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The 2021 Russian census () was the first
census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...
of the
Russian Federation Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ...
population since
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and the third after the dissolution of the
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. It took place between October 15 and November 14. However, for the remote and inaccessible areas of Russia, the census took place between April 1 and December 20.Постановление Правительства Российской Федерации «Об организации Всероссийской переписи населения 2020 года» от 08 октября 2018 года The preparations for the census started in 2017 with the adoption of the government decree "On the conduct of the Russian Population Census 2020". According to Pavel Malkov, head of
Rosstat The Federal State Statistics Service (, abbreviated as Rosstat) is the List of national and international statistical services, governmental statistics agency in Russia. Since 2017, it is again part of the Ministry of Economic Development (Rus ...
, the budget allocated for the 2020 census was 33 billion rubles. The motto of the census was "Create the future!". On June 25, 2020, Rosstat announced its intention to conduct the main stage of the Russian population census in April 2021, and on June 29 this was confirmed. Due to the spread of COVID-19, the census dates were shifted several times, first to April, then to October 2021. The results have come under scrutiny due to a lack of participation within the census.
Rosstat The Federal State Statistics Service (, abbreviated as Rosstat) is the List of national and international statistical services, governmental statistics agency in Russia. Since 2017, it is again part of the Ministry of Economic Development (Rus ...
maintains that 99% of the population completed the census however the
Levada Center The Levada Center is a Russian independent, nongovernmental polling and sociological research organization. It is named after its founder, the first Russian professor of sociology Yuri Levada (1930–2006). The center traces back its history t ...
estimated that around 42% of the population was not enumerated and has described the results as "one of the worst in 150 years".


Pilot census 2018

The pilot census was conducted from October 1 to October 31, 2018. The main purpose was the development and testing of software and methodological, organizational and technological issues of the 2020 Census, taking into account the use of new methods of collecting information. The pilot census was divided into three stages: October 1–10 — online census; October 16–27 — door-to-door rounds; October 27–31 — control walk. 10 territories were allocated for the pilot census, the total population of which was about 550,000 people. These territories include: * Elbrussky District,
Kabardino-Balkaria Kabardino-Balkaria (), officially the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, is a republic of Russia located in the North Caucasus. As of the 2021 Census, its population was 904,200. Its capital is Nalchik. The area contains the highest mountain in ...
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Khangalassky District Khangalassky District (; , ) is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic, Article 45 and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district (raion, or ''ulus''), one of the thirty-four in the Sakha Republic, Russia. It is located in the center ...
, Sakha *
Aleutsky District Aleutsky District () is an administrativeLaw #46 and municipal districtLaw #238 of Kamchatka Krai, Russia, one of the eleven in the krai. It is located to the east of the Kamchatka Peninsula on the Commander Islands. The area of the district is . ...
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Kamchatka Krai Kamchatka Krai (, ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (a krai), situated in the Russian Far East. It is administratively part of the Far Eastern Federal District. Its administrative center and largest types of inhabited l ...
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Minusinsk Minusinsk (; ) is a historical types of inhabited localities in Russia, town in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. Population: 44,500 (1973). History "About 330-200 B.C. the iron age triumphed at Minusinsk, producing spiked axes, partly bronze and ...
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Krasnoyarsk Krai Krasnoyarsk Krai (, ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject (a krai) of Russia located in Siberia. Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Krasnoyarsk, the second-largest city in Siberia after ...
* Nizhneudinsky and
Katangsky District Katangsky District () is an administrative district, one of the thirty-three in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia.Charter of Irkutsk Oblast Municipally, it is incorporated as Katangsky Municipal District.Law #74-oz The area of the district is . Its admini ...
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Irkutsk Oblast Irkutsk Oblast (; ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in southeastern Siberia in the basins of the Angara River, Angara, Lena River, Lena, and Nizhnyaya Tunguska Rivers. The administrative center is ...
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Veliky Novgorod Veliky Novgorod ( ; , ; ), also known simply as Novgorod (), is the largest city and administrative centre of Novgorod Oblast, Russia. It is one of the oldest cities in Russia, being first mentioned in the 9th century. The city lies along the ...
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Yuzhno-Kurilsky District Yuzhno-Kurilsky District () is an administrative district (raion) of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia; one of the seventeen in the oblast.Law #25-ZO Municipally, it is incorporated as Yuzhno-Kurilsky Urban Okrug.Law #524 It is located on the southern Kur ...
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Sakhalin Oblast Sakhalin Oblast ( rus, Сахали́нская о́бласть, r=Sakhalinskaya oblastʹ, p=səxɐˈlʲinskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) comprising the island of Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands in the Russian ...
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Sviblovo District Sviblovo District () is an administrative district (raion) of North-Eastern Administrative Okrug, and one of the 125 raions of Moscow, Russia. The area of the district is . History The first mention of a village near Moscow on the Yauza River ...
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Moscow Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents with ...
* Knyazhevo municipality,
St. Petersburg Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the second-largest city in Russia after Moscow. It is situated on the River Neva, at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea. The city had a population of 5,601, ...
In addition to the census through the State Services portal, for the first time in Russian history, the national postal operator
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specialists conducted zoning to form enumeration and census areas. So, thanks to the registrars, a previously not documented village of Yozhikovo was "discovered" in
Ruzsky District Ruzsky District () is an administrativeLaw #11/2013-OZ and municipalLaw #76/2005-OZ district (raion), one of the thirty-six in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It is located in the west of the oblast. The area of the district is . Its administrative center ...
and two new ones in
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Questions

