What is population density and how to calculate it
Population density is the number of people living in an area of one square kilometer. Typically, this geographic indicator is calculated for a city, region, or country.
Population density is calculated quite simply. The number of inhabitants of a region or country is divided by the area of its territory.
When calculating this indicator for large areas, such as hemispheres or the entire planet, uninhabited areas such as oceans or deserts may be excluded. This increases the accuracy of calculations.
Population density depends on many factors, for example, on the terrain, distance from seas, rivers and roads, but first of all, of course, on the climate.
Healthcare
One of the important areas of the region is healthcare. The authorities spend huge amounts of money on the expansion and development of this structure, since many people suffer from one or another ailment.
In the Tambov region, according to data available for 2021, the following are registered annually:
- 126 patients diagnosed with HIV infection;
- 4729 patients diagnosed with malignant neoplasm, i.e. suffering from various cancers. This category of the population receives modern and effective treatment in the best clinics in the region;
- 337 patients with tuberculosis disease;
- 41 patients being treated for drug addiction;
- 1210 people with alcoholism;
- 68 patients diagnosed with syphilis.
The Tambov region is pursuing an active policy aimed at increasing the population, and therefore actively supports socially important institutions of childhood and motherhood. As of 2021, 2,875 cases of termination of pregnancy were registered in the region. This figure is decreasing every year.
Rating of Russian regions by population density
(By federal districts)
Central Federal District
| № | Region | Population density, people per sq. km. |
| 1 | Moscow | 4941,45 |
| 2 | Moscow region | 173,89 |
| 3 | Belgorod region | 56,80 |
| 4 | Tula region | 56,43 |
| 5 | Lipetsk region | 46,92 |
| 6 | Vladimir region | 46,15 |
| 7 | Ivanovo region | 46,04 |
| 8 | Voronezh region | 44,16 |
| 9 | Kursk region | 36,55 |
| 10 | Yaroslavl region | 34,32 |
| 11 | Bryansk region | 33,93 |
| 12 | Kaluga region | 33,62 |
| 13 | Oryol Region | 29,40 |
| 14 | Tambov Region | 28,86 |
| 15 | Ryazan Oblast | 27,73 |
| 16 | Smolensk region | 18,50 |
| 17 | Tver region | 14,79 |
| 18 | Kostroma region | 10,44 |
Show more ↓ Northwestern Federal District
| № | Region | Population density, people per sq. km. |
| 1 | Saint Petersburg | 3837,73 |
| 2 | Kaliningrad region | 67,35 |
| 3 | Leningrad region | 22,56 |
| 4 | Pskov region | 11,20 |
| 5 | Novgorod region | 10,87 |
| 6 | Vologda Region | 7,96 |
| 7 | Murmansk region | 5,06 |
| 8 | Republic of Karelia | 3,37 |
| 9 | Arkhangelsk region without HAE | 2,62 |
| 10 | Komi Republic | 1,95 |
| 11 | Nenets Aut. district | 0,25 |
Southern Federal District
| № | Region | Population density, people per sq. km. |
| 1 | Sevastopol | 590,27 |
| 2 | Krasnodar region | 75,30 |
| 3 | Republic of Crimea | 72,91 |
| 4 | Republic of Adygea | 59,44 |
| 5 | Rostov region | 41,41 |
| 6 | Volgograd region | 21,92 |
| 7 | Astrakhan region | 20,35 |
| 8 | Republic of Kalmykia | 3,61 |
North Caucasus Federal District
| № | Region | Population density, people per sq. km. |
| 1 | The Republic of Ingushetia | 165,09 |
| 2 | Chechen Republic | 92,63 |
| 3 | Republic of North Ossetia-Alania | 86,78 |
| 4 | Kabardino-Balkaria | 69,70 |
| 5 | The Republic of Dagestan | 62,33 |
| 6 | Stavropol region | 42,21 |
| 7 | Karachay-Cherkessia | 32,59 |
Volga Federal District
| № | Region | Population density, people per sq. km. |
| 1 | Chuvash Republic | 65,85 |
| 2 | Samara Region | 58,88 |
| 3 | Republic of Tatarstan | 57,40 |
| 4 | Nizhny Novgorod Region | 41,46 |
| 5 | Udmurt republic | 35,50 |
| 6 | Ulyanovsk region | 32,77 |
| 7 | The Republic of Mordovia | 29,81 |
| 8 | Penza region | 29,78 |
| 9 | Mari El Republic | 28,89 |
| 10 | Bashkortostan | 28,08 |
| 11 | Saratov region | 23,66 |
| 12 | Perm region | 16,10 |
| 13 | Orenburg region | 15,71 |
| 14 | Kirov region | 10,39 |
Ural federal district
| № | Region | Population density, people per sq. km. |
| 1 | Chelyabinsk region | 38,89 |
| 2 | Sverdlovsk region | 22,08 |
| 3 | Kurgan region | 11,45 |
| 4 | Tyumen region without car O. | 9,64 |
| 5 | Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Region O. — Yugra | 3,16 |
| 6 | Yamalo-Nenets Aut. O. | 0,71 |
