List of federal subjects of Russia by population

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^[3]	% change	Area (km²)^[4]	Density (/km²)
Russian Federation	143,731,679	144,699,673	−0.67%	17,098,246	8.41
Moscow	13,154,708	13,010,112	+1.11%	2,561	5136.55
Moscow Oblast	8,650,903	8,524,665	+1.48%	44,329	195.15
Krasnodar Krai	5,834,098	5,838,273	−0.07%	75,485	77.29
Saint Petersburg	5,598,473	5,601,911	−0.06%	1,403	3990.36
Sverdlovsk Oblast	4,222,987	4,268,998	−1.08%	194,307	21.73
Rostov Oblast	4,154,426	4,200,729	−1.10%	100,967	41.15
Bashkortostan	4,065,659	4,091,423	−0.63%	142,947	28.44
Tatarstan	4,003,063	4,004,809	−0.04%	67,847	59.00
Chelyabinsk Oblast	3,397,240	3,431,224	−0.99%	88,529	38.37
Dagestan	3,233,078	3,182,054	+1.60%	50,270	64.31
Samara Oblast	3,129,565	3,172,925	−1.37%	53,565	58.43
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast	3,061,786	3,119,115	−1.84%	76,624	39.96
Stavropol Krai	2,887,070	2,907,593	−0.71%	66,160	43.64
Krasnoyarsk Krai	2,847,826	2,856,971	−0.32%	2,366,797	1.20
Novosibirsk Oblast	2,790,347	2,797,176	−0.24%	177,756	15.70
Kemerovo Oblast	2,548,034	2,600,923	−2.03%	95,725	26.62
Perm Krai	2,495,744	2,532,405	−1.45%	160,236	15.57
Volgograd Oblast	2,454,986	2,500,781	−1.83%	112,877	21.75
Saratov Oblast	2,385,834	2,442,575	−2.32%	101,240	23.57
Irkutsk Oblast	2,331,463	2,370,102	−1.63%	774,846	3.01
Voronezh Oblast	2,273,882	2,308,792	−1.51%	52,216	43.55
Altai Krai	2,115,707	2,163,693	−2.22%	167,996	12.59
Leningrad Oblast	2,034,961	2,000,997	+1.70%	83,908	24.25
Orenburg Oblast	1,828,692	1,862,767	−1.83%	123,702	14.78
Omsk Oblast	1,818,300	1,858,798	−2.18%	141,140	12.88
Primorsky Krai	1,807,511	1,845,165	−2.04%	164,673	10.98
Khanty–Mansi A.O. (Yugra)	1,760,420	1,711,480	+2.86%	534,801	3.29
Tyumen Oblast	1,616,564	1,601,940	+0.91%	160,122	10.10
Chechnya	1,553,296	1,510,824	+2.81%	16,165	96.09
Belgorod Oblast	1,501,570	1,540,486	−2.53%	27,134	55.34
Tula Oblast	1,474,377	1,501,214	−1.79%	25,679	57.42
Udmurtia	1,434,665	1,452,914	−1.26%	42,061	34.11
Vladimir Oblast	1,310,710	1,348,134	−2.78%	29,084	45.07
Khabarovsk Krai	1,279,214	1,292,944	−1.06%	787,633	1.62
Penza Oblast	1,236,737	1,266,348	−2.34%	43,352	28.53
Tver Oblast	1,200,364	1,230,171	−2.42%	84,201	14.26
Yaroslavl Oblast	1,188,081	1,209,811	−1.80%	36,177	32.84
Ulyanovsk Oblast	1,173,282	1,196,745	−1.96%	37,181	31.56
Chuvashia	1,167,362	1,186,909	−1.65%	18,343	63.64
Bryansk Oblast	1,142,907	1,169,161	−2.25%	34,857	32.79
Kirov Oblast	1,130,078	1,153,680	−2.05%	120,374	9.39
Vologda Oblast	1,121,792	1,142,827	−1.84%	144,527	7.76
Lipetsk Oblast	1,116,600	1,143,224	−2.33%	24,047	46.43
Ryazan Oblast	1,082,825	1,102,810	−1.81%	39,605	27.34
Kaluga Oblast	1,071,810	1,069,904	+0.18%	29,777	35.99
Kursk Oblast	1,061,199	1,082,458	−1.96%	29,997	35.38
Tomsk Oblast	1,043,855	1,062,666	−1.77%	314,391	3.32
Kaliningrad Oblast	1,033,346	1,029,966	+0.33%	15,125	68.32
Sakha (Yakutia)	1,004,029	995,686	+0.84%	3,083,523	0.33
Zabaykalsky Krai	984,340	1,004,125	−1.97%	431,892	2.28
Buryatia	971,874	978,588	−0.69%	351,334	2.77
Tambov Oblast	957,163	982,991	−2.63%	34,462	27.78
Arkhangelsk Oblast^[a]	956,262	978,873	−2.31%	413,103	2.31
Astrakhan Oblast	946,533	960,142	−1.42%	49,024	19.31
Ivanovo Oblast	906,646	927,828	−2.28%	21,437	42.29
Kabardino-Balkaria	905,915	904,200	+0.19%	12,470	72.65
Smolensk Oblast	863,094	888,421	−2.85%	49,779	17.34
Mordovia	766,720	783,552	−2.15%	26,128	29.34
Kurgan Oblast	753,085	776,661	−3.04%	71,488	10.53
Amur Oblast	751,526	766,912	−2.01%	361,908	2.08
Komi Republic	721,055	737,853	−2.28%	416,774	1.73
Oryol Oblast	692,839	713,374	−2.88%	24,652	28.10
North Ossetia–Alania	679,228	687,357	−1.18%	7,987	85.04
Mari El	670,342	677,097	−1.00%	23,375	28.68
Murmansk Oblast	657,085	667,744	−1.60%	144,902	4.53
Pskov Oblast	581,571	599,084	−2.92%	55,399	10.50
Novgorod Oblast	571,685	583,387	−2.01%	54,501	10.49
Kostroma Oblast	566,375	580,976	−2.51%	60,211	9.41
Khakassia	528,313	534,795	−1.21%	61,569	8.58
Ingushetia	527,242	509,541	+3.47%	3,628	145.33
Karelia	523,882	533,121	−1.73%	180,520	2.90
Yamalo Nenets A.O.	516,096	510,490	+1.10%	769,250	0.67
Adygea	501,125	496,934	+0.84%	7,792	64.31
Karachay-Cherkessia	468,359	469,865	−0.32%	14,277	32.81
Sakhalin Oblast	458,067	466,609	−1.83%	87,101	5.26
Tuva	337,490	336,651	+0.25%	168,604	2.00
Kamchatka Krai	289,151	291,705	−0.88%	464,275	0.62
Kalmykia	266,881	267,133	−0.09%	74,731	3.57
Altai Republic	210,730	210,924	−0.09%	92,903	2.27
Jewish Autonomous Oblast	145,801	150,453	−3.09%	36,271	4.02
Magadan Oblast	133,319	136,085	−2.03%	462,464	0.29
Chukotka	48,192	47,490	+1.48%	721,481	0.07
Nenets Autonomous Okrug	42,267	41,434	+2.01%	176,810	0.24

Notes

^ Excluding Nenets Autonomous Okrug.

References

^ 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.
^ "Предварительная оценка численности постоянного населения на 1 января 2024 г." Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
^ "Сведения о наличии и распределении земель в Российской Федерации на 01.01.2019 (в разрезе субъектов Российской Федерации)". Federal Service for State Registration, Cadastre and Cartography. Archived from the original on 9 February 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2023.