The census forms of standard "L", "P" and "V" were approved by the Government. The same questions are printed in paper questionnaires and are used in electronic tablets. *L-form — designed to be filled in for persons permanently residing in Russia *P-form — filled in for the premises and characterizes the living conditions of the people *V-form — filled in for persons temporarily staying in the territory of Russia at the time of the census, but permanently residing abroad.


Format

All inhabited areas were visited by census takers from October 15 to November 14, 2021. They had electronic tablets where the respondents' answers were entered. Residents of Russia also were able to come to the census stations and answer the questions there; the stations also worked from October 15 to November 14. For the first time, there was an opportunity to fill the census form on the portal of public services (
Gosuslugi The Federal State Information System "Unified Portal of State and Municipal Services (Functions)" (), commonly referred to as Gosuslugi () is a digital platform operated by the Russian government. The platform was established in 2011 with the aim ...
) until November 8. The term for summing up the preliminary results is April 2022. The final results of the census are projected to be published in the 4th quarter of 2022.


Provisional results

Provisional results of the census have been published by Rosstat with further results announced for publication in June–December 2022. ** — including the results of the federal statistical study " Population census in the Crimean Federal District" with 100% population coverage.


Scheduled release dates for final census results

On May 30, 2022, Rosstat published the following schedule for the publication of the final results of the population census: The current released figures can be found on the Rosstat website. * June 2022: population by country and by all municipalities in each region * August 2022: beginning of publication of data in the form of tables and graphs on the Rosstat website * September 2022: gender, age, education,
ethnicity An ethnicity or ethnic group is a group of people with shared attributes, which they Collective consciousness, collectively believe to have, and long-term endogamy. Ethnicities share attributes like language, culture, common sets of ancestry, ...
and
language Language is a structured system of communication that consists of grammar and vocabulary. It is the primary means by which humans convey meaning, both in spoken and signed language, signed forms, and may also be conveyed through writing syste ...
proficiency * October 2022: population migration, information about
indigenous peoples There is no generally accepted definition of Indigenous peoples, although in the 21st century the focus has been on self-identification, cultural difference from other groups in a state, a special relationship with their traditional territ ...
* November 2022: birth rate, household composition. * December 2022: housing conditions, labor force characteristics.


Final results

The publication of the final results of the census is made on the website of Rosstat:Итоги Всероссийской переписи населения 2020 года
на сайте Росстата
* September 1, 2022, volume 1 of the census results "Population size and distribution" was published on the Rosstat website; * October 1, 2022 - Volume 2 Sex and Marriage, Volume 3 Education, Volume 4 Citizenship, Volume 8 Number and Composition of Households, and Volume 10 Labor Force; * November 1, 2022, volume 6 of the census results "Population Migration" was published on the Rosstat website; * December 1, 2022 - Volume 7 - Livelihoods, Volume 9 - Fertility; * December 30, 2022 - Volume 5 - "National (ethnic group) Composition and Language Proficiency", Volume 11 - "Housing Conditions of the Population".


