Samarskaya Oblast: population and official figures

Samarskaya Oblast is a first-level division of Russia, number 11 of 83 by population. The World Bank estimates Samarskaya Oblast's population at 3,249,000 in 2016, 2.3% of the total for Russia's 83 first-level divisions, making it 11th largest of 83.

In depth

• Economy, jobs and prices in Samarskaya Oblast: Bank loan debt of individuals in Samara Oblast stood at 629.0 billion roubles on 1 September 2026, having grown 5.2% in twelve months, while Russia as a whole saw +7.2%.
• Poverty and living standards in Samarskaya Oblast: Banks issued 16,757 mortgage loans to households in Samara Oblast in 2025 (16th highest of 82 regions by number), down 29.6% on the 23,815 issued in 2024.
• Government budget and revenue in Samarskaya Oblast: The government of Samara Oblast owed 61.6 billion roubles on 1 October 2026, or 19,761 roubles per resident, 41st highest of 83 regions (Russian average 23,544 roubles).
• Government and politics in Samarskaya Oblast: Vyacheslav Fedorishchev is the Governor of Samara Oblast, the highest official of the region, according to the Federation Council's regional page in October 2026.

How first-level divisions are governed in Russia

Federal subjects – regions, republics, krais, federal cities (89 claimed by Russia, including Crimea and four regions of Ukraine whose annexation the UN General Assembly does not recognise). Governor (head) directly elected in most regions; regional legislature directly elected. Regional laws, budgets, health, education, regional police co-ordination. Governors can now discipline and remove local administration heads in some cases.

Every tier of government in Russia

The World Bank's subnational population estimates end in 2016. For later figures, see Russia's statistics office on the Russia page.

Other first-level divisions of Russia

• Moskva 13,210,600
• Moskovskaya Oblast 8,715,800
• Krasnodarskiy Kray 5,825,300
• Sankt-peterburg 5,628,300
• Sverdlovskaya Oblast 4,222,900
• Rostovskaya Oblast 4,144,700
• Bashkortostan Rep. 4,053,000
• Tatarstan Rep. 4,011,800
• Chelyabinskaya Oblast 3,389,900
• Dagestan Rep. 3,244,700
• Nizhegorodskaya Oblast 3,050,900
• Stavropolskiy Kray 2,886,000
• Krasnoyarskiy Kray 2,840,900
• Novosibirskaya Oblast 2,788,700
• Kemerovskaya Oblast 2,537,600
• Permskaya Oblast 2,488,200
• Volgogradskaya Oblast 2,444,100
• Saratovskaya Oblast 2,377,100
• Irkutskaya Oblast 2,326,200
• Voronezhskaya Oblast 2,266,600
• Altayskiy Kray 2,106,500
• Leningradskaya Oblast 2,049,100
• Orenburgskaya Oblast 1,822,600
• Omskaya Oblast 1,811,000
• Primorskiy Kray 1,803,400
• Khanty-mansyiskiy Okrug 1,768,200
• Tyumenskaya Oblast 1,620,600
• Chechnya Rep. 1,564,400
• Belgorodskaya Oblast 1,492,500
• Tulskaya Oblast 1,463,300
• Udmurtiya Rep. 1,431,000
• Vladimirskaya Oblast 1,304,700
• Khabarovskiy Kray 1,275,900
• Penzenskaya Oblast 1,230,900
• Tverskaya Oblast 1,195,200
• Yaroslavskaya Oblast 1,183,400
• Ulyanovskaya Oblast 1,168,600
• Chuvashiya Rep. 1,163,000
• Bryanskaya Oblast 1,138,100
• Kirovskaya Oblast 1,124,100
• Vologodskaya Oblast 1,118,000
• Lipetskaya Oblast 1,112,500
• Ryazanskaya Oblast 1,078,200
• Kaluzhskaya Oblast 1,068,200
• Kurskaya Oblast 1,055,300
• Tomskaya Oblast 1,042,200
• Kaliningradskaya Oblast 1,034,500
• Sakha Rep. 1,003,900
• Zabaykalsky Kray 983,300
• Buryatiya Rep. 971,300
• Arkhangelskaya Oblast 951,900
• Tambovskaya Oblast 951,300
• Astrakhanskaya Oblast 946,500
• Kabardino-balkariya Rep. 906,700
• Ivanovskaya Oblast 902,600
• Smolenskaya Oblast 860,600
• Mordoviya Rep. 762,100
• Amurskaya Oblast 751,600
• Kurganskaya Oblast 748,300
• Komi Rep. 717,000
• Orlovskaya Oblast 689,700
• Severnaya Osetiya-alaniya Rep. 678,600
• Mariy-el Rep. 667,800
• Murmanskaya Oblast 653,200
• Pskovskaya Oblast 578,100
• Novgorodskaya Oblast 569,400
• Kostromskaya Oblast 563,700
• Ingushetiya Rep. 530,500
• Khakasiya Rep. 526,800
• Karelya Rep. 521,300
• Yamalo-nenetskiy Okrug 519,400
• Adygeya Rep. 500,700
• Karatchayevo-cherkesiya Rep. 468,400
• Sakhalinskaya Oblast 457,400
• Tyva Rep. 338,200
• Kamchatskaya Oblast 288,400
• Kalmykiya Rep. 266,300
• Altay Rep. 210,400
• Evenkiyskiy Okrug 178,000
• Magadanskaya Oblast 134,000
• Chukotskiy Okrug 47,900
• Nenetskiy Okrug 41,900

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Sources

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