.7 thousand people. Among the subjects of the Russian Federation, the republic is in seventh place in terms of the number of residents living in the territory. The population density of Tatarstan is fifty-seven people per square kilometer. This is much higher than the national average of 8.57 people per square kilometer.

In ancient times, Finno-Ugric tribes lived on the territory of this subject of the Russian Federation. They were displaced by the Bulgar communities, who were able to create their own state. But their time did not last long - the Mongol-Tatars destroyed everything. The current territory of Tatarstan was part of the Golden Horde. And only after its collapse the Kazan Khanate appeared. Ivan the Terrible included it into the Russian kingdom. Afterwards the Kazan province was created, which during the revolutions was renamed the Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. With the collapse of the Soviet Union, the republic acquired a new name - Tatarstan.

About the settlements and main nationalities of the republic

The number of settlements, in addition to the million-plus city of Kazan, includes another twenty-six cities. Three of them (Naberezhnye Chelny, Nizhnekamsk, Almetyevsk) have more than 100 thousand inhabitants. More than 50 thousand live in settlements such as Zelenodolsk, Bugulma, Elabuga, Leninogorsk, Chistopol. The Republic of Tatarstan is incredibly multinational. Its population is diverse. It has more than 173 nationalities. Among them:

• Tatars (about 53.2% of the total population);
• Russians (39.7%);
• Chuvash (3.1%);
• Udmurts (0.6%);
• Bashkirs (0.36%);
• other nationalities (less than 3.1%).

The population size by region shows that the percentage of Tatars in almost all regions is somewhat less than that of Russians.

Kazan – the heart of the republic

The capital of any state is its pride. The same can be said about Kazan. The origin of this city is as ancient as the origin of the Republic of Tatarstan itself. It is not for nothing that in Old Slavic times the territory of the subject of the Russian Federation was called “Kazan Khanate”.

Kazan is the pearl of the Republic of Tatarstan; the population does its best to support the preservation of cultural heritage, but at the same time introduces modern features into the appearance of the city. Today, the settlement is a modern center that has not lost its former grandeur at all.

A little more than a million people live on the territory of Kazan. This is the largest city in the republic. It is predominantly populated by Russians and Tatars (approximately 48% and 47% respectively). Other nationalities are relatively rare. That is why two directions predominate in religious views: Orthodox Christianity and Sunni Islam.

Distinctive features of other cities of the republic

In addition to the million-plus city, there are other notable settlements on the territory of Tatarstan. For example, Naberezhnye Chelny. During the Soviet Union, this city was the leading city in the country in terms of production of KamAZ trucks. It was this event that turned an ordinary small town into a progressive center. In that era, the city was even renamed Brezhnev, but somehow this decision did not take root. The administration had to return the previous name.

Another very interesting city is Almetyevsk. This is the oldest settlement in the Republic of Tatarstan, whose population is a valuable bearer of the traditions and legends of the former Kazan Khanate. At the same time, Nizhnekamsk is the youngest city of the republic. But, surprisingly, it is in third place after Kazan and Naberezhnye Chelny in terms of the number of residents.

In addition to the cities listed, there are other notable settlements. All of them, even in the photo, have some kind of elusive similarity in buildings, streets and other little things. But at the same time, the difference between these cities is also felt.

Finally

Tatarstan is one of the ten largest subjects belonging to the Russian Federation. The beauty of its capital does not deteriorate over the years. The city is getting better and more modern. The population mainly consists of Russians and Tatars, so those wishing to visit this glorious republic will not have any difficulty communicating with the local residents. And their friendliness and hospitality will impress anyone.

Kazan is a beautiful city, the capital of Tatarstan. Among the residents of our vast homeland there is an opinion that the population of Kazan is exclusively Muslim. This opinion is erroneous, since Russians, Tajiks, Azerbaijanis, and representatives of other nationalities live comfortably on the territory of this picturesque settlement. In this article we will find out how many people live in this beautiful, cosmopolitan city.

Tatarstan is a large republic with over 4 million inhabitants. Kazan is rightfully considered one of the historical cities of the whole world. In 2015 he turned 1010 years old. Today, this administrative center is one of the most multinational in our country, since the city is home to over 115 categories of people representing different nationalities.

Population of Kazan in 2020

According to official statistics, the population of Kazan for 2020 is 1,231,878 people. If we take this number as 100%, we get the following picture: 51% of the total is allocated to the Tatars living in this territory; 45% are Russian citizens (before 1907 this figure was 81.7%). The remaining 4% are Chuvash, Azerbaijanis, Ukrainians and representatives of other nationalities located close to the administrative center.

