Central Federal District


The Central Federal District is one of the eight federal districts of Russia. Geographically, the district is situated in the extreme west of present-day Russia; although it can be considered as the central region of European Russia. The district covers an area of, and recorded a population of 40,334,532 in the 2021 Census. The Presidential Envoy to the Central Federal District is Igor Shchyogolev.

Demographics

Federal subjects

The district comprises the Central and Central Black Earth economic regions and eighteen federal subjects:
According to the results of the 2021 census, the ethnic composition of the Central Federal District is as follows:
EthnicityPopulationPercentage
Russians31,979,40593.05%
Armenians227,8330.66%
Ukrainians206,1000.60%
Tatars164,4360.48%
Tajiks120,5940.35%
Uzbeks111,2060.32%
Azerbaijanis100,6650.29%
Belarusians55,6730.16%
Georgians44,8600.13%
Kyrgyz44,7290.13%
Jews37,7090.11%
Moldovans36,7640.11%
Others1,238,4403.60%
Ethnicity not stated5,966,118

Vital statistics for 2022:
  • Births: 330,013
  • Deaths: 529,175
Total fertility rate :
1.31 children per woman
Life expectancy :
70.85 years

Economy

, the GRP in Central Federal District reached RUB33.6 trillion and around €10,000 per capita.