Russia: urban & rural population 2024

As of January 1, 2024, 109.5 million inhabitants lived in Russian cities, opposed to 36.6 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 January 1, 1970 to January 1, 2024 (in million inhabitants)

Characteristic	Urban	Rural
2024	109.5	36.6
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

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April 2024

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Russia

Survey time period

January 1, 1970 to January 1, 2024

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.

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