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Russia — World Gazetteer, 2005 edition

Russia had an estimated population of 144,003,901 in 2005, with 4,769 places recorded. Archived from the World Gazetteer, the reference work formerly published at this domain.

About these figures. This page is part of the restored World Gazetteer archive: the 2005 edition of Stefan Helders' reference work, which was published at this domain until 2013 and is preserved here. Figures are as of 2005 and are kept for citation continuity and historical comparison. Esta página conserva la edición de 2005 del World Gazetteer. Las cifras corresponden a 2005; para datos actuales, consulte las fuentes oficiales.

For current figures: Russia today — population now 144,478,050, against 144,003,901 in 2005.

Agglomerations, 2005

#NamePopulation (2005)
1Moskva14,435,176
2Sankt-Peterburg4,877,454
3Nižnij Novgorod1,849,621
4Novosibirsk1,471,753
5Samara1,448,113
6Volgograd1,433,481
7Rostov-na-Donu1,347,209
8Čeljabinsk1,269,108
9Omsk1,133,748
10Saratov1,106,179
11Krasnojarsk1,009,843
12Perm991,415
13Voronež965,287
14Novokuzneck861,765
15Krasnodar838,372
16Toljatti734,355
17Barnaul727,703
18Vladivostok687,426
19Uljanovsk672,531
20Tomsk646,898
21Tula640,191
22Čeboksary578,273
23Lipeck572,520
24Orenburg560,027
25Penza531,851
26Kemerovo503,398
27Brjansk483,499
28Kirov478,005

Cities and towns, 2005 (top 300 of 4,769)