Volume 1 "Number and distribution of the population"

* Table 1. Population counted in the 2020 Russian Population Census * Table 2. Population change in Russia * Table 3. Number of municipalities, intracity districts, city districts, inter-settlement territories and settlements by constituent entities of the Russian Federation * Table 4. The number of urban and rural population by sex in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation * Table 5. Population of Russia, federal districts, constituent entities of the Russian Federation, urban districts, municipal districts, municipal districts, urban and rural settlements, urban settlements, rural settlements with a population of 3,000 people or more * Table 6. Grouping of urban districts by population by constituent entities of the Russian Federation * Table 7. Grouping of municipal districts and municipal districts by population in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation * Table 8. Grouping of urban settlements of municipal districts by population in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation * Table 9. Grouping of rural settlements of municipal districts by population in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation * Table 10. Grouping of urban settlements by population by constituent entities of the Russian Federation * Table 11. Grouping of rural settlements by population in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation.


Volume 2 "Age-sex composition and marital status"

* Table 1. Population by age and sex * Table 2. Population by age groups and gender by constituent entities of the Russian Federation * Table 3. Population by main age groups by constituent entities of the Russian Federation * Table 4. Demographic burden on the working-age population by constituent entities of the Russian Federation * Table 5. Population by age, sex and marital status by constituent entities of the Russian Federation.


Volume 3 "Education"

* Table 1. Population by age, gender and level of education by constituent entities of the Russian Federation * Table 2 Degree-holding population by age group and sex * Table 3. Population with academic degrees, by age group and gender, by constituent entity of the Russian Federation * Table 4. Employed population of private households by age groups, gender and level of education in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation * Table 5. Population enrolled in basic and additional educational programs, gender and age by constituent entities of the Russian Federation.


Volume 4 "Citizenship"

* Table 1. Population by citizenship and age groups * Table 2. Population by citizenship and age groups by subjects of the Russian Federation * Table 3. Population by citizenship and place of birth * Table 4. Population by citizenship and place of birth by subjects of the Russian Federation


Volume 5 "National (ethnic group) composition and language proficiency"

* Table 1. National (ethnic) composition of the population * Table 2. Composition of the population group "Those who indicated other answers about national (ethnic) affiliation" * Table 3. Population by nationality (ethnic groups), knowledge of the Russian language and its use * Table 4. Language proficiency and use of languages by the population * Table 5. Language skills of the population of the most numerous nationalities (ethnic groups) * Table 6. Population by mother tongue * Table 7. Population of the most numerous nationalities (ethnic groups) by native language * Table 8. Population of the most numerous nationalities (ethnic groups) by age group and sex * Table 9. Population of the most numerous nationalities (ethnic groups) by age group, sex and marital status * Table 10. Population of the most numerous nationalities (ethnic groups) by age group, sex and level of education * Table 11. Population of the most numerous nationalities (ethnic groups) by age groups, sex and sources of livelihood * Table 12. Language proficiency of the population of different age groups * Table 13. Private households of two or more persons by national homogeneity and household size * Table 14. Women of the most numerous nationalities by nationality, age group and number of children born * Table 15. Women of the most numerous nationalities by nationality, level of education and number of children born * Table 16. Women of the most numerous nationalities by age at which they gave birth to their first child * Table 17. Population of indigenous peoples of the Russian Federation * Table 18. Knowledge of the languages of the indigenous peoples of the Russian Federation * Table 19. Use of languages by the indigenous peoples of the Russian Federation * Table 20. Population of indigenous peoples of the Russian Federation by mother tongue


Volume 6 "Population Migration"

* Table 1. Population by place of birth and place of residence on the territory of the Russian Federation by constituent entities of the Russian Federation * Table 2. Population of private households by duration of residence in the place of permanent residence, sex, age groups by constituent entities of the Russian Federation * Table 3. Population of private households by place of permanent residence and residence for more than one year in other countries by constituent entities of the Russian Federation * Table 4. Population of private households by residence for more than one year in other countries and year of arrival in the territory of the Russian Federation * Table 5. Population of private households by place of residence, age groups and place of registration by constituent entities of the Russian Federation * Table 6. Employed population of private households aged 15 years and over by place of residence and place of registration in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation * Table 7. Population temporarily staying on the territory of the Russian Federation, by country of permanent residence and purpose of coming to Russia * Table 8. Population temporarily staying on the territory of the Russian Federation, by country of permanent residence and purpose of coming to Russia by constituent entities of the Russian Federation * Table 9. Population temporarily staying on the territory of the Russian Federation, by country of permanent residence and age groups * Table 10. Population temporarily staying on the territory of the Russian Federation, by country of permanent residence and age groups by constituent entities of the Russian Federation * Table 11. Population temporarily staying on the territory of the Russian Federation for the purpose of work, study or private travel, by country of permanent residence and citizenship


