Russia: urban and rural population 2023

As of January 1, 2023, 109.7 million inhabitants lived in Russian cities, opposed to 36.8 million people living in the countryside. The rural population of Russia saw a gradual decrease over the observed time period.

Urban and rural population of Russia from 1970 to 2023 (in million inhabitants)

Characteristic	Urban	Rural
2023**	109.7	36.8
2022**	110	37
2021	109.3	36.9
2020	109.5	37.2
2019	109.5	37.3
2018	109.3	37.6
2017	109	37.8
2016	108.6	37.9
2015	108.3	38
2014	106.6	37.1
2013	106.1	37.2
2012	105.7	37.3
2011	105.4	37.5
2010	105.3	37.6
2009*	104.9	37.8
2008*	104.9	37.9
2007*	104.7	38.1
2006*	104.8	38.4
2005*	105.2	38.6
2004*	106	38.3
2003	106.3	38.7
2002	106.4	38.8
2001	107.1	39.2
1996	108.3	40
1991	109.4	38.9
1990	108.8	38.9
1989	108	39
1988	106.7	39.3
1987	105.2	39.6
1986	103.7	39.9
1985	102.4	40.1
1984	101.2	40.4
1983	99.9	40.6
1982	98.5	41.1
1981	97.3	41.5
1980	96.1	42
1979	94.9	42.5
1978	93.5	43
1977	92.1	43.4
1976	90.6	43.9
1975	88.9	44.7
1974	87.1	45.7
1973	85.4	46.7
1972	83.6	47.7
1971	82	48.6
1970	80.6	49.3

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Release date

April 2023

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Region

Russia

Survey time period

1970 to 2023

Supplementary notes

*Recalculated based on the results of the 2010 census.
**Results of the 2020 census are not taken into account.
The figures are as of January 1 of each year, except the national censuses on Jan 15, 1970, Jan 17, 1979, Jan 12, 1989, Oct 9, 2002, and Oct 14, 2010.

Since 2015, the figures include the population of the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol.

The figures for 2022 and 2023 exclude statistical information on the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), Luhansk People's Republic (LPR), Zaporozhye and Kherson regions.

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