#PlaceRegionPopulation (2005)
1MoscowMoscow10,381,222
2Saint PetersburgSaint Petersburg4,039,745
3NovosibirskNovosibirsk1,419,007
4YekaterinburgSverdlovsk1,287,573
5Nizhniy NovgorodNizhni Novgorod1,284,164
6SamaraSamara1,134,730
7OmskOmsk1,129,281
8KazanTatarstan1,104,738
9Rostov-na-DonuRostov1,074,482
10ChelyabinskChelyabinsk1,062,919
11UfaBashkortostan1,033,338
12VolgogradVolgograd1,010,320
13PermPerm982,419
14KrasnoyarskKrasnoyarsk907,451
15SaratovSaratov863,725
16VoronezhVoronezh840,582
17TolyattiSamara718,486
18KrasnodarKrasnodar649,851
19UlyanovskUlyanovsk640,680
20IzhevskUdmurtia631,038
21YaroslavlYaroslavl606,730
22BarnaulAltaiski Kray599,579
23VladivostokPrimorski587,022
24IrkutskIrkutsk586,695
25KhabarovskKhabarovsk Krai578,303
26OrenburgOrenburg550,204
27NovokuznetskKemerovo539,616
28RyazanRyazan520,173
29TyumenTyumen519,119
30YarchallyTatarstan518,896
31LipetskLipetsk515,655
32PenzaPenza512,602
33AstrakhanAstrakhan502,533
34MakhachkalaDagestan497,959
35TomskTomsk485,519
36KemerovoKemerovo477,090
37TulaTula468,825
38KirovKirov457,383
39CheboksaryChuvashia446,781
40KaliningradKaliningrad434,954
41BryanskBryansk427,236
42IvanovoIvanovo420,839
43MagnitogorskChelyabinsk413,351
44KurskKursk409,431
45TverTver400,212
46Nizhniy TagilSverdlovsk381,116
47StavropolStavropol363,064
48Ulan-UdeBuryatia360,278
49BelgorodBelgorod345,289
50ArkhangelskArkhangelsk344,600
51KurganKurgan343,129
52KalugaKaluga338,978
53OryolOrel331,127
54SochiKrasnodar327,608
55VolzhskiyVolgograd323,293
56SmolenskSmolensk320,991
57MurmanskMurmansk319,263
58VladikavkazNorth Ossetia317,370
59CherepovetsVologda311,850
60VladimirVladimir310,024
61ChitaChita308,291
62SaranskMordovia303,394
63SurgutKhanty-Mansi300,367
64VologdaVologda294,889
65TambovTambov290,933
66NalchikKabardino-Balkaria282,913
67TaganrogRostov279,056
68KostromaKostroma277,656
69Komsomolsk-na-AmureKhabarovsk Krai275,164
70SterlitamakBashkortostan267,231
71PetrozavodskKarelia265,025
72BratskIrkutsk259,991
73KrasnokokshaiskMari El259,540
74DzerzhinskNizhni Novgorod256,537
75OrskOrenburg246,836
76NizhnevartovskKhanty-Mansi244,937
77AngarskIrkutsk243,158
78NovorossiyskKrasnodar241,856
79NizhnekamskTatarstan234,297
80SyktyvkarKomi230,139
81ZelenogradMoscow228,294
82Staryy OskolBelgorod226,977
83ShakhtyRostov221,312
84BlagoveshchenskAmur221,296
85RybinskYaroslavl216,724
86BiyskAltaiski Kray215,430
87ProkopyevskKemerovo215,270
88JákutskajYakutia215,063
89Velikiy NovgorodNovgorod215,062
90PskovPskov201,990
91BalakovoSaratov201,920
92ArmavirKrasnodar199,548
93EngelsSaratov196,011
94SeverodvinskArkhangelsk194,292
95ZlatoustChelyabinsk191,366
96Dzokhar GalaChechnya191,302
97SyzranSamara189,338
98Petropavlovsk-KamchatskiyKamchatka187,282
99Kamensk-UralskiySverdlovsk181,881
100ToyoharaSakhalin176,484
101PodolskMoskovskaya Oblast175,323
102BereznikiPerm167,748
103VolgodonskRostov167,731
104AbakanKhakasia167,289
105NovocherkasskRostov166,974
106NazranIngushetia164,131
107RubtsovskAltaiski Kray161,065
108MytishchiMoskovskaya Oblast160,542
109SalavatBashkortostan159,893
110MaykopAdygeya158,451
111UssuriyskPrimorski157,068
112MiassChelyabinsk156,561
113LyubertsyMoskovskaya Oblast154,650
114KovrovVladimir154,224
115BalashikhaMoskovskaya Oblast150,103
116KolomnaMoskovskaya Oblast147,690
117NakhodkaPrimorski146,920
118ElektrostalMoskovskaya Oblast144,387
119PyatigorskStavropol142,865
120AlmetyevskTatarstan142,725
121KhimkiMoskovskaya Oblast142,618
122KorolyovMoskovskaya Oblast139,798
123OdintsovoMoskovskaya Oblast137,041
124KolpinoSaint Petersburg136,076
125Xasun-YurtDagestan134,593
126NevinnomysskStavropol134,345
127KislovodskStavropol132,771
128DimitrovgradUlyanovsk132,226
129NovomoskovskTula130,982
130PervouralskSverdlovsk130,014
131KamyshinVolgograd128,626
132NovocheboksarskChuvashia128,468
133SerpukhovMoskovskaya Oblast128,158
134NorilskKrasnoyarsk127,503
135MuromVladimir126,931
136NeftekamskBashkortostan126,805
137Orekhovo-ZuevoMoskovskaya Oblast120,000
138AchinskKrasnoyarsk117,634
139CherkesskKarachai-Cherkess Republic117,155
140NoginskMoskovskaya Oblast115,979
141YeletsLipetsk115,688
142ShchyolkovoMoskovskaya Oblast113,213
143Sergiyev PosadMoskovskaya Oblast112,919
144NefteyuganskKhanty-Mansi112,632
145Novaya SamaraSamara112,415
146BatayskRostov109,962
147SeverskTomsk109,844
148OktyabrskiyBashkortostan109,496
149ArzamasNizhni Novgorod109,479
