Demographics of Russia

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Map of Russia's population density at municipality level, based on the results of the 2021 census.

Russia has an estimated population of 146.0 million as of 1 January 2025,<ref name="gks.ru-popul25"/> down from 147.2 million recorded in the 2021 census.<ref name="2021census">Template:Ru-pop-ref</ref> It is the most populous country in Europe, and the ninth-most populous country in the world. Russia has a population density of Template:Convert,<ref>146,028,325 inhabitants / 17,098,246 km² = 8.5 inhabitants per km²</ref> with its overall life expectancy being 73 years (68 years for males and 79 years for females) Template:As of.<ref name="l1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="l2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="l3">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The total fertility rate across Russia was estimated to be 1.41 children born per woman Template:As of,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> which is below the replacement rate of 2.1 and in line with the European average.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It has one of the oldest populations in the world, with a median age of 41.9 years.<ref name="cia">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

By the end of 2024, the natural decline of the Russian population amounted to 596.2 thousand people, according to published data from Rosstat. Compared to the end of 2023, the indicator increased by 20.4% (from 495.3 thousand).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

From 1992 to 2012, and again since 2016, Russia's death rate has exceeded its birth rate, which has been called a demographic crisis by analysts.<ref name="crisis">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2009, Russia recorded annual population growth for the first time in fifteen years; during the mid-2010s, Russia had seen increased population growth due to declining death rates, increased birth rates and increased immigration.<ref name="fertility1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Between 2020 and 2021, prior to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russia's population had undergone its largest peacetime decline in recorded history, due to excess deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Russia is a multinational state,<ref name="multinational"/> home to over 193 ethnic groups nationwide. In the 2021 Census, nearly 72% of the population were ethnic Russians and approximately 19% of the population were ethnic minorities.Template:Refn<ref>* Template:Cite news

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Population

Demographic statistics according to the latest Rosstat vital statistics<ref name = "Rosstat latest vital movements">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and the World Population Review in 2019.<ref name="WPR 2018">Template:Citation</ref>

• One birth every 22 seconds<ref name="Rosstat latest vital movements" />
• One death every 13 seconds<ref name="Rosstat latest vital movements" />
• Net loss of one person every 30 seconds<ref name="Rosstat latest vital movements" />

Demographic crisis

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Thousands of abandoned villages are scattered across Russia.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

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Total population of Russia 1950–2010

After having peaked at 148,689,000 in 1991, the population then decreased, falling to 142,737,196 by 2008.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Russia has become increasingly reliant on immigration to maintain its population; 2021 had the highest net immigration since 1994,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> despite which there was a small overall decline from 146.1 million to 145.4 million in 2021, the largest decline in over a decade.<ref name="interfaxru2022">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The natural population had declined by 997,000 between October 2020 and September 2021 (the difference between the number of births and the number of deaths over a period).<ref name="auto">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The natural death rate in January 2020, 2021, and 2022 have each been nearly double the natural birth rate.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the demographic crisis in the country has deepened,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> as the country has suffered high military fatalities while facing renewed human capital flight and brain drain caused by Western mass-sanctions and boycotts.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Many commentators predict that the situation will be worse than during the 1990s.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> Although, a large part of the emigrants have returned home to Russia in a continuing process.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In March 2023 The Economist reported that "Over the past three years the country has lost around 2 million more people than it would ordinarily have done, as a result of war [in Ukraine], disease and exodus."<ref name="economist-2023">Template:Cite news</ref>

The UN is projecting that the decline that started in 2021 will continue, and if current demographic conditions persist, Russia's population will be 120 million in 50 years, a decline of about 17%.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="economist-2023"/> In January 2024, the Russian statistics agency Rosstat predicted that Russia's population could drop to 130 million by 2046.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Fertility

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Population age pyramid of Russia from 1946 to 2023

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Birth and death rates and natural growth, 1950–2014

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Between 1993 and 2008 there was a great decrease in the country's population from 148 to 143 million.<ref name="intellinews">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> There was a huge 50% decrease in the number of births per year from 2.5 million in 1987 to 1.2 million since 1997, but the current 1.42 fertility rate is still higher than that of the 1990s.<ref name="intellinews"/>

At the beginning of 2022, 320,400 babies were born between January and March, 16,600 fewer than January–March 2021. There were nearly twice as many deaths (584,700) as births.<ref name="intellinews"/> The crude birth rate – 8.9 per 100,000 inhabitants – was the lowest since the year 2000.<ref name="intellinews"/>

Russia has a low fertility rate with 1.42 children per woman in 2022, below 2.1 children per woman, which must be the number reached to maintain its population.<ref name="intellinews"/> As a result of their low fertility for decades, the Russian population is one of the oldest in the world with an average of 40.3 years.<ref name="intellinews"/>

Historical fertility rates

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TFR of Russia from 1843 to 2016

The total fertility rate is the number of children born to each woman. It is based on fairly good data for the entire period. Sources: Our World In Data and Gapminder Foundation.<ref name="ourworldindata.org">Template:Citation</ref>

In many of the years from 1843 to 1917, Russia had the highest total fertility rate in the world.<ref name="ourworldindata.org"/> These elevated fertility rates did not lead to population growth due to high mortality rate, the casualties of the Russian Revolution, the two world wars and to a lesser extent the political killings.

