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  Dr. Bereznitsky Chief Research Fellow, Head of the Department of Ethnography of Siberia, Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography, Russian Academy of Sciences Dr. Osipova Senior Research Fellow, Department of Ethnography of Siberia, Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography, Russian Academy of Sciences

Demographics

The total number of Ulchi, according to the 2020 All-Russian Population Census, is 2,481 people (1,139 men and 1,342 women).

Table 1 Ulchi Numbers per the 2002 Census

People Urban and rural population Urban population Rural population
Men and women Men Women Men and women Men Women Men and women Men Women
Ulchi 2,913 1,366 1,547 564 239 325 2.349 1,127 1,222
Ulchih age Urban and rural population in Russia Urban population Rural population
Men and women Men Women Men and women Men Women Men and women Men Women

 

2,718

1,273

1,445

413

164

249

2,305

1,109

1,196

0–4

201

94

107

16

8

8

185

86

99

5–9

212

117

95

13

8

5

199

109

90

10–14

321

171

150

32

18

14

289

153

136

15–17

204

109

95

39

15

24

165

94

71

18–19

100

46

54

23

7

16

77

39

38

20–24

274

138

136

62

21

41

212

117

95

25–29

200

93

107

32

11

21

168

82

86

30–34

178

78

100

32

12

20

146

66

80

35–39

178

90

88

22

9

13

156

81

75

40–41

238

105

133

34

11

23

204

94

110

45–49

209

84

125

28

9

19

181

75

106

50–54

142

54

88

28

11

17

114

43

71

55–59

63

23

40

17

6

11

46

17

29

60–64

61

20

41

9

6

3

52

14

38

65–69

67

27

40

17

9

8

50

18

32

70 and over

70

24

46

9

3

6

61

21

40

Below employable age

814

424

390

69

37

32

745

387

358

Of employable age

1,666

778

888

298

109

189

1,368

669

699

Over employable age

238

71

167

46

18

28

192

53

139

Average age

30.3

27.5

32.7

37.2

31.8

40.8

29.1

26.8

31.1

Table 2 Ulchi Numbers per the 2010 Census

  Number of persons who listed their ethnicity Share of the Ulchi among persons who listed their ethnicity
Urban and rural population Urban population Rural population
Ulchi 2,765 589 2,176 0.0020

Table 3 Age and Gender Breakdown by Russia’s Region

  Urban population Rural population Urban and rural population
Ulchi Men Women Both genders Men Women Both genders Men Women Both genders
274 342 589 988 1,188 2,176 1,235 1,530 2,785

The 2010 census puts the number of the Ulchi at 2.765 persons, of them 2.621 (95 %) live in the Khabarovsk territory. The Ulchi are a minority in every village where they live, with a single exception. There is a gender imbalance among the Ulchi: their men to women ratio is 1:1.7. Age-wise, the Ulchi group is dominated by persons of employable age, and the share of children and teenagers (21.8 %) is higher than the share of the elderly (14.9 %), although some villages had no children under five, which evidences a falling birth rate.