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The UN is projecting that the decline that started in 2021 will continue, and if current demographic conditions persist, Russia's population will be 120 million in 50 years, a decline of about 17%. [33] [32] In January 2024, the Russian statistics agency Rosstat predicted that Russia's population could drop to 130 million by 2046. [34]
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.
The 2021 Russian census (Russian: Всероссийская перепись населения 2021 года, romanized: Vserossiyskaya perepis naseleniya 2021 goda, lit. '2021 All-Russian population census') was the first census of the Russian Federation population since 2010 and the third after the dissolution of the Soviet Union .
Russia had a population of 144.7 million in 2021 (excluding Crimea and Sevastopol), [17] growing from 142.8 million in 2010. [478] It is the most populous country in Europe and ninth most populous in the world. [479]
Russia's economy has a dire demographic problem on its hands, and the nation could see its population slashed in half by the end of the century, an Atlantic Council report says.
This is the list of countries and other inhabited territories of the world by total population, based on estimates published by the United Nations in the 2024 revision of World Population Prospects. It presents population estimates from 1950 to the present.
The national 1 July, mid-year population estimates (usually based on past national censuses) supplied in these tables are given in thousands. The retrospective figures use the present-day names and world political division: for example, the table gives data for each of the 15 republics of the former Soviet Union, as if they had already been independent in 1950.
Russia had a population of 142.8 million according to the 2010 census, [8] which rose to 146.2 million as of 2021 following the annexation of Crimea in 2014. [ 9 ] [ non-primary source needed ] It is the most populous country in Europe, and the ninth-most populous country in the world; with a population density of 9 inhabitants per square ...