MOSCOW, Jan 29 (CGTN) - Russia's population declined by more than one million people in 2021, the country's statistics agency Rosstat reported Friday.

The figures also showed that death rate in 2021 increased 15.1 percent compared to previous year, which the agency said was exacerbated by the pandemic.

Rosstat figures showed more than 660,000 people died with coronavirus since health officials recorded the first case in the country.

A total of 2.445 million have died in Russia in 2021.