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 birthsDeaths          change          rate                rate             change
                population                                        (per 1,000)  (per 1,000)      (per 1,000)
1927        94,596,0004,688,0002,705,0001,983,00049.628.621.0
1928        96,654,0004,723,0002,589,0002,134,00048.926.822.1
1929        98,644,0004,633,0002,819,0001,814,00047.028.618.4
1930      100,419,0004,413,0002,738,0001,675,00043.927.316.7
1931      101,948,0004,412,0003,090,0001,322,00043.330.313.0
1932      103,136,0004,058,0003,077,000        981,00039.329.89.5
1933      102,706,0003,313,0005,239,000    -1,926,00032.351.0            -18.8
1934      101,922,0002,923,0002,659,000  264,000       28.726.12.6
1935       102,684,0003,577,0002,421,0001,156,00034.823.611.3
1936       103,904,0003,899,0002,719,0001,180,00037.526.211.4
1937       105,358,0004,377,0002,760,0001,617,00041.526.215.3
1938       107,044,0004,379,0002,739,0001,640,00040.925.615.3
1939       108,785,0004,329,0002,600,0001,729,00039.823.915.9
1940       110,333,0003,814,0002,561,0001,253,00034.623.211.4

Natural       Crude birth    Crude death    Natural
                       Average Live birthsDeaths          change          rate                rate             change
                     population                                        (per 1,000)  (per 1,000)      (per 1,000)
194698,028,0002,546,0001,210,0001,336,00026.012.313.6
194798,834,0002,715,0001,680,0001,035,00027.517.010.5
194899,706,0002,516,0001,310,0001,206,00025.213.112.1
1949101,160,0003,089,0001,187,0001,902,00030.511.718.8
1950102,833,0002,859,0001,180,0001,719,00027.811.516.7
1951104,439,0002,938,0001,210,0001,779,00028.111.617.0
1952106,164,0002,928,0001,138,0001,807,00027.610.717.0
1953107,828,0002,822,0001,118,0001,696,00026.210.415.7
1954109,643,0003,048,0001,133,0001,932,00027.810.317.6
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