Petersburg is a unique city. It is not the capital of the country, while in Europe in terms of population St. Petersburg is in third place (after Moscow and London), and it is also the most populated northern city in the world.
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St. Petersburg is the first city in Europe by the number of inhabitants, which is not the capital. It is also the northernmost city in the world with over a million citizens.
In Russia, in terms of the number of inhabitants, St. Petersburg holds the second place of honor. Only Moscow has a greater number of citizens. At the same time, St. Petersburg developed much faster than the Russian capital. It was founded at the beginning of the 18th century, and after half a century there were almost 100 thousand citizens.
Population of St. Petersburg
According to Rosstat data for 2017, 5,281,579 people currently live in St. Petersburg. However, many migrant workers emigrate here and remain undocumented. Also, often residents of the regions, without registering, go to work in St. Petersburg. The population is thus 5.5-6 million people, but the exact datadifficult to specify. These are only approximate statistical estimates.
The population density of St. Petersburg is more than 3700 people. per square kilometer. It is quite a densely populated city.
Most people live in Primorsky (555 thousand inhabitants) and Kalininsky (535 thousand) districts. Over the past ten years, the number of people living in the Central District and Kirovsky has decreased (by 16,000 and 2,000 citizens, respectively).
The vast majority of those living in St. Petersburg are women: 55 percent of them. The men are slightly smaller. The male population is 45 percent. Interestingly, the majority of babies born are boys.
Since 1990, there has been a decline in population, and in 18 years the number of citizens has decreased from 5 to 4.5 million people. However, since 2008, the number has been constantly changing towards growth. So, if at the end of the first decade 4,879,566 citizens lived in the city, then in a few years the population increased by 500 thousand people. Since 2013, there has even been a shortage of places in kindergartens and schools.
Demography
The natural increase in the population of St. Petersburg is 1.4. This is less than in Moscow, by 0.3 indicators. There are 13 births and 11 deaths per 1000 people. Life expectancy (expected) in St. Petersburg is 74.2 years.
As for the ethnographic composition, more than 200 nationalities live in St. Petersburg. Predominant of them: Russians (almost 85 percent). Ukrainians and Belarusians make up 1 to 2% of those living incity. Less than one percent are Tatars, Armenians and Jews.
40% of residents have higher education.