Historical data

In the first years after the founding of the city, the population density was approximately 20,000 inhabitants. Every year the population increased, and soon reached 100,000 people.

The positive dynamics of population growth is increasing every year. One of the key factors contributing to progression is an established fertility process. Families in the city of Kazan are large. Often parents raise at least 2 children. Another positive aspect contributing to the increase in population is that in Kazan the birth rate is higher than the death rate (the demographic situation in the region was negative until 2009).

The density and number of residents of the capital of Tatarstan is increasing due to residents who come to the city for a stable and significant income. According to official data, 70% of the city's population are people of working age. Accordingly, children and the elderly have approximately equal percentages in the population – 15% each.

Modern Kazan is a city of millions, which is divided into 7 large administrative and industrial districts. In view of these facts, there is a strong overcrowding of residents in some areas, and a large overcrowding of industrial sectors in others, respectively.

Kazan is a cozy, beautiful city with a centuries-old history, which a large number of tourists around the world want to visit. Cozy and clean local attractions attract travelers. Documentary historical facts confirm the popularity of the city at all times.

Data from Wikipedia:

The current population of Kazan is:

• 1,200,000 people (8th place in Russia) - according to the results of the 2010 All-Russian Census.
• 1,231,878 people (6th place in Russia) - registered population as of January 1, 2017.
• 1,231,878 people (6th place in Russia) - population estimate as of January 1, 2017
• 1,560,000 people - expert estimate of the size of the Kazan agglomeration, a compact spatial grouping of settlements, one of the largest in Russia.

Story

Having been founded as a northwestern outpost of the Bulgars, Kazan for a long time did not play a significant role in the life of Volga Bulgaria, and therefore it is impossible to estimate the population of the city with any accuracy. The first estimates of the population of Kazan date back to the era of the Kazan Khanate: by the middle of the 16th century, from ≈25,000 to 100,000 people, mostly Tatars by nationality, lived in the city. The subsequent capture of the city in 1552 was accompanied by complete ruin and depopulation, the population of Kazan fell many times, while the national composition of the city also changed dramatically - it became predominantly Russian.

Imperial period

According to the general census of 1738, 192,422 people lived in Kazan, which is more than in any other city of the Empire. However, although such statements are found in some sources, it is incorrect to call Kazan the largest city in Russia at that time, since in the general census the population of the city was taken into account with a county with an area of ​​​​about 5 thousand km², which also included numerous peasants from the district villages and hamlets . With some stretch, it can be said in modern terms that in the middle of the 18th century, Kazan had the most populated metropolitan area (complete urban agglomeration) in the Russian Empire.

In 1907, 81.7% of Kazan residents were Russian.

Soviet period

The revolution and the subsequent Civil War are associated with a noticeable demographic failure - in 3 years the population decreases by more than a quarter.

Subsequently, throughout the Soviet period of history, Kazan experienced significant growth. In the pre-war years of intensive industrialization, sharp growth was associated with the creation of new industrial sites in the riverine and eastern parts of the city and the command-administrative attraction of labor for their construction and subsequent work in new plants and factories. The city's population doubled.

During the Great Patriotic War, Kazan received a significant number of large factories and all-Union scientific organizations evacuated from the western and northwestern parts of the country, along with a large number of civilians. The city's population almost doubled, and after the war, a significant part of the evacuees settled in Kazan, increasing its total population by almost one and a half times.

In the following decades, the city's major growth continued due to urbanization. Due to the fact that in the rural areas of the TASSR, where the bulk of migration to the city came from, Tatars predominated, the shares of the Russian and Tatar populations leveled off, first to parity values, and by the end of the Soviet period the Tatar share began to predominate and further increase.

The millionth resident of the city was born in 1979. Contrary to the prevailing belief of even some Kazan residents, this was not achieved artificially through the annexation of the large exclave villages of Yudino and Derbyshki, which became parts of the city long (four decades) before.

