History of Moscow - Historical Demographics

Historical Demographics

The city's population is rapidly increasing. The ubiquitous presence of legal and illegal permanent and temporary migrants plus merging suburbs raise the total population to about 13.5 mln people.

Year Population
1350 30 000
1400 40 000
1600 100 000
1638 200 000
1710 160 000
1725 145 000
1738 138 400
1750 130 000
1775 161 000
1785 188 700
1800 250 000
1811 300 000
1813 215 000
Year Population
1825 241 500
1840 349 100
1852 373 800
1858 336 400
1864 351 600
1868 416 400
1871 601 969
1886 753 459
1891 822 400
1897 1 038 600
1900 1 175 000
1908 1 359 200
1912 1 617 157
Year Population
1915 1 817 000
1920 1 028 200
1926 2 019 500
1936 3 641 500
1939 4 137 000
1956 4 847 000
1959 5 032 000
1970 6 941 961
1979 7 830 509
1989 8 769 117
2002 10 126 424
2005 10 407 000
2012

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