Demographics of Russia
| Demographics of Russia | |
|---|---|
 Population (in millions) 1950–January 2010.[1] |
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| Population: | 141,927,297 (1 January 2010) |
| Growth rate: | 0.002% (2009) |
| Birth rate: | 12.4 births/1,000 population (2009) |
| Death rate: | 14.2 deaths/1,000 population (2009) |
| Life expectancy: | 68.67 years (2009) |
| –male: | 62.77 years |
| –female: | 74.67 years |
| Fertility rate: | 1.54 children born/woman (2009) |
| Infant mortality rate: | 8.2 deaths/1,000 live births (2009) |
| Net migration rate: | 1.71 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008) |
| Age structure: | |
| 0-14 years: | 14.9% |
| 15-64 years: | 71.8% |
| 65-over: | 13.3% (2009) |
| Sex ratio: | |
| Total: | 0.86 male(s)/female (2009) |
| At birth: | 1.05 male(s)/female |
| Under 15: | 1.05 male(s)/female (male 10,806,895/female 10,285,532) |
| 15-64 years: | 0.92 male(s)/female (male 48,864,763/female 53,048,315) |
| 65-over: | 0.46 male(s)/female (male 5,969,976/female 12,928,498) |
| Nationality: | |
| Nationality: | noun: Russian(s) adjective: Russian |
| Major ethnic: | Russians |
| Language: | |
| Spoken: | Russian, others |
The demographics of Russia is about the demographic features of the population of the Russian Federation, including population growth, population density, ethnic composition, education level, health, economic status, and other aspects of the population.
The population of Russia is 141,927,297 as of 1 January 2010.[2][3] The population hit a historic peak at 148,689,000 in 1991, just before the breakup of the Soviet Union, but then began a decade-long decline, falling at a rate of about 0.5% per year due to declining birth rates and rising death rates. However the decline began to slow considerably in recent years, and in 2009 Russia recorded annual population growth for the first time in 15 years, with growth of 23.3 thousand.[4][5]
According to the 2002 census, Ethnic Russians make up 80% of the total population, while six other ethnicities have a population exceeding 1 million - Tatars (3.8%), Ukrainians (2%), Bashkir (1.1%), Chuvash (1.1%), Chechens (0.9%) and Armenians (0.8%). In total, 160 different ethnic groups and indigenous peoples live within the Russian federation's borders.
Russia's population density is 8 people per square kilometre (22 per square mile), making it one of the most sparsely populated countries in the world. The population is most dense in the European part of the country, centering around Moscow and Saint Petersburg. 73% of the population is urban.
Declining population
The population of Russia peaked at 148,689,000 in 1991, just before the breakup of the Soviet Union. Low birth rates and abnormally high death rates caused Russia's population to decline at a 0.5% annual rate, or about 750,000 to 800,000 people per year from the mid 90s to the mid 00s. The UN warned in 2005 that Russia's then population of about 143 million could fall by a third by 2050 if trends did not improve.[8][9] However, the Russian state statistics service Rosstat had more optimistic forecasts in 2009, whose Medium variant predicted that Russia's population would only fall to 139 million by 2030 [10] (Low: 127 million; High: 147 million). Furthermore, in 2008 one demographic analyst (correctly) predicted a resumption in population growth by 2010 [11].
The number of Russians living in poverty has halved since the economic crisis following the disintegration of the Soviet Union, and the improving economy had a positive impact on the country's low birth rate. The birth rate of Russia rose from its lowest point of 8.27 births per 1000 people in 1999 to 12.4 per 1000 in 2009. Likewise, the fertility rate rose from its lowest point of 1.16 in 1999 to 1.54 in 2009. 2007 marked the highest growth in birth rates that the country had seen in 25 years, and 2009 marked the highest total birth rate since 1991.[12] For comparison, the US[13] birth rate in 2009 were 13.8 per 1000 . While the Russian birth rate is comparable to that of other developed countries, its death rate is much higher, especially among working-age males due to a comparatively high rate of fatalities caused by heart disease and other external causes such as accidents. The Russian death rate in 2009 was 14.2 per 1000 citizens. For comparison, the US[13] death rates in 2009 were 8.4 per 1000 .
