Original title: Russia’s resident population has decreased by more than 550,000
Xinhua News Agency, Moscow, February 1 (Reporter An Xiaomeng) According to the latest data released by the State Statistics Office of the Russian Federation on February 1, as of January 1, 2023, the resident population of Russia (only counting Russian citizens) is about 1.46425 billion, a decrease of about 555,000 in the past year.
According to the Russian census data of the previous year, as of January 1, 2022, the total population of Russia is approximately 146.98 million.
According to the latest statistics, the population of the Central Federal District of Russia exceeds 40 million, of which more than 13 million live in Moscow; the population of the Northwest Federal District exceeds 13.6 million, of which nearly 5.6 million live in St. Petersburg.
There are 16 cities in Russia with a population of more than 1 million, including Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Kazan, and Nizhny Novgorod.