150Leninsk-KuznetskiyKemerovo109,023
151KyzylTyva108,240
152ObninskKaluga107,392
153ElistaKalmykia106,971
154NovotroitskOrenburg106,186
155DerbentDagestan105,965
156ZheleznodorozhnyyMoskovskaya Oblast105,543
157Velikie LukiPskov103,149
158KiselyovskKemerovo102,252
159UkhtaKomi102,187
160KanskKrasnoyarsk101,502
161SarapulUdmurtia101,344
162ZhukovskiyMoskovskaya Oblast101,251
163ZelenodolskTatarstan101,129
164MezhdurechenskKemerovo101,026
165SolikamskPerm100,812
166GlazovUdmurtia100,676
167Ust-IlimskIrkutsk100,271
168NovoshakhtinskRostov99,478
169VotkinskUdmurtia98,633
170SerovSverdlovsk98,438
171NoyabrskYamalo-Nenets98,276
172BalashovSaratov98,107
173ZheleznogorskKursk97,900
174MagadanMagadan95,282
175Novyy UrengoyYamalo-Nenets94,212
176NovouralskSverdlovsk93,849
177DevyatkaKrasnoyarsk93,834
178TobolskTyumen93,650
179BugulmaTatarstan93,506
180MichurinskTambov93,499
181KineshmaIvanovo92,983
182KrasnogorskMoskovskaya Oblast92,932
183Chelyabinsk-40Chelyabinsk91,096
184KuznetskPenza90,480
185Kirovo-ChepetskKirov90,252
186BerdskNovosibirsk90,250
187GatchinaLeningrad89,761
188GubkinBelgorod88,493
189YeyskKrasnodar87,814
190BuzulukOrenburg87,714
191Usolye-SibirskoyeIrkutsk86,902
192ChaykovskiyPerm86,712
193SarovNizhni Novgorod86,172
194YurgaKemerovo84,220
195Anzhero-SudzhenskKemerovo82,526
196PushkinSaint Petersburg82,416
197TroitskChelyabinsk82,338
198AzovRostov82,133
199KaspiyskDagestan81,752
200YessentukiStavropol81,015
201RamenskoyeMoskovskaya Oblast81,003
202KlinMoskovskaya Oblast80,778
203VorkutaKomi80,039
204KropotkinKrasnodar79,599
205ShadrinskKurgan79,479
206BelovoKemerovo79,423
207VyborgLeningrad78,633
208ReutovMoskovskaya Oblast78,370
209VoskresenskMoskovskaya Oblast77,086
210Mineralnyye VodyStavropol76,280
211BirobidzhanJewish Republic76,146
212Kamensk-ShakhtinskiyRostov75,814
213ChekhovMoskovskaya Oblast75,643
214AsbestSverdlovsk74,583
215MinusinskKrasnoyarsk72,781
216GeorgievskStavropol72,649
217YelabugaTatarstan72,643
218Naro-FominskMoskovskaya Oblast72,632
219OrdzhonikidzevskayaIngushetia71,841
220VolskSaratov71,716
221PushkinoMoskovskaya Oblast71,652
222ChernogorskKhakasia71,582
223Krasnoyarsk-45Krasnoyarsk71,354
224KopeyskChelyabinsk70,780
225BeloretskBashkortostan70,468
226IshimbayBashkortostan70,421
227ChapaevskSamara70,147
228LysvaPerm69,636
229TuymazyBashkortostan68,829
230BorisoglebskVoronezh68,597
231Sosnovyy BorLeningrad68,563
232DolgoprudnyyMoskovskaya Oblast68,259
233BudyonnovskStavropol67,962
234IshimTyumen67,762
235KstovoNizhni Novgorod67,242
236YegoryyevskMoskovskaya Oblast66,960
237AleksinTula66,885
238KungurPerm66,389
239KlintsyBryansk66,336
240NeryungriYakutia66,320
241BelogorskAmur66,270
242LeninogorskTatarstan66,263
243GukovoRostov66,079
244LesosibirskKrasnoyarsk65,945
245PolevskoySverdlovsk65,770
246MeleuzBashkortostan65,362
247KumertauBashkortostan65,321
248Gus-KhrustalnyyVladimir65,267
249Slavyansk-na-KubaniKrasnodar65,196
250TikhoretskKrasnodar64,387
251RossoshVoronezh64,323
252TuapseKrasnodar64,234
253KrasnoturinskSverdlovsk64,208
254AleksandrovVladimir64,088
255PavlovoNizhni Novgorod63,338
256BalakhnaNizhni Novgorod63,083
257ArtyomPrimorski62,887
258QalechykhKabardino-Balkaria62,831
259BuynakskDagestan62,689
260BelebeyBashkortostan62,582
261ChistayTatarstan62,260
262RzhevTver62,246
263ZarechnyyPenza62,139
264TikhvinLeningrad62,075
265PetrodvoretsSaint Petersburg61,973
266LabinskKrasnodar61,945
267IskitimNovosibirsk61,827
268RevdaSverdlovsk61,785
269LobnyaMoskovskaya Oblast61,772
270SalskRostov61,703
271VyksaNizhni Novgorod61,664
272ArsenyevPrimorski61,619
273DmitrovMoskovskaya Oblast61,607
274SibayBashkortostan61,590
275ApatityMurmansk61,186
276NovoaltayskAltaiski Kray61,050
277SvobodnyyAmur61,017
278StupinoMoskovskaya Oblast60,999
279ShuyaIvanovo60,705
280BorNizhni Novgorod60,647
281DubnaMoskovskaya Oblast60,604
282Pavlovskiy PosadMoskovskaya Oblast60,051
283MikhaylovkaVolgograd59,992
284ShchyokinoTula59,807
285MikhaylovskStavropol59,198
286KotlasArkhangelsk59,180
287Verkhnyaya PyshmaSverdlovsk59,061
288TalnakhKrasnoyarsk59,051
289SolnechnogorskMoskovskaya Oblast58,891
290Ostyako-VogulʿskKhanty-Mansi58,728
291VolzhskMari El58,607
292UzlovayaTula58,458
293KogalymKhanty-Mansi57,821
294KrymskKrasnodar57,555
295CheremkhovoIrkutsk57,395
296VyazmaSmolensk57,192
297RoslavlSmolensk56,971
298BorovichiNovgorod56,571
299KirishiLeningrad56,190
300Georgiu-DezhVoronezh55,939