The causes for this sharp increase in mortality are widely debated, with some academics citing alcohol abuse as the main culprit[14], and others citing the drastic and widely negative changes in lifestyle caused by economic reforms that followed the collapse of the Soviet Union. According to a 2009 report by The Lancet,[15] a British medical journal, mass privatization, an element of the economic-reform package nicknamed shock therapy, clearly correlates with higher mortality rates. The report argues that the advocates of the economic reforms ignored the human cost of the policies they were promoting, such as unemployment and human suffering, leading to an early death. These conclusions were criticized by The Economist.[16] According to the Russian demographic publication Demoscope,[17] the rising male death rate was a long-term trend from 1960 to 2005. The only significant reversion of the trend was caused by Mikhail Gorbachev's anti-alcohol campaign, but its effect was only temporary. According to the publication, the sharp rise of death rates in the early 1990s was caused by the exhaustion of the effect of the anti-alcohol campaign, while the marketing reforms were of only secondary importance. The authors also claimed the Lancet's study is flawed because it used 1985 death rate as the base, while that was in fact the very maximum of the effect of the anti-alcohol campaign.[17]
Government measures to halt the demographic crisis was a key subject of Vladimir Putin's 2006 state of the nation address.[18] As a result, a national programme was developed with the goal to reverse the trend by 2020. Soon after, a study published in 2007 showed that the rate of population decrease had begun to slow: if the net decrease in January-August 2006 was 408,200 people, it was 196,600 in the same period in 2007. The death rate accounted for 357,000 of these, which is 137,000 less than in 2006. At the same time period in 2007, there were just over 1 million births in Russia (981,600 in 2006), whilst deaths decreased from 1,475,000 to 1,402,300. In all, the number of deaths exceeded the number of births by 1.3 times, down from 1.5 in 2006. Eighteen of the 83 provinces showed a natural growth of population (in 2006: 16). The Russian Ministry of Economic Development expressed hope that by 2020 the population would stabilize at 138-139 million, and by 2025, to increase again to its present day status of 143-145, also raising the life expectancy to 75 years.[19]
The population decline continued to slow through 2008 and 2009 due to declining death rates and increasing birth rates, and in 2009 the population saw yearly growth for the first time in 15 years.[4][5] In September 2009, the Ministry of Health and Social Development reported that Russia recorded natural population growth for the first time in 15 years, with 1,000 more births than deaths in August.[20]
Total fertility rates
In 1990, just prior to the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia's total fertility rate (TFR) stood at 1.89. Fertility rates had already begun to decline in the late 80s due to the natural progression of Russia's demographic structure, but the rapid and widely negative changes in society following the collapse greatly influenced the rate of decline.[21] The TFR hit an historic low of 1.16 in 1999 and has since begun to rise again, reaching 1.54 in 2009 (growth of 34.4%).[22] The only federal subject of Russia to see a decline in fertility since 1999 is Ingushetia, where the TFR has fallen by 20% from 2.44 to 1.97 as of 2009.[23]
In 2009, 8 of Russia's federal subjects had a TFR above 2.1 children per woman (the approximate minimum required to ensure population replacement). These federal subjects are Chechnya (3.38), Tyva (2.81), Ust-Orda Buryat Okrug (2.73), Agin-Buryat Okrug (2.63), Komi-Permyak (2.16), Evenk Okrug (2.58), Altai Republic (2.36), Nenets Autonomous Okrug (2.1). Of these federal subjects, four have an ethnic Russian majority (Altai, Evenk, Ust-Orda and Nenets).[23][24]
In every region in Russia rural areas reported higher TFR compared to urban areas. In most of the federal subjects in Siberia and the Russian Far East, the total fertility rates were high, but not high enough to ensure population replacement. For example, Zabaykalsky Krai had a TFR of 1.82, which is higher than the national average, but less than the 2.1 needed for population replacement.[23]
Ethnic groups
Most Russians derive from the Eastern Slavic family of peoples, the origins of which very little is known.[25]
The Russian Federation is home to as many as 160 different ethnic groups and indigenous peoples. As of the 2002 census, 79.83% of the population (115,889,107 people) is ethnically Russian, followed by (groups larger than one million):[26][27]
- 3.83% Tatars (5,554,601)
- 2.03% Ukrainians (2,942,961)
- 1.15% Bashkirs (1,673,389)
- 1.13% Chuvashs (1,637,094)
- 0.94% Chechens (1,360,253)
- 0.78% Armenians (1,130,491)
Most smaller groups live compactly in their respective regions and can be categorized by language group The ethnic divisions used here are those of the official census, and may in some respects be controversial. The following lists all ethnicites resolved by the 2002 census, grouped by language:[26][27]
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Some 1.6% of the population are ethnicities not native to the Russian territory. The census has an additional group of 'other' ethnicities of 42,980 (0.03%), including Hungarians, Czechs, Albanians, Japanese, Spaniards, Italians, Scandinavians and Romanians.
