Perm is the largest city in the Urals, founded in 1723. An important industrial, transport and scientific center of the country. For almost half a century, the population of Perm has fluctuated around the mark of one million inhabitants. How many people live in this city today?
Perm: a quick look at the city
Perm is a city with its own peculiarities and highlights. First of all, let us turn to his story. It was here that the first university in the Urals was opened (this happened in 1916). And it was through Perm that the first railway line in the Urals (in 1876) passed.
The city of Perm is a real industrial giant! NPO Iskra, STAR company, Henkel German plant, instrument-making and engine-building complexes - this is not a complete list of Perm plants and enterprises. Few people know that Perm is ahead of Chelyabinsk and Yekaterinburg in terms of industrial production. The city itself is surprisingly green and spacious, it is pleasant to walk along it.
Perm has preserved many beautiful old buildings made of stone and wood. By the way, a tourist does not need to prepare before a trip to this city. Tourist routes are laid along the streets (they are marked with green stripes), and stands with information about objects are installed near all historical and architectural monuments.
And in honor of the name of the city was named the whole period of the geochronological history of the Earth - Perm. In the city you can visit the Museum of Perm Antiquities, unique in content, and take an unforgettable walk into the past of our planet.
Treasured “Million”: Double Subjugation
The rapid development of industry in the city could not but affect its size. The population of Perm grew rapidly throughout almost the entire twentieth century. At the beginning of the last century, only 50 thousand people lived here, and by its middle - up to 500 thousand.
In 1979, Perm crossed the line of 1 million inhabitants. However, in the 90s the city suffered the problem of most of the post-Soviet space - depopulation. The population of Perm on average decreased by 3-5 thousand annually. Ultimately, this led to the fact that in 2004 the city lost the honorary status of a "millionaire city."
However, at the end of the "zero" demographic situation in the city began to gradually improve. And, despite the forecasts of expert skeptics, the capital of the Perm Territory regained the title of "millionaire" in terms of the number of inhabitants.
As of 2016, the population of the city of Perm is 1,041,876 people. But within the Perm agglomeration, which includes the city of Krasnokamsk and a number of other settlements, more than 1.3 million people live.
Perm population: age and ethnic composition
The ethnic composition of the population of Perm is quite variegated. The share of Russians in the overall structure is 88%. The second largest ethnic group in the city is the Tatars (4.3%), the third - Ukrainians (1.6%). In Perm, the Komi-Permyaks and Bashkirs are also quite numerous (one percent each).
The age structure of the population of Perm is as follows:
- minors and children - 19%;
- able-bodied residents - 63%;
- pensioners - 18%.
It should be noted that the population of Perm is unevenly distributed throughout the city. Permyaks live most of all in the left-bank Sverdlovsk region (218 thousand), and least of all - in Leninsky (54 thousand).