Modern period

Depopulation observed since the early 1990s. in almost all Russian cities, including millionaires, did not appear in Kazan, and the city continued to grow. In the list of Russian cities by population, the city rose from 10th to 6th place. Although the birth rate continued to remain lower than the death rate until 2009 (when natural population growth was recorded), the resulting increase in the city's population was associated with the migration influx and the inclusion of new settlements within the city. At the same time, the population of the annexed territories was about 20 thousand people (about 14 thousand in 14 villages in 1998, about 2 thousand in 2 villages in 2001, about 4 thousand in 5 villages in 2008), and the population growth of the city amounted to 52 thousand people. A larger (by another 30 thousand people) increase in the city’s population due to the proposal proposed and defended in 2003-2004. The administration of the mayor of Kazan Iskhakov did not increase the territory of the city by annexing Vasilyevo and the surrounding area due to the fact that these plans met with opposition from the district authorities and were not supported by the republican leadership.

According to the master plan for the development of the city, in force since 2007, due to some further annexation of new territories to the city and the development of them and previously annexed lands through the construction of new blocks of mass multi-storey residential development and settlements of individual cottage construction, it is planned to increase the population of the city to 1 million 123 thousand in 2010, 1 million 180 thousand in 2020 and 1 million 500 thousand in 2050. In 2010, the planned indicators were exceeded - the city’s population amounted to 1 million 139 thousand.

In addition, the already partially implemented and planned further virtually continuous expansion of Kazan in the western direction (Zalesny - Orekhovka - Vasilyevo), including the construction of a 100,000-person “bedroom” multi-story satellite city “Salavat Kupere” starting in 2012 under the socio-economic program after Zalesny and the proposed creation by the republican authorities of another satellite city “Green Dol” between Vasilyevo and Zelenodolsk for 157 thousand people. , make it possible in the future to join Kazan from its agglomeration not only of Orekhovka, Vasilyevo, but also of these satellite cities and Zelenodolsk with a population of 100 thousand.

Kazan is one of the most multinational territories of Russia: representatives of over 115 nationalities live in the city. The two largest nationalities in Kazan are Russians (48.6% or 554.5 thousand people according to the 2010 census) and Tatars (47.6% or 542.2 thousand people). Also represented in the city are Chuvash (0.8% or 9.0 thousand people), Ukrainians (0.4% or 4.8 thousand people), Mari (0.3% or 3.7 thousand people). ), Bashkirs (0.2% or 1.8 thousand people), Udmurts (0.1% or 1.4 thousand people), etc.

Total number of people living in Tatarstan. (2015). Of these, a million people live in Kazan. Representatives of 115 nationalities live in the Republic of Tatarstan. The economically active population in the Republic of Tatarstan as of January 1, 2015 was 1,790.1 thousand people, or 47.0% of the total population of the republic.

Tatarstan ranks eighth in Russia in terms of population after Moscow and St. Petersburg, the Krasnodar Territory, the Republic of Bashkortostan, the Moscow, Sverdlovsk and Rostov regions. In the Volga Federal District, the republic is the second largest in population. According to preliminary data, during the 2010 All-Russian Population Census in Tatarstan, 3,786.4 thousand people permanently residing in the republic were counted.

Tatars Tatars are the indigenous people of the Republic of Tatarstan, according to the results of the 2010 census, 2,012,000 Tatars lived in the republic (which is over 53% of the population of the republic). and 48.6% Russians; in Naberezhnye Chelny, the share of Tatars (47.4%) exceeds the weight of Russians (44.9%). Of their 43 municipal districts, Tatars form a majority in 32, Russians in 10, and in one district the majority of the population is Chuvash. In 10 regions, the number of Tatars exceeds % of the total number of those who indicated their nationality.

Population of Tatarstan as of 2015 people, urban, 4% (2015). Population density ~ 55.4 people/km² (2014).

The largest populated area in Tatarstan is the city of Kazan. In addition to it, the Republic also has 21 cities, 20 urban-type settlements and 897 village councils. The most populated district of Tatarstan is Zelenodolsky (61 thousand inhabitants excluding Zelenodolsk), the least populated is Yelabuga (approximately 11 thousand inhabitants excluding Yelabuga).

Kazan 1143.5 Mendeleevsk 22.1 Naberezhnye Chelny 513.2 Buinsk 20.3 Nizhnekamsk 234.1 Agryz 19.3 Almetyevsk 146.3 Arsk 18.1 Zelenodolsk 97.7 Vasilyevo 17.0 Bugulma 89.1 Kukmor 16.9 Elabuga 70.8 Menzelinsk 16.5 Leninogorsk 64.1 Kamskie Polyany 15.8 Chistopol 60.7 Mamadysh 14.4 Zainsk 41.8 Jalil 13.9 Aznakaevo 34.9 Tetyushi 11.6 Nurlat 32.6 Alekseevskoe 11.2 Bavly 22 .1 Urussu 10.7

Within the republic, there is a steady migration influx in the gravitational zone of Kazan, as well as in certain areas of the southeast, where oil production and energy enterprises are located. An unstable migration pattern, depending on the situation at the city-forming enterprises, is developing in the gravitational zone of the Kama industrial hub. Migration outflow is typical for the peripheral and deep rural areas of the south and southwest, as well as the intermediate zone between the areas of attraction of Kazan and Yar Challa.