TFR	Years
	1840	1841	1842	1843	1844	1845	1846	1847	1848	1849<ref name="ourworldindata.org" />
	7	7	7	7.01	7.02	7.03	7.05	7.06	7.08	7.08
	1850	1851	1852	1853	1854	1855	1856	1857	1858	1859<ref name="ourworldindata.org" />
	7.07	7.07	7.07	7.06	7.05	7.03	7.01	7	6.98	6.97
	1860	1861	1862	1863	1864	1865	1866	1867	1868	1869<ref name="ourworldindata.org" />
	6.95	6.93	6.95	6.96	6.98	6.99	7.01	7.02	6.51	6.87
	1870	1871	1872	1873	1874	1875	1876	1877	1878	1879<ref name="ourworldindata.org" />
	6.74	7.03	6.85	7.24	7.17	7.15	7.02	6.87	6.58	6.98
	1880	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885	1886	1887	1888	1889<ref name="ourworldindata.org" />
	6.8	6.66	7.03	6.89	6.83	6.74	6.47	6.61	6.96	6.8
	1890	1891	1892	1893	1894	1895	1896	1897	1898	1899<ref name="ourworldindata.org" />
	6.71	7.44	6.57	7.17	7.18	7.34	7.43	7.52	7.28	7.36
	1900	1901	1902	1903	1904	1905	1906	1907	1908	1909<ref name="ourworldindata.org" />
	7.36	7.2	7.36	7.2	7.24	6.72	7.04	7.08	7.44	7.12
	1910	1911	1912	1913	1914	1915	1916	1917	1918	1919<ref name="ourworldindata.org" />
	7.2	7.2	7.2	6.96	6.88	3.36	5.2	5.04	5.72	3.44
	1920	1921	1922	1923	1924	1925	1926<ref name="ourworldindata.org" />
	6.72	4.72	6	6.48	6.72	6.8	6.72

Years	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945<ref name="ourworldindata.org" />
	4.60	2.96	1.68	1.72	1.92

Historical crude birth rates

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Births and deaths in Russia: a) moving 12-month sum, b) daily average, Jan 1956 – Feb 2022

Years	1801–1810	1811–1820	1821–1830	1831–1840	1841–1850	1851–1860<ref name="demreview.hse.ru">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Crude birth rates of Russia	43.7	40.0	42.7	45.6	49.7	52.4

Years	1861–1870	1871–1880	1881–1890	1891–1900	1901–1910	1911–1914	18th century (only Orthodox)	1801–1860 (only Orthodox)<ref name="demreview.hse.ru"/>
Crude birth rates of Russia	50.3	50.4	50.4	49.2	46.8	43.9	51.0	50.0

Age structure

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  Population pyramid in 1927

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  Population pyramid in 1941

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  Population pyramid in 1946

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  Population pyramid in 2015

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  Population pyramid in 2021

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  Russia animated population pyramid 1946-2023

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Age Group	Male	Female	Total	%
Total	66,264,910	76,936,820	143,201,730	100
0–4	4,377,526	4,155,682	8,533,208	5.97
5–9	3,762,806	3,588,032	7,350,838	5.13
10–14	3,396,364	3,231,761	6,628,125	4.63
15–19	3,776,026	3,615,840	7,391,866	5.16
20–24	5,708,187	5,515,543	11,223,730	7.84
25–29	6,262,379	6,179,628	12,442,007	8.69
30–34	5,583,513	5,647,636	11,231,149	7.84
35–39	5,087,565	5,331,818	10,419,383	7.28
40–44	4,589,504	4,861,983	9,451,487	6.60
45–49	4,632,279	5,151,813	9,784,092	6.83
50–54	5,279,364	6,219,077	11,498,441	8.03
55–59	4,480,855	5,817,559	10,298,414	7.19
60–64	3,523,990	5,010,867	8,534,857	5.96
65–69	1,602,839	2,571,671	4,174,510	2.92
70–74	1,989,724	3,975,348	5,965,072	4.17
75–79	1,179,476	2,709,384	3,888,860	2.72
80–84	722 151	2,073,803	2,795,954	1.95
85–89	253 028	1,008,627	1,261,655	0.88
90–94	46 736	219 427	266 163	0.19
95–99	8 634	43 988	52 622	0.04
100+	1 964	7 333	9 297	0.01
Age group	Male	Female	Total	Percent
0–14	11,536,696	10,975,475	22,512,171	15.72
15–64	48,923,662	53,351,764	102,275,426	71.42
65+	5,804,552	12,609,581	18,414,133	12.86

Median age

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Life expectancy in Russia since 1896

total: 40.7 years. Country comparison to the world: 51st

male: 37.6 years

female: 43.5 years (2021 est.)

Life expectancy

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Life expectancy in Russia since 1959 by gender

total population: 70.06 years for a child born in 2021, decreasing from 73.34 in 2019<ref name="rosstat"/>

male: 65.51 years (2021)

female: 74.51 years (2021)

Infant mortality rate

total: 4.5 deaths/1,000 live births (2020)<ref name="rosstat"/>

male: 5.0 deaths/1,000 live births (2020)

female: 3.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2020)

Vital statistics

Notable events in demography of Russia:

• 1930–33 South Soviet Famine
• 1940–1945 Second World War
• 1988–1991 Dissolution of the Soviet Union and Shock therapy (economics)
• 2014–present Russian invasion of Ukraine

