<P> According to the 2014 Russian census, 84% of Crimean inhabitants named Russian as their native language; 7.9%--Crimean Tatar; 3.7%--Tatar; and 3.3%--Ukrainian . It was the first official Russian census in Crimea since Ukrainian that held in 2001 . </P> <P> According to the 2001 census, 77% of Crimean inhabitants named Russian as their native language; 11.4%--Crimean Tatar; and 10.1%--Ukrainian . In 2013, however, the Crimean Tatar language was estimated to be on the brink of extinction, being taught in Crimea only in around 15 schools at that point . Turkey provided the greatest support to Tatars in Ukraine, which had been unable to resolve the problem of education in their mother tongue in Crimea, by bringing the schools to a modern state . </P> <P> Ethnic composition of Crimea's population has changed dramatically since the early 20th century . The 1897 Russian Empire Census for the Taurida Governorate reported: 196,854 (13.06%) Crimean Tatars, 404,463 (27.94%) Russians and 611,121 (42.21%) Ukrainians . But these numbers included Berdyansky, Dneprovsky and Melitopolsky uyezds which were on mainland, not in Crimea . The population number excluding these uyezds is given in the table below . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> 1897 </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> 1926 </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> 1939 </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> 1959 </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> 1970 </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> 1979 </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> 2014 </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Carried out by </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> Russian Empire </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> Soviet Union </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> Soviet Union </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> Soviet Union </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> Soviet Union </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> Soviet Union </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> Soviet Union </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> Ukraine </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> Russia </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Ethnic group </Th> <Th> Number </Th> <Th>% </Th> <Th> Number </Th> <Th>% </Th> <Th> Number </Th> <Th>% </Th> <Th> Number </Th> <Th>% </Th> <Th> Number </Th> <Th>% </Th> <Th> Number </Th> <Th>% </Th> <Th> Number </Th> <Th>% </Th> <Th> Number </Th> <Th>% </Th> <Th> Number </Th> <Th>% </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Russians </Td> <Td> 180,963 </Td> <Td> 33.11% </Td> <Td> 301,398 </Td> <Td> 42.2% </Td> <Td> 558,481 </Td> <Td> 49.6% </Td> <Td> 858,273 </Td> <Td> 71.4% </Td> <Td> 1,220,484 </Td> <Td> 67.3% </Td> <Td> 1,460,980 </Td> <Td> 66.9% </Td> <Td> 1,629,542 </Td> <Td> 67.0% </Td> <Td> 1,450,400 </Td> <Td> 60.4% </Td> <Td> 1,492,078 </Td> <Td> 67.9% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ukrainians </Td> <Td> 64,703 </Td> <Td> 11.84% </Td> <Td> 77,405 </Td> <Td> 10.6% </Td> <Td> 154,123 </Td> <Td> 13.7% </Td> <Td> 267,659 </Td> <Td> 22.3% </Td> <Td> 480,733 </Td> <Td> 26.5% </Td> <Td> 547,336 </Td> <Td> 25.1% </Td> <Td> 625,919 </Td> <Td> 25.8% </Td> <Td> 576,600 </Td> <Td> 24.0% </Td> <Td> 344,515 </Td> <Td> 15.7% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Crimean Tatars </Td> <Td> 194,294 </Td> <Td> 35.55% </Td> <Td> 179,094 </Td> <Td> 25.1% </Td> <Td> 218,879 </Td> <Td> 19.4% </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 5,422 </Td> <Td> 0.2% </Td> <Td> 38,365 </Td> <Td> 1.6% </Td> <Td> 245,200 </Td> <Td> 10.2% </Td> <Td> 232,340 </Td> <Td> 10.6% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Belarusians </Td> <Td> 2,058 </Td> <Td> 0.38% </Td> <Td> 3,842 </Td> <Td> 0.5% </Td> <Td> 6,726 </Td> <Td> 0.6% </Td> <Td> 21,672 </Td> <Td> 1.8% </Td> <Td> 39,793 </Td> <Td> 2.2% </Td> <Td> 45,000 (e) </Td> <Td> 2.1% </Td> <Td> 50,045 </Td> <Td> 2.1% </Td> <Td> 35,000 </Td> <Td> 1.5% </Td> <Td> 21,694 </Td> <Td> 1.0% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Armenians </Td> <Td> 8,317 </Td> <Td> 1.52% </Td> <Td> 10,713 </Td> <Td> 1.5% </Td> <Td> 12,923 </Td> <Td> 1.1% </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 3,091 </Td> <Td> 0.2% </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 2,794 </Td> <Td> 0.1% </Td> <Td> 10,000 </Td> <Td> 0.4% </Td> <Td> 11,030 </Td> <Td> 0.5% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Jews </Td> <Td> 24,168 </Td> <Td> 4.42% </Td> <Td> 45,926 </Td> <Td> 6.4% </Td> <Td> 65,452 </Td> <Td> 5.8% </Td> <Td> 26,374 </Td> <Td> 2.2% </Td> <Td> 25,614 </Td> <Td> 1.4% </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 17,371 </Td> <Td> 0.7% </Td> <Td> 5,500 </Td> <Td> 0.2% </Td> <Td> 3,374 </Td> <Td> 0.1% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Others </Td> <Td> 72,089 </Td> <Td> 13.19% </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> c. 27,500 </Td> <Td> 2.3% </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 92,533 </Td> <Td> 4.2% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Total population stating nationality </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 546,592 </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 713,823 </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 1,126,429 </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 1,813,502 </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 2,184,000 </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 2,430,495 </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 2,401,200 </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 2,197,564 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Nationality not stated </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 12,000 </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 87,205 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Total population </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 1,201,517 </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 2,458,600 </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 2,413,200 </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 2,284,769 </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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