An estimated 100,000 Africans either originating from Sub-Saharan Africa and North or South American nations are known to reside in Russia. Many of them came to Russia for college studies, while others were invited for political reasons or sought asylum. In the 1970s the U.S. media reported an African-American colony in Russia, estimated to number 20,000 voluntary migrants, made up of intellectuals involved in the Civil rights movement and the Soviet Union Communist Party.
See also: Northern indigenous peoples of Russia, Detailed Table of 2002 census
Gradient
The demographic structure of Russia has gradually changed over time. In 1970, the Soviet Union had the third largest population of Jews in the world, estimated at 2,150,000, following only that of the United States and Israel. By 2002, due to Jewish emigration, their number fell as low as 230,000. A sizeable emigration of other minorities has been enduring, too. Predominantly these are European peoples like Germans, Czechs, Greeks and members of their families. The main destinations are the USA (Jews, Belarussians, Chechens, Meskhetian Turks, Ukrainians and others), Israel (Jews), Germany (Germans and Jews), Poland (Poles and Jews), Canada (Finns and Ukrainians), Finland (Finns), France (Jews, Armenians and Romani) and the United Kingdom (mainly rich Russians).
At the same time, Russia experiences a constant flow of immigration. On average, close to 300,000 legal immigrants enter the country every year; about half are ethnic Russians from the other republics of the former Soviet Union. In addition, There are an estimated 10 million illegal immigrants from the ex-Soviet states in Russia.[28] There is a significant inflow of ethnic Georgians, Armenians, Azerbaijanis, Uzbeks, Kyrgyz, Tajiks, and Ukrainians into big Russian cities, something that is viewed unfavorably by some citizens.[29] Some Chinese flee the overpopulation and birth control regulations of their home country and settle in the Far East and in southern Siberia.
Median age and fertility
Median ages of ethnic groups vary considerably between groups. Ethnic Russians and other Slavic and Finnic groups have higher median age compared to the Caucasian groups.
Median ages are strongly correlated with fertility rates, ethnic groups with higher fertility rates have lower median ages, and vice versa. For example, in 2002, in the ethnic group with the lowest median age - Ingush - women 35 or older had, on average, 4.05 children; in the ethnic group with the highest median age - Jews - women 35 or older averaged only 1.37 children.[30] Ethnic Jews have both the highest median age and the lowest fertility rate; this is a consequence of Jewish emigration.
Ethnic Russians represent a significant deviation from the pattern, with second lowest fertility rate of all major groups, but relatively low median age (37.6 years). This phenomenon is at least partly due to the fact that children from mixed marriages are often registered as ethnic Russians in the census.
The following table shows the variation in median age and fertility rates according to 2002 census.[31]
| Ethnic Group |
Median Age |
Male |
Female |
Urban |
Urban M |
Urban F |
Rural |
Rural M |
Rural F |
Children / woman (15+) |
Children / woman (35+) |
Predominant religion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russian | 37.6 | 34.0 | 40.5 | 37.1 | 33.5 | 40.1 | 39.0 | 35.7 | 41.7 | 1.446 | 1.828 | Christianity |
| Tatar | 37.7 | 35.3 | 39.6 | 37.2 | 34.7 | 39.1 | 38.8 | 36.5 | 41.1 | 1.711 | 2.204 | Islam |
| Ukrainian | 45.9 | 44.7 | 47.3 | 45.6 | 44.5 | 46.8 | 47.0 | 45.2 | 49.0 | 1.726 | 1.946 | Christianity |