Before WW2

	Average population<ref name="autogenerated1927">E.Andreev, L.Darski, T. Kharkova "Histoire démographique de la Russie. 1927–1959"</ref>	Live births	Deaths	Natural change	Crude birth rate (per 1,000)	Crude death rate (per 1,000)	Natural change (per 1,000)	Total Fertility Rates	Life expectancy
									male	female
1927	94,596,000	4,688,000	2,705,000	1,983,000	49.6	28.6	21.0	6.73	33.7	37.9
1928	96,654,000	4,723,000	2,589,000	2,134,000	48.9	26.8	22.1	6.56	35.9	40.4
1929	98,644,000	4,633,000	2,819,000	1,814,000	47.0	28.6	18.4	6.23	33.7	38.2
1930	100,419,000	4,413,000	2,738,000	1,675,000	43.9	27.3	16.7	5.83	34.6	38.7
1931	101,948,000	4,412,000	3,090,000	1,322,000	43.3	30.3	13.0	5.63	30.7	35.5
1932	103,136,000	4,058,000	3,077,000	981,000	39.3	29.8	9.5	5.09	30.5	35.7
1933	102,706,000	3,313,000	5,239,000	−1,926,000	32.3	51.0	−18.8	4.15	15.2	19.5
1934	102,922,000	2,923,000	2,659,000	264,000	28.7	26.1	2.6	3.57	30.5	35.7
1935	102,684,000	3,577,000	2,421,000	1,156,000	34.8	23.6	11.3	4.31	33.1	38.4
1936	103,904,000	3,899,000	2,719,000	1,180,000	37.5	26.2	11.4	4.54	30.4	35.7
1937	105,358,000	4,377,000	2,760,000	1,617,000	41.5	26.2	15.3	5.08	30.5	40.0
1938	107,044,000	4,379,000	2,739,000	1,640,000	40.9	25.6	15.3	4.99	31.7	42.5
1939	108,785,000	4,329,000	2,600,000	1,729,000	39.8	23.9	15.9	4.91	34.9	42.6
1940	110,333,000	3,814,000	2,561,000	1,253,000	34.6	23.2	11.4	4.26	35.7	41.9

