Editing Sevastopol (section)

== Demographics ==
{{missing information|section|the different religions practised in Sevastopol; its education system (schools, colleges, and universities); and its healthcare system (clinics and hospitals)|date=March 2014}}
[[File:Sevastopol pop pyramid 2021.svg|thumb|Population pyramid of Sevastopol as of the 2021 Russian Census]]{{Historical populations|1897|53595|1926|68003|1939|109104|1959|148033|1970|228904|1979|300686|1989|356123|2001|342451|2014|393304|2021|547820|type=|footnote=Source: Census data}}The population of Sevastopol is 509,992, consisting of 479,394 urban residents and 30,598 rural (January 2021), making it the most populous city of the [[Crimean Peninsula]].<ref name="stats2021">{{cite web |publisher=Federal State Statistic Service |title=Численность населения по муниципальным округам г. Севастополя на начало 2021 года. |url=https://crimea.gks.ru/storage/mediabank/s8niUD5P/%D1%87%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C%20(2).pdf |website=crimea.gks.ru |access-date=12 April 2021 |archive-date=12 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412084330/https://crimea.gks.ru/storage/mediabank/s8niUD5P/%D1%87%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C%20(2).pdf |url-status=dead |language=RU }}</ref>

The city has retained an ethnic Russian majority throughout its history.{{request quotation|date=October 2022}} In 1989 the proportion of Russians living in the city was 74.4%,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://2001.ukrcensus.gov.ua/eng/results/general/nationality/ |title=Всеукраїнський перепис населення 2001 &#124; English version &#124; Results &#124; General results of the census &#124; National composition of population |publisher=2001.ukrcensus.gov.ua |date= |accessdate=2022-02-20}}</ref> and by the time of the [[Ukrainian Census (2001)|Ukrainian National Census, 2001]], the ethnic groups of Sevastopol included [[Russians]] (71.6%), [[Ukrainians]] (22.4%), [[Belarusians]] (1.6%), [[Tatars]] (0.7%), [[Crimean Tatars]] (0.5%), [[Armenians]] (0.3%), [[Jew]]s (0.3%), [[Moldovans]] (0.2%), and [[Azerbaijani people|Azerbaijanis]] (0.2%).<ref name="census">{{cite web|url=http://2001.ukrcensus.gov.ua/eng/results/general/nationality/Sevastopol/|title=2001 Ukrainian census|publisher=Ukrcensus.gov.ua|access-date=26 April 2010}}</ref>

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{{infobox demographics
| type =  Age structure
| group1 = 0–14 years old
| pop1 = male 27,856 / female 26,532
| percent1 = 14.3% {{increase}}
| group2 = 15–64 years old
| pop2 = <span style="white-space: nowrap">male 126,918 / female 141,304</span>
| percent2 = <span style="white-space: nowrap">70.3% {{decrease}}</span>
| group3 = <span style="white-space: nowrap">65 years and over</span>
| pop3 = male 19,038 / female 39,826
| percent3 = 15.4% {{increase}}
| source = {{citation needed|date=March 2014}}{{disputed inline|date=March 2014}}
}}
| style="vertical-align: top" | {{infobox demographics
| type =  [[Median age]]
| group1 = Male
| pop1 = 36.0 years {{increase}}
| group2 = Female
| pop2 = 44.6 years {{steady}}
| group3 = Total
| pop3 = 40.2 years {{increase}}
| source = {{citation needed|date=March 2014}}
}}
|}

Vital statistics for 2015:
*Births: 5 471 (13.7 per 1000)
*Deaths: 6 072 (15.2 per 1000)

===Life expectancy===
{{See also|List of federal subjects of Russia by life expectancy#Official Russian data 2019||label 1=List of federal subjects of Russia by life expectancy}}
In 2015, Sevastopol had the largest decrease in [[life expectancy]] at birth among all regions of Russia.<br />In 2020, after beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Sevastopol became the only region of Russia where there was increase of life expectancy.<br />In 2021, average life expectancy at birth in Sevastopol was 72.25 years (67.87 for males and 76.43 for females).<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=28 June 2022 |language=ru |trans-title=The Demographic Yearbook of Russia}}</ref><ref name="uiiss">{{cite web |url=https://www.fedstat.ru/indicator/31293 |title=Ожидаемая продолжительность жизни при рождении |website=Unified Interdepartmental Information and Statistical System of Russia |access-date=28 June 2022 |language=ru |trans-title=Life expectancy at birth |archive-date=20 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220220124657/https://www.fedstat.ru/indicator/31293 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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File:Life expectancy in Russian subject -Sevastopol.png|Life expectancy in Sevastopol <ref name="rosstat" /><ref name="uiiss" />
File:Life expectancy in Russian subject -Sevastopol -diff.png|Life expectancy with calculated differences
File:Life expectancy in Russia -Crimea.png|Life expectancy in Sevastopol in comparison with Crimea on average and neighboring regions of the country
File:Life expectancy in Russian subject -Crimea and its parts.png|Life expectancy in Sevastopol in comparison with Crimea on average (in detail)
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