| Bashkir | 34.2 | 32.1 | 36.2 | 32.9 | 30.6 | 34.7 | 35.4 | 33.3 | 37.6 | 1.969 | 2.658 | Islam |
| Chuvash | 38.6 | 36.4 | 40.4 | 37.9 | 36.3 | 39.1 | 39.4 | 36.5 | 42.5 | 1.884 | 2.379 | Christianity |
| Chechen | 22.8 | 22.1 | 23.5 | 22.9 | 22.5 | 23.4 | 22.7 | 21.9 | 23.5 | 2.163 | 3.456 | Islam |
| Armenian | 32.8 | 33.4 | 32.0 | 33.0 | 33.7 | 32.2 | 32.1 | 32.6 | 31.5 | 1.68 | 2.225 | Christianity |
| Mordvin | 44.4 | 42.1 | 46.9 | 44.2 | 42.3 | 45.9 | 44.7 | 41.7 | 48.5 | 1.986 | 2.303 | Christianity |
| Avar | 24.6 | 23.8 | 25.4 | 23.8 | 23.4 | 24.1 | 25.1 | 24.0 | 26.2 | 2.09 | 3.319 | Islam |
| Belarusian | 48.0 | 45.9 | 50.2 | 47.7 | 45.8 | 49.6 | 49.1 | 46.1 | 52.4 | 1.765 | 1.941 | Christianity |
| Kazakh/Kyrgyz | 30.2 | 29.4 | 31 | 29.5 | 29 | 30.1 | 30.6 | 29.7 | 31.4 | 2.015 | 2.964 | Islam |
| Udmurt | 40.0 | 37.4 | 42.0 | 41.2 | 39.0 | 42.6 | 38.9 | 36.1 | 41.3 | 1.93 | 2.378 | Christianity |
| Azerbaijani | 29.5 | 31.9 | 24.6 | 30.0 | 32.3 | 24.7 | 26.5 | 28.7 | 24.1 | 1.83 | 2.619 | Islam |
| Mari | 36.7 | 34.5 | 38.5 | 36.4 | 34.6 | 37.7 | 36.9 | 34.5 | 39.3 | 1.917 | 2.493 | Christianity |
| German | 39.7 | 38.2 | 41.2 | 39.6 | 38.0 | 41.0 | 40.0 | 38.4 | 41.4 | 1.864 | 2.443 | Christianity |
| Kabardin | 28.2 | 27.1 | 29.3 | 28.8 | 27.4 | 30.2 | 27.7 | 26.9 | 28.4 | 1.799 | 2.654 | Islam |
| Ossetian | 34.1 | 32.5 | 35.7 | 34.0 | 32.2 | 35.7 | 34.4 | 33.2 | 35.6 | 1.665 | 2.267 | Christianity |
| Dargwa | 24.6 | 23.9 | 25.3 | 24.3 | 23.8 | 24.8 | 24.8 | 24.0 | 25.6 | 2.162 | 3.476 | Islam |
| Buryat | 28.6 | 26.6 | 30.5 | 27.6 | 25.7 | 29.5 | 29.5 | 27.4 | 31.5 | 1.949 | 2.861 | Buddhism |
| Yakut | 26.9 | 25.1 | 28.7 | 26.9 | 25.2 | 28.5 | 27.0 | 25.1 | 28.8 | 1.972 | 2.843 | Christianity |
| Kumyk | 24.6 | 23.7 | 25.4 | 24.8 | 23.9 | 25.6 | 24.4 | 23.5 | 25.2 | 1.977 | 3.123 | Islam |
| Ingush | 22.7 | 22.4 | 23.0 | 22.9 | 22.5 | 23.4 | 22.5 | 22.3 | 22.7 | 2.325 | 4.05 | Islam |
| Lezgian | 25.4 | 25.2 | 25.7 | 25.0 | 25.2 | 24.8 | 25.9 | 25.2 | 26.6 | 2.045 | 3.275 | Islam |
| Komi | 38.8 | 35.8 | 41.0 | 39.4 | 35.5 | 41.6 | 38.3 | 36.0 | 40.4 | 1.869 | 2.363 | Christianity |
| Tuvan | 23.0 | 21.7 | 24.2 | 22.3 | 21.4 | 23.3 | 23.6 | 22.0 | 25.1 | 1.996 | 3.407 | Buddhism |
| Jewish | 57.5 | 55.7 | 61.1 | 57.6 | 55.7 | 61.2 | 53.5 | 52.0 | 55.3 | 1.264 | 1.371 | Judaism |
| Karachay | 29.5 | 28.3 | 30.5 | 27.6 | 26.4 | 28.9 | 30.5 | 29.5 | 31.5 | 1.86 | 2.836 | Islam |
| Kalmyk | 31.3 | 29.2 | 33.3 | 28.6 | 26.3 | 31.3 | 33.9 | 32.6 | 35.1 | 1.853 | 2.625 | Buddhism |
| Adyghe | 34.2 | 32.4 | 36.0 | 32.0 | 30.3 | 33.7 | 36.2 | 34.2 | 38.2 | 1.757 | 2.363 | Islam |
| Permyak | 40.8 | 38.6 | 42.7 | 41.3 | 39.5 | 42.5 | 40.5 | 38.1 | 42.8 | 2.145 | 2.604 | Christianity |
| Balkar | 30.1 | 29.5 | 30.7 | 29.3 | 28.8 | 29.8 | 30.9 | 30.1 | 31.9 | 1.689 | 2.624 | Islam |
| Karelian | 45.7 | 42.4 | 48.6 | 44.7 | 41.3 | 47.2 | 47.0 | 43.5 | 51.2 | 1.823 | 2.108 | Christianity |
| Kazakh | 30.7 | 28.4 | 32.9 | 30.1 | 27.9 | 32.4 | 31.2 | 28.8 | 33.5 | 1.872 | 2.609 | Islam |
| Altay | 27.5 | 25.5 | 29.4 | 22.7 | 21.5 | 24.2 | 28.9 | 26.9 | 30.8 | 2.021 | 2.933 | Buddhism |
| Cherkess | 31.2 | 30.1 | 32.3 | 29.7 | 28.3 | 30.9 | 32.1 | 31.1 | 33.3 | 1.807 | 2.607 | Islam |
Languages
Russian is the common official language throughout Russia understood by 99% of its current inhabitants and widespread in many adjacent areas of Asia and Eastern Europe. National subdivisions of Russia have additional official languages (see their respective articles). There are more than 100 languages spoken in Russia, many of which are in danger of extinction.