After WW2

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1946	98,028,000	2,546,000	1,210,000	1,336,000	26.0	12.3	13.6	-5.4	2.81			46.6	55.3
1947	98,834,000	2,715,000	1,680,000	1,035,000	27.5	17.0	10.5	-1.7	2.94			39.9	49.8
1948	99,706,000	2,516,000	1,310,000	1,206,000	25.2	13.1	12.1	2.5	2.60			47.0	56.0
1949	101,160,000	3,089,000	1,187,000	1,902,000	30.5	11.7	18.8	-2.3	3.21			51.0	59.8
1950	102,833,000	2,859,000	1,180,000	1,679,000	27.8	11.5	16.3	-0.7	2.89			52.3	61.0
1951	104,439,000	2,938,000	1,210,000	1,728,000	28.1	11.6	16.5	0	2.92			52.3	60.6
1952	106,164,000	2,928,000	1,138,000	1,790,000	27.6	10.7	16.9	-1.2	2.87			54.6	62.9
1953	107,828,000	2,822,000	1,118,000	1,704,000	26.2	10.4	15.8	1.0	2.73			55.5	63.9
1954	109,643,000	3,048,000	1,133,000	1,915,000	27.8	10.3	17.5	0.1	2.97			55.9	64.1
1955	111,572,000	2,942,000	1,037,000	1,905,000	26.4	9.3	17.1	-1.4	2.82			58.3	66.6
1956	113,327,000	2,827,000	956,000	1,871,000	24.9	8.4	16.5	-1.4	2.73			60.1	68.8
1957	115,035,000	2,880,000	1,017,000	1,863,000	25.0	8.8	16.2	-1.3	2.75			59.7	68.4		3,407,398
1958	116,749,000	2,861,000	931,000	1,930,000	24.5	8.0	16.5	-3.2	2.69			61.8	70.4		3,939,362
1959	118,307,000	2,796,228	920,225	1,876,003	23.6	7.8	15.9	-2.4	2.58	2.03	3.34	62.84	71.14	67.65	4,174,111
1960	119,906,000	2,782,353	886,090	1,896,263	23.2	7.4	15.8	-1.8	2.56	2.06	3.26	63.67	72.31	68.67	4,373,042
1961	121,586,000	2,662,135	901,637	1,760,498	21.9	7.4	14.5	-1.8	2.47	2.04	3.08	63.91	72.63	68.92	4,759,040
1962	123,128,000	2,482,539	949,648	1,532,891	20.2	7.7	12.4	-1.1	2.36	1.98	2.92	63.67	72.27	68.58	4,925,124
1963	124,514,000	2,331,505	932,055	1,399,450	18.7	7.5	11.2	-1.3	2.31	1.93	2.87	64.12	72.78	69.05	5,134,100
1964	125,744,000	2,121,994	901,751	1,220,243	16.9	7.2	9.7	-1.7	2.19	1.88	2.66	64.89	73.58	69.85	5,376,200
1965	126,749,000	1,990,520	958,789	1,031,731	15.7	7.6	8.1	-1.3	2.14	1.82	2.58	64.37	73.33	69.44	5,463,300
1966	127,608,000	1,957,763	974,299	983,464	15.3	7.6	7.7	-1.8	2.13	1.85	2.58	64.29	73.55	69.51	5,322,500
1967	128,361,000	1,851,041	1,017,034	834,007	14.4	7.9	6.5	-1.2	2.03	1.79	2.46	64.02	73.43	69.30	5,005,000
1968	129,037,000	1,816,509	1,040,096	776,413	14.1	8.1	6.0	-1.2	1.98	1.75	2.44	63.73	73.56	69.26	4,872,900
1969	129,660,000	1,847,592	1,106,640	740,952	14.2	8.5	5.7	-1.1	1.99	1.78	2.44	63.07	73.29	68.74	4,751,100
1970	130,252,000	1,903,713	1,131,183	772,530	14.6	8.7	5.9	-0.7	2.00	1.77	2.52	63.07	73.44	68.86	4,837,700
1971	130,934,000	1,974,637	1,143,359	831,278	15.1	8.7	6.3	-0.5	2.02	1.80	2.60	63.24	73.77	69.12	4,838,749
1972	131,687,000	2,014,638	1,181,802	832,836	15.3	9.0	6.3	-0.6	2.03	1.81	2.59	63.24	73.62	69.02	4,765,900
1973	132,434,000	1,994,621	1,214,204	780,417	15.1	9.2	5.9	0	1.96	1.75	2.55	63.28	73.56	69.00	4,747,037
1974	133,217,000	2,079,812	1,222,495	857,317	15.6	9.2	6.4	0.2	2.00	1.78	2.63	63.12	73.77	68.99	4,674,050
1975	134,092,000	2,106,147	1,309,710	796,437	15.7	9.8	5.9	1.1	1.97	1.76	2.64	62.48	73.23	68.35	4,670,700
1976	135,026,000	2,146,711	1,352,950	793,761	15.9	10.0	5.9	1.2	1.96	1.74	2.62	62.19	73.04	68.10	4,757,055
1977	135,979,000	2,156,724	1,387,986	768,738	15.9	10.2	5.7	1.2	1.92	1.72	2.58	61.82	73.19	67.97	4,686,063
1978	136,922,000	2,179,030	1,417,377	761,653	15.9	10.4	5.6	0.5	1.90	1.70	2.55	61.83	73.23	68.01	4,656,057
1979	137,758,000	2,178,542	1,490,057	688,485	15.8	10.8	5.0	0.3	1.87	1.67	2.54	61.49	73.02	67.73	4,544,040
1980	138,483,000	2,202,779	1,525,755	677,024	15.9	11.0	4.9	0.4	1.87	1.68	2.51	61.38	72.96	67.70	4,506,249
1981	139,221,000	2,236,608	1,524,286	712,322	16.1	10.9	5.1	1.0	1.88	1.69	2.55	61.61	73.18	67.92	4,400,676
1982	140,067,420	2,328,044	1,504,200	823,844	16.6	10.7	5.9	1.2	1.96	1.76	2.63	62.24	73.64	68.38	4,462,825
1983	141,056,000	2,478,322	1,563,995	914,327	17.6	11.1	6.5	0.6	2.11	1.89	2.76	62.15	73.41	68.15	4,317,729
1984	142,061,000	2,409,614	1,650,866	758,748	17.0	11.6	5.3	1.5	2.06	1.86	2.69	61.71	72.96	67.67	4,361,959
1985	143,033,000	2,375,147	1,625,266	749,881	16.6	11.4	5.2	2.7	2.05	1.87	2.68	62.72	73.23	68.33	4,552,443
1986	144,156,000	2,485,915	1,497,975	987,940	17.2	10.4	6.9	1.0	2.18	1.98	2.83	64.77	74.22	69.95	4,579,400
1987	145,386,000	2,499,974	1,531,585	968,389	17.2	10.5	6.7	1.0	2.22	1.974	3.187	64.83	74.26	69.96	4,385,627
1988	146,505,000	2,348,494	1,569,112	779,382	16.0	10.7	5.3	0.4	2.13	1.90	3.06	64.61	74.25	69.81	4,608,953
1989	147,342,000	2,160,559	1,583,743	576,816	14.7	10.7	3.9	0.4	2.01	1.83	2.63	64.20	74.50	69.73	4,427,713
1990	147,969,000	1,988,858	1,655,993	332,865	13.4	11.2	2.2	0.7	1.892	1.698	2.600	63.76	74.32	69.36	4,103,425
1991	148,394,000	1,794,626	1,690,657	103,969	12.1	11.4	0.7	0.3	1.732	1.531	2.447	63.41	74.23	69.11	3,608,421
1992	148,538,000	1,587,644	1,807,441	-219,797	10.7	12.2	-1.5	1.7	1.547	1.351	2.219	61.96	73.71	67.98	3,436,695
1993	148,561,694<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	1,378,983	2,129,339	-750,356	9.3	14.3	-5.1	3.7	1.369	1.200	1.946	58.80	71.85	65.24	3,243,957
1994	148,355,867	1,408,159	2,301,366	-893,207	9.5	15.5	-6.0	6.7	1.394	1.238	1.917	57.38	71.07	63.93	3,060,237
1995	148,459,937	1,363,806	2,203,811	-840,005	9.2	14.9	-5.7	4.6	1.337	1.193	1.813	58.11	71.60	64.62	2,766,362
1996	148,291,638	1,304,638	2,082,249	-777,611	8.8	14.1	-5.2	3.4	1.270	1.140	1.705	59.61	72.41	65.89	2,652,038
1997	148,028,613	1,259,943	2,015,779	-755,836	8.5	13.6	-5.1	3.6	1.218	1.097	1.624	60.84	72.85	66.79	2,498,716
1998	147,802,133	1,283,292	1,988,744	-705,452	8.7	13.5	-4.8	3.0	1.232	1.109	1.643	61.19	73.12	67.14	2,346,138
1999	147,539,426	1,214,689	2,144,316	-929,627	8.3	14.6	-6.3	1.9	1.157	1.045	1.534	59.86	72.42	65.99	2,181,153
2000	146,890,128	1,266,800	2,225,332	-958,532	8.6	15.2	-6.5	2.5	1.195	1.089	1.554	58.99	72.25	65.38	2,138,800
2001	146,303,611	1,311,604	2,254,856	-943,252	9.0	15.4	-6.5	2.0	1.223	1.124	1.564	58.88	72.16	65.30	2,114,700
2002	145,649,334	1,396,967	2,332,272	-935,305	9.6	16.1	-6.4	1.7	1.286	1.189	1.633	58.68	71.90	64.95	1,944,481
2003	144,963,650	1,477,301	2,365,826	-888,525	10.2	16.4	-6.1	1.8	1.319	1.223	1.666	58.53	71.85	64.84	1,864,647
2004	144,333,586	1,502,477	2,295,402	-792,925	10.4	15.9	-5.5	1.8	1.344	1.253	1.654	58.91	72.36	65.31	1,797,567
2005	143,801,046	1,457,376	2,303,935	-846,559	10.2	16.1	-5.9	2.0	1.294	1.207	1.576	58.92	72.47	65.37	1,675,693
2006	143,236,582	1,479,637	2,166,703	-687,066	10.3	15.1	-4.8	2.2	1.305	1.210	1.601	60.43	73.34	66.69	1,582,398
2007	142,862,692	1,610,122	2,080,445	-470,323	11.3	14.6	-3.3	2.5	1.416	1.294	1.798	61.46	74.02	67.61	1,479,010
2008	142,742,368	1,713,947	2,075,954	-362,007	12.0	14.5	-2.6	2.5	1.502	1.372	1.912	61.92	74.28	67.99	1,385,600
2009	142,785,344	1,761,687	2,010,543	-248,856	12.3	14.1	-1.7	2.4	1.542	1.415	1.941	62.87	74.79	68.78	1,292,389
2010	142,849,472	1,788,948	2,028,516	-239,568	12.5	14.2	-1.7	1.9	1.567	1.439	1.983	63.09	74.88	68.94	1,186,108
2011	142,860,908	1,796,629	1,925,720	-129,091	12.6	13.5	-0.9	2.2	1.582	1.442	2.056	64.04	75.61	69.83	1,124,880
2012	143,056,383	1,902,084	1,906,335	-4,251	13.3	13.3	0.0	2.0	1.691	1.541	2.215	64.56	75.86	70.24	1,063,982
2013	143,347,959	1,895,822	1,871,809	24,013	13.3	13.0	0.2	2.0	1.707	1.551	2.264	65.14	76.31	70.77	1,012,399
2014Template:Efn	143,666,931	1,942,683	1,912,347	30,336	13.3	13.0	0.3	17.8	1.750	1.588	2.318	65.29	76.49	70.93	929,963
2015	146,267,288	1,940,579	1,908,541	32,038	13.3	13.1	0.2	1.7	1.777	1.678	2.111	65.92	76.71	71.39	848,180
2016	146,544,710	1,888,729	1,891,015	-2,286	12.9	12.9	0.0	1.8	1.762	1.672	2.056	66.50	77.06	71.87	836,611
2017	146,804,374	1,690,307	1,826,125	-135,818	11.5	12.4	-0.9	1.4	1.621	1.527	1.923	67.51	77.64	72.70	779,848
2018	146,880,432	1,604,344	1,828,910	-224,566	10.9	12.5	-1.6	0.9	1.579	1.489	1.870	67.75	77.81	72.91	661,045
2019	146,780,720	1,481,074	1,798,307	-317,233	10.1	12.3	-2.2	2.0	1.504	1.427	1.754	68.24	78.17	73.34	621,652
2020	146,170,015	1,436,514	2,138,586	-702,072	9.8	14.6	-4.8	0.6	1.505	1.433	1.739	66.49	76.43	71.54	553,500
2021	145,557,576	1,398,253	2,441,594	-1,043,341	9.6	16.8	-7.2	3.0	1.505	1.436	1.734	65.51	74.51	70.06	490,419
2022	146,424,729	1,304,087	1,898,644	-594,557	8.9	13.0	-4.1	10.0	1.416	1.36	1.59	67.60	77.79	72.76	395,201
2023	146,325,519	1,264,354	1,764,618	-500,264	8.6	12.1	-3.5	2.8	1.410			68.04	78.74	73.41
2024	146,150,800	1,222,408	1,818,635	-596,227	8.4	12.5	-4.1	2.9	1.400					72.84
2025	146,028,325

