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According to results of the government website, St. Petersburg has 4,560,000 inhabitants. That amounts to roughly 3 percent of the population of Russia as a whole. The average monthly salary 2003 was 6179 rubles (about 176 euros). Since it was founded, the city has seen strong social contrasts, the situation of many people hardened after the Perestroika. Beggars and old women selling what they brought from the countryside now can be seen frequently. About 15 p ...

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Saint Petersburg: Encyclopedia II - Saint Petersburg - Population

Saint Petersburg - Population

According to results of the government website, St. Petersburg has 4,560,000 inhabitants. That amounts to roughly 3 percent of the population of Russia as a whole. The average monthly salary 2003 was 6179 rubles (about 176 euros).

Since it was founded, the city has seen strong social contrasts, the situation of many people hardened after the Perestroika. Beggars and old women selling what they brought from the countryside now can be seen frequently. About 15 per cent of the population lives in kommunalkas.

People can only move to St. Petersburg if they can show they have a room and a job or if they are married to an inhabitant of St. Petersburg. Probably many people don't have this registration and are living thus on an illegal or semi-legal status (and they are not included in the census). The International Labour Organization (ILO) estimates there are up to 16,000 children living on the street (as of 2000).

Officially the city is inhabited by 89.1 percent Russians. 2.1 percent Jews, 1.9 percent Ukrainians, 1.9 percent Belarusians follow up, as well as substantial numbers of Tatars, Uzbeks, Vepsians, Finns, and peoples from Caucasus (with many illegal immigrants).

As for religions most are Russian Orthodox, while many others are atheist etc.

The following charts show the numbers of inhabitants. Until 1944 these were mostly estimates, but the figures for 1959 to 2002 come from census returns, and the figure for 2005 is an estimate.

National demographics of St.Petersburg (1989)

Russians-89.1% Ukranian-3% Jewish-2.1% Belarusians-1.9% Tatars-0.9% Others-3%

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