The 2021 Russian census () was the first census of the Russian Federation population since 2010 and the third after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. 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 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 maintains that 99% of the population completed the census however the Levada Center 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 Khangalassky District, Sakha Aleutsky District, Kamchatka Krai Minusinsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai Nizhneudinsky and Katangsky Districts, Irkutsk Oblast Veliky Novgorod Yuzhno-Kurilsky District, Sakhalin Oblast Sviblovo District, Moscow Knyazhevo municipality, St. Petersburg In addition to the census through the State Services portal, for the first time in Russian history, the national postal operator Russian Post was involved in the census. According to the results of the 2018 pilot census, nearly 460,000 households were enumerated in electronic form with more than 1.2 million inhabitants.
Updating the information In August 2019, in preparation for the 2020 census, work began to update the address lists in cities and rural areas. Based on the work of the registrars, the exact number of houses in each city and their location were determined. Later, Rosstat 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 and two new ones in Udmurtia:
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) 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.New dates for the census — from 15 October to 14 November , Official site of 2021 census (18 August 2021)
Provisional results Provisional results of the census have been published by Rosstat with further results announced for publication in June–December 2022. Federal subject Provisional population resultson 1 October 2021 (thousands) 2021 compared to 2010** (total population % change) In the total number of population, %totalpopulation including 2021 2010**urban rural urban rural urban rural Russian Federation 147,190 110,087 37,103 101.4 74.8 25.2 73.5 26.5 Central Federal District: 40,342 33,123 7,219 105.0 82.1 17.9 81.3 18.7 1,540 1,005 535 100.5 65.3 34.7 66.1 33.9 1,169 812 357 91.5 69.5 30.5 69.1 30.9 1,348 1,046 302 93.4 77.6 22.4 77.6 22.4 2,309 1,581 728 98.9 68.5 31.5 63.7 36.3 928 760 168 87.4 81.9 18.1 80.9 19.1 1,070 802 268 105.8 75.0 25.0 76.3 23.7 581 428 153 87.0 73.7 26.3 69.9 30.1 1,082 741 341 96.0 68.5 31.5 65.2 34.8 1,143 721 422 97.4 63.1 36.9 63.7 36.3 8,532 6,698 1,834 124.4 78.5 21.5 81.3 18.7 713 475 238 90.6 66.6 33.4 65.5 34.5 1,103 787 316 95.6 71.4 28.6 70.9 29.1 888 645 243 90.1 72.6 27.4 72.7 27.3 983 591 392 90.0 60.1 39.9 58.7 41.3 1,230 939 291 90.9 76.3 23.7 74.7 25.3 1,501 1,101 400 96.6 73.4 26.6 79.4 20.6 1,210 981 229 95.1 81.1 18.9 82.2 17.8 13,010 13,010 — 110.8 100 — 98.9 1.1 North Western Federal District: 13,917 11,829 2,088 102.2 85.0 15.0 83.5 16.5 533 424 109 82.8 79.5 20.5 78.0 22.0 738 572 166 81.9 77.5 22.5 77.0 23.0 1,020 795 225 83.1 77.9 22.1 75.7 24.3 41 30 11 97.6 73.2 26.8 67.9 32.1 without the autonomous okrug 979 765 214 82.5 78.1 21.9 76.0 24.0 1,143 828 315 95.1 72.4 27.6 70.7 29.3 1,030 791 239 109.3 76.8 23.2 77.6 22.4 2,001 1,346 655 116.5 67.3 32.7 65.7 34.3 668 622 46 84.0 93.1 6.9 92.8 