	Urban live births	Urban deaths	Urban natural change	Urban crude birth rate (per 1,000)	Urban crude death rate (per 1,000)	Urban natural change (per 1,000)	Rural live births	Rural deaths	Rural natural change	Rural crude birth rate (per 1,000)	Rural crude death rate (per 1,000)	Rural natural change (per 1,000)
1950	1,171,250	436,792	734,458	26.1	9.7	16.4	1,574,747	594,218	980,529	27.5	10.4	17.1
1960	1,332,812	436,709	896,103	20.4	6.7	13.7	1,449,541	449,831	1,000,160	26.5	8.2	18.3
1970	1,205,207	646,129	559,078	14.8	7.9	6.9	698,506	485,054	213,452	14.3	10.0	4.3
1980	1,535,723	970,256	565,467	15.8	10.0	5.8	667,056	555,499	111,557	16.1	13.4	2.7
1990	1,386,247	1,140,613	245,634	12.7	10.5	2.2	602,611	515,380	87,231	15.5	13.2	2.3
1995	933,460	1,554,182	−620,722	8.7	14.4	−5.7	430,346	649,269	−219,283	10.9	16.5	−5.6
2000	886,908	1,564,034	−677,126	8.3	14.6	−6.3	379,892	661,298	−281,406	9.8	17.1	−7.3
2001	928,642	1,592,254	−663,612	8.7	14.9	−6.2	382,962	662,602	−279,640	10.0	17.3	−7.3
2002	998,056	1,638,822	−640,766	9.4	15.4	−6.0	398,911	693,450	−294,539	10.5	18.2	−7.7
2003	1,050,565	1,657,569	−607,004	9.9	15.6	−5.7	426,736	708,257	−281,521	11.1	18.4	−7.3
2004	1,074,247	1,606,894	−532,647	10.1	15.2	−5.1	428,230	688,508	−260,278	11.2	18.1	−6.9
2005	1,036,870	1,595,762	−558,892	9.8	15.1	−5.3	420,506	708,173	−287,667	11.0	18.6	−7.6
2006	1,044,540	1,501,245	−456,705	10.0	14.3	−4.3	435,097	665,458	−230,361	11.4	17.4	−6.0
2007	1,120,741	1,445,411	−324,670	10.7	13.8	−3.1	489,381	635,034	−145,653	12.9	16.7	−3.8
2008	1,194,820	1,443,529	−248,709	11.4	13.8	−2.4	519,127	632,425	−113,298	13.7	16.7	−3.0
2009	1,237,615	1,397,591	−159,976	11.8	13.3	−1.5	524,072	612,952	−88,880	13.9	16.3	−2.4
2010	1,263,893	1,421,734	−157,841	12.0	13.5	−1.5	520,055	606,782	−81,727	14.0	16.1	−2.1
2011	1,270,047	1,356,696	−88,649	12.0	12.8	−0.8	526,582	569,024	−42,442	14.1	15.2	−1.1
2012	1,355,674	1,353,635	2,039	12.8	12.8	0.0	546,410	552,700	−6,290	14.7	14.8	−0.1
2013	1,357,310	1,332,505	24,805	12.8	12.5	0.3	538,512	539,304	−792	14.5	14.5	−0.0
2014	1,394,860	1,362,810	32,050	12.9	12.6	0.3	547,823	549,537	−1,714	14.4	14.5	−0.1
2015	1,455,283	1,361,891	93,392	13.4	12.6	0.8	485,296	546,650	−61,354	12.8	14.4	−1.6
2016	1,426,591	1,354,944	71,597	13.1	12.4	0.7	462,138	536,071	−73,933	12.2	14.2	−2.0
2017	1,269,527	1,310,235	−40,708	11.6	12.0	−0.4	420,780	515,890	−95,110	11.2	13.7	−2.5
2018	1,205,231	1,317,703	−112,472	11.0	12.0	−1.0	399,113	511,207	−112,094	10.6	13.6	−3.0
2019	1,115,337	1,301,650	−186,313	10.2	11.9	−1.7	365,737	496,657	−130,920	9.8	13.3	−3.5
2020	1,079,887	1,568,773	−488,886	9.9	14.4	−4.5	356,627	569,813	−213,186	9.6	15.3	−5.7
2021	1,047,736	1,799,381	−751,645	9.6	16.5	−6.9	350,522	642,218	−291,696	9.5	17.5	−7.9

