List of federal subjects of Russia by population explained

The following is a list of 83 of the 89^[1] federal subjects of Russia in order of population according to the 2010 and 2021 Russian Census. The totals of all federal subjects do not include nationals living abroad at the time of census.

Most recent estimates

Federal subject	2024 estimate^[2]	2021 Census	% change	Area (km^2)^[3]	Density (/km^2)
Russian Federation		17,098,246	8.41
		2,561	5136.55
		44,329	195.15
		75,485	77.29
		1,403	3990.36
		194,307	21.73
		100,967	41.15
		142,947	28.44
		67,847	59.00
		88,529	38.37
		50,270	64.31
		53,565	58.43
		76,624	39.96
		66,160	43.64
		2,366,797	1.20
		177,756	15.70
		95,725	26.62
		160,236	15.57
		112,877	21.75
		101,240	23.57
		774,846	3.01
		52,216	43.55
		167,996	12.59
		83,908	24.25
		123,702	14.78
		141,140	12.88
		164,673	10.98
		534,801	3.29
		160,122	10.10
		16,165	96.09
		27,134	55.34
		25,679	57.42
		42,061	34.11
		29,084	45.07
		787,633	1.62
		43,352	28.53
		84,201	14.26
		36,177	32.84
		37,181	31.56
		18,343	63.64
		34,857	32.79
		120,374	9.39
		144,527	7.76
		24,047	46.43
		39,605	27.34
		29,777	35.99
		29,997	35.38
		314,391	3.32
		15,125	68.32
		3,083,523	0.33
		431,892	2.28
		351,334	2.77
		34,462	27.78
		413,103	2.31
		49,024	19.31
		21,437	42.29
		12,470	72.65
		49,779	17.34
		26,128	29.34
		71,488	10.53
		361,908	2.08
		416,774	1.73
		24,652	28.10
		7,987	85.04
		23,375	28.68
		144,902	4.53
		55,399	10.50
		54,501	10.49
		60,211	9.41
		61,569	8.58
		3,628	145.33
		180,520	2.90
		769,250	0.67
		7,792	64.31
		14,277	32.81
		87,101	5.26
		168,604	2.00
		464,275	0.62
		74,731	3.57
		92,903	2.27
		36,271	4.02
		462,464	0.29
		721,481	0.07
		176,810	0.24

See also

• List of federal subjects of Russia by area
• List of cities and towns in Russia by population
• List of federal subjects of Russia by life expectancy

Notes and References

1. Perm Krai was formed on December 1, 2005 as a result of the merger of Perm Oblast and Komi-Permyak Autonomous Okrug. Evenk Autonomous Okrug and Taymyr Autonomous Okrug were merged into Krasnoyarsk Krai in 2007. Ust-Orda Buryat Autonomous Okrug was merged into Irkutsk Oblast in 2008. Zabaykalsky Krai was formed on March 1, 2008 as a result of the merger of Chita Oblast and Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug. The population counts of the defunct federal subjects were added up in the 2002 column.
2. Web site: Предварительная оценка численности постоянного населения на 1 января 2024 г.. Federal State Statistics Service. 7 February 2024.
3. Web site: Сведения о наличии и распределении земель в Российской Федерации на 01.01.2019 (в разрезе субъектов Российской Федерации) . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20220209085730/https://rosreestr.gov.ru/upload/Doc/06-upr/Ф.%2022%20за%202019%20год%20(по%20субъектам%20РФ).doc . 9 February 2022 . 29 August 2023 . Federal Service for State Registration, Cadastre and Cartography.