Religion
The most widespread religion in Russia is Eastern Orthodox Christianity, represented by the Russian Orthodox Church.
Since the end of Soviet rule, up to 60% of citizens of Russia, including up to 80% of ethnic Russians, have identified themselves as Orthodox. Of these approximately 2-4%[32] of the general population are integrated into church life (воцерковленные), while others attend on a less regular basis or not at all. Many non-religious ethnic Russians identify with the Orthodox faith for cultural reasons [33]. The Second largest religion is Islam, whose followers are estimated to comprise 10-15% of the population (according to a poll, the figure is 6%[34]. The majority of Muslims live in the Volga-Urals region and the North Caucasus, although Moscow, Saint Petersburg, and parts of Siberia also have sizable Muslim populations.[32][35] Other branches of Christianity present in Russia include Roman Catholicism (approx. 1%), Baptists, Pentecostals, Lutherans and other Protestant churches (together totalling about 0.5% of the population) and Old Believers. There is some presence of Judaism, Buddhism, and Krishnaism, as well. Shamanism and other pagan beliefs are present to some extent in remote areas, sometimes syncretized with one of the mainstream religions.
Education
Literacy
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.4% (2002)
male: 99.7%
female: 99.2%[35]
Russia's free, widespread and in-depth educational system, inherited with almost no changes from the Soviet Union, has produced nearly 100% literacy. 97% of children receive their compulsory 9-year basic or complete 11-year education in Russian. Other languages are also used in their respective republics, for instance Tatar (1%), Yakut (0.4%) etc.
About 3 million students attend Russia's 519 institutions of higher education and 48 universities. As a result of great emphasis on science and technology in education, Russian medical, mathematical, scientific, and space and aviation research is generally of a high order.[36]
Labour force
The Russian labour force is undergoing tremendous changes. Although well-educated and skilled, it is largely mismatched to the rapidly changing needs of the Russian economy. The unemployment rate in Russia was 8.1% as of 2009. Unemployment is highest among women and young people. Following the breakup of the Soviet Union and the economic dislocation it engendered, the standard of living fell dramatically. However, since recovering from the 1998 economic crisis, the standard of living has been on the rise. As of 2007 about 15% of the population was living below the poverty line, compared to 40% in 1999.[37][38] The average yearly salary in Russia was $7,680 (about $13,800 PPP) as of May 2008, up from $455 per year in August 1999.[39][40]
Health
In 2008, 1,185,993, or 57% of all deaths in Russia were caused by cardiovascular disease. The second leading cause of death was cancer which claimed 289,257 lives (14%). External causes of death such as suicide (1.8%), road accidents (1.7%), murders (1.1%), accidental alcohol poisoning (1.1%), and accidental drowning (0.5%), claimed 244,463 lives in total (11%). Other major causes of death were diseases of the digestive system (4.3%), respiratory disease (3.8%), infectious and parasitic diseases (1.6%), and tuberculosis (1.2%).[43] The infant mortality rate in 2009 was 8.2 deaths per 1,000 (down from 8.5 in 2008 and 17 in 1999).[44][4]
As of 2009, the average life expectancy in Russia was 62.77 years for males and 74.67 years for females.[45] The average Russian life expectancy of 68.67 years at birth is nearly 10 years shorter than the overall average figure for the European Union, or the United States.[46] The largest contributing factor to the relatively low life expectancy is high mortality among working-age males due to preventable causes such as accidents, alcohol poisoning, violent crimes, heart disease etc. Some infectious diseases are also implicated, such as AIDS/HIV and tuberculosis, which became more widespread in Russia in the 1990s because of the deterioration in the healthcare system. In the late 1950s, the USSR had a higher life expectancy than the United States,[47] but the Soviet Union has lagged behind Western countries in terms of mortality and life expectancy since the late 1960s. The life expectancy was about 70 in 1986[48], prior to the transition-induced disruption of the healthcare system. The turmoil in the early 1990s caused life expectancy in Russia to steadily decrease while it was steadily increasing in the rest of the world. Recently however, Russian life expectancy has again begun to rise. Between 2005-2009 the male life expectancy in Russia rose by four years, increasing the overall life expectancy by 3.5 years to 68.67.[45]
Abortions