Current vital statistics

Period	Live births	Deaths	Natural increase
January—March 2024	300,300	479,900	-179,600
January—March 2025	288,800	471,800	-183,000
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All numbers for the Russian Federation in this section do not include the Ukrainian regions of Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk and Luhansk, which Russia annexed in September 2022 and which are currently partly under Russian military control. The annexation is internationally recognized only by Syria and North Korea.

Immigration

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There are an estimated four million undocumented immigrants from the ex-Soviet states in Russia.<ref name="newsru1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2012, the Russian Federal Security Service's Border Service stated there had been an increase in undocumented migration from the Middle East and Southeast Asia (Note that these were Temporary Contract Migrants)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Under legal changes made in 2012, undocumented immigrants who are caught will be banned from reentering the country for 10 years.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Since the collapse of the USSR, most immigrants have come from Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Belarus, from poor areas of China, and from Vietnam and Laos.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Worker migration

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} Temporary migrant workers in Russia consists of about 7 million people. Most of the temporary workers come from Central Asia (mostly from Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan), the South Caucasus (mostly from Armenia and Azerbaijan), and East Asia (mostly from poor areas of China, from Vietnam and Laos). Most of them work in the construction, cleaning and in the household industries. They primarily live in cities such as Moscow and Moscow Oblast, Saint Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, Kazan, Nijniy Novgorod, Vladivostok, Samara, Krasnodar, Ufa, Sochi, Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk, Chelyabinsk, Rostov on Don, Volgograd, Omsk, Tyumen, Voronezh, Perm and others. The mayor of Moscow said that Moscow cannot do without worker migrants. New laws are in place that require worker migrants to be fluent in Russian, know Russian history and laws.

