Total population (including
Bender): 555,347 (percentages below refer to this first figure) Total population (excluding Bender): 450,337 •
Moldovans: 31.9% •
Russians: 30.3% •
Ukrainians: 28.8% •
Bulgarians: 2% •
Poles: 2% •
Gagauz: 1.5% •
Jews: 1.3% •
Belarusians: 1% •
Germans: 0.6% • Others: 0.5% Preliminary data, as shown here, was released forty days after the completion of the census. Final and more detailed results were released with a delay of nearly two years. Compared with the 1989 census, the population decreased by 18% due to
war, natural decrease and economically motivated emigration. In terms of religion, approximately 90% of Transnistria's population identified as Christian Orthodox. 6% chose not to respond, and 4% listed other religions (Catholic, Jewish, etc). Those residents who hold citizenship of Transnistria chose to identify themselves as citizens of Transnistria numbered 508,600 people (more than 90,0% of the permanent population of the republic). Meanwhile, 107,600 thousand people (19,4%) listed themselves as citizens of the Republic of Moldova, while 56,000 people (10,1%) claimed citizenship of the Russian Federation and 44,400 people (8,0%) citizenship of Ukraine. The cost of the census was estimated US $550 thousand. == See also ==