In the 1980s only 8-10% of married Russian women of reproductive age used hormonal and intrauterine contraception methods, compared to 20-40% in developed countries. This led to much higher abortion rates in Russia compared to developed countries: in the 1980s Russia had a figure of 120 abortions per 1,000 women of reproductive age compared with only 20 per 1,000 in Western countries. However, after the collapse of the Soviet Union many changes took place, such as the demonopolization of the market for contraceptive drugs and media liberalization, which lead to a rapid conversion to more efficient pregnancy control practices. Abortion rates fell in the first half of the 1990s for the first time in Russia's history, even despite declining fertility rates. From the early 1990s to 2006, the number of expected abortions per women during her lifetime fell by nearly 2.5 times, from 3.4 to 1.2. As of 2004, the share of women of reproductive age using hormonal or intrauterine birth control methods was about 46% (29% intrauterine, 17% hormonal).[49]
Despite clear progress in family planning, the target of desired children at the desired time for a large portion of Russian families has not yet been achieved. According to a 2004 study, current pregnancies were termed "desired and timely" by 58% of respondents, while 23% described them as "desired, but untimely", and 19% said they were "undesired". The share of unexpected pregnancies remains much lower in countries with developed family planning culture, such as the Netherlands, whose percentage of unwanted pregnancies 20 years ago was half of that in Russia today.[49]
Main cities
Moscow is the largest city (population 10.4 million) and is the capital of the Federation. Moscow continues to be the centre of Russian Government and is increasingly important as an economic and business centre. Its cultural tradition is rich, and there are many museums devoted to art, literature, music, dance, history, and science. It has hundreds of churches and dozens of notable cathedrals; it has become Russia's principal magnet for foreign investment and business presence.
Saint Petersburg (population 4.7 million), established in 1703 by Peter the Great as the capital of the Russian Empire, was called Petrograd during World War I and Leningrad after 1924. In 1991, as the result of a city referendum, it was renamed Saint Petersburg. Under the Tsars, the city was Russia's cultural, intellectual, financial, and industrial centre. After the capital was moved back to Moscow in 1918, the city's political significance declined, but it remained a cultural, scientific, and military-industrial centre.
Novosibirsk is the largest city in Siberia, a major industrial city and a transportation hub. The most prominent Russian university outside Moscow and Saint Petersburg—Novosibirsk State University—is located in a suburb of Novosibirsk.
Vladivostok, located in the Russian Far East, is becoming an important centre for trade with the Pacific Rim countries.
| Rank | Core City | Name in Russian | Federal Subject | Pop. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moscow | Москва | Moscow | 10,508,971 | ||||||
| 2 | Saint Petersburg | Санкт-Петербург | Saint Petersburg | 4,600,310 | ||||||
| 3 | Novosibirsk | Новосибирск | Novosibirsk | 1,397,191 | ||||||
| 4 | Yekaterinburg | Екатеринбург | Sverdlovsk | 1,332,264 | ||||||
| 5 | Nizhny Novgorod | Нижний Новгород | Nizhny Novgorod | 1,272,527 | ||||||
| 6 | Kazan | Казань | Tatarstan | 1 136 566 | ||||||
| 7 | Samara | Самара | Samara | 1 135 318 | ||||||
| 8 | Omsk | Омск | Omsk | 1,129,120 | ||||||
| 9 | Chelyabinsk | Челябинск | Chelyabinsk | 1,093,699 | ||||||
| 10 | Rostov-on-Don | Ростов-на-Дону | Rostov | 1,048,991 | ||||||
| 11 | Ufa | Уфа | Bashkortostan | 1,024,842 | ||||||
| 12 | Perm | Пермь | Perm | 985,794 | ||||||
| 13 | Volgograd | Волгоград | Volgograd | 981,909 | ||||||
| 14 | Krasnoyarsk | Красноярск | Krasnoyarsk | 947,801 | ||||||
| 15 | Voronezh | Воронеж | Voronezh | 843,496 | ||||||
| 16 | Saratov | Саратов | Saratov | 830,953 | ||||||
| 17 | Tolyatti | Тольятти | Samara | 720,346 | ||||||
| 18 | Krasnodar | Краснодар | Krasnodar | 710,686 | ||||||
| 19 | Izhevsk | Ижевск | Udmurtia | 611,043 | ||||||
| 20 | Yaroslavl | Ярославль | Yaroslavl | 606,336 | ||||||
| Rosstat (2009)[50] | ||||||||||
Rural life
Rural life in Russia is distinct from many other nations. Russia is one of few nations that have small towns hundreds of kilometres from major population centres. Villages far from towns are classified by poor living conditions: low salaries, lack of heating equipment and sewage systems, and sometimes lack of electricity (mostly in Siberia). Sanitation and hygiene is also very poor in some areas that completely lack any plumbing whatsoever. Relatively few Russian people live in villages—rural population accounted for 27% of the total population according to the 2002 Russian Census.[51] Some people rent village houses and use them as dachas (summer houses).