Emigration

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The 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine has led to considerable emigration, with over 300,000 Russian citizens and residents estimated to have left Russia by mid-March 2022, at least 500,000 by the end of August 2022,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and an additional 400,000 by early October. The total number of political refugees, economic migrants, and conscientious objectors<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="dw-exodus">Template:Cite news</ref> is thought to be more than 900,000. In addition to evading criminal prosecution for opposing the invasion, and fear of being conscripted after President Vladimir Putin's 21 September 2022 announcement of partial mobilization, those fleeing voiced reasons such as disagreement with the war, the uselessness and cruelty of the war, sympathy for Ukraine, disagreement with the political roots of the war with Ukraine, the rejection of killing, and an assessment that Russia is no longer the place for their family.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Occupied and annexed regions

Russia has encouraged or even forced people in occupied or annexed regions to become Russian citizens, a procedure known as passportization. This includes the Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts and the Autonomous Republic of Crimea of Ukraine,<ref>"Forced to fight your own people: How Russia is weaponizing passports" Template:Webarchive, Politico, 1 January 2023</ref> as well as South Ossetia and Abkhazia in Georgia.<ref>"Human Rights in the Occupied Territories of Georgia" Template:Webarchive, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), 18 October 2010</ref>

Employment and income

Unemployment, youth ages 15–24

total: 12%. Country comparison to the world: 72nd

male: 15.3%

female: 16.9% (2015 est.)

Health

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Russia spent 5.32% of its GDP on healthcare in 2018.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Its healthcare expenditure is notably lower than other developed nations.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> Russia has one of the world's most female-biased sex ratios, with 0.859 males to every female with more older females than males prevailing,<ref name=cia/> due to its high male mortality rate in later age.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 2019, the overall life expectancy in Russia at birth was 73.2 years (68.2 years for males and 78.0 years for females),<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and it had a very low infant mortality rate (5 per 1,000 live births).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The principal causes of death in Russia are cardiovascular diseases.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> Obesity is a prevalent health issue in Russia; 61.1% of Russian adults were overweight or obese in 2016.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> However, Russia's historically high alcohol consumption rate is the biggest health issue in the country,<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> as it remains one of the world's highest, despite a stark decrease in the last decade.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> Smoking is another health issue in the country.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> The country's high suicide rate, although on the decline,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> remains a significant social issue.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

COVID-19 pandemic

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Russia had one of the highest number of confirmed cases in the world. Analysis of excess deaths from official government demographic statistics, based on births and deaths and excluding migration, showed that Russia had its biggest ever annual population drop in peacetime, with the population declining by 997,000 between October 2020 and September 2021, which demographer Alexei Raksha interpreted as being primarily due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref name="auto"/>

Ethnic groups

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According to the 2021 Russian census, the number of ethnic Russians decreased by nearly 5.43 million, from roughly 111 million people in 2010 to approximately 105.5 million in 2021.<ref>

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According to the United Nations, Russia's immigrant population is the third-largest in the world, numbering over 11.6 million in 2016;<ref name="immigrants">Template:Cite newsTemplate:Cbignore</ref> most of which are from post-Soviet states, mainly from Central Asia.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> There are 22 republics in Russia, who have their own ethnicities, cultures, and languages. In 12 of them in 2021, ethnic Russians constitute a minority:

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Languages

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Religion

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Annunciation Cathedral in Voronezh

Russia is a secular state by constitution, and its largest religion is Christianity. It has the world's largest Orthodox population.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> As of different sociological surveys on religious adherence, between 41% and over 80% of the total population of Russia adhere to the Russian Orthodox Church.<ref name="ReligionCensus">There is no official census of religion in Russia, and estimates are based on surveys only. In August 2012, ARENA Template:Webarchive determined that about 46.8% of Russians are Christians (including Orthodox, Catholic, Protestant, and non-denominational), which is slightly less than an absolute 50%+ majority. However, later that year the Levada Center Template:Webarchive determined that 76% of Russians are Christians, and in June 2013 the Public Opinion Foundation Template:Webarchive determined that 65% of Russians are Christians. These findings are in line with Pew Template:Webarchive's 2010 survey, which determined that 73.3% of Russians are Christians, with VTSIOM Template:Webarchive's 2010 survey (≈77% Christian), and with Ipsos MORI Template:Webarchive's 2011 survey (69%).</ref><ref name="Ogonek">Верю — не верю Template:Webarchive. "Ogonek", No. 34 (5243), 27 August 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2012.</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Other branches of Christianity present in Russia include Catholicism (approx. 1%), Baptists, Pentecostals, Lutherans and other Protestant churches (together totalling about 0.5% of the population) and Old Believers.<ref name="ArenaAtlas">"Arena: Atlas of Religions and Nationalities in Russia" Template:Webarchive. Sreda, 2012.</ref><ref name="2012maps">2012 Arena Atlas Religion Maps. Ogonek, No. 34 (5243), 27 August 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2017. Archived.</ref> There is some presence of Judaism, Buddhism, and Hinduism; pagan beliefs are also present to some extent in remote areas, sometimes syncretized with one of the mainstream religions.

