Demographics of Lemovicia

Every five years, the Ministry of Social Development tabulates the demographics of Lemovicia, in order to better provide services to all Lemovician citizens.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1997	891,178	—
2002	946,045	+6.2%
2007	977,101	+3.3%
2012	998,698	+2.2%
2017	1,014,866	+1.6%
Source: Ministry of Social Development

As of the 2017 census, there were 1,014,866 people living in areas controlled by the Lemovician government, or an increase of 16,168 people compared to the 2012 census. The census does not cover the West Miersan-controlled voivodeship of Malomiersa, which despite Lemovicia's claim over the area, has not been controlled since the Lemovician War against West Miersa.

Age distribution

As of the 2017 census, the age distribution of Lemovicia is arranged thusly:

Age	Females	Males	Total	Percent
100+	612	306	918	0.09%
95-99	3,149	2,328	5,477	0.54%
90-94	4,377	3,235	7,612	2.50%
85-89	5,836	4,313	10,149	2.30%
80-84	13,320	12,052	25,372	2.50%
75-79	20,247	18,318	38,565	3.80%
70-74	21,312	19,283	40,595	4.00%
65-69	26,107	23,621	49,728	4.90%
60-64	27,036	25,737	52,773	5.20%
55-59	34,314	32,667	66,981	6.60%
50-54	38,994	37,121	76,115	7.50%
45-49	35,874	34,152	70,026	6.90%
40-44	37,434	35,636	73,070	7.20%
35-39	37,954	36,131	74,085	7.30%
30-34	35,354	33,657	69,011	6.80%
25-29	34,134	33,862	67,996	6.70%
20-24	33,979	33,002	66,981	6.60%
15-19	30,338	29,465	59,803	5.40%
10-14	26,761	28,317	55,078	5.30%
5-9	25,641	27,132	52,773	5.20%
0-4	25,148	26,610	51,758	5.10%
Total	517,922	496,944	1,014,866	100.00%

Thus, the 2017 census shows that around 51% of the population are female, while around 49% of the population are male. The average age of Lemovicia is around 43.7 years, with over half of the population, or 517,381 people, being over the age of 40.

Ethnicity

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Ethnicity map of Lemovicia as of 2017

As of the 2017 census, the largest ethnic group, at around 95.5% of the nation's population, or 968,497 people, are the indigenous Lemovicians, spread out across Lemovicia.

Of the remainder of the country's population, 20,297 people, or two percent of the nation's population, are Miersans, while 15,222 people, or around 1.5% of the nation's population, are Savaders, and the remainder belong to other ethnic groups.

Languages

Since Lemovicia's independence in 1979, it has one official language, the Lemovician language. However, it recognises three minority languages under the Constitution of Lemovicia: Miersan, Savader, and Slirnian, and allows government services to be provided in these languages where there is a sizable population of Miersans, Savaders, or Slirnians.

As of 2017, 618,559 people, or around 61% of the population, speak Lemovician as a first language, mostly ethnic Lemovicians and among younger generations. Miersan is the first language of around 37% of the population, or 375,500 people, mostly by ethnic Lemovicians born prior to 1979, or by the Miersan community. Savader is spoken as a first language by 1.2% of the population, or 13,091 people, virtually all among the Savader community. Finally, Slirnian is spoken as a first language by only 793 people, or around 0.08% of the population, mostly by the Slirnian community.

Religion

Rural Episimialist church, 2014

As of the 2017 census, around 28% of the population under Lemovician control, or 284,162 people, are adherents to Sotirianity, while around 21% of the population, or 213,122 people, are irreligious, and two percent of the population, or 20,297 people, follow other religions. The remaining 49% of the population, or 497,285 people, are either undeclared or unknown.

The largest sect of Sotirianity practiced in Lemovicia is the Episemialist Church, with 274,013 adherents, making up around 27% of the Lemovician population. From the sixteenth century until the twentieth century, the Miersan Episemialist Church served as the church of present-day Lemovicia. However, since Lemovicia's independence, the Lemovician government has cracked down on the Miersan Episemialist Church in favor of the Lemovician Episemialist Church, which uses the Amathian rite, but uses Lemovician as a liturgical language instead of Miersan and Church Marolevic.

Other prominent sects of Sotirianity practiced in Lemovicia include Catholicism, practiced by 3,383 people, or 0.3% of the population, and Witterism, practiced by 2,167 people, or 0.2% of the population, with a whole slew of other sects making up the remaining Sotirian population, or 4,599 people.

Since independence, the number of irreligious people have grown, in part due to official policies encouraging state atheism. As of the 2017 census, around 21% of the population, or 213,122 people identify themselves as being irreligious, which the census defines as being either agnostic or atheist.

Finally, among the remaining 2% of the population who follow other religions, most of them follow Lemovician neopaganism, with a sizable minority of Marolevic neopagans.

Urbanization

As of the 2017 census, 69.9% of the national population, or 709,391 people, live in urban areas, which are defined as having a density greater than 500 people per square kilometre, with a minimum population of 1,000 people. Of these, 435,163 people, or around sixty-one percent of the total urban population live in the ten largest cities in the country.

The largest metropolitan area is Topagunea, which comprises 236,581 people, or 23.3% of the national population as of the 2017 census, followed by Zubizurija, comprising 14.6% of the national population, or 148,351 people, and Bailara, which comprises 71,720 people, or around 7.1% of the national population.