Demographic statistics
Population
- 141,927,297 (1 January 2010)[2]
- 145,166,731 (2002 Russian Census)
Population density
- 8.3 people per square kilometre (2009)
- 8.5 people per square kilometre (2002 Russian Census)
Population distribution
- 73% urban, 27% rural (2002 Russian Census)
Population growth rate
- 0.002% (2009)[4]
Natural population growth rate
- -1.8 persons/1,000 population (2009)[4]
Births
- 1,764,200 (2009)[4]
Deaths
- 2,013,600 (2009)[4]
Birth rate
- 12.4 births/1,000 population (2009)[4]
Death rate
- 14.2 deaths/1,000 population (2009)[4]
Total fertility rate
Life expectancy at birth
total population: 68.67 years
male: 62.77 years
female: 74.67 years (2009) [45]
Infant mortality rate
- 8.2 deaths/1,000 live births[4] (2009)
Under-five mortality rate
- 13 deaths/1,000 live births (2008)[52]
Median age
total: 38.8 years
male: 36.1 years
female: 41.1 years (2009)[53]
Age structure
0–14 years: 14.9% (male 10,806,895/female 10,285,532)
15–64 years: 71.8% (male 48,864,763/female 53,048,315)
65 years and over: 13.3% (male 5,969,976/female 12,928,498) (2009)[53]
Sex ratio
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15–64 years: 0.92 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.46 male(s)/female
total population: 0.86 male(s)/female (2009) [53]
Net migration rate
- 1.74 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009)[4]
See also
- Demographics of Siberia
- Demographics of the Soviet Union
- Demography of Central Asia
- Health in Russia
References
- ↑ Population data for 1992-2010 from Russian Federal Service of State Statistics (Rosstat)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Population of Russia on 1 January 2010, Retrieved on January 22, 2010
- ↑ Federal State Statistics Service of Russia Retrieved on December 21, 2009
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 2009 demographic figures Rosstat Retrieved on February 18, 2010
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Russia sees first population increase in 15 years BBC Retrieved on February 18, 2009
- ↑ Russian death rates 1950-2008 Demoscope Retrieved on May 29, 2009
- ↑ Russian birth rates 1950-2008 Demoscope Retrieved on May 29, 2009
- ↑ Steven Eke (June 23, 2005). "Russia's population falling fast". BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4125072.stm. Retrieved March 15, 2008.
- ↑ United Nations ECOSOC,http://esa.un.org/unpp/ World Population Prospects: the 2008 Revision Population Database, Medium variant.
- ↑ Rosstat Retrieved 16 March 2010
- ↑ Sublime Oblivion: Faces of the Future Retrieved 16 March 2010
- ↑ Russian policies ignite unprecedented birth rate in 2007 The Economic Times March 21, 2008
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 CIA Factbook - USA Retrieved on March 27, 2010
- ↑ "WHO Life Expectancy Projections 2000 - ministry". World Health Organisation. http://www.who.int/inf-pr-2000/en/pr2000-life.html. Retrieved 2009-01-07.
- ↑ Mass privatisation and the post-communist mortality crisis: a cross-national analysis The Lancet Retrieved on 02-12-09
- ↑ Ex-communist reform - Mass murder and the market The Economist Retrieved on 02-12-09
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Смертность в России сквозь призму приватизации (Russian)
- ↑ Vladimir Putin’s State-of-the-Nation Address
- ↑ Newsru, Население России за пять лет уменьшилось на 3,2 миллиона до 142 миллионов человек, 19.Oct.2007 Retrieved same date
- ↑ In Russia the first time in 15 years recorded population growth Retrieved on 09-09-30
- ↑ Russia's Demographic "Crisis" 1996 RAND, page 13-18, Retrieved on March 3, 2009, ISBN 0-8330-2446-9
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 Tatiana Golikova on the expanded board meeting of the Health Ministry: "Despite the financial crisis, we have developed and launched a large-scale projects" Retrieved on May 21, 2010
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 Rosstat TFR database
- ↑ Fertility Rate Statistics Demoscope.ru Retrieved on September 10, 2009
- ↑ A Country Study: Russia Library of Congress Retrieved on March 16, 2008
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 Ethnic groups in Russia, 2002 census, Demoscope Weekly. Retrieved 5 February 2009
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 Russia population census 2002, Vol. 4, Table 1. Retrieved 5 February 2009
- ↑ "Russia cracking down on illegal migrants". International Herald Tribune. March 15, 2008. http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/01/15/news/migrate.php.
