Russian Federation urban geography:
- Five largest cities: Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Nizhny Novogorod.
- Population of largest city: Moscow: 10,381,222
- Rank size rule: #2: 5,190,611, #3: 3,460,407, #4: 2,595,305, #5: 2,076,244
- Actual population: #2: 5,028,000, #3: 1,419,007, #4: 1,349,772, #5: 1,284,164
- The rank size rule compared to the actual population size is valid to a certain extent. The second largest country has almost the same in both the rank size rule and population are very similar. However, the rest of the cities are a little far off.
- Population: 143.5 million
- Population density: 8.67
- % urban population: 74%
- % urban population living in slums: -1
- Average % change in urban population: 20%
- % with improved urban sanitation: 70%
- % with improved urban water supply: 92%
- Education: pupil to teacher ratio: 18.06