Population in Russia

 Population in Russia

The population of Russia is 141,927,297 as of 1 January 2010. The population hit a historic peak at 148,689,000 in 1991, just before the breakup of the Soviet Union. According to the 2002 census, Ethnic Russians make up 80% of the total population, while six other ethnicities have a population exceeding 1 million - Tatars (3.8%), Ukrainians (2%), Bashkir (1.1%), Chuvash (1.1%), Chechens (0.9%) and Armenians (0.8%). In total, 160 different ethnic groups and indigenous peoples live within the Russian federation's borders. 73% of the population is urban.