Editing Tambov Oblast (section)

==Demographics==
{{Historical populations
|type =
|footnote = Source: Census data, estimate<ref name=2025Estimate>{{cite web|title=Предварительная оценка численности постоянного населения  на 1 января 2025 года|url=https://rosstat.gov.ru/storage/mediabank/PrPopul2025_Site.xlsx|publisher=[[Federal State Statistics Service (Russia)|Federal State Statistics Service]]|accessdate=3 February 2025}}</ref>
|[[Russian_Empire_census|1897]] | 2684030
|[[1926 Soviet census|1926]] | 2726914
|[[1959 Soviet census|1959]] | 1549001
|[[1970 Soviet census|1970]] | 1511938
|[[1979 Soviet census|1979]] | 1390048
|[[1989 Soviet census|1989]] | 1320763
|[[2002 Russian census|2002]] | 1178443
|[[2010 Russian census|2010]] | 1091994
|[[2021 Russian census|2021]] | 982991
|2025 | 946010
}}
'''Population''': {{ru-census|p2021=982,991|p2010=1,091,994|p2002=1,178,443|p1989=1,320,763}}

'''Vital statistics for 2024:<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 February 2025 |title=Естественное движение населения в разрезе субъектов российской федерации за декабрь 2024 года |url=https://rosstat.gov.ru/storage/mediabank/EDN_12-2024.htm |access-date=25 February 2025 |website=Rosstat}}</ref>'''
*Births: 5,854 (6.2 per 1,000)
*Deaths: 15,095 (15.9 per 1,000)

'''Total fertility rate (2024):<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-02-25 |title=Рейтинг рождаемости в регионах: кто в лидерах, а кто в аутсайдерах {{!}} Москва |url=https://fedpress.ru/article/3365231 |access-date=2025-02-26 |website=ФедералПресс |language=ru-RU}}</ref>''' <br />
1.16 children per woman

'''Life expectancy (2021):'''<ref name="rosstat">{{cite web|url=https://rosstat.gov.ru/folder/210/document/13207 |title=Демографический ежегодник России |publisher=[[Federal State Statistics Service (Russia)|Federal State Statistics Service of Russia]] (Rosstat) |access-date=2022-06-01 |language=ru |trans-title=The Demographic Yearbook of Russia}}</ref>  <br />
Total — 69.88 years (male&nbsp;— 65.41, female&nbsp;— 74.33)

;Ethnic composition (2010)<ref name="2010Census" />
*[[Russians]]: 97%
*[[Ukrainians]]: 0.7%
*[[Armenians]]: 0.4%
*[[Romani people]]: 0.4%
*Others: 1.5%
*22,708 people were registered from administrative databases, and could not declare an ethnicity. It is estimated that the proportion of ethnicities in this group is the same as that of the declared group.<ref>[http://www.perepis-2010.ru/news/detail.php?ID=6936 News] perepis-2010.ru {{dead link|date=February 2024}}</ref>

===Settlements===
{{Largest cities
| country      = Tambov Oblast
| stat_ref     = 2010 Russian Census
| list_by_pop  =
| div_name     =
| div_link     = Administrative divisions of Tambov Oblast{{!}}Administrative Division
| city_1 = Tambov
| div_1 = Tambovsky District, Tambov Oblast{{!}}Tambovsky District
| pop_1 = 280,161
| img_1 = Город Тамбов.jpg
| city_2 = Michurinsk
| div_2 = Michurinsky District
| pop_2 = 98,758
| img_2 = Michurinsk MichurinSquare 0539c.jpg
| city_3 = Rasskazovo
| div_3 = Rasskazovsky District
| pop_3 = 45,484
| img_3 = Tserkov Ioanna Bogoslova.jpg
| city_4 = Morshansk
| div_4 = Morshansky District
| pop_4 = 41,556
| img_4 = Morshansk (Tambov Oblast) 03-2014 img05 Trinity Cathedral.jpg
| city_5 = Kotovsk, Russia{{!}}Kotovsk
| div_5 = Kotovsk, Russia{{!}}Town of oblast significance of Kotovsk
| pop_5 = 31,850
| city_6 = Uvarovo, Tambov Oblast{{!}}Uvarovo
| div_6 = Uvarovsky District
| pop_6 = 26,830
| city_7 = Stroitel, Tambov Oblast{{!}}Stroitel
| div_7 = Tambovsky District, Tambov Oblast{{!}}Tambovsky District
| pop_7 = 18,437
| city_8 = Kirsanov
| div_8 = Kirsanovsky District
| pop_8 = 17,224
| city_9 = Zherdevka, Tambov Oblast{{!}}Zherdevka
| div_9 = Zherdevsky District
| pop_9 = 15,209
| city_10 = Pervomaysky, Pervomaysky District, Tambov Oblast{{!}}Pervomaysky
| div_10 = Pervomaysky District, Tambov Oblast{{!}}Pervomaysky District
| pop_10 = 12,654
}}

===Religion===
{{Bar box
|title=Religion in Tambov Oblast as of 2012 (Sreda Arena Atlas)<ref name="2012ArenaAtlas">[http://sreda.org/en/arena "Arena: Atlas of Religions and Nationalities in Russia"]. Sreda, 2012.</ref><ref name="2012Arena-religion-maps">[http://c2.kommersant.ru/ISSUES.PHOTO/OGONIOK/2012/034/ogcyhjk2.jpg 2012 Arena Atlas Religion Maps]. "Ogonek", № 34 (5243), 27/08/2012. Retrieved 21/04/2017. [https://web.archive.org/web/20170421154615/http://c2.kommersant.ru/ISSUES.PHOTO/OGONIOK/2012/034/ogcyhjk2.jpg Archived].</ref>
|float=right
|bars=
{{Bar percent|[[Russian Orthodox Church|Russian Orthodoxy]]|DarkOrchid|78.4}}
{{Bar percent|Other [[Christianity in Russia|Christians]]|DeepSkyBlue|1}}
{{Bar percent|[[Spiritual but not religious]]|DarkSlateGray|6.7}}
{{Bar percent|[[Atheism]] and [[irreligion]]|Black|10}}
{{Bar percent|Other and undeclared|Gray|3.9}}
}}

According to a 2012 survey,<ref name="2012ArenaAtlas" /> 78.4% of the population of Tambov Oblast adheres to the [[Russian Orthodox Church]], making it the federal subject with the highest percentage of this religion in the whole country. In addition, 1% are [[nondenominational Christianity|unaffiliated]] generic [[Christians]], 7% of the population declares to be "[[spiritual but not religious]]", 10% is [[atheism|atheist]], and 3.6% follows other religions or did not give an answer to the question.<ref name="2012ArenaAtlas"/>
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