List of Russian censuses
A Russian census is a census of the population of Russia. Such a census has occurred at various irregular points in the history of Russia.
| General Population Census of the Russian Federation Всеобщая перепись населения Российской Федерации Vseobshchaya perepis' naseleniya Rossiyskoy Federatsiyi | |
|---|---|
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| Frequency | Decennially (since 2010) |
| Country |  Russia |
| Inaugurated | February 9, 1897 |
| Most recent | October 1, 2021 |
| Next event | 2031 |
| Organised by | Ministry of Internal Affairs (1897–1917) Central Statistical Directorate (1918–1987) State Committee for Statistics (1987–1991) Federal State Statistics Service (since 1991) |
| Website | gks |
Introduced in 1897 during the Russian Empire, the census took place decennially since 2010 according to the UN standards. Preparing and organizing the census is under the authority of the Federal State Statistics Service, branch of the Ministry of Economic Development since 2017.
History
| Year | Territory (km2) |
Total population |
Density per km2 |
Change | Urban population |
Males | Females | Largest city |
Ethnic Russians |
Share | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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22 440 000 | 125 640 021 |  5.59 |
— | 16 828 395 | est. 62 568 730 | est. 63 071 290 | .png.webp){kind=small} St. Petersburg(1 264 900) |
55 667 469 | 44.3% |
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1920 |
est. 19 651 446 | est. 136 800 000 |  6.96 |
8.9% |
est. 20 900 000 | — | — | -2.png.webp){kind=small} Moscow(—) |
— | — | [lower-alpha 2] |
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21 176 187 (19 651 446) |
147 027 915 (100 891 244) |
 6.94( 5.13) |
7.5% ( 26.2%) |
26 314 114 (17 442 655) |
71 043 352 (48 170 635) |
75 984 563 (52 720 609) |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Moscow(2 025 947) |
77 791 124 (74 072 096) |
52.9% ( 73.4%) |
[lower-alpha 3] | |
| est. 162 000 000 (—) |
7.65 |
10.2% (—) |
— | — | — | Moscow (—) |
— | — | [lower-alpha 4] | |||
1939 |
170 557 093 (109 397 463) |
8.05 ( 5.57) |
5.3% ( 8.4% since 1926) |
56 125 139 (36 875 233) |
81 694 889 (51 593 770) |
88 862 204 (57 803 693) |
Moscow (4 131 633) |
99 591 520 (90 306 276) |
58.4% ( 82.5%) |
[lower-alpha 5][1] | ||
| 22 402 200 (17 098 246) |
208 826 650 (117 534 315) |
9.32 ( 6.87) |
22.4% ( 7.4%) |
99 977 695 (62 059 783) |
94 050 303 (52 424 767) |
114 776 347 (65 109 548) |
Moscow (5 045 905) |
114 113 579 (97 863 579) |
54.6% ( 83.3%) |
[lower-alpha 6][2] | ||
| 241 720 134 (est. 130 079 200) |
10.79 ( 7.61) |
15.7% ( 10.7%) |
est. 135 363 275 (—) |
est. 111 432 981 (—) |
est. 130 287 153 (—) |
Moscow (6 941 961) |
129 015 140 (—) |
53.4% (—) |
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| 262 436 227 (est. 137 409 900) |
11.71 ( 8.04) |
8.6% ( 5.6%) |
est. 162 710 460 (—) |
est. 122 557 718 (—) |
est. 139 878 509 (—) |
Moscow (7 830 509) |
137 397 089 (est. 113 521 900) |
52.3% ( 82.6%) |
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| 286 730 817 (147 400 537) |
12.8 ( 8.04) |
9.3% ( 7.3%) |
188 813 355 (108 425 580) |
135 360 790 (69 039 087) |
151 370 027 (78 361 450) |
Moscow (8 769 117) |
145 155 489 (est. 120 131 000) |
50.6% ( 81.5%) |
[lower-alpha 7][3] | |||
|
17 098 246 | 145 166 731 | 8.49 |
49.4% ( 1.5%) |
est. 105 971 713 | est. 67 647 697 | est. 77 519 034 |  Moscow(—) |
est. 115 843 051 | 79.8% |
[lower-alpha 8] | |
| 17 098 246 (17 125 191) |
142 905 200 (145 189 969) |
8.36 ( 8.48) |
1.6% ( 1.6%) |
est. 105 321 132 | — | — | Moscow (est. 11 700 000) |
111 016 896 (112 508 974) |
77.7% ( 77.5%) |
[lower-alpha 9] | ||
2019 statistics |
17 125 191 | 146 793 744 | 8.57 |
1.1% |
— | — | — | Moscow (12 228 685) |
— | — | ||
| 2021 | TBA | |||||||||||
See also
Notes
- The first census in Russian history. The first and only census of the Russian Empire. Excluded Finland.
- Took place during the Russian Civil War and the Soviet-Polish War. Excluded Crimea, the Far East, the Northern Caucasus and other territories.
- The first full-scale census in the Soviet Union.
- Initially set to take place in 1933, but was delayed multiple times due to Joseph Stalin's policies of collectivization, forced famine and political repression which lowered the population drastically. The only one-day census in the Russian history. Proclaimed defective by the Soviet government in September 1937.
- Took place instead of the "defective" 1937 census.
- The population increased markedly as a result of the Soviet Union's territorial expansion by World War II.
- The last census of the Soviet Union.
- The first census after the breakup of the USSR indicating a marked decline after the demographic crisis of the early 1990s.
- The first census carried out by UN standards. The census of the Crimean peninsula took place in 2014 after its annexation by Russia.
References
- "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
- "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
- "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
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