Siberian Federal District
| № | Region | Population density, people per sq. km. |
| 1 | Kemerovo region | 27,51 |
| 2 | Novosibirsk region | 15,67 |
| 3 | Altai region | 13,67 |
| 4 | Omsk region | 13,49 |
| 5 | The Republic of Khakassia | 8,64 |
| 6 | Tomsk region | 3,40 |
| 7 | Irkutsk region | 3,07 |
| 8 | Altai Republic | 2,38 |
| 9 | Tyva Republic | 1,96 |
| 10 | Krasnoyarsk region | 1,21 |
Far Eastern Federal District
| № | Region | Population density, people per sq. km. |
| 1 | Primorsky Krai | 11,40 |
| 2 | Sakhalin region | 5,58 |
| 3 | Jewish Autonomous Region | 4,31 |
| 4 | Buryatia | 2,80 |
| 5 | Transbaikal region | 2,44 |
| 6 | Amur region | 2,16 |
| 7 | Khabarovsk region | 1,65 |
| 8 | Kamchatka Krai | 0,67 |
| 9 | The Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) | 0,32 |
| 10 | Magadan Region | 0,30 |
| 11 | Chukotka Autonomous Okrug | 0,07 |
Districts
The administrative-territorial units of a region are districts that independently exercise municipal governance. The districts into which the Tambov region is divided are given below.
Urban district - Tambov city
Multifunctional in the area:
- Branch of the Tambov regional state government institution “Multifunctional center for the provision of state and municipal services” in Tambov
Urban district - the city of Michurinsk
Multifunctional in the area:
- Branch of the Tambov regional state government institution "Multifunctional center for the provision of state and municipal services" in Michurinsk
Urban district - the city of Uvarovo
Multifunctional in the area:
- Uvarovsky municipal government institution Multifunctional center for the provision of state and municipal services in the Tambov region
Urban district - the city of Kotovsk
Multifunctional in the area:
- Kotovsk municipal government institution Multifunctional center for the provision of state and municipal services in the Tambov region
Pervomaisky municipal district
Multifunctional in the area:
- Municipal government institution Multifunctional center for the provision of state and municipal services of the Pervomaisky district of the Tambov region
Tokarevsky municipal district
Multifunctional in the area:
- Tokarevsky district municipal government institution Multifunctional center for the provision of state and municipal services in the Tambov region
Sosnovsky municipal district
Multifunctional in the area:
- Municipal government institution Multifunctional center for the provision of state and municipal services of the Sosnovsky district of the Tambov region
Nikiforovsky municipal district
Multifunctional in the area:
- Nikiforovsky district municipal government institution Multifunctional center for the provision of state and municipal services in the Tambov region
Pichaevsky municipal district
Multifunctional in the area:
- Pichaevsky district municipal government institution Multifunctional center for the provision of state and municipal services in the Tambov region
Urban district - the city of Kirsanov
Multifunctional in the area:
- Kirsanovsky municipal government institution Multifunctional center for the provision of state and municipal services in the Tambov region
Urban district - the city of Morshansk
Multifunctional in the area:
- Morshansky municipal government institution Multifunctional center for the provision of state and municipal services to the population of the Tambov region
Urban district - the city of Rasskazovo
Multifunctional in the area:
- Municipal government institution Rasskazovsky multifunctional center for the provision of state and municipal services to the population of the Tambov region
Bondarsky municipal district
Multifunctional in the area:
- Bondarsky district municipal government institution Multifunctional center for the provision of state and municipal services in the Tambov region
Gavrilovsky municipal district
Multifunctional in the area:
- Gavrilovsky district municipal government institution Multifunctional center for the provision of state and municipal services in the Tambov region
Zherdevsky municipal district
Multifunctional in the area:
- Zherdevsky district municipal government institution Multifunctional center for the provision of state and municipal services in the Tambov region
Znamensky municipal district
Multifunctional in the area:
- Znamensky district municipal government institution Multifunctional center for the provision of state and municipal services in the Tambov region