- ↑ Central Asia: Labor Migrants Face Abuse, Xenophobia Retrieved on March 15, 2008
- ↑ 2002 Russian census, Женщины наиболее многочисленных национальностей по возрастным группам и числу рожденных детей по субъектам Российской Федерации
- ↑ 2002 Russian census, Население отдельных национальностей по возрастным группам и полу по субъектам Российской Федерации
- ↑ 32.0 32.1 [1]
- ↑ in Russian:Социология религии
- ↑ "(Russian)Опубликована подробная сравнительная статистика религиозности в России и Польше". religare.ru. 6 June 2007. http://www.religare.ru/article42432.htm. Retrieved 2007-12-27.
- ↑ 35.0 35.1 Russia CIA World Factbook CIA World Factbook updated 6 March 2008
- ↑ Russia country guide — EUbusiness.com - business, legal and financial news and information from the European Union
- ↑ Indexmundi Poverty Rates Retrieved on March 16, 2008
- ↑ Российская газета. Неравномерности роста - Между регионами остаются серьёзные различия. (Rossiyskaya Gazeta, Unevenness of the growth - Significant discrepancies remain between the regions), 19.09.2007
- ↑ Russians weigh an enigma with Putin’s protégé MSNBC Retrieved on March 29, 2009
- ↑ "Putin’s Economy—Eight Years On". russiaprofile.org. http://www.russiaprofile.org/page.php?pageid=Business&articleid=a1187177738. Retrieved 2007-12-27.
- ↑ Life expectancy of the Russian Federation since 1950
- ↑ Life Expectancy of the Russian Federation since 1992 Retrieved on May 29, 2008
- ↑ Rosstat demographics report for the year 2008 Federal State Statistics Service, Retrieved on June 3, 2009
- ↑ Infant Mortality Rates Demoscope Retrieved on April 27, 2010
- ↑ 45.0 45.1 45.2 Russian life expectancy figures Rosstat Retrieved on August 21, 2010
- ↑ "European Union". Central Intelligence Agency. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ee.html. Retrieved 2008-01-20.
- ↑ Yeltsin: healthier than the average Russian: Poverty, pollution and drink has slashed life expectancy, writes Phil Reeves The Independent, 29 September 1996
- ↑ A Country Study: Soviet Union (Former) Federal Research Division, Library of Congress, Edited by Raymond E. Zickel 1989. Chapter 3 - Population - Vital Statistics
- ↑ 49.0 49.1 National Human Development Report Russian Federation 2008, UNDP,pages 47-49, Retrieved on 2009-10-10
- ↑ http://www.gks.ru
- ↑ "Resident population". Federal State Statistics Service. http://www.gks.ru/free_doc/2007/b07_12/05-01.htm. Retrieved 2007-12-27.
- ↑ UNICEF Rate of Progress Index UNICEF Retrieved on December 27, 2009
- ↑ 53.0 53.1 53.2 Age structure of the Russian population as of January 1, 2009 Rosstat Retrieved on 2009-10-08
External links
- Nicholas Eberstadt, Russia’s Peacetime Demographic Crisis: Dimensions, Causes, Implications (NBR Project Report, May 2010)
- Edited by Julie DaVanzo, Gwen Farnsworth Russia's Demographic "Crisis" 1996 RAND ISBN 0-8330-2446-9
- Jessica Griffith The Regional Consequences of Russia’s Demographic Crisis University of Leicester
- Results of population policy and current demographic situation (2008)
- Interactive statistics for all countries, site of US Census bureau.
- 2009 World Population Data Sheet 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”, 2005 (in English)
- Russian Empire:
- Iranians Diaspora in Russia: [2]
- (Russian) В погоне за малыми, an article about treatment of minorities in the Russian Empire, Kommersant-Money, October 25, 2005
- Choice between mass migration and birth rate increase as possible solutions of depopulation problem in Russia (in Russian)
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