List of federal subjects of Russia by population

The following is a list of 83 of the 89[1] federal subjects of Russia in order of population according to the 2010 and 2021 Russian Census. The totals of all federal subjects do not include nationals living abroad at the time of census.

Most recent estimates

Federal subject 2024
estimate[2] 		2021
Census[3] 		%
change 		Area
(km2)[4] 		Density
(/km2)
 Russian Federation 143,731,679 144,699,673 −0.67% 17,098,246 8.41
 Moscow 13,154,708 13,010,112 +1.11% 2,561 5136.55
 Moscow Oblast 8,650,903 8,524,665 +1.48% 44,329 195.15
 Krasnodar Krai 5,834,098 5,838,273 −0.07% 75,485 77.29
 Saint Petersburg 5,598,473 5,601,911 −0.06% 1,403 3990.36
 Sverdlovsk Oblast 4,222,987 4,268,998 −1.08% 194,307 21.73
 Rostov Oblast 4,154,426 4,200,729 −1.10% 100,967 41.15
 Bashkortostan 4,065,659 4,091,423 −0.63% 142,947 28.44
 Tatarstan 4,003,063 4,004,809 −0.04% 67,847 59.00
 Chelyabinsk Oblast 3,397,240 3,431,224 −0.99% 88,529 38.37
 Dagestan 3,233,078 3,182,054 +1.60% 50,270 64.31
 Samara Oblast 3,129,565 3,172,925 −1.37% 53,565 58.43
 Nizhny Novgorod Oblast 3,061,786 3,119,115 −1.84% 76,624 39.96
 Stavropol Krai 2,887,070 2,907,593 −0.71% 66,160 43.64
 Krasnoyarsk Krai 2,847,826 2,856,971 −0.32% 2,366,797 1.20
 Novosibirsk Oblast 2,790,347 2,797,176 −0.24% 177,756 15.70
 Kemerovo Oblast 2,548,034 2,600,923 −2.03% 95,725 26.62
 Perm Krai 2,495,744 2,532,405 −1.45% 160,236 15.57
 Volgograd Oblast 2,454,986 2,500,781 −1.83% 112,877 21.75
 Saratov Oblast 2,385,834 2,442,575 −2.32% 101,240 23.57
 Irkutsk Oblast 2,331,463 2,370,102 −1.63% 774,846 3.01
 Voronezh Oblast 2,273,882 2,308,792 −1.51% 52,216 43.55
 Altai Krai 2,115,707 2,163,693 −2.22% 167,996 12.59
 Leningrad Oblast 2,034,961 2,000,997 +1.70% 83,908 24.25
 Orenburg Oblast 1,828,692 1,862,767 −1.83% 123,702 14.78
 Omsk Oblast 1,818,300 1,858,798 −2.18% 141,140 12.88
 Primorsky Krai 1,807,511 1,845,165 −2.04% 164,673 10.98
 Khanty–Mansi A.O. (Yugra) 1,760,420 1,711,480 +2.86% 534,801 3.29
 Tyumen Oblast 1,616,564 1,601,940 +0.91% 160,122 10.10
 Chechnya 1,553,296 1,510,824 +2.81% 16,165 96.09
 Belgorod Oblast 1,501,570 1,540,486 −2.53% 27,134 55.34
 Tula Oblast 1,474,377 1,501,214 −1.79% 25,679 57.42
 Udmurtia 1,434,665 1,452,914 −1.26% 42,061 34.11
 Vladimir Oblast 1,310,710 1,348,134 −2.78% 29,084 45.07
 Khabarovsk Krai 1,279,214 1,292,944 −1.06% 787,633 1.62
 Penza Oblast 1,236,737 1,266,348 −2.34% 43,352 28.53
 Tver Oblast 1,200,364 1,230,171 −2.42% 84,201 14.26
 Yaroslavl Oblast 1,188,081 1,209,811 −1.80% 36,177 32.84
 Ulyanovsk Oblast 1,173,282 1,196,745 −1.96% 37,181 31.56
 Chuvashia 1,167,362 1,186,909 −1.65% 18,343 63.64
 Bryansk Oblast 1,142,907 1,169,161 −2.25% 34,857 32.79
 Kirov Oblast 1,130,078 1,153,680 −2.05% 120,374 9.39
 Vologda Oblast 1,121,792 1,142,827 −1.84% 144,527 7.76
 Lipetsk Oblast 1,116,600 1,143,224 −2.33% 24,047 46.43
 Ryazan Oblast 1,082,825 1,102,810 −1.81% 39,605 27.34
 Kaluga Oblast 1,071,810 1,069,904 +0.18% 29,777 35.99
 Kursk Oblast 1,061,199 1,082,458 −1.96% 29,997 35.38
