Central Federal District

This article is about the political group of regions by a presidential decree. For geographical region, see Central Russia.

The Central Federal District (Russian: Центральный федеральный округ, IPA: [tsɨnˈtralʲnɨj fʲɪdʲɪˈralʲnɨj ˈokrʊk]) 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 650,200 square kilometers (251,000 sq mi),^[2] and recorded a population of 40,334,532 (82.1% urban) in the 2021 Census.^[6] The Presidential Envoy to the Central Federal District is Igor Shchyogolev.

Lake Visha, Central Federal District

Central Federal District Центральный федеральный округ
Federal district of Russia
Country	Russia
Established	13 May 2000[1]
Administrative Centre	Moscow
Government
• Presidential Envoy	Igor Shchyogolev
Area [2]
• Total	650,205 km2 (251,046 sq mi)
• Rank	6th
Population  (2021 Census[3])
• Total	40,334,532
• Rank	1st
• Density	62/km2 (160/sq mi)
• Urban	82.1%
• Rural	17.9%
GDP (Nominal, 2022) [4]
• Total	₽47.37 trillion (US$643.15 billion)
• Per capita	₽1.18 million (US$15,971.12)
Federal subjects	18 contained
Economic regions	2 contained
HDI (2022)	0.815[5] very high · 3rd
Website	cfo.gov.ru

Central Federal District

Central Federal District in Russia

Demographics

Population pyramid of the Central Federal District at the 2021 Russian Census

Federal subjects

The district comprises the Central and Central Black Earth economic regions and eighteen federal subjects:

#	Flag	Coat of Arms	Federal subject	Area in km2[2]	Population	GDP[7]	Administrative center	Map of Administrative Division
1			Belgorod Oblast	27,100	1,540,486	₽1,355 billion	Belgorod
2			Bryansk Oblast	34,900	1,169,161	₽469 billion	Bryansk
3			Vladimir Oblast	29,100	1,348,134	₽737 billion	Vladimir
4			Voronezh Oblast	52,200	2,308,792	₽1,255 billion	Voronezh
5			Ivanovo Oblast	21,400	927,828	₽300 billion	Ivanovo
6			Kaluga Oblast	29,800	1,069,904	₽664 billion	Kaluga
7			Kostroma Oblast	60,200	580,976	₽242 billion	Kostroma
8			Kursk Oblast	30,000	1,082,458	₽684 billion	Kursk
9			Lipetsk Oblast	24,000	1,143,224	₽844 billion	Lipetsk
10			Moscow	2,600	13,010,112	₽24,471 billion	Moscow
11			Moscow Oblast	44,300	8,524,665	₽6,832 billion	None; most public authorities located in Moscow, subject administration located in Krasnogorsk
12			Oryol Oblast	24,700	713,374	₽337 billion	Oryol
13			Ryazan Oblast	39,600	1,102,810	₽532 billion	Ryazan
14			Smolensk Oblast	49,800	888,421	₽422 billion	Smolensk
15			Tambov Oblast	34,500	982,991	₽429 billion	Tambov
16			Tver Oblast	84,200	1,230,171	₽555 billion	Tver
17			Tula Oblast	25,700	1,501,214	₽868 billion	Tula
18			Yaroslavl Oblast	36,200	1,209,811	₽690 billion	Yaroslavl

According to the results of the 2021 census, the ethnic composition of the Central Federal District is as follows:^[8]

Ethnicity	Population	Percentage
Russians	31,979,405	93.05%
Armenians	227,833	0.66%
Ukrainians	206,100	0.60%
Tatars	164,436	0.48%
Tajiks	120,594	0.35%
Uzbeks	111,206	0.32%
Azerbaijanis	100,665	0.29%
Belarusians	55,673	0.16%
Georgians	44,860	0.13%
Kyrgyz	44,729	0.13%
Jews	37,709	0.11%
Moldovans	36,764	0.11%
Others	1,238,440	3.60%
Ethnicity not stated	5,966,118	–

Vital statistics for 2022:^[9][10]

• Births: 330,013 (8.5 per 1,000)
• Deaths: 529,175 (13.6 per 1,000)

Total fertility rate (2022):^[11]

1.31 children per woman

Life expectancy (2021):^[12]

70.85 years

Economy

As of 2020^[update], the GRP in Central Federal District reached RUB33.6 trillion(€407 billion)^[13] and around €10,000 per capita.

Presidential plenipotentiary envoys to the Central Federal District

№	Name (envoy)	Photo	Term of office			Appointed by
			Start of term	End of term	Length of service
1	Georgy Poltavchenko		18 May 2000	31 August 2011	11 years, 105 days (4,122 days)	Vladimir Putin
-	Andrey Popov (acting)		31 August 2011	6 September 2011	6 days	Dmitry Medvedev
2	Oleg Govorun		6 September 2011	21 May 2012	258 days
3	Alexander Beglov		23 May 2012	25 December 2017	5 years, 216 days (2,773 days)	Vladimir Putin
4	Alexey Gordeyev		25 December 2017	18 May 2018	144 days
5	Igor Shchyogolev		26 June 2018	present	7 years, 52 days (2,609 days)