Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Khasanova Ramilya Author-Name-First: Ramilya Author-Name-Last: Khasanova Author-Workplace-Name: RANEPA Title: Demographic development in Russia in 2021 Abstract: According to the Rosstat provisional data, Russia’s population on January 1, 2022 was 145.5 million. The decline of the population in Russia has been observed since 2018 according to the pre-pandemic Rosstat median projection predicting that population decline will continue until the end of the projection period (2035). However, the spread of coronavirus infection had a significant impact on the population size in 2020—2021. According to provisional data from Rosstat, the Russian population has reduced by 692.900 compared to 2021. Classification-JEL: J1, J10, J11, J13 Keywords: Russian economy, birth rate, mortality rate, natural population growth Creation-Date: 2022 Revision-Date: 2022 Length: 5 pages File-URL: https://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/ppaper/ppaper-2022-1220.pdf File-Format: application/pdf File-Function: Revised Version, 2022 Handle: RePEc:gai:ppaper:ppaper-2022-1220