Volume 7 "Sources of Livelihood"

* Table 1. Population by age groups, sex and sources of livelihood * Table 2. Population by age groups, gender and sources of livelihood by constituent entities of the Russian Federation * Table 3. Population by Main Source of Livelihood, Age Group and Sex * Table 4. Population by Main Source of Livelihood, Age Groups and Gender by Constituent Entities of the Russian Federation


Volume 8 "Number and composition of households"

* Table 1. Population of private and collective households, homeless households by constituent entities of the Russian Federation. * Table 2. Private households by household size by constituent entities of the Russian Federation. * Table 3. Private households of two or more persons by type, household size and number of children under 18. * Table 4. Private households consisting of two or more people, by types, household size and number of children under 18 years of age in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation. * Table 5. Private households of two or more persons, by number of employees aged 15 years and over and number of dependents. * Table 6. Private households consisting of two or more people, by the number of employees aged 15 years and over and the number of dependents by constituent entities of the Russian Federation. * Table 7. Population of private one-person households by main source of livelihood and age groups. * Table 8. Population of private households consisting of one person, by main source of livelihood and age groups by constituent entities of the Russian Federation. * Table 9. Family units in private households by size and number of children under 18. * Table 10. Family cells that are part of private households, by size and number of children under 18 years of age in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation. * Table 11. Family cells in private households with adults under 35 by size and number of children under 18. * Table 12. Family cells that are part of private households with adults under 35 years of age, by size and number of children under 18 years of age, by constituent entity of the Russian Federation. * Table 13. Family cells that are part of private households, by age groups of children. * Table 14. Population of collective and homeless households by sex and age groups.


Volume 9 Fertility

* Table 1. Women living in private households, by age groups and number of children born in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation. * Table 2. Employed women living in private households, by age groups and the number of children born in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation. * Table 3. Married women living in private households, by age groups and number of children born in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation. * Table 4. Women living in private households, by age groups and age at which they gave birth to their first child, by constituent entities of the Russian Federation. * Table 5. Average number of children born to women living in private households with different levels of education, by constituent entities of the Russian Federation (per 1,000 women of the corresponding age and level of education who indicated the number of children born).


Volume 10 "Workforce"

* Table 1. Population of private households by age group, sex and labor force participation status. * Table 2. Population of private households by age groups, gender and labor force participation status by constituent entities of the Russian Federation. * Table 3. Population of Private Households by Gender, Labor Force Status and Level of Education. * Table 4. Population of Private Households by Labor Force Participation Status and Level of Education by Constituent Entities of the Russian Federation. * Table 5. Potential labor force for reasons of non-participation in the labor force. * Table 6. Potential labor force for reasons of non-participation in the labor force by constituent entities of the Russian Federation. * Table 7. Employed population of private households by sex, age groups and employment status. * Table 8. Employed population of private households by age groups and employment status by constituent entities of the Russian Federation. * Table 9. Employed population of private households by territory of location of work and employment status. * Table 10. Employed population of private households by territory of location of work and employment status by constituent entities of the Russian Federation. * Table 11. Employed population of private households working outside their settlement, by territory of location of work and frequency of travel to work. * Table 12. Employed population of private households working outside their settlement, by territory of location of work and frequency of travel to work by constituent entities of the Russian Federation.


Volume 11 "Housing conditions of the population"

* Table 1. Population by types of residential premises occupied by constituent entities of the Russian Federation * Table 2. Private households by types of residential premises occupied and household size by constituent entities of the Russian Federation * Table 3. Private households living in individual houses, separate and communal apartments, by number of rooms occupied and household size * Table 4. Population of private households living in individual houses, separate and communal apartments, by the time the house was built and the material of the outer walls * Table 5. Provision of private households living in individual houses, separate and communal apartments, with various types of improvement * Table 6. Dwellings by type, number of rooms and number of private households living in them * Table 7. Private households by types of residential premises occupied and the size of the total area of an individual house, apartmentТом 11. «Жилищные условия населения». Таблица 7. Частные домохозяйства по типам занимаемых жилых помещений и размеру общей площади индивидуального дома, квартиры
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Ethnic groups of Russia in the 2021 Census


See also

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