List of federal subjects of Russia by population

Here is a list of the 85^* federal subjects of Russia in order of population according to the 2002 Census. The total of all federal subjects is 145,166,731, which does not include nationals living abroad at the time of census.

1. Federal city of Moscow: 10,382,754;
2. Moscow Oblast: 6,618,538;
3. Krasnodar Krai: 5,125,221;
4. Federal city of Saint Petersburg: 4,661,219;
5. Sverdlovsk Oblast: 4,486,214;
6. Rostov Oblast: 4,404,013;
7. Republic of Bashkortostan: 4,104,336;
8. Republic of Tatarstan: 3,779,265;
9. Chelyabinsk Oblast: 3,603,339;
10. Nizhny Novgorod Oblast: 3,524,028;
11. Tyumen Oblast : 3,264,841 (includes Khanty-Mans and Yamalo-Nenets autonomous okrugs; without the autonomous okrugs: 1,325,018);
12. Samara Oblast; 3,239,737;
13. Krasnoyarsk Krai^*: 2,966,042
14. Kemerovo Oblast: 2,899,142;
15. Perm Krai^*: 2,819,421;
16. Stavropol Krai: 2,735,139;
17. Volgograd Oblast: 2,699,223;
18. Novosibirsk Oblast: 2,692,251;
19. Saratov Oblast: 2,668,310;
20. Altai Krai: 2,607,426;
21. Irkutsk Oblast: 2,581,705 (includes Ust-Orda Buryat Autonomous Okrug; without the autonomous okrug: 2,446,378);
22. Republic of Dagestan: 2,576,531;
23. Voronezh Oblast: 2,378,803;
24. Orenburg Oblast: 2,179,551;
25. Omsk Oblast: 2,079,220;
26. Primorsky Krai: 2,071,210;
27. Tula Oblast: 1,675,758;
28. Leningrad Oblast: 1,669,205;
29. Udmurt Republic: 1,570,316;
30. Vladimir Oblast: 1,523,990;
31. Belgorod Oblast: 1,511,620;
32. Kirov Oblast: 1,503,529;
33. Tver Oblast: 1,471,459;
34. Penza Oblast: 1,452,941;
35. Khabarovsk Krai: 1,436,570;
36. Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug: 1,432,817 (also included in Tyumen Oblast total);
37. Ulyanovsk Oblast: 1,382,811;
38. Bryansk Oblast: 1,378,941;
39. Yaroslavl Oblast: 1,367,398;
40. Arkhangelsk Oblast: 1,336,539 (includes Nenets Autonomous Okrug; without the autonomous okrug: 1,294,993);
41. Chuvash Republic: 1,313,754;
42. Vologda Oblast: 1,269,568;
43. Kursk Oblast: 1,235,091;
44. Ryazan Oblast: 1,227,910;
45. Lipetsk Oblast: 1,213,499;
46. Tambov Oblast: 1,178,443;
47. Chita Oblast: 1,155,346 (includes Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug; without the autonomous okrug: 1,083,133);
48. Ivanovo Oblast: 1,148,329;
49. Chechen Republic: 1,103,686;
50. Smolensk Oblast: 1,049,574;
51. Tomsk Oblast: 1,046,039;
52. Kaluga Oblast: 1,041,641;
53. Kurgan Oblast: 1,019,532;
54. Komi Republic: 1,018,674;
55. Astrakhan Oblast: 1,005,276;
56. Buryat Republic: 981,238;
57. Kaliningrad Oblast: 955,281;
58. Sakha Republic: 949,280;
59. Amur Oblast: 902,844;
60. Kabardino-Balkar Republic: 901,494;
61. Murmansk Oblast: 892,534;
62. Republic of Mordovia: 888,766;
63. Oryol Oblast: 860,262;
64. Pskov Oblast: 760,810;
65. Kostroma Oblast: 736,641;
66. Mari El Republic: 727,979;
67. Republic of Karelia: 716,281;
68. Republic of North Ossetia-Alania: 710,275;
69. Novgorod Oblast: 694,355;
70. Sakhalin Oblast: 546,695;
71. Republic of Khakassia: 546,072;
72. Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug: 507,006 (also included in Tyumen Oblast total);
73. Republic of Ingushetia: 467,294;
74. Republic of Adygea: 447,109;
75. Karachay-Cherkess Republic: 439,470;
76. Kamchatka Krai: 358,801;
77. Tuva Republic: 305,510;
78. Republic of Kalmykia: 292,410;
79. Altai Republic: 202,947;
80. Jewish Autonomous Oblast: 190,915;
81. Magadan Oblast: 182,726;
82. Ust-Orda Buryat Autonomous Okrug: 135,327 (also included in Irkutsk Oblast total);
83. Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug: 72,213 (also included in Chita Oblast total);
84. Chukotka Autonomous Okrug: 53,824;
85. Nenets Autonomous Okrug: 41,546 (also included in Arkhangelsk Oblast total);

^* Perm Krai was formed on December 1, 2005 as a result of the merger of Perm Oblast and Komi-Permyak Autonomous Okrug. Evenk Autonomous Okrug and Taymyr Autonomous Okrug were merged into Krasnoyarsk Krai in 2007. All population figures, however, are given for 2002.

See also

• List of federal subjects by federal district
• List of federal subjects of Russia by area

NOTE: Some of Russia's subdivisions are nested. Thus, Tyumen Oblast includes Khanty-Mansi and Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrugs, and so forth. Wherever this is the case, the nesting region's population is given with all the nested components included.

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