Demographics of Crimea
According to the 2021 Russian census, the total population of the Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol was at 2,482,450 (Crimea: 1,934,630, Sevastopol: 547,820). This is up from the 2001 Ukrainian census figure, which was 2,376,000 (Autonomous Republic of Crimea: 2,033,700, Sevastopol: 342,451), and the local census conducted by Russia in December 2014, which found 2,248,400 people (Republic of Crimea: 1,889,485, Sevastopol: 395,000). According to the Ukrainian census, Perekop and Pervomaisky districts had a Ukrainian ethnic plurality, while the rest of Crimea had a simple or absolute majority of ethnic Russians.