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