# List of Russian censuses

A Russian census is a census of the population of Russia. Such a census has occurred at various irregular points in the history of Russia.
Introduced in 1897 during the Russian Empire, the census took place decennially since 2010 according to the UN standards. Preparing and organizing the census is under the authority of the Federal State Statistics Service, branch of the Ministry of Economic Development since 2017.

## History

| Year | Territory (km$^2$) | Total population | Rank | Density per km$^2$ | Change | Urban population | Share | Males | Share | Females | Share | Largest city | Second largest city | Ethnic Russians | Share | Ethnic minorities |
| 1897 | 20 121 420 | 125 640 021 | 3rd | 6.24 | 0.0% | 16 828 395 | 13.4% | 62 477 348 | 49.7% | 63 162 673 | 50.3% | St. Petersburg (1 264 920) | Moscow (est. 1 038 625) | 55 667 469 | 44.3% | Ukrainians(22 380 551) Turks(13 373 867) |
| 1920 | est.  19 651 446 | est.  136 800 000 | 3rd | 6.96 | 8.9% | est.  20 900 000 | 15.3% | — | — | — | — | Moscow (est. 1 028 200) | Petrograd (est. 740 000) | — | — | — |
| 1926 | 19 651 446 | 100 891 244 | 3rd | 5.13 | 26.2% | 17 442 655 | 17.3% | 48 170 635 | 47.7% | 52 720 609 | 52.3% | Moscow (2 025 947) | Leningrad (1 590 770) | 74 072 096 | 73.4% | Ukrainians(7 873 331) Kazakhs(3 851 661) |
| 1937 | 19 651 446 | 103 967 924 | 3rd | 5.30 | 3.0% | 34 373 245 | 33.1% | 48 726 033 | 46.9% | 55 241 891 | 53.1% | Moscow (3 798 078) | Leningrad (2 814 474) | 85 361 394 | 82.1% | Tatars(3 607 507) Ukrainians(3 087 022) |
| 1939 | 19 651 446 | 109 397 463 | 6th | 5.57 | 5.2% | 36 875 233 | 33.7% | 51 593 770 | 47.2% | 57 803 693 | 52.8% | Moscow (4 131 633) | Leningrad (3 191 304) | 90 306 276 | 82.5% | Tatars(3 901 835) Ukrainians(3 359 184) |
| 1959 | 17 098 246 | 117 534 315 | 6th | 6.87 | 7.4% | 62 059 783 | 52.8% | 52 424 767 | 44.6% | 65 109 548 | 55.4% | Moscow (5 045 905) | Leningrad (3 121 196) | 97 863 579 | 83.3% | Tatars(4 074 253) Ukrainians(3 359 083) |
| 1970 | 17 098 246 | 130 079 210 | 6th | 7.61 | 10.7% | 80 981 143 | 62.2% | 59 324 787 | 45.6% | 70 754 423 | 54.4% | Moscow (6 941 961) | Leningrad (3 949 501) | 107 747 630 | 82.8% | Tatars(4 755 061) Ukrainians(3 345 885) |
| 1979 | 17 098 246 | 137 550 949 | 6th | 8.04 | 5.6% | 95 373 867 | 69.3% | 63 482 780 | 46.1% | 74 068 169 | 53.9% | Moscow (7 830 509) | Leningrad (4 588 183) | 113 521 881 | 82.6% | Tatars(5 005 757) Ukrainians(3 657 647) |
| 1989 | 17 098 246 | 147 021 869 | 6th | 8.60 | 7% | 108 425 580 | 73.7% | 69 039 087 | 46.9% | 78 361 450 | 53.1% | Moscow (8 769 117) | Leningrad (5 023 506) | 119 865 946 | 81.5% | Tatars(5 522 096) Ukrainians(4 362 872) |
| 2002 | 17 098 246 | 145 166 731 | 6th | 8.49 | 1.5% | 106 429 049 | 73.3% | 67 605 133 | 46.6% | 77 561 598 | 53.4% | Moscow (10 382 754) | St. Petersburg (4 661 219) | 115 889 107 | 79.8% | Tatars(5 554 601) Ukrainians(2 942 961) |
| 2010 | 17 098 246 | 142 856 536 | 9th | 8.35 | 1.6% | 105 313 773 | 73.7% | 66 046 579 | 46.2% | 76 809 957 | 53.8% | Moscow (11 503 501) | St. Petersburg (4 879 566) | 111 016 896 | 77.7% | Tatars(5 310 649) Ukrainians(1 927 988) |
| 2021 | 17 125 191 | 147 182 123 | 9th | 8.59 | 3.0% | 110 075 322 | 74.8% | 68 431 580 | 46.5% | 78 750 543 | 53.5% | Moscow (13 010 112) | St. Petersburg (5 601 911) | 105 579 179 | 71.7% | Tatars(4 713 669) Chechens(1 674 854) |