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
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