In 2017, a survey made by the Pew Research Center showed that 73% of Russians declared themselves as Christians—out of which 71% were Orthodox, 1% were Catholic, and 2% were Other Christians, while 15% were unaffiliated, 10% were Muslims, and 1% followed other religions.<ref name="Pew2017">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> According to various reports, the proportion of Atheists in Russia is between 16% and 48% of the population.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Islam is the second-largest religion in Russia, and it is the traditional religion among most peoples of the North Caucasus, and among some Turkic peoples scattered along the Volga-Ural region.<ref name="re1">Template:Cite book</ref> Buddhists have a sizable population in three Siberian republics: Buryatia, Tuva, and Zabaykalsky Krai, and in Kalmykia, the only region in Europe where Buddhism is the most practised religion.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Education

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Russia has an adult literacy rate of 100%.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It grants free education to its citizens under its constitution.<ref name="CEPES">Template:Cite book</ref> The Ministry of Education of Russia is responsible for primary and secondary education, as well as vocational education; while the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia is responsible for science and higher education.<ref name="Nuffic">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Regional authorities regulate education within their jurisdictions within the prevailing framework of federal laws. Russia is among the world's most educated countries, and has the third-highest proportion of tertiary-level graduates in terms of percentage of population, at 62%.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> It spent roughly 4.7% of its GDP on education in 2018.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Russia has compulsory education for a duration of 11 years, exclusively for children aged 7 to 17–18.<ref name="Nuffic"/> Its pre-school education system is highly developed and optional,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> some four-fifths of children aged 3 to 6 attend day nurseries or kindergartens. Primary school is compulsory for 11 years, starting from age 6 to 7, and leads to a basic general education certificate.<ref name="Nuffic"/> An additional two or three years of schooling are required for the secondary-level certificate, and some seven-eighths of Russians continue their education past this level. Admission to an institute of higher education is selective and highly competitive:<ref name="CEPES"/> first-degree courses usually take five years.<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref> The oldest and largest universities in Russia are Moscow State University and Saint Petersburg State University.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> There are ten highly prestigious federal universities across the country. Russia was the world's fifth-leading destination for international students in 2019, hosting roughly 300,000.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Urbanized areas

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  Moscow, the capital and largest city of Russia

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  Saint Petersburg, the cultural capital and the second-largest city

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  Yekaterinburg, the fourth-largest city in the country.

Russia is one of the world's most urbanized countries, with roughly 75% of its total population living in urban areas.<ref name="cia"/> Moscow, the capital and largest city, has a population estimated at 12.4 million residents within the city limits,<ref name=est.2020>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> while over 17 million residents in the urban area,<ref name="Urban">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and over 20 million residents in the metropolitan area.<ref name="Megapolis">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Moscow is among the world's largest cities, being the most populous city entirely within Europe, the most populous urban area in Europe,<ref name="Urban"/> the most populous metropolitan area in Europe,<ref name="Megapolis"/> and also the largest city by land area on the European continent.<ref name="Planète Énergies">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Saint Petersburg, the cultural capital, is the second-largest city, with a population of roughly 5.4 million inhabitants.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Other major urban areas are Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod, and Chelyabinsk.

See also

• Aging of Russia
• Demographic history of Russia
• Demographics of Siberia
• Demographics of Saint Petersburg
• List of federal subjects of Russia by total fertility rate
• List of federal subjects of Russia by life expectancy
• Genetic studies on Russians
• Health in Russia
• Indigenous small-numbered peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East
• Russian cross
• Russian nationality law

Census information:

• Soviet Census
• Russian Empire Census (1897)
• Russian Census (2002)
• Russian Census (2010)
• Russian Census (2021)
• List of cities and towns in Russia by population

Further reading

• Gavrilova N.S., Gavrilov L.A. Aging Populations: Russia/Eastern Europe. In: P. Uhlenberg (Editor), International Handbook of the Demography of Aging, New York: Springer-Verlag, 2009, pp. 113–131.
• Gavrilova N.S., Semyonova V.G., Dubrovina E., Evdokushkina G.N., Ivanova A.E., Gavrilov L.A. Russian Mortality Crisis and the Quality of Vital Statistics. Population Research and Policy Review, 2008, 27: 551–574.
• Gavrilova, N.S., Gavrilov, L.A., Semyonova, V.G., Evdokushkina, G.N., Ivanova, A.E. 2005. Patterns of violent crime in Russia. In: Pridemore, W.A. (ed.). Ruling Russia: Law, Crime, and Justice in a Changing Society. Boulder, Colorado: Rowman & Littlefield Publ., Inc, 117–145
• Gavrilova, N.S., Semyonova, V.G., Evdokushkina G.N., Gavrilov, L.A. The response of violent mortality to economic crisis in Russia. Population Research and Policy Review, 2000, 19: 397–419.
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External links

• Igor Beloborodov, Demographic situation in Russia in 1992–2010 Template:Webarchive (report at the Moscow Demographic Summit – June 2011)
• Nicholas Eberstadt, Russia's Peacetime Demographic Crisis: Dimensions, Causes, Implications (National Bureau of Asian Research Project Report, May 2010)
• Edited by Julie DaVanzo, Gwen Farnsworth Russia's Demographic "Crisis" 1996 RAND Template:ISBN
• Jessica Griffith The Regional Consequences of Russia's Demographic Crisis Template:Webarchive University of Leicester
• Results of population policy and current demographic situation (2008)
• Interactive statistics for all countries, site of United States Census Bureau.
• 2009 World Population Data Sheet Template:Webarchive by the Population Reference Bureau
• Population density and distribution maps (text is in Russian; the topmost map shows population density based on 1996 data)
• Ethnic groups of Russia
• Problems with mortality data in Russia
• V. Borisov "Demographic situation in Russia and the role of mortality in reproduction of population" Template:Webarchive, 2005 (in English)
• Choice between mass migration and birth rate increase as possible solutions of depopulation problem in Russia (in Russian)