Russia: population growth rate by area 2021

Urban population of Russia decreased by over 0.3 percent between 2020 and 2021, while the rural population saw a decrease by 0.7 percent the same period. Significant peaks happened in 1992 and 2004, when the rural population grew by respective 1.88 and 0.85 percent, partly at the expense of the urban population decline. As for the urban population, the growth rates were strictly negative between 1991 and 2006.

Growth rate of population in Russia from 1990 to 2021, by type of area

Characteristic	Urban	Rural
2021	-0.33%	-0.7%
2020	-0.28%	-0.72%
2019	0.1%	-0.38%
2018	0.12%	-0.6%
2017	0.27%	-0.58%
2016	0.35%	-0.3%
2015	0.35%	-0.26%
2014	0.38%	-0.26%
2013	0.41%	-0.3%
2012	0.36%	-0.23%
2011	0.3%	-0.35%
2010	0.34%	-0.87%
2009	0.14%	-0.13%
2008	0.05%	-0.16%
2007	0.13%	-0.65%
2006	-0.08%	-0.75%
2005	-0.35%	-0.52%
2004	-0.81%	0.85%
2003	-0.26%	-0.9%
2002	-0.38%	-0.72%
2001	-0.32%	-0.78%
2000	-0.32%	-0.6%
1999	-0.59%	-0.04%
1998	-0.05%	-0.52%
1997	-0.07%	-0.38%
1996	-0.11%	-0.35%
1995	-0.01%	-0.39%
1994	0.02%	0.22%
1993	-0.33%	0.4%
1992	-0.63%	1.88%
1991	-0.04%	0.74%
1990	0.62%	-0.15%

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Release date

April 2022

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Region

Russia

Survey time period

1990 to 2021

Supplementary notes

The figures from 2003 to 2010 were readjusted after the population size was recalculated based on the 2010 national census.
Year-on-year growth; measured from January 1 to December 31 of each year.

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