Urban population of Russia decreased by nearly 0.3 percent between 2019 and 2020, while the rural population saw a decrease by over 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 2020, by type of area
Characteristic
Urban
Rural
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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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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Russian Federal State Statistics Service. (July 2, 2021). Growth rate of population in Russia from 1990 to 2020, by type of area [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 19, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1009930/growth-rate-of-russian-population-by-area/
Russian Federal State Statistics Service. "Growth rate of population in Russia from 1990 to 2020, by type of area." Chart. July 2, 2021. Statista. Accessed May 19, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1009930/growth-rate-of-russian-population-by-area/
Russian Federal State Statistics Service. (2021). Growth rate of population in Russia from 1990 to 2020, by type of area. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 19, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1009930/growth-rate-of-russian-population-by-area/
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