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

Altai Republic

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.

  • Russians53.7%
  • Altaians37%
  • Kazakhs6.4%
  • Kumandins0.5%
  • Armenians0.3%
  • Ukrainians0.2%
  • Germans0.2%
  • Shors0.05%
  • Other ethnicities1.6%

Published shares among residents who stated ethnicity. Tubalars, Telengits and Chelkans are included in the Altaian aggregate. The source prints Shors at 0.05%; retained shares total 99.95% because of published precision.

Religious composition

CSV

Historical survey · 2012[3][4]

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

  • Christianity32.8%
  • Islam6.2%
  • Buddhism0.2%
  • Traditional ancestral religion13%
  • Belief without a specific religion24.6%
  • No belief in God14.4%
  • Other religions1.6%
  • Other response0%
  • Unable to choose an answer7.2%

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 Church27.6%
  • Belief without a specific religion24.6%
  • No belief in God14.4%
  • Islam, neither Sunni nor Shia5.8%
  • Christian, neither Orthodox, Catholic nor Protestant2.8%
  • Sunni Islam0.4%
  • Other Orthodox affiliation, excluding Old Believers0.2%
  • Traditional ancestral religion13%
  • Buddhism0.2%
  • Old Believers1.2%
  • Protestantism1%
  • Shia Islam0%
  • Catholicism0%
  • Judaism0%
  • Eastern religions and spiritual practices1.6%
  • Pentecostal Christianity0%
  • Other response0%
  • Unable to choose an answer7.2%

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

AltaiansTeleutsKumandinsTelengitsTubalarsChelkans