Editing Geography of Russia (section)

==Human geography==
=== Demographics ===
{{main|Demographics of Russia}}{{See also|List of cities and towns in Russia by population}}
Russia had a population of 142.8 million according to the [[Russian Census (2010)|2010 census]],<ref name="2010Census">{{ru-pop-ref|2010Census}}</ref> which rose to 146.2 million as of 2021 following the [[Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation|annexation of Crimea]] in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gks.ru/storage/mediabank/Popul2020.xls|title=Оценка численности постоянного населения на 1 января 2020 года и в среднем за 2019 год|author=[[Russian Federal State Statistics Service|Rosstat]]|website=gks.ru|date=2020}}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=October 2024|reason=The population has not "rose". Annexation needs to be described using secondary independent source.}} It is the [[List of European countries by population|most populous country]] in Europe, and the [[List of countries and dependencies by population|ninth-most populous country]] in the world; with a [[list of countries by population density|population density]] of {{convert|9|/km2|/mi2|disp=preunit|inhabitants&nbsp;|inhabitants|}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EN.POP.DNST|title=Population density (people per sq. km of land area)|work=[[The World Bank]]|access-date=16 June 2021}}</ref>

=== Urban areas ===
{{See also|List of cities and towns in Russia by population|List of cities and towns in Russia}}
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File:Business Centre of Moscow 2.jpg|[[Moscow]], the capital and largest city of Russia
File:Spb 06-2017 img01 Spit of Vasilievsky Island.jpg|[[Saint Petersburg]], the cultural capital and the second-largest city
File:E-burg asv2019-05 img46 view from VysotSky.jpg|[[Yekaterinburg]], the fourth-largest city in the country.
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Russia is one of the world's [[Urbanization by country|most urbanized countries]], with roughly 75% of its total population living in urban areas.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/russia/|title=Russia - The World Factbook|work=[[Central Intelligence Agency]]|access-date=26 December 2007}}</ref> [[Moscow]], the [[capital city|capital]] and largest city, has a population estimated at 12.4 million residents within the city limits,<ref name=est.2020>{{cite web|title=RUSSIA: Central'nyj Federal'nyj Okrug – Central Federal District|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/russia/cities/central/|publisher=City Population.de|date=August 8, 2020|access-date=September 1, 2020}}</ref> while over 17 million residents in the urban area,<ref name="Urban">{{cite web|url=http://www.demographia.com/db-worldua.pdf|title=Demographia World Urban Areas|publisher=Demographia|access-date=July 22, 2020}}</ref> and over 20 million residents in the [[Moscow metropolitan area|metropolitan area]].<ref name="Megapolis">{{cite web|url=https://strelkamag.com/en/article/moscow-agglomeration|title=A 3-Hour Commute: A Close Look At Moscow The Megapolis|work=Strelka Mag|author=Alexander Akishin|date=August 17, 2017|access-date=May 23, 2020|archive-date=17 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417121056/https://strelkamag.com/en/article/moscow-agglomeration|url-status=dead}}</ref> Moscow is among the [[List of largest cities|world's largest cities]], being the [[List of European cities by population within city limits|most populous city]] entirely within [[Europe]], the [[List of urban areas in Europe|most populous urban area]] in Europe,<ref name="Urban"/> the [[List of metropolitan areas in Europe|most populous metropolitan area]] in Europe,<ref name="Megapolis"/> and also the largest city by land area on the European continent.<ref name="Planète Énergies">{{cite web|url=https://www.planete-energies.com/en/medias/close/moscow-city-undergoing-transformation|title=Moscow, a City Undergoing Transformation|work=Planète Énergies|date=September 11, 2017|access-date=May 27, 2020}}</ref> [[Saint Petersburg]], the cultural capital, is the second-largest city, with a population of roughly 5.4 million inhabitants.<ref>{{cite web|title=RUSSIA: Severo-Zapadnyj Federal'nyj Okrug: Northwestern Federal District|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/russia/cities/northwestern/|publisher=City Population.de|date=8 August 2020|access-date=October 24, 2020}}</ref> Other major urban areas are [[Yekaterinburg]], [[Novosibirsk]], [[Kazan]], [[Nizhny Novgorod]], and [[Chelyabinsk]].
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