Before WW II
No exact vital
statistics for Russia are available for the period before WW II. Andreev[21]
made the following estimates:
Natural Crude birth Crude death Natural
Average Live births Deaths change rate
rate
change
population
(per 1,000) (per
1,000)
(per 1,000)
1927
94,596,000 4,688,000 2,705,000 1,983,000 49.6 28.6 21.0
1928
96,654,000 4,723,000 2,589,000 2,134,000 48.9 26.8 22.1
1929
98,644,000 4,633,000 2,819,000 1,814,000 47.0 28.6 18.4
1930 100,419,000 4,413,000 2,738,000 1,675,000 43.9 27.3 16.7
1931 101,948,000 4,412,000 3,090,000 1,322,000 43.3 30.3 13.0
1932 103,136,000 4,058,000 3,077,000 981,000 39.3 29.8 9.5
1933 102,706,000 3,313,000 5,239,000 -1,926,000 32.3 51.0 -18.8
1934 101,922,000 2,923,000 2,659,000 264,000 28.7 26.1 2.6
1935
102,684,000 3,577,000 2,421,000 1,156,000 34.8 23.6 11.3
1936
103,904,000 3,899,000 2,719,000 1,180,000 37.5 26.2 11.4
1937
105,358,000 4,377,000 2,760,000 1,617,000 41.5 26.2 15.3
1938
107,044,000 4,379,000 2,739,000 1,640,000 40.9 25.6 15.3
1939
108,785,000 4,329,000 2,600,000 1,729,000 39.8 23.9 15.9
1940
110,333,000 3,814,000 2,561,000 1,253,000 34.6 23.2 11.4
Natural Crude birth Crude death Natural
Average Live births Deaths change rate
rate
change
population
(per 1,000) (per
1,000)
(per 1,000)
1946 98,028,000 2,546,000 1,210,000 1,336,000 26.0 12.3 13.6
1947 98,834,000 2,715,000 1,680,000 1,035,000 27.5 17.0 10.5
1948 99,706,000 2,516,000 1,310,000 1,206,000 25.2 13.1 12.1
1949 101,160,000 3,089,000 1,187,000 1,902,000 30.5 11.7 18.8
1950 102,833,000 2,859,000 1,180,000 1,719,000 27.8 11.5 16.7
1951 104,439,000 2,938,000 1,210,000 1,779,000 28.1 11.6 17.0
1952 106,164,000 2,928,000 1,138,000 1,807,000 27.6 10.7 17.0
1953 107,828,000 2,822,000 1,118,000 1,696,000 26.2 10.4 15.7
1954 109,643,000 3,048,000 1,133,000 1,932,000 27.8 10.3 17.6