The Republic of Tatarstan has a multinational population. This circumstance largely explains the diversity of confessions and religious associations on its territory. The religious situation in the Republic of Tatarstan is generally assessed as stable and reflects the consequences of the changes that have occurred over the past decades and have significantly affected the sphere of state-church relations and the activities of religious organizations throughout the Russian Federation. Azimov Mosque State-confessional relations in Tatarstan are developing in accordance with the logic of the current stage of religious revival.

As of January 1, 2014, 1,398 religious organizations were registered in Tatarstan, of which: 1,055 Muslim, 255 Orthodox Russian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate, 5 True Orthodox Church, 2 Old Believers (Belokrinitsa Consent and Old Pomeranian), Catholics - 2, Jews - 4, Protestant communities of various directions - 71 (Evangelical Christians - Baptists - 4, Evangelical Christians - 30, Christians of the Evangelical faith - 16, Seventh-day Adventists - 10, Lutherans - 5, New Apostolic Church - 1, Jehovah's Witnesses - 5), Baha'is - 1, Hare Krishnas (Vaishnavas) - 2, Church of the Last Testament (Vissarionists) - 1.

According to Rosstat, the population of Tatarstan is represented by one hundred and fifteen nationalities, its total number is about four million people (3,885,253 according to 2017 data). Of this number, seventy-six percent of people live in cities. In terms of density, the population of Tatarstan is settled quite closely: on average, fifty-seven people per square kilometer. The working people in the republic are forty-seven percent of the total number, which is a lot.

About the republic

The Republic of Tatarstan is a subject of the Russian Federation, part of the Volga Federal District as part of the economic region of the Volga region. Formed in May 1920 with the name Tatar SSR with its capital in Kazan. Geographically, it is located next to the Ulyanovsk, Kirov, Orenburg, Samara regions, Chuvashia, Udmurtia, Mari El and Bashkorstan. The Republic of Tatarstan has two state languages ​​- Tatar and Russian, and Chuvash is also widely spoken.

The population of Tatarstan has inhabited these territories since ancient times. The location is very advantageous: the center of European Russia, the East European Plain with fertile lands, two great rivers - the Kama and the Volga - flow here and merge together. The population of Tatarstan willingly and often visits Moscow, fortunately the Russian capital is only eight hundred kilometers away. The total area of ​​the republic is 67,836 square kilometers: two hundred and ninety kilometers from south to north and four hundred and sixty from east to west.

Protected area

There are mainly plains, forests and forest-steppes with low elevations (the right bank of the Volga and the southwest), ninety percent of the territory is no higher than two hundred meters in relation to sea level. The forests here are very rich in berries, mushrooms, and animals. More than eighteen percent of the territory is covered with them: huge oaks, fragrant lindens, aspens, birches, and in the thickets - conifers: pines, spruces, fir. The places are exceptionally beautiful, with a rich history and preserved folk traditions.

It is not surprising that there are more than one hundred and fifty protected areas on approximately one hundred and fifty thousand hectares, which is more than two percent of the total area. These are the Volzhsko-Kama nature reserves, where more than seventy species of rare plants and sixty-eight species of animals coexist, of which there are few left on Earth, as well as the Lower Kama National Park with exceptional forests.

Rest of territory

Tatarstan is rich not only in forests. There is an abundance of valuable minerals here, and the main resource that the republic is supplied with is oil, which is approximately eight hundred million tons, and according to production forecasts - more than a billion tons. Along the way, natural gas is also produced everywhere.

Tatarstan is also rich in coal deposits; one hundred and eight deposits have already been identified. There are industrial-scale reserves of dolomite, limestone, and a lot of building materials - clay and sand, suitable for making bricks, which is what the factories of Tatarstan do. There are building stones, gypsum, gravel mixtures, and peat. The reserves of oil bitumen, oil shale, copper, bauxite and much more are also quite promising.