Administrative divisions, 2005

#NamePopulation (2005)
1Moscow10,636,983
2Moskovskaya Oblast6,564,006
3Krasnodar5,191,490
4Saint Petersburg4,561,084
5Sverdlovsk4,412,629
6Rostov4,397,303
7Bashkortostan4,112,208
8Tatarstan3,786,330
9Chelyabinsk3,577,253
10Nizhni Novgorod3,464,526
11Samara3,214,700
12Krasnoyarsk2,845,899
13Kemerovo2,827,246
14Stavropol2,784,270
15Dagestan2,758,424
16Volgograd2,705,207
17Novosibirsk2,657,701
18Saratov2,648,495
19Perm2,616,727
20Altaiski Kray2,586,976
21Irkutsk2,382,934
22Voronezh2,345,910
23Orenburg2,167,499
24Omsk2,054,238
25Primorski2,021,901
26Leningrad1,660,796
27Tula1,628,465
28Udmurtia1,552,897
29Belgorod1,531,044
30Vladimir1,489,103
31Khanty-Mansi1,460,892
32Kirov1,457,862
33Penza1,433,768
34Tver1,424,421
35Khabarovsk Krai1,394,490
36Ulyanovsk1,370,689
37Bryansk1,351,463
38Yaroslavl1,338,750
39Tyumen1,316,577
40Chuvashia1,301,226
41Arkhangelsk1,245,685
42Vologda1,245,037
43Kursk1,207,091
44Lipetsk1,202,750
45Ryazan1,197,310
46Tambov1,143,906
47Ivanovo1,109,196
48Chechnya1,106,103
49Tomsk1,049,069
50Chita1,036,179
51Kaluga1,030,145
52Smolensk1,022,035
53Astrakhan1,000,698
54Kurgan996,477
55Komi968,408
56Kaliningrad967,961
57Buryatia963,335
58Kabardino-Balkaria928,519
59Yakutia918,293
60Mordovia868,531
61Amur868,169
62Orel848,808
63Murmansk841,894
64Pskov739,640
65North Ossetia722,902
66Mari El719,082
67Kostroma717,819
68Karelia697,354
69Novgorod678,571
70Khakasia538,125
71Ingushetia515,584
72Sakhalin514,554
73Yamalo-Nenets508,401
74Adygeya447,381
75Karachai-Cherkess Republic441,394
76Kamchatka314,993
77Tyva302,939
78Kalmykia284,668
79Altai Republic204,064
80Jewish Republic184,935
81Magadan169,501
82Ust-Ordyn Buryat134,367
83Komi-Permyak130,759
84Agin-Buryat70,821
85Chukotka50,133
86Nenets38,949
87Taymir36,964
88Koryak23,513
89Yevenki16,507

The complete dataset is available as a free CSV download, with attribution to Stefan Helders / World Gazetteer.