Demographics of Russia

The Demographics of Russia is the study of the population and people in Russia.

The population of Russia in 2018 is estimated to be around 144,526,636 people. This number does not include the people in Crimea. This makes Russia the 9th most populous country in the world.

 Ethnic groups 

Ethnic Russians make up about 81% of Russia's population.

GroupLanguage family2002 census2010 census#%#%RussiansIndo-European115,889,10780.6%111,016,89680.9%TatarsTurkic5,554,6013.9%5,310,6493.9%UkrainiansIndo-European2,942,9612.0%1,927,8881.4%BashkirsTurkic1,673,3891.2%1,584,5541.2%ChuvashsTurkic1,637,0941.1%1,435,8721.1%ChechensNortheast Caucasian1,360,2531.0%1,431,3601.0%ArmeniansIndo-European1,132,0330.8%1,182,3880.9%AvarsNortheast Caucasian814,4730.6%912,0900.7%MordvinsUralic843,3500.6%744,2370.5%KazakhsTurkic653,9620.5%647,7320.5%AzerbaijanisTurkic621,8400.4%603,0700.4%DarginsNortheast Caucasian510,1560.4%589,3860.4%UdmurtsUralic636,9060.5%552,2990.4%MariUralic604,2980.4%547,6050.4%OssetiansIndo-European514,8750.4%528,5150.4%BelarusiansIndo-European807,9700.6%521,4430.4%KabardinsNorthwest Caucasian519,9580.4%516,8260.4%KumyksTurkic422,4090.3%503,0600.4%SakhaTurkic443,8520.3%478,0850.4%LezgiansNortheast Caucasian411,5350.3%473,7220.3%

 Fertility rates 

The total fertility rate (TFR), which measures how many children the average woman in a region will have, in Russia is 1.62 children born/woman as of 2017. This is one of the highest rates in Eastern Europe.

 By federal subject 

Below is a list of the total fertility rates by each federal subject. The lowest TFR is in Leningrad Oblast, and the highest is in the Republic of Tuva.

Federal subject2017 TFRAltai Krai 1.64Amur Oblast 1.71Arkhangelsk Oblast 1.68Astrakhan Oblast 1.73Belgorod Oblast 1.39Bryansk Oblast 1.43Chelyabinsk Oblast 1.61Chukotka Autonomous Okrug 2.08Chuvash Republic 1.65Irkutsk Oblast 1.86Ivanovo Oblast 1.46Jewish Autonomous Oblast 1.81Kabardino-Balkaria Republic 1.61Kaliningrad Oblast 1.57Kaluga Oblast 1.64Kamchatka Krai 1.78Karachay–Cherkess Republic 1.43Kemerovo Oblast 1.54Khabarovsk Krai 1.64Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug 1.88Kirov Oblast 1.70Kostroma Oblast 1.70Krasnodar Krai 1.72Krasnoyarsk Krai 1.67Kurgan Oblast 1.88Kursk Oblast 1.46Leningrad Oblast 1.22Lipetsk Oblast 1.54Magadan Oblast 1.60Moscow 1.38Moscow Oblast 1.61Murmansk Oblast 1.56Nenets Autonomous Okrug 2.35Nizhny Novgorod Oblast 1.50Novgorod Oblast 1.61Novosibirsk Oblast 1.67Omsk Oblast 1.61Orenburg Oblast 1.73Oryol Oblast 1.42Penza Oblast 1.36Perm Krai 1.75Primorski Krai 1.60Pskov Oblast 1.57Republic of Adygea 1.52Republic of Altai 2.36Republic of Bashkortostan 1.70Republic of Buryatia 2.00Republic of Chechnya 2.73Republic of Crimea 1.64Republic of Dagestan 1.91Republic of Ingushetia 1.77Republic of Kalmykia 1.54Republic of Karelia 1.56Republic of Khakassia 1.78Republic of Komi 1.78Republic of Mari El 1.75Republic of Mordovia 1.26Republic of North Ossetia–Alania 1.75Republic of Sakha 1.93Republic of Tatarstan 1.65Republic of Tuva 3.19Rostov Oblast 1.46Ryazan Oblast 1.51Sakhalin Oblast 2.03Samara Oblast 1.53Saratov Oblast 1.39Sevastopol 1.56Smolensk Oblast 1.37St Petersburg 1.50Stavropol Krai 1.54Sverdlovsk Oblast 1.76Tambov Oblast 1.38Tomsk Oblast 1.47Tula Oblast 1.40Tver Oblast 1.56Tyumen Oblast 1.88Udmurt Republic 1.72Ulyanovsk Oblast 1.52Vladimir Oblast 1.52Volgograd Oblast 1.44Vologda Oblast 1.70Voronezh Oblast 1.37Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug 1.95Yaroslavl Oblast 1.53Zabaykalsky Krai 1.87

 Religion 
 Christianity 

In 2012, 47% of people in Russia identified as Christians. Most Christians in Russia are members of the Russian Orthodox Church. The number of Russian Orthodox members have been decreasing in recent years. Most Orthodox Christians live in Western Russia. Overall, there are about 61 million Russian Orthodox Christians in Russia, making up 43% of the population.

There are around 400,000 Old Believers in Russia. They make up less than 1% of the population. Before the Russian Revolution, Old Believers made up 10% of the population.

There has been a rise in Russian converts to Catholicism in recent years. Catholics make up less than 1% of the population, and number at 140,000 citizens. Most live in Western Russia. 47% of Catholics in Russia are ethnic Russians, 16% are Germans, 9% are Armenians, 4% are Belarusians, and the rest are Koreans, Poles, Lithuanians, and others.2012 Survey Maps . "Ogonek", № 34 (5243), 27/08/2012. Retrieved 24-09-2012.

Lutherans in Russia have typically been ethnic Finns or Germans. In recent years, some Russians have been converting to Lutheranism, so some traditionally Finnish churches now have more Russian members than Finnish.

Christians not associated with any church or denomination make up 4% of the population.

In April 2017, the Supreme Court of Russia decided that Jehovah's Witnesses were extremists. Their activities are now banned in Russia. In the mid-2000s, there were around 255,000 Jehovah's Witnesses.

 Islam 

Islam is the second largest religion in Russia. It is popular in the Caucasus region and some republics in central Russia. In 2012, Muslims made up almost 7% of the population. However, this number does not include the Muslim-majority republics of Chechnya and Ingushetia. Between 1998 and 2007, the number of Muslims in Russia doubled from 5.9 million to 11.4 million. Most Muslims in Russia are Sunni. A little over 10% of the Muslim population is Shia. Sunni Sufism is a tradition in some areas, notably Chechnya and Dagestan.

5 federal subjects have a Muslim-majority population. These are Chechnya, Ingushetia, Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, and Tatarstan.

 Related pages 
 List of cities and towns in Russia by population

 References 

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