 Tomsk Oblast 1,043,855 1,062,666 −1.77% 314,391 3.32
 Kaliningrad Oblast 1,033,346 1,029,966 +0.33% 15,125 68.32
 Sakha (Yakutia) 1,004,029 995,686 +0.84% 3,083,523 0.33
 Zabaykalsky Krai 984,340 1,004,125 −1.97% 431,892 2.28
 Buryatia 971,874 978,588 −0.69% 351,334 2.77
 Tambov Oblast 957,163 982,991 −2.63% 34,462 27.78
 Arkhangelsk Oblast[a] 956,262 978,873 −2.31% 413,103 2.31
 Astrakhan Oblast 946,533 960,142 −1.42% 49,024 19.31
 Ivanovo Oblast 906,646 927,828 −2.28% 21,437 42.29
 Kabardino-Balkaria 905,915 904,200 +0.19% 12,470 72.65
 Smolensk Oblast 863,094 888,421 −2.85% 49,779 17.34
 Mordovia 766,720 783,552 −2.15% 26,128 29.34
 Kurgan Oblast 753,085 776,661 −3.04% 71,488 10.53
 Amur Oblast 751,526 766,912 −2.01% 361,908 2.08
 Komi Republic 721,055 737,853 −2.28% 416,774 1.73
 Oryol Oblast 692,839 713,374 −2.88% 24,652 28.10
 North Ossetia–Alania 679,228 687,357 −1.18% 7,987 85.04
 Mari El 670,342 677,097 −1.00% 23,375 28.68
 Murmansk Oblast 657,085 667,744 −1.60% 144,902 4.53
 Pskov Oblast 581,571 599,084 −2.92% 55,399 10.50
 Novgorod Oblast 571,685 583,387 −2.01% 54,501 10.49
 Kostroma Oblast 566,375 580,976 −2.51% 60,211 9.41
 Khakassia 528,313 534,795 −1.21% 61,569 8.58
 Ingushetia 527,242 509,541 +3.47% 3,628 145.33
 Karelia 523,882 533,121 −1.73% 180,520 2.90
 Yamalo Nenets A.O. 516,096 510,490 +1.10% 769,250 0.67
 Adygea 501,125 496,934 +0.84% 7,792 64.31
 Karachay-Cherkessia 468,359 469,865 −0.32% 14,277 32.81
 Sakhalin Oblast 458,067 466,609 −1.83% 87,101 5.26
 Tuva 337,490 336,651 +0.25% 168,604 2.00
 Kamchatka Krai 289,151 291,705 −0.88% 464,275 0.62
 Kalmykia 266,881 267,133 −0.09% 74,731 3.57
 Altai Republic 210,730 210,924 −0.09% 92,903 2.27
 Jewish Autonomous Oblast 145,801 150,453 −3.09% 36,271 4.02
 Magadan Oblast 133,319 136,085 −2.03% 462,464 0.29
 Chukotka 48,192 47,490 +1.48% 721,481 0.07
 Nenets Autonomous Okrug 42,267 41,434 +2.01% 176,810 0.24

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Excluding Nenets Autonomous Okrug.

References

  1. ^ Perm Krai was formed on December 1, 2005 as a result of the merger of Perm Oblast and Komi-Permyak Autonomous Okrug. Evenk Autonomous Okrug and Taymyr Autonomous Okrug were merged into Krasnoyarsk Krai in 2007. Ust-Orda Buryat Autonomous Okrug was merged into Irkutsk Oblast in 2008. Zabaykalsky Krai was formed on March 1, 2008 as a result of the merger of Chita Oblast and Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug. The population counts of the defunct federal subjects were added up in the 2002 column.
  2. ^ "Предварительная оценка численности постоянного населения на 1 января 2024 г." Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  3. ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  4. ^ "Сведения о наличии и распределении земель в Российской Федерации на 01.01.2019 (в разрезе субъектов Российской Федерации)". Federal Service for State Registration, Cadastre and Cartography. Archived from the original on 9 February 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2023.