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

Sakha (Yakutia)

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 · [52][53]

Share of residents who stated their ethnicity in the census.

  • Sakha (Yakuts)55.3%
  • Russians32.6%
  • Evenks2.9%
  • Evens1.6%
  • Kyrgyz1.3%
  • Ukrainians0.8%
  • Buryats0.8%
  • Tajiks0.7%
  • Tatars0.5%
  • Armenians0.5%
  • Chinese0.4%
  • Uzbeks0.4%
  • Dolgans0.2%
  • Azerbaijanis0.2%
  • Yukagirs0.2%
  • Chukchi0.1%
  • Other ethnicities1.5%

Published census percentages among residents who stated ethnicity. Unstated ethnicity is outside this denominator. Exact counts are not reconstructed from these rounded shares.

Religious composition

CSV

Historical survey · 2012[3][4]

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

  • Christianity39.4%
  • Islam1.4%
  • Buddhism0.4%
  • Traditional ancestral religion13%
  • Belief without a specific religion16.6%
  • No belief in God25.6%
  • Other religions0%
  • Other response0.6%
  • Unable to choose an answer3%

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 Church37.8%
  • Belief without a specific religion16.6%
  • No belief in God25.6%
  • Islam, neither Sunni nor Shia0.8%
  • Christian, neither Orthodox, Catholic nor Protestant0.6%
  • Sunni Islam0.6%
  • Other Orthodox affiliation, excluding Old Believers0.2%
  • Traditional ancestral religion13%
  • Buddhism0.4%
  • Old Believers0%
  • Protestantism0.8%
  • Shia Islam0%
  • Catholicism0%
  • Judaism0%
  • Eastern religions and spiritual practices0%
  • Pentecostal Christianity0%
  • Other response0.6%
  • Unable to choose an answer3%

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

Sakha (Yakuts)