Water

Tatarstan is not only a republic of forests, which the flag of Tatarstan symbolically depicts with a green stripe, it is a republic of rivers and lakes, although the blue color is not present on the flag. The beautiful Volga flows through the territory of Tatarstan for one hundred and seventy-seven kilometers, and the full-flowing Kama - all three hundred and eighty. And how many more tributaries, rivers, streams! The Vyatka River runs across the republic for sixty kilometers and the Belaya River for fifty. The total flow is two hundred thirty-four billion cubic meters per year.

It is difficult to list all five hundred rivers that fill Tatarstan with drinking water, and it is impossible to count constantly flowing streams at least ten kilometers long. Water resources do not end there: there are two largest reservoirs in the country - Nizhnekamsk and Kuibyshev. And two more - smaller ones: Karabashskoye and Zainskoye. And also more than eight thousand lakes and ponds. And the groundwater in the republic has enormous reserves, including mineral ones - from fresh to slightly salty.

Cities of Tatarstan

First of all, you need to tell at least briefly about the capital of Tatarstan - Kazan. This is a large port on the Volga and one of the largest political, scientific, economic, educational, sports, cultural, and religious centers in Russia. The Kazan Kremlin is a UNESCO site. Not long ago, Kazan registered a brand and is now rightfully called the third capital of Russia.

This is not surprising, since other cities of Tatarstan do not have a thousand-year history. And in Russia there are few of them. Tourism is very developed here. Such famous cities as Elabuga, Bugulma, Chistopol are worthy of a separate article; a lot can be said about them. But now it makes sense to dwell in more detail on industrial ones.

Industry

Naberezhnye Chelny, a city that for several years in a row bore the name of Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev. Founded in 1626. Famous for industry - OJSC "KAMAZ", PA "Tatelektromash", a mechanical repair plant, as well as the Nizhnekamsk hydroelectric power station - this is truly an asset. In addition to industrial giants, there are many different smaller factories. There are several universities, theaters, museums.

The city of Zelenodolsk is on the Volga, founded in 1865. Mechanical engineering, a famous shipyard, and a furniture and clothing factory are developed here. Students study at a branch of Kazan University. Nizhnekamsk is a city of oil workers and students, since the main oil production and refining are located here, plus four famous universities for such a small city. Also one of the largest oil centers is Almetyevsk, a young city, but already famous. There are many factories here - machine-building, pipe, tire, construction materials factories. The Druzhba gas pipeline and several oil pipelines begin in Almetyevsk.

History of Tatarstan

History says that in the territories where the Republic of Tatarstan is now located, ancient settlements were already in the eighth century BC. Later, the state of the Volga Bulgars was formed, in the Middle Ages the Mongols reigned here, then Tatarstan was a subject of the Golden Horde. In the fifteenth century, the Kazan Khanate declared itself, and in the sixteenth it fell at the hands of the Moscow Tsar Ivan Vasilyevich, nicknamed the Terrible. In 1552, Kazan was included in the Moscow state. Tataria received its name only in 1920 with the light hand of V.I. Lenin, before that no one had called these territories either Tatarstan or Tataria.

Today Tatarstan is the sixth-largest region of the Russian Federation in terms of production volume with one and a half trillion rubles of GRP. Tatarstan’s share in the country’s production is very large; it is a donor region. Briefly: polyethylene - 51.9% of total production in the country, rubber - 41.9%, cars - 30.5%, tires - 33.6%, oil production - 6.6% and so on. The flag of Tatarstan flies proudly over the country - a green-white-red cloth symbolizing spring, purity and life. The republican coat of arms features a winged leopard on a solar disk, a symbol of fertility, and, as evidenced by the history of Tatarstan in ancient legends, an ancient patron of children.

Culture and religion

Tatarstan was originally located at the junction of the largest civilizations - Western and Eastern, which is what explains such a diversity of cultural wealth. There are two World Heritage Sites here that have been included by UNESCO in this famous list. The most popular is the Kazan Kremlin with its majestic symbols of the peaceful coexistence of two religions - the Annunciation Cathedral and the Kul Sharif Mosque. A historical and architectural reserve and an art museum have been created on the territory of the Kremlin. The second object is Ancient Bolgar, the former capital of Volga Bulgaria. In addition, Tatarstan is a territory of a high level of culture and art. More than eight hundred magazines and newspapers are published here in the Chuvash, Udmurt, Tatar and Russian languages. There are many museums, theaters, and a strong national tradition in all forms of art.

