Population of Moscow by national affiliation and Russian language proficiency

Set in numbers

Rosstat data. Series: 181, indicators: 9. Table rows: Those who indicated national affiliation; Abazins; Abkhazians; Avars; Andians and others

Five highest values: Those who indicated national affiliation (10.1 million), Armenians (68 018), Azerbaijanis (37 259), Avars (4 320), Abkhazians (2 357). The gap between the highest and lowest is 10.1 million times. The top five account for 100% of the total across all positions — the distribution is heavily skewed towards the top

What is visible in these numbers

Table columns: Urban and rural population — Number of persons of the corresponding natio…; Urban and rural population — Those who indicated proficiency in the Russian language; Urban and rural population — of them, those who use it in everyday…; Urban population — Number of persons of the corresponding nationality; Urban population — Those who indicated proficiency in the Russian language; Urban population — of them, those who use it in everyday life; Rural population — Number of persons of the corresponding nationality; Rural population — Those who indicated proficiency in the Russian language; Rural population — of them, those who use it in everyday life

150 out of 225 possible values are filled (66.7%). There are many gaps: a significant part of the positions were observed only in separate periods, and such series should be compared with each other cautiously

How it is calculated

Census data on languages are needed for product localization and audience assessment of regional media