5.1. RESIDENT POPULATION 1)
(data from population censuses)

Years

Total
population,
thou. persons

of which

As percentage
of total population

urban

rural

urban

rural

1959

117239.6

61142.6

56097.0

52

48

1970

129941.2

80631.4

49309.8

62

38

1979

137409.9

94942.3

42467.6

69

31

1989

147021.9

107959.0

39062.9

73

27

2002

145166.7

106429.0

38737.7

73

27

2010

142905.2

105318.0

37587.2

74

26

1) Data is given: for 1959 and 1970 - as of January 15, for 1979 - as of January 17; for 1989 - as of January 12,
for 2002 - as of October 9; for 2010 - as of October 14.
Data for 2010 is given according to preliminary results of the 2010 All-Russia population census, it will be
verified after obtaining the final results of the 2010 All-Russia population census and published in 2012
official Federal State Statistics Service publications.

 

Russia in figures - 2011
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