The urban population of Russia shrank by 0.2 percent between 2022 and 2023, while the rural population saw a decrease of 0.46 percent in 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 2023, by type of area
Characteristic
Urban
Rural
Total
2023
-0.12%
-0.46%
-0.2%
2022
-0.3%
-0.56%
-0.36%
2021
-0.33%
-0.7%
-0.42%
2020
-0.28%
-0.72%
-0.39%
2019
0.1%
-0.38%
-0.02%
2018
0.12%
-0.6%
-0.07%
2017
0.27%
-0.58%
0.05%
2016
0.35%
-0.3%
0.18%
2015
0.35%
-0.26%
0.19%
2014
0.38%
-0.26%
0.21%
2013
0.41%
-0.3%
0.22%
2012
0.36%
-0.23%
0.2%
2011
0.3%
-0.35%
0.13%
2010
0.34%
-0.87%
0.02%
2009
0.14%
-0.13%
0.07%
2008
0.05%
-0.16%
-0.01%
2007
0.13%
-0.65%
-0.08%
2006
-0.08%
-0.75%
-0.26%
2005
-0.35%
-0.52%
-0.39%
2004
-0.81%
0.85%
-0.37%
2003
-0.26%
-0.9%
-0.43%
2002
-0.38%
-0.72%
-0.47%
2001
-0.32%
-0.78%
-0.45%
2000
-0.32%
-0.6%
-0.4%
1999
-0.59%
-0.04%
-0.44%
1998
-0.05%
-0.52%
-0.18%
1997
-0.07%
-0.38%
-0.15%
1996
-0.11%
-0.35%
-0.18%
1995
-0.01%
-0.39%
-0.11%
1994
0.02%
0.22%
0.07%
1993
-0.33%
0.4%
-0.14%
1992
-0.63%
1.88%
0.03%
1991
-0.04%
0.74%
0.16%
1990
0.62%
-0.15%
0.41%
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Russian Federal State Statistics Service. (April 27, 2024). Growth rate of population in Russia from 1990 to 2023, by type of area [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1009930/growth-rate-of-russian-population-by-area/
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Russian Federal State Statistics Service. (2024). Growth rate of population in Russia from 1990 to 2023, by type of area. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1009930/growth-rate-of-russian-population-by-area/
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