Economic_regions_of_Russia Knowpia

Russia is divided into twelve economic regions (Russian: экономи́ческие райо́ны, romanized: ekonomicheskiye rayony) — groups of federal subjects sharing the following characteristics:

Common economic and social goals and participation in development programs;
Relatively similar economic conditions and potential;
Similar climatic, ecological, and geological conditions;
Similar methods of technical inspection of new construction;
Similar methods of conducting customs oversight;
Overall similar living conditions of the population.

No federal subject can belong to more than one economic region.

Economic regions are also grouped into economic zones (also called "macrozones"). An economic region or its parts can belong to more than one economic zone.

Establishment and abolition of economic regions and economic zones or any changes in their composition are decided upon by the federal government of Russia.

This division into economic regions is different from the division into federal districts. The former are solely for economic and statistical purposes, and the latter exist solely to uphold the federal laws on the territory of the country.

Table

Economic region	Population (2021) ^{[citation needed]}	Area (km2) ^{[citation needed]}
Central	33,276,581	482,300
Central Black Earth	7,057,951	167,900
East Siberian	6,096,127	3,371,800
Far Eastern	7,975,762	6,952,600
Kaliningrad	1,029,966	15,100
North Caucasus	22,642,000	381,600
Northern	4,101,852	1,476,600
Northwestern	8,785,379	195,200
Ural	18,416,392	823,300
Volga	15,811,458	539,800
Volga-Vyatka	6,968,440	264,800
West Siberian	16,281,060	2,454,000