<page_title> South Ossetia </page_title> <section_title> Demographics </section_title> <table> <cell> Ossetians <col_header> Ethnicity </col_header> </cell> <cell> 48,146 (89.9%) <col_header> 2015 census </col_header> </cell> <cell> Georgians <col_header> Ethnicity </col_header> </cell> <cell> 3,966 (7.4%) <col_header> 2015 census </col_header> </cell> <cell> Russians <col_header> Ethnicity </col_header> </cell> <cell> 610 (1.1%) <col_header> 2015 census </col_header> </cell> <cell> 53,532 <col_header> 2015 census </col_header> <row_header> Total </row_header> <row_header> 87,375 </row_header> <row_header> 106,118 </row_header> <row_header> 96,807 </row_header> <row_header> 99,421 </row_header> <row_header> 97,988 </row_header> <row_header> 98,527 </row_header> </cell> </table>
According to the 2015 census conducted by South Ossetian authorities, the region's total population was 53,532, including 48,146 Ossetians (89.9%), 3,966 Georgians (7.4%), and 610 Russians.