Russian Census of 2002 (Russian: Всеросси́йская пе́репись населе́ния 2002 го́да) was the first census of the Russian Federation carried out on October 9 through October 16, 2002. Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages A census is the procedure of acquiring information about every member of a given population Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Events 768 - Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned Kings of The Franks. Events 456 - Magister militum Ricimer defeats the Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the western See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. It was carried out by the Russian Federal Service of State Statistics (Rosstat). Goskomstat ( Russian: Госкомстат Государственный комитет по статистике transliterated Gos udarstvennyi kom itet
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Data collection
The census data were collected as of midnight October 9, 2002. Events 768 - Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned Kings of The Franks. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar.
Resident population
The census was primarily intended to collect statistical information about the resident population of Russian Federation. The resident population included:
- Russian citizens living in Russia (including those temporary away from the country, provided the absence from the country was expected to last less than one year);
- non-citizens (i. e. foreign citizens and stateless persons) who were any of the following:
- legal permanent residents;
- persons who have arrived to the country with the intent to settle permanently or to seek asylum, regardless of whether they have actually obtained the appropriate immigration status;
- authorized foreign workers or students, provided the period of temporary residence in Russia was expected to last at least one year. A stateless person is someone with no Citizenship or Nationality.
All detailed census tables are for the resident population.
All (resident) participants were asked question on their gender, birth date, marital status, household composition, bithplace, citizenship, ethnic or tribal self-identification (национальность), education level, language competence, sources of income, and employment status. A sample of the participants were also asked more detailed questions about their economic and housing situation.
Non-residents
In additional to the resident population, the census also counted two more groups of people:
- Russian citizens currently living abroad for more than one year in connection with the employment with the federal government.
- Persons (regardles of their citizenship) permanently residing abroad, but temporarily present in Russia (as tourists, short-term foreign workers or students, etc).
Foreign citizens present in Russia as employees of foreign diplomatic missions or international organizations, and members of their household, were excluded from the census altogether.
Census results
The Census recorded the resident population of 145,166,731 persons, including 67,605,133 men and 77,561,598 women. That included urban population of 106,429,000 (73%) and rural population of 38,738,000 (27%).
The non-resident populations included:
- Russian citizens living abroad in connection with the federal government service: 107,288 (67,058 men and 40,230 women);
- Foreign residents present in Russia on the census date: 239,018 (177,465 men and 61,553 women).
Citizenship
Census participants were asked what country (or countries) they were citizens of. 142,442,000 respondents reported being Russian citizens; among them, 44,000 also had citizenship of another country.
Among Russia's resident population, 1,025,413 foreign citizens and 429,881 stateless persons were counted. A stateless person is someone with no Citizenship or Nationality. [1]
| Citizens of. . . | ||
|---|---|---|
| CIS countries | 906,314 | |
| Armenia | 136,841 | |
| Azerbaijan | 154,911 | |
| Belarus | 40,330 | |
| Georgia | 52,918 | |
| Kazakhstan | 69,472 | |
| Kyrgyzstan | 28,843 | |
| Moldova | 50,988 | |
| Tajikistan | 64,165 | |
| Turkmenistan | 6,417 | |
| Ukraine | 230,558 | |
| Uzbekistan | 70,871 | |
| Other countries | 119,099 | |
| Afghanistan | 8,221 | |
| Bulgaria | 2,262 | |
| China | 30,598 | |
| Estonia | 1,066 | |
| Finland | 285 | |
| Germany | 1,329 | |
| Greece | 612 | |
| India | 5,351 | |
| Israel | 1,016 | |
| Latvia | 2,864 | |
| Lithuania | 4,583 | |
| Syria | 1,230 | |
| Turkey | 4,991 | |
| USA | 1,361 | |
| Vietnam | 22,545 | |
| Stateless persons | 429,881 |
