List of Russian censuses

Last updated
General Population Census
of the Russian Federation
Всеобщая перепись населения Российской Федерации
Vseobshchaya perepis' naseleniya Rossiyskoy Federatsiyi
Russian Federal State Statistics Service Emblem.svg
FrequencyDecennially (since 2010)
CountryFlag of Russia.svg  Russia
InauguratedFebruary 9, 1897;127 years ago (1897-02-09)
Most recentOctober 1, 2021;2 years ago (2021-10-01)
Next event2031
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.ru

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.

Contents

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

YearTerritory
(km2)
Total
population
RankDensity
per km2
ChangeUrban
population
ShareMalesShareFemalesShareLargest citySecond
largest city
Ethnic
Russians
ShareEthnic
minorities
Notes
20 121 420125 640 021
3rd
Steady2.svg 6.24Steady2.svg 0.0%16 828 395Steady2.svg 13.4%62 477 348Steady2.svg 49.7%63 162 673Steady2.svg 50.3% Coat of Arms of St Petersburg (1780).png St. Petersburg
(1 264 920)
Moscow COA (1781).gif Moscow
(est.1 038 625)
55 667 469Steady2.svg 44.3%
[lower-alpha 1]
est.
19 651 446
est.
136 800 000
Increase2.svg 6.96Increase2.svg 8.9%est.
20 900 000
Increase2.svg 15.3% Moscow COA (1781).gif Moscow
(est.1 028 200)
Coat of Arms of St Petersburg (1780).png Petrograd
(est.740 000)
[lower-alpha 2]
19 651 446100 891 244Decrease2.svg 5.13Decrease2.svg 26.2%17 442 655Increase2.svg 17.3%48 170 635Decrease2.svg 47.7%52 720 609Increase2.svg 52.3% Coat of Arms of Moscow (Soviet).svg Moscow
(2 025 947)
Emblem of Leningrad (unofficial).svg Leningrad
(1 590 770)
74 072 096Increase2.svg 73.4%
[lower-alpha 3]
103 967 924Increase2.svg 5.30Increase2.svg 3.0%34 373 245Increase2.svg 33.1%48 726 033Decrease2.svg 46.9%55 241 891Increase2.svg 53.1% Coat of Arms of Moscow (Soviet).svg Moscow
(3 798 078)
Emblem of Leningrad (unofficial).svg Leningrad
(2 814 474)
85 361 394Increase2.svg 82.1%
[lower-alpha 4] [1]
109 397 463
6th
Increase2.svg 5.57Increase2.svg 5.2%36 875 233Increase2.svg 33.7%51 593 770Increase2.svg 47.2%57 803 693Decrease2.svg 52.8% Coat of Arms of Moscow (Soviet).svg Moscow
(4 131 633)
Emblem of Leningrad (unofficial).svg Leningrad
(3 191 304)
90 306 276Increase2.svg 82.5%
[lower-alpha 5] [2]
17 098 246117 534 315Increase2.svg 6.87Increase2.svg 7.4%62 059 783Increase2.svg 52.8%52 424 767Decrease2.svg 44.6%65 109 548Increase2.svg 55.4% Coat of Arms of Moscow (Soviet).svg Moscow
(5 045 905)
Emblem of Leningrad (unofficial).svg Leningrad
(3 121 196)
97 863 579Increase2.svg 83.3%
[lower-alpha 6] [3]
130 079 210Increase2.svg 7.61Increase2.svg 10.7%80 981 143Increase2.svg 62.2%59 324 787Increase2.svg 45.6%70 754 423Decrease2.svg 54.4% Coat of Arms of Moscow (Soviet).svg Moscow
(6 941 961)
Emblem of Leningrad (unofficial).svg Leningrad
(3 949 501)
107 747 630Decrease2.svg 82.8%
137 550 949Increase2.svg 8.04Increase2.svg 5.6%95 373 867Increase2.svg 69.3%63 482 780Increase2.svg 46.1%74 068 169Decrease2.svg 53.9% Coat of Arms of Moscow (Soviet).svg Moscow
(7 830 509)
Emblem of Leningrad (unofficial).svg Leningrad
(4 588 183)
113 521 881Decrease2.svg 82.6%
147 021 869Increase2.svg 8.60Increase2.svg 7%108 425 580Increase2.svg 73.7%69 039 087Increase2.svg 46.9%78 361 450Decrease2.svg 53.1% Coat of Arms of Moscow (Soviet).svg Moscow
(8 769 117)
Emblem of Leningrad (unofficial).svg Leningrad
(5 023 506)
119 865 946Decrease2.svg 81.5%
[lower-alpha 7] [4]
145 166 731Decrease2.svg 8.49Decrease2.svg 1.5%106 429 049Decrease2.svg 73.3%67 605 133Decrease2.svg 46.6%77 561 598Increase2.svg 53.4% Coat of arms of Moscow.svg Moscow
(10 382 754)
Lesser Coat of Arms of Saint Petersburg.svg St. Petersburg
(4 661 219)
115 889 107Decrease2.svg 79.8%
[lower-alpha 8]
142 856 536
9th
Decrease2.svg 8.35Decrease2.svg 1.6%105 313 773Increase2.svg 73.7%66 046 579Decrease2.svg 46.2%76 809 957Increase2.svg 53.8% Coat of arms of Moscow.svg Moscow
(11 503 501)
Lesser Coat of Arms of Saint Petersburg.svg St. Petersburg
(4 879 566)
111 016 896Decrease2.svg 77.7%
[lower-alpha 9]
17 125 191147 182 123Increase2.svg 8.59Increase2.svg 3.0%110 075 322Increase2.svg 74.8%68 431 580Increase2.svg 46.5%78 750 543Decrease2.svg 53.5% Coat of arms of Moscow.svg Moscow
(13 010 112)
Lesser Coat of Arms of Saint Petersburg.svg St. Petersburg
(5 601 911)
105 579 179Decrease2.svg 71.7%
[lower-alpha 10] [5]

See also

Notes

  1. 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.
  2. Took place during the Russian Civil War and the Soviet-Polish War. Excluded Crimea, the Far East, the Northern Caucasus and other territories.
  3. The first full-scale census in the Soviet Union.
  4. 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.
  5. Took place instead of the "defective" 1937 census.
  6. The population increased markedly as a result of the Soviet Union's territorial expansion by World War II.
  7. The last census of the Soviet Union.
  8. 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.
  9. The first census carried out by UN standards.
  10. Includes Crimea, occupied and illegally annexed from Ukraine in 2014. Postponed in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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