List of Russian censuses
| General Population Census of the Russian Federation Всеобщая перепись населения Российской Федерации Vseobshchaya perepis' naseleniya Rossiyskoy Federatsiyi | |
|---|---|
 | |
| 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 |
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.
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 |
Rank | Density per km2 |
Change | Urban population |
Share | Males | Share | Females | Share | Largest city | Second largest city |
Ethnic Russians |
Share | Ethnic minorities |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 121 420 | 125 640 021 | 3rd
|
 6.24
|
0.0%
|
16 828 395 | 13.4%
|
62 477 348 | 49.7%
|
63 162 673 | 50.3%
|
.png){kind=small} St. Petersburg(1 264 920) |
.gif){kind=small} Moscow(est. 1 038 625) |
55 667 469 | 44.3%
|
|
[a] | |
| est. 19 651 446 |
est. 136 800 000 |
 6.96
|
8.9%
|
est. 20 900 000 |
15.3%
|
— | — | — | — | Moscow (est. 1 028 200) |
Petrograd (est. 740 000) |
— | — | — | [b] | ||
| 19 651 446 | 100 891 244 |  5.13
|
26.2%
|
17 442 655 | 17.3%
|
48 170 635 | 47.7%
|
52 720 609 | 52.3%
|
.svg){kind=small} Moscow(2 025 947) |
.svg){kind=small} Leningrad(1 590 770) |
74 072 096 | 73.4%
|
|
[c] | ||
| 103 967 924 | 5.30
|
3.0%
|
34 373 245 | 33.1%
|
48 726 033 | 46.9%
|
55 241 891 | 53.1%
|
Moscow (3 798 078) |
Leningrad (2 814 474) |
85 361 394 | 82.1%
|
|
[d][1] | |||
| 109 397 463 | 5.57
|
5.2%
|
36 875 233 | 33.7%
|
51 593 770 | 47.2%
|
57 803 693 | 52.8%
|
Moscow (4 131 633) |
Leningrad (3 191 304) |
90 306 276 | 82.5%
|
|
[e][2] | |||
| 17 098 246 | 117 534 315 | 6.87
|
7.4%
|
62 059 783 | 52.8%
|
52 424 767 | 44.6%
|
65 109 548 | 55.4%
|
Moscow (5 045 905) |
Leningrad (3 121 196) |
97 863 579 | 83.3%
|
|
[f][3] | ||
| 130 079 210 | 7.61
|
10.7%
|
80 981 143 | 62.2%
|
59 324 787 | 45.6%
|
70 754 423 | 54.4%
|
Moscow (6 941 961) |
Leningrad (3 949 501) |
107 747 630 | 82.8%
|
|
||||
| 137 550 949 | 8.04
|
5.6%
|
95 373 867 | 69.3%
|
63 482 780 | 46.1%
|
74 068 169 | 53.9%
|
Moscow (7 830 509) |
Leningrad (4 588 183) |
113 521 881 | 82.6%
|
|
||||
| 147 021 869 | 8.60
|
7%
|
108 425 580 | 73.7%
|
69 039 087 | 46.9%
|
78 361 450 | 53.1%
|
Moscow (8 769 117) |
Leningrad (5 023 506) |
119 865 946 | 81.5%
|
|
[g][4] | |||
| 145 166 731 | 8.49
|
1.5%
|
106 429 049 | 73.3%
|
67 605 133 | 46.6%
|
77 561 598 | 53.4%
|
 Moscow(10 382 754) |
 St. Petersburg(4 661 219) |
115 889 107 | 79.8%
|
|
[h] | |||
| 142 856 536 | 8.35
|
1.6%
|
105 313 773 | 73.7%
|
66 046 579 | 46.2%
|
76 809 957 | 53.8%
|
Moscow (11 503 501) |
St. Petersburg (4 879 566) |
111 016 896 | 77.7%
|
|
[i] | |||
| 17 125 191 | 147 182 123 | 8.59
|
3.0%
|
110 075 322 | 74.8%
|
68 431 580 | 46.5%
|
78 750 543 | 53.5%
|
Moscow (13 010 112) |
St. Petersburg (5 601 911) |
105 579 179 | 71.7%
|
[j][5] |
See also
Notes
- ^ The first census in Russian history. The first and only census of the Russian Empire. The overall territory of the Empire comprised est. 22 440 000 km2, but the 1897 census excluded the Grand Duchy of Finland except the capital city Gelsingfors (now Helsinki). Along with the numbers presented, the census also shows 13,276 of Finland's Russian population, 13,158 abroad travelling on warships, 10,308 of the Russian population in the Protectorate of Bukhara and 3,919 in the Khanate of Khiva. Ukrainians labeled as Little Russians. Turks include the turkic peoples of Russia, i.e. Tatars, Bashkirs, Kazakhs, Turkmens, Azerbaijanis, Crimean Tatars, etc.
- ^ 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. Compared to the population of the Soviet Union as of 1989, Russia lost 49.4% of the population, including approximately 30 million ethnic Russians.
- ^ The first census carried out by UN standards.
- ^ Includes Crimea, occupied and illegally annexed from Ukraine in 2014. Postponed in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
References
- ^ "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1937 года: Общие итоги". docs.historyrussia.org.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Росстат ― Всероссийская перепись населения 2020". rosstat.gov.ru. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