According to the Constitution, Tatarstan is a secular state, all confessions are separated from it and are absolutely equal before the law. There are more than a thousand associations of different religions here. The most numerous are Islam and Orthodoxy. Islam in Tatarstan is preached in the Sunni direction, and it was adopted as the official religion more than a thousand years ago - in 992. For the most part, the population of Tatarstan professes Islam. However, numerous Russians, Mari, Chuvash, Udmurts, Kryashens and Mordovians chose Orthodoxy for themselves.

Power

The highest official in the republic is the president. In 1991, the first president of Tatarstan, Mintimer Shaimiev, was elected and served in this post until 2010. After that, he became a state adviser, and Rustam Minnikhanov took his place.

The President of Tatarstan has not yet changed, but just recently the Prime Minister of the Republic, Ildar Khalikov, left at his own request, who moved to a more “live” job and became the General Director of Tatenergo, still heading the boards of directors of all companies in the energy sector of Tatarstan .

The Republic of Tatarstan ranks eighth in terms of population among other subjects and regions of the Russian Federation, behind Moscow and the Moscow region, the Krasnodar Territory, St. Petersburg, the Sverdlovsk and Rostov regions, as well as the Republic of Bashkortostan. The population of Tatarstan is distinguished by its heterogeneous national composition, a fairly high number of urban residents even in comparison with the national average, and positive growth dynamics in the last ten years.

Population dynamics of Tatarstan

The first statistical data on numbers began to be collected in 1926 - six years after the formation of the Tatar Autonomy as part of the Soviet Union. Tatarstan then had a little over two and a half million inhabitants.

Since the establishment of Soviet power, the dynamics of numbers has been positive. Even in the difficult 1990s, the population of Tatarstan grew annually by at least ten to twenty thousand people. The record annual increase in the 90s was recorded in 1993 (compared to the previous period) and amounted to 27 thousand people.

Growth slowed in 2001. The negative trend continued until 2007. It is likely that the decline in the birth rate and the simultaneous increase in mortality were associated primarily with the general situation in the Russian Federation. The reasons for this phenomenon are considered:

• low quality of medical care;
• high level of violence, unfavorable crime situation;
• alcoholization of the population;
• poor environmental situation in the country;
• lack of prevalence of healthy lifestyle ideas;
• generally low standard of living.

At the beginning of 2017, the population of Tatarstan numbered three million and almost nine hundred thousand people. This is 18 thousand more than in the previous year, and 31 thousand more than according to the 2015 census.

Localities by population

As expected, the capital of the republic, the city of Kazan, leads in number. 31% of all residents of the region (1.2 million people) live there. The population of the Republic of Tatarstan by city further distributes settlements in the following order:

• Naberezhnye Chelny (13% of the population).
• Nizhnekamsk (6%).
• Almetyevsk (almost 4%).
• Zelenodolsk (2.5%).

Below is a map with symbols of cities, commensurate with the percentage of the number of residents of the municipality compared to other settlements of the republic.

The number of urban residents in Tatarstan is 76%, which indicates a high level of urbanization in the region.

National composition of residents

The population of Tatarstan is distinguished by significant national diversity. The main ethnic group is the Tatars (53% of the population), followed by the Russian population (almost 40% of the republic's residents). Other groups are represented by the Chuvash, Udmurts, Mordovians, Ukrainians, Mari, Bashkirs and many more nationalities and ethnic entities. A total of 7% of the republic’s residents indicated during the census a nationality other than Tatars or Russians.

By the way, the number of indigenous people of the republic is gradually increasing. If in 1926 Tatars made up 48.7% of the population, then by 2002 the figure increased by 4.2%. The share of Russians, accordingly, decreases: from 43% in 1926 to 39.5-39.7% in 2002-2010. Tatars form a majority in 32 of the republic's 43 settlements, while Russians form a majority in 10. In another municipality, the largest population group is the Chuvash.

Other demographics

The growing population of Tatarstan is associated with high birth rates in the republic. A long-term decline was observed only in the 1990s, then the birth rate decreased in 2005. Over the past ten years, the number of births per thousand population has not been recorded as less than 10.9 people; in 2014, the birth rate was 14.8 people. (the average for Russia is 13.3).

Natural population growth in Tatarstan (as of 2014) is positive and amounts to 2.6. For comparison: in all regions this indicator is no more than 0.2. Life expectancy has been increasing since 2011 and, according to the latest data, is 72 years.