In 2022, the mortality rate in Russia amounted to 12.9 deaths per thousand population, marking a decrease compared to the previous year when it peaked at 16.7 deaths per thousand inhabitants as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The death rate in the country was historically higher among the rural population.
Mortality rate in Russia from 1950 to 2022
(per 1,000 population)
Characteristic
Deaths per thousand population
2022*
12.9
2021
16.7
2020
14.6
2019
12.3
2018
12.5
2017
12.4
2016
12.9
2015
13.1
2014
13.1
2013
13.1
2012
13.3
2011
13.5
2010
14.32
2009
14.2
2008
14.7
2007
14.7
2006
15.2
2005
16.1
2004
15.9
2003
16.4
2002
16.2
2001
15.6
2000
15.3
1995
15
1990
11.2
1980
11
1970
8.7
1960
7.4
1950
10.1
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Russian Federal State Statistics Service. (September 7, 2023). Mortality rate in Russia from 1950 to 2022 (per 1,000 population) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1089615/russia-death-rate/
Russian Federal State Statistics Service. "Mortality rate in Russia from 1950 to 2022 (per 1,000 population)." Chart. September 7, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1089615/russia-death-rate/
Russian Federal State Statistics Service. (2023). Mortality rate in Russia from 1950 to 2022 (per 1,000 population). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1089615/russia-death-rate/
Russian Federal State Statistics Service. "Mortality Rate in Russia from 1950 to 2022 (per 1,000 Population)." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Sep 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1089615/russia-death-rate/
Russian Federal State Statistics Service, Mortality rate in Russia from 1950 to 2022 (per 1,000 population) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1089615/russia-death-rate/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Mortality rate in Russia from 1950 to 2022 (per 1,000 population) [Graph], Russian Federal State Statistics Service, September 7, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1089615/russia-death-rate/
