The population of the Stavropol Territory at the moment is 2 million 804 thousand 383 people. As in most Russian regions, the lion's share of residents settled in cities. In the Stavropol Territory, this figure is 58%. The population density is 42 people per square kilometer. According to this indicator, the region is in 23rd place in Russia, between the Voronezh and Nizhny Novgorod regions.
The dynamics of the number of residents in the Stavropol Territory
The population of the Stavropol Territory has been growing steadily in recent years. The first statistics have been known since 1897, then a little more than 870 thousand inhabitants lived in the region. The mark of two million people was overcome by the Stavropol people in 1970.
Since then, the dynamics has been positive, with the exception of the period from 2001 to 2007, when the number of inhabitants decreased every year and ultimately decreased from two million 740 thousand to two million 701 thousand people.
After that, negative dynamics were noted only in 2011. In all the other years, the inhabitants became more and more. At the moment, the population of the Stavropol Territory is two million 804 thousand 383 people. Such data leads Rosstat.
Fertility dynamics
Fertility in the region is one of the key indicators on which the population of the Stavropol Territory depends.
Statistics on the number of babies born in a year has been regularly conducted since 1970. Then, by the way, 14.2 people per one thousand inhabitants were born. By 1985, this figure reached 16.7.
Then, during the time of perestroika and in the first years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the birth rate fell throughout the state everywhere. The Stavropol Territory was no exception. By 2000, this figure decreased several times, amounting to less than 9 people per thousand inhabitants.
Only in 2000, the dynamics in fertility became positive. True, the growth did not go from year to year, there were disastrous periods. But in fairness it is worth saying that they were insignificant. At the moment, 13.1 children are born per thousand inhabitants of Stavropol. The figure is much higher than in the 90s, but the region still cannot reach the level of the 70s.
Mortality dynamics
Another important indicator on which the population of the Stavropol Territory depends is mortality. Statistics in this area began to be kept at the same time when they began to monitor the birth rate.
In 1970, only 9 people died per thousand Stavropol residents. The indicator was significantly lower than the birth rate, so the region’s population grew every year. In addition, the natural migration of the inhabitants of Russia from other regions and republics played a role. In contrast to the birth rate at the turn of the 80s and 90s, mortality statistics went up.
By 1995, 13.5 people were dying per thousand Stavropolites. These figures were already significantly higher than birth rates in the province. In recent years, the situation has stabilized in this area. Over the past year, less than 12 Stavropolites died per thousand inhabitants.
Population density
The population density of the Stavropol Territory is quite high, especially when compared with other Russian regions. The region has 42 people per square kilometer.
The average population density of the Stavropol Territory is ahead of most regions and republics of Russia, occupying 23rd place. Note that the leader of this rating is Moscow (more than 4,800 people per square kilometer), St. Petersburg is in second place (3,764 people), Sevastopol closes the top three.True, here the numbers are already ten times lower - 496 people.
So to speak, the most convenient way to live in Russia is in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug - on average, you can meet 7 hundredths of a person on a square kilometer. Less than one resident per unit of measure is also in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Magadan Oblast, the Republic of Sakha, Kamchatka Krai and the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug.
Cities of the Stavropol Territory
The population of the cities of the Stavropol Territory forms the basis, since it is here that the majority of residents are concentrated. A similar trend is observed throughout the country. In the Stavropol Territory, 58% of residents have already abandoned rural life in favor of the city. There are 9 cities in the region.
The largest is, of course, the capital of the region. Almost 430 thousand people live here. Two times less in the resort town of Pyatigorsk. More than 100 thousand also include Kislovodsk, Nevinnomyssk and Essentuki.
Small urban settlements with less than 100 thousand inhabitants are Georgievsk, Zheleznovodsk, Mineralnye Vody and Lermontov.
In this region, large cities live and develop not only due to industry and agriculture, as in most Russian regions, but due to tourism.
We’ll talk about Stavropol separately, but this applies directly to almost everyone else. What population in the Stavropol Territory will be next year depends on how many tourists come in this.
Pyatigorsk almost completely exists due to sanatoriums and mineral springs. The situation is similar in other large administrative centers.
Among the enterprises that contribute to the development of the region, not being tourist ones, it is worth mentioning the beer factory in Essentuki and enterprises for the extraction and bottling of mineral water.
Stavropol
The capital of the region - the city of Stavropol - was founded in 1777. The current special economic zone of the tourist-recreational type, which was created in 2007 throughout the territory, stimulates the development of the economy in this region. After 5 years, she lost her independence after she was included in the North Caucasus tourist cluster. It is managed by OJSC Resorts of the North Caucasus.
In the city, in addition to tourism enterprises, industry is developing. The leading industries are mechanical engineering. In the Stavropol Territory, truck cranes, electrical equipment, devices and machines are manufactured. Also in good standing are the electric power industry, oil and gas production and refining, and the chemical industry.
Stavropol Territory is famous for its factories and factories associated with the food industry. It produces wine, sugar and canned goods. In Stavropol itself, the microbiological and furniture industries are also developing.
Regions of the Stavropol Territory
The population of the regions of the Stavropol Territory has been declining in recent years. The explanation is simple: most residents tend to live in large cities. In the Stavropol Territory, 26 municipal districts.
The largest is Mineralovodsky district. It is home to a little more than 140 thousand people. The basis of the industrial economy of this region is 40 medium and large enterprises. Among them are a local bakery, mineral and drinking water companies, wineries, and a meat factory.
13 companies form the basis of the construction industry in the region. 16 large enterprises, not counting small farms, are engaged in agriculture. Here is fertile soil for growing grain and industrial crops. As well as breeding sheep, cattle.
Peasant farms, in turn, produce vegetables and fruits, milk and meat. There is also a farm unique in Russia that breeds an Arab breed horses.
The smallest number of residents live in the Stepnovsky district - only 21 thousand people. The number of inhabitants in this municipality is steadily decreasing.The district survives only at the expense of small agricultural enterprises.
Villages of the Stavropol Territory
The population of the villages of the Stavropol Territory in recent years has been undergoing serious changes. If in general there are more and more residents in the region, then in the countryside there are fewer and fewer people left. This discrepancy is explained simply. Residents of other regions who come to work in the Stavropol Territory primarily settle in large cities. All young people come here, which increases the birth rate in Stavropol and other large settlements.
Almost no one comes to the village, and the average age of the inhabitants increases every year. There is no one to give birth, and mortality is increasing.
Despite this, there are several large and strong villages in the Stavropol Territory. For example, the village of Alexandrovskoye in the same region. About 27 and a half thousand people live here. There is a creamery, companies producing livestock and crop production, alcoholic beverages, food, and even sewing fur products. This is done by an enterprise with the speaking name "Fleece".
The national composition of the inhabitants of the Stavropol Territory
Most of all in the region live Russians. There are over 80% of the total number of residents of the Stavropol Territory. In second place are Armenians. There are almost 6% of them in the Stavropol Territory. The Dargins close the top three - they are slightly less than 2%.
Dargins are one of the largest Dagestan peoples. They profess Islam. At the time of the last census, more than half a million Dargins live in the Russian Federation. Almost all of them live in Dagestan and the surrounding regions, in particular, in the Stavropol Territory. It is noteworthy that the Dargins have their own language related to the North Caucasian family. Many dialects are formed from it, which are used by many residents of modern Dagestan.
In general, there are many peoples in the Stavropol Territory, whose share among the total number of inhabitants is very high for Russia. For example, in 4th place - the Greeks. There are over 33 thousand people in the Stavropol Territory.