Editing Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (section)

==Demographics==
[[File:Dnipropetrovsk oblast detai.png|thumb|Detailed map of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.]]
{{historical populations|1970|3342962|1979|3639423|1989|3881224|2001|3567567|2011|3336504|2022|3096485|align=right|cols=1|source=<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pop-stat.mashke.org/ukraine-division.htm|title=Division of Ukraine|website=pop-stat.mashke.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://citypopulation.de/en/ukraine/cities/|title=Ukraine: Provinces and Major Cities - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information|website=citypopulation.de}}</ref>}}Its population in 2004 was 3,493,062, which constituted 5.3% of the overall Ukrainian population.
[[File:1201044 original (1).jpg|thumb|[[Dnipro]], capital and largest city of the province]]
[[File:Радуга после дождя.jpg|thumb|[[Kryvyi Rih]], second largest city]]
[[File:Orthodox Church of Saint Nicholas Kamianske 2.jpg|thumb|[[Kamianske]], third largest city]]At the 2001 census, the ethnic groups within the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast were:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://2001.ukrcensus.gov.ua/eng/results/general/nationality/Dnipropetrovsk/|title=Dnipropetrovs'k region: All-Ukrainian census of the population 2001 |website=2001.ukrcensus.gov.ua}}</ref>

* [[Ukrainians]] – 79.3%,
* [[Russians]] – 17.6%,
* [[Belarusians]] – 0.8%,
* [[Jews]] – 0.4%,
* [[Armenians]] – 0.3%,
* [[Azeris]] – 0.2%,
* [[Moldovans]] – 0.12%,
* [[Romani people|Romanis]] – 0.11%,
* [[Tatars]] – 0.11%,
* [[Germans]] – 0.11%,
* Other – 0.95%;

the groups by native language:

* [[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]] 67%,
*[[Russian language|Russian]] 32%,
* other languages 1%.

===Age structure===
: ''0–14 years:'' 14.1% {{increase}} (male 241,006/female 226,216)
: ''15–64 years:'' 70.2% {{decrease}} (male 1,100,602/female 1,219,668)
: ''65 years and over:'' 15.7% {{steady}} (male 168,447/female 348,547) (2013 official)

===Median age===
: ''total:'' 40.3 years {{increase}}
: ''male:'' 36.6 years {{increase}}
: ''female:'' 43.9 years {{increase}} (2013 official)

===Religion===
[[File:Дом органной музыки Днепропетровск 1.JPG|thumbnail|Bryansk Church ([[Dnipro]] House of Organ and Chamber Music)]]
A Pew survey of Dnipropetrovsk residents' religious self-identification showed the following distribution of affiliations: [[Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)]] 47.5%, [[Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyivan Patriarchate]] 10.7%, [[Roman Catholic]] 1.3%, [[Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church]] 0.8%, [[Protestantism]] 32.3%.

The oblast has one of the most balanced percentage of religious people in the nation mainly due to large number of ethnic groups. The Jewish community is centered in the Dnipro ([[Golden Rose Synagogue, Dnipro|Golden Rose Synagogue]]) and Kryvyi Rih area, and emerged during a wave of Jewish immigration.

===Cities and towns===
There are 20 cities and towns on the [[Dnieper River]]. Major population centers today result from historical factors — with the advent of the iron development took place predominantly along the [[Kryvyi Rih]] and [[Dnipro]], a city located on the [[Dnieper]]. Kryvyi Rih is the center of a large metropolitan area called [[Kryvyi Rih Metropolitan Region]].

Ranked by population, the oblast's 13 largest municipalities are:

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# [[File:Coat of arms of Dnipro.svg|20px]] [[Dnipro]] (1,080,846)
# [[File:Coat of Arms of Kryvyi Rih.svg|20px]] [[Kryvyi Rih]] (662,507)
# [[File:Dneprodzerzhinsk CoA.png|20px]] [[Kamianske]] (262,704)
# [[File:Nikopol city gerb.png|20px]] [[Nikopol, Ukraine|Nikopol]] (136,280)
# [[File:Coat of arms of Pavlograd 1811.png|20px]] [[Pavlohrad]] (118,816)
# [[File:Coat of Arms of Novomoskovsk.svg|20px]] [[Samar, Ukraine|Samar]] (72,439)
# [[File:Coat of Arms of Zhovti Vody.svg|20px]] [[Zhovti Vody]] (54,370)
# [[File:Pokrov COA.png|20px]] [[Pokrov, Ukraine|Pokrov]] (46,532)
# [[File:Coat_of_arms_of_Marganec,_Ukraine.png|20px]] [[Marhanets]] (44,980)
# [[File:Coat of Arms of Synelnykove.svg|20px]] [[Synelnykove]] (32,302)
# [[File:Ternivka CoA.png|20px]] [[Ternivka]] (29,253)
# [[File:Coat of Arms of Pershotravensk.svg|20px]] [[Shakhtarske, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast|Shakhtarske]] (29,140)
# [[File:Coat of Arms of Vilnohirsk.svg|20px]] [[Vilnohirsk]] (23,782)
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