POPULATION

Russia's total population is 145,924,500 inhabitants as of 1 January 2000. It has fallen by about 2 million in comparison with the census of 1989 (147,386,000).

About 78.6% of the population (114,752,000) live in the European part of Russia. The Asian part holds 31,172,900 people - or 21.4%. The Central (29,361,100 persons), the Ural (20,321,100), the Northern Caucasus (17,676,300,) and the Volga (16,804,900) economic regions are the most populous areas in Russia. The most populated administrative regions of the Russian Federation are: Moscow (8,630,400 inhabitants), Moscow region (6,511,000), Krasnodar krai (5,067,500), St. Petersburg (4,694,000), Sverdlovsk region (4,612,300), Rostov region (4,357,900), Bashkortostan (4,117,100), Tatarstan (3,778,600), Chelyabinsk region (3,672,400), Nizhniy Novgorod region (3,657,700), Samara region (3,297,600), Tyumen' region (3,221,000) and Krasnoyarsk krai (3,038,900 inhabitants). These regions hold about 40% of the entire population (58,656,000 inhabitants). More Details...

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