1,269,023 persons did not report their citizenship. Armenia (Հայաստան transliterated: Hayastan,) officially the Republic of Armenia (Հայաստանի Հանրապետություն Hayastani Azerbaijan ( English; Azərbaycan officially the Republic of Azerbaijan (Azərbaycan Respublikası is the largest and most populous country in the South Belarus ( Belarusian Беларусь / Biełaruś is a Landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the north and east Georgia ( საქართველო, Sakartvelo) is a Transcontinental country in the Caucasus region situated at the dividing line between Kazakhstan, also Kazakstan ( Қазақстан, Qazaqstan, qɑzɑqˈstɑn Казахстан, Kazakhstán,) officially the Kyrgyzstan (ˈkɻ̩gɪztɑn (AmE or /'kɝgəztan/ (BrE Kyrgyz: Кыргызстан; Russian: Киргизия or Киргизстан or Кыргызстан Moldova, officially the Republic of Moldova ( Republica Moldova) is a Landlocked country in Eastern Europe, located between Romania Tajikistan (təˈdʒɪkɨstæn or /təˈdʒiːkɨstæn/ Тоҷикистон tɔʤikɪsˈtɔn or, Persian تاجیکستان taajikestaan officially the Republic of Turkmenistan ( Türkmenistan; also known as Turkmenia) is a Turkic country in Central Asia. Ukraine (Україна Ukrayina, /ukrɑˈjinɑ/ is a country in Eastern Europe. Uzbekistan, officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( Uzbek: O‘zbekiston Respublikasi or Ўзбекистон Республикаси is a doubly Afghanistan /æfˈgænɪstæn/ officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ( Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت, The state of Bulgaria (България transliterated bg-Latn ''Balgaria'' The country preserves the traditions (in ethnic name language and alphabet of the First Bulgarian China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia ( Eesti or Eesti Vabariik) is a Country in Northern Europe in the Baltic region Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. Latvia ( Latvija officially the Republic of Latvia (Latvijas Republika is a Country in Northern Europe in the Baltic region. Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania (Lietuvos Respublika is a Country in Eastern often referred to as Northern Europe or in the Syria ( سوريّة or) officially the Syrian Arab Republic (Arabic ar الجمهورية العربية السورية Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Vietnam (ˌviːɛtˈnɑːm Việt Nam) officially A stateless person is someone with no Citizenship or Nationality.
Language abilities
Among the questions asked were "Are you competent in the Russian language?" (Владеете ли Вы русским языком?) and "What other languages are you competent in?" (Какими иными языками Вы владеете?). As the census manual explained, "competence" (владение) meant either the ability to speak, read and write a language, or only the ability to speak it. The questions did not distinguish native and non-native speakers, nor did they try to measure the degree of language competence. For small children, presumably, the recorded answer was based on the language(s) spoken by the parents.
142. 6 million (98. 3%) of the responders claimed competence in Russian. Other widely reported languages (more than 500,000 speakers each) are listed in the table below.
| Language | Speakers (millions) |
|---|---|
| English | 6. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States 95 |
| (Volga) Tatar | 5. The Tatar language (,, Татар теле, Татарча) is a Turkic Language spoken by the Tatars. 35 |
| German | 2. The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. 90 |
| Ukrainian | 1. Ukrainian (in Ukrainian украї́нська мо́ва ukrayins'ka mova,) is a language of the East Slavic subgroup of the Slavic languages. 81 |
| Chechen | 1. The Chechen language (Нохчийн мотт / Noxçiyn mott Medieval Chechen نوًچین موت) is spoken by more than 1 33 |
| Chuvash | 1. Chuvash (Chuvash Чӑвашла Čăvašla, ʨəʋaʂˈla also known as Chăvash, Chuwash, Chovash, Chavash, Çuvaş 33 |
| Armenian | 0. The Armenian language (hy հայերեն լեզու hajɛɹɛn lɛzu —, conventional short form) is an Indo-European language spoken by the Armenian 91 |
| Avar | 0. The modern Avar language (self-designation магӀарул мацӀ maʦʼ "language of the mountains" or Авар мацӀ maʦʼ "Avar language" 78 |
| French | 0. French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people 71 |
| Azeri | 0. 67 |
| Mordvin (Moksha or Erzya) | 0. The Mordvinic languages are a subgroup of the Volga-Finnic languages. The Moksha language (мокшень кяль is a Volga-Finnic language with about 500000 native speakers Erzya language (эрзянь кель is spoken by about 500000 people in the northern and eastern and north-western parts of the Republic of Mordovia and adjacent 61 |
| Kabardian or Circassian | 0. The Kabardian language is closely related to the Adyghe language (see Adyghe people) both members of the Northwest Caucasian language family mainly 59 |
| Kazakh | 0. Kazakh (also Qazaq and variants natively kk Qazaq tili, kk Қазақ тілі; pronounced tˈlə is a Turkic language closely related to 56 |
| Dargin | 0. The Dargin or Dargwa language is spoken by the Dargin people of western Dagestan. 50 |
1. 42 million responders did not provide language information.
For a more detailed list, see List of languages of Russia. This is a list of languages used in Russia. Some of the languages have more speakers and even official status in other countries
See also
- Demographics of Russia (includes ethnic composition and some other census results)
- Russian Empire Census
- Soviet Census