Inzhavinsky municipal district
Multifunctional in the area:
- Municipal government institution Inzhavinsky multifunctional center for the provision of state and municipal services in the Tambov region
Mordovian municipal district
Multifunctional in the area:
- Mordovian municipal government institution Multifunctional center for the provision of state and municipal services in the Tambov region
Muchkap municipal district
Multifunctional in the area:
- Muchkapsky district municipal government institution Multifunctional center for the provision of state and municipal services in the Tambov region
Petrovsky municipal district
Multifunctional in the area:
- Municipal government institution Multifunctional center for the provision of state and municipal services to the population of the Petrovsky district of the Tambov region
Rzhaksinsky municipal district
Multifunctional in the area:
- Rzhaksinsky district municipal government institution Multifunctional center for the provision of state and municipal services in the Tambov region
Sampursky municipal district
Multifunctional in the area:
- Sampursky district municipal government institution Multifunctional center for the provision of state and municipal services in the Tambov region
Staroyurievsky municipal district
Multifunctional in the area:
- Staroyurievsky district municipal government institution Multifunctional center for the provision of state and municipal services in the Tambov region
Umetsky municipal district
Multifunctional in the area:
- Umet municipal government institution Multifunctional center for the provision of state and municipal services to the population of the Tambov region
Population density in Russia by region in 2021
The most densely populated regions of Russia today are the regions of the European part of the country and the republics of the North Caucasus. The population density in the Central Federal District reaches 60.37 people. per sq. km, and in the North Caucasus - 58.48 people. per sq. km.
This figure is relatively high in the south of Russia and the Volga region. In the Southern Federal District it is 36.81 people. per sq. km., and in the Volga Federal District - 28.03 people. per sq. km.
It is significantly lower in the Northwestern part of the country and in the Urals. In the Northwestern Federal District - 8.26 people. per sq. km., in the Ural Federal District - 6.78 people. per sq. km.
Territories with minimal population density are Siberia and the Far East. In the Siberian Federal District this figure is 3.90 people. per sq. km., and in the Far East - even 1.17 people. per sq. km.
The highest population density is in cities; in rural areas this figure is, accordingly, much lower (see Share of urban and rural populations in the regions of Russia).
The most populous subjects of the Russian Federation
Speaking about the most densely populated regions of Russia, we should immediately highlight three cities, which are independent subjects of the Russian Federation.
These are Moscow, St. Petersburg and Sevastopol. Naturally, the population density there is higher than in other constituent entities of the Russian Federation, which include both urban and rural areas. In Moscow, the population density is 4941.45 people. per sq. km, in St. Petersburg - 3837.73 people. per sq. km, and in Sevastopol - 590.27 people. per sq. km.
“Comparing these cities with other subjects of the Russian Federation in this context, in my opinion, is not very correct,” says Top-RF.ru columnist Dmitry Danilov.
Therefore, we will leave them outside the brackets of our rating. In this case, the region with the highest population density is the Moscow region. Its indicator is 173.89 people. per sq. km.
This is followed by the republics of Ingushetia (165.09), Chechnya (92.63), and North Ossetia (86.78). Rounding out the top five most densely populated regions of Russia (excluding MSK, St. Petersburg and Sevastopol) is the Krasnodar Territory, with a population density of 75.30 people. per sq. km.
See also, the fastest growing cities in Russia >>
The most sparsely populated regions of Russia
The five most sparsely populated regions of the country are as follows:
• Chukotka Autonomous Okrug - 0.07 people. per sq. km. • Nenets Autonomous Okrug - 0.25 people. per sq. km. • Magadan region - 0.30 people. per sq. km. • Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) - 0.32 people. per sq. km • Kamchatka Territory - 0.67 people. per sq. km.
