"Hayk's Arrow" Armenian Strategic Center
Turkic Peoples of Russia Observatory

Tatarstan

Reviewed

Initial research edition

A region’s population and religious distribution are not the population or religion of its titular people.

Ethnic composition

CSV

2021 census · [51][53]

Share of residents who stated their ethnicity in the census.

  • Tatars53.6%
  • Russians40.3%
  • Chuvash2.3%
  • Udmurts0.6%
  • Mari0.4%
  • Uzbeks0.4%
  • Tajiks0.3%
  • Mordvins0.3%
  • Bashkirs0.3%
  • Ukrainians0.2%
  • Azerbaijanis0.2%
  • Other ethnicities1.1%

Published shares among residents who stated ethnicity. Kryashens are included in the Tatar aggregate and are not added separately. Unstated ethnicity is outside this denominator.

Religious composition

CSV

Historical survey · 2012[3][4]

Religious self-identification · adult respondents aged 18+ · one answer.
29 May–25 June 2012

  • Christianity33.5%
  • Islam33.8%
  • Buddhism0%
  • Traditional ancestral religion0.5%
  • Belief without a specific religion21%
  • No belief in God8.8%
  • Other religions0.3%
  • Other response0.4%
  • Unable to choose an answer1.9%

Survey results describe 2012 adult respondents, not the present-day population. Percentages are rounded. The publisher reports 500–800 interviews per region; the exact achieved sample for this republic is unverified. Overview groups combine the original response options, listed below.

Survey method & grouping

Regional adult survey fielded 29 May–25 June 2012: all ethnicities, one answer. These figures do not measure the affiliation of the region’s titular people. The publisher reports 56,900 interviews overall and 500–800 per participating region; exact achieved regional samples are unverified. Nine overview groups are our aggregation of all 18 original choices: seven Christian options, three Muslim options, Buddhism separately, and Judaism plus Eastern practices as other religions. Original source precision is retained in the response table and CSV; overview percentages are rounded.

All survey response options
  • Orthodox, Russian Orthodox Church30.5%
  • Belief without a specific religion21%
  • No belief in God8.75%
  • Islam, neither Sunni nor Shia31.5%
  • Christian, neither Orthodox, Catholic nor Protestant1.875%
  • Sunni Islam1.375%
  • Other Orthodox affiliation, excluding Old Believers0.875%
  • Traditional ancestral religion0.5%
  • Buddhism0%
  • Old Believers0.125%
  • Protestantism0%
  • Shia Islam0.875%
  • Catholicism0%
  • Judaism0.125%
  • Eastern religions and spiritual practices0.125%
  • Pentecostal Christianity0.125%
  • Other response0.375%
  • Unable to choose an answer1.875%

The map locates selected administrative contexts, not ethnic borders or complete settlement areas.

TatarsChuvashKryashens