Economic Security Of A Polyethnic Region: Experience And New Challenges
Table 1:
| (according to the population censuses; people)Nationalities | 1989 | 2010 | + - | Growth rate,% | ||
| Number ofpopulation | % | Number ofpopulation | % | |||
| Republic of Kalmykia | 322579 | 100.0 | 289481 | 100.0 | -33098 | 89.7 |
| Kalmyks | 146316 | 45.4 | 162726 | 56.2 | + 16410 | 111.2 |
| Russians | 121531 | 37.7 | 85695 | 29.6 | -33836 | 70.5 |
| Dargin | 12878 | 4.0 | 7590 | 2.6 | -5288 | 58.9 |
| Chechens | 8329 | 2.6 | 3343 | 1.2 | -4986 | 40.0 |
| Kazakhs | 6277 | 1.9 | 4948 | 1.7 | -1329 | 78.8 |
| Germans | 5586 | 1.7 | 980 | 0.3 | -4606 | 17.5 |
| Ukrainians | 4069 | 1.3 | 1530 | 0.5 | -2539 | 37.6 |