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The map shows the size of total population in the Arctic regions indicated by the size of the circles, registering the highest figures in Alaska (US) and the Russian regions of Murmansk, Yamalo-Nenets and Krasnoyarsk, as well as Iceland followed by the Nordic regions if considered all together. The Arctic includes about four million inhabitants and its demography is diverse, with different areas characterized by varying shares of indigenous, settler and transient populations, varying levels of urbanization, and different rates of population growth or contraction.
(No 0294b)
Jose Sterling & Rasmus Rasmussen
2006 for: Norway (Nordland, Troms, Finnmark), Sweden (Norrbotten), Finland (Lappi), Faroe Islands (National average), Iceland (National average), US-Alaska (estimates); Canada (Northwestern Territories, Nunavut, Yukon Territory). 2002 for: Russia (Komi, Nenets, Murmansk, Yamalo-Nenets, Sakha (census), (Krasnoyarsk Kray, Taymyr, Chukotka (census, rural population). 2001 for: Canada (Labrador and Nunavik-Quebec (census, health districts).
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Distribution of the population in the different regions in the Arctic in 2006.
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