Doing business in St. Petersburg

Population: 

4 600,3 thousand people (1st January, 2010)

Population density:

3 193,6 per sq. km.

Sex ratio: 

male: 45 %
female: 55 %

Median age:

total: 40,1 years
male: 43,3 years
female: 47,0 years

GRP per capita in St. Petersburg:

Birth rate:

11,3 births/1 000 population (2009)

Death rate:

14,1 deaths/1 000 population (2009)

Ethnic
groups:

Russian 84,7%, Ukrainian 1,9%, other or unspecified 13,4% (2002 census)

 Religions:

Russian Orthodox (91%), Muslim (5%), Catholic (1%), Jewish (1%) and others religions (Buddhist groups, evangelic groups, Salvation Army members, Pentecostal movement members, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Mormon the prophets).

Note: Russia has large populations of non-practising believers and non-believers, a legacy of over seven decades of Soviet rule.

Official language:

Russian