Ethnicity |
1926 census |
1939 census |
1959 census |
1970 census |
1979 census |
1989 census |
2007 estimate |
Ossetians |
60,351 (69.1%) |
72,266 (68.1%) |
63,698 (65.8%) |
66,073 (66.5%) |
65,077 (66.4%) |
65,200 (65.9%) |
47,000 (67.1%) |
Georgians |
23,538 (26.9%) |
27,525 (25.9%) |
26,584 (27.5%) |
28,125 (28.3%) |
28,187 (28.8%) |
28,700 (29.0%) |
17,500 (25.0%) |
Russians |
157 (0.2%) |
2,111 (2.0%) |
2,380 (2.5%) |
1,574 (1.6%) |
2,046 (2.1%) |
2,128 (2.1%) |
2,100 (3.0%) |
Armenians |
1,374 (1.6%) |
1,537 (1.4%) |
1,555 (1.6%) |
1,254 (1.3%) |
953 (1.0%) |
871 (0.9%) |
900 (1.3%) |
Jews |
1,739 (2.0%) |
1,979 (1.9%) |
1,723 (1.8%) |
1,485 (1.5%) |
654 (0.7%) |
648 (0.7%) |
650 (0.9%) |
Others |
216 (0.2%) |
700 (0.7%) |
867 (0.9%) |
910 (0.9%) |
1,071 (1.1%) |
1,453 (1.5%) |
1,850 (2.6%) |
Total |
87,375 |
106,118 |
96,807 |
99,421 |
97,988 |
99,000 |
70,000 |
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