7.2 583 426 157 92.0 73.1 26.9 70.6 29.4 600 425 175 89.2 70.8 29.2 70.2 29.8 5,602 5,602 — 114.8 100 — 100 — Southern Federal District: 16,746 10,578 6,168 103.8 63.2 36.8 61.8 38.2 497 246 251 113.0 49.5 50.5 50.9 49.1 267 125 142 92.4 46.8 53.2 44.1 55.9 1,935 977 958 102.3 50.5 49.5 50.7 49.3 5,838 3,321 2,517 111.7 56.9 43.1 52.9 47.1 960 618 342 95.0 64.4 35.6 66.7 33.3 2,501 1,936 565 95.8 77.4 22.6 76.0 24.0 4,201 2,852 1,349 98.2 67.9 32.1 67.2 32.8 548 506 42 139.4 92.3 7.7 92.3 7.7 North Caucasian Federal District: 10,171 5,153 5,018 107.9 50.7 49.3 49.2 50.8 3,182 1,439 1,743 109.3 45.2 54.8 45.2 54.8 510 279 231 123.5 54.7 45.3 38.3 61.7 904 469 435 105.1 51.9 48.1 54.5 45.5 470 194 276 98.3 41.3 58.7 43.4 56.6 687 434 253 96.4 63.2 36.8 63.7 36.3 1,511 577 934 119.1 38.2 61.8 34.9 65.1 2,908 1,761 1,147 104.4 60.6 39.4 57.2 42.8 Volga Federal District: 28,943 20,877 8,066 96.8 72.1 27.9 70.8 29.2 4,091 2,530 1,561 100.5 61.8 38.2 60.4 39.6 677 463 214 97.3 68.4 31.6 63.1 36.9 784 496 288 93.9 63.3 36.7 60.4 39.6 4,005 3,074 931 105.8 76.8 23.2 75.4 24.6 1,453 954 499 95.5 65.7 34.3 69.2 30.8 1,187 758 429 94.8 63.9 36.1 58.8 41.2 2,532 1,915 617 96.1 75.6 24.4 75.0 25.0 1,154 897 257 86.1 77.7 22.3 74.0 26.0 3,119 2,493 626 94.2 79.9 20.1 78.9 21.1 1,863 1,112 751 91.6 59.7 40.3 59.7 40.3 1,266 870 396 91.3 68.7 31.3 67.1 32.9 3,173 2,526 647 98.7 79.6 20.4 80.2 19.8 2,443 1,870 573 96.9 76.5 23.5 74.5 25.5 1,197 918 279 92.6 76.7 23.3 73.5 26.5 Ural Federal District: 12,301 10,080 2,221 101.8 81.9 18.1 79.9 20.1 777 496 281 85.3 63.8 36.2 60.3 39.7 4,269 3,661 608 99.3 85.8 14.2 83.9 16.1 3,824 3,088 736 112.6 80.8 19.2 78.1 21.9 1,711 1,575 136 111.7 92.1 7.9 91.5 8.5 510 431 79 97.5 84.5 15.5 84.7 15.3 without autonomous okrugs 1,602 1,081 521 119.5 67.5 32.5 60.3 39.7 3,431 2,835 596 98.7 82.6 17.4 82.0 18.0 Siberian Federal District: 16,793 12,579 4,214 97.8 74.9 25.1 73.1 26.9 211 65 146 102.4 30.8 69.2 27.6 72.4 337 184 153 109.4 54.6 45.4 53.1 46.9 535 366 169 100.6 68.4 31.6 67.3 32.7 2,164 1,258 906 89.4 58.1 41.9 54.7 45.3 2,857 2,265 592 101.0 79.3 20.7 76.3 23.7 2,370 1,839 531 97.6 77.6 22.4 79.6 20.4 2,601 2,250 351 94.1 86.5 13.5 85.4 14.6 2,798 2,228 570 105.0 79.6 20.4 77.3 22.7 1,859 1,366 493 94.0 73.5 26.5 71.5 28.5 1,063 758 305 101.5 71.3 28.7 70.2 29.8 Far Eastern Federal District: 7,976 5,867 2,109 95.3 73.6 26.4 71.7 28.3 979 579 400 100.7 59.1 40.9 58.4 41.6 996 665 331 103.9 66.8 33.2 64.1 35.9 1,004 694 310 90.7 69.1 30.9 65.9 34.1 292 227 65 90.7 77.7 22.3 77.4 22.6 1,845 1,447 398 94.3 78.4 21.6 76.1 23.9 1,293 1,078 215 96.2 83.4 16.6 81.8 18.2 767 522 245 92.4 68.1 31.9 66.8 33.2 136 131 5 86.6 96.3 3.7 95.4 4.6 467 385 82 93.8 82.4 17.6 79.7 20.3 150 106 44 84.7 70.7 29.3 67.6 32.4 47 32 15 92.2 68.1 31.9 64.8 35.2 ** — 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 and language proficiency October 2022: population migration, information about indigenous peoples 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 FederationТом 1 «Численность и размещение населения». Таблица 3. Число муниципальных образований, внутригородских районов, округов города, межселенных территорий и населённых пунктов по субъектам Российской Федерации 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.