Editing Ulan-Ude (section)

==Demographics==
	
{{Historical populations
|type =
|footnote = Source: Census data
|1897 | 8086
|1926 | 29425
|1939 | 125690
|1959 | 175172
|1970 | 253569
|1979 | 300370
|1989 | 352530
|2002 | 374854
|2010 | 404426
|2021 | 437565
}}

According to the [[Russian Census (2021)|2021 Census]], 437,565 people lived in Ulan-Ude;<ref name=2021Census>{{cite web|title=Оценка численности постоянного населения по субъектам Российской Федерации|url=https://rosstat.gov.ru/storage/mediabank/tab-5_VPN-2020.xlsx|publisher=[[Federal State Statistics Service (Russia)|Federal State Statistics Service]]|accessdate=1 September 2022}}</ref> up from 404,426 recorded in the [[Russian Census (2010)|2010 Census]].<ref name="2010Census" /> In terms of population, it is the third-largest city in eastern [[Siberia]]. It ranks [[List of cities and towns in Russia by population|45th among all cities in Russia]]. Roughly 600,000 people live in the urban agglomeration.

The ethnic makeup of Ulan-Ude in 2021 was:<ref name=2021ethno>{{cite web|title=Национальный состав и владение языками|url=https://03.rosstat.gov.ru/storage/mediabank/Tom5_tab14_VPN-2020(5).xlsx|publisher=[[Federal State Statistics Service (Russia)|Federal State Statistics Service]]|accessdate=17 June 2023}}</ref>
*[[Russians]]: 61.4%
*[[Buryats]]: 35.1%
*Others: 3.5%

The city is the center of [[Tibetan Buddhism|Tibetan]] [[Buddhism in Russia]] and the important [[Ivolginsky datsan]] is located {{convert|23|km|abbr=on}} from the city.