Dagestan and Chechnya were among the top five regions in Russia for the number of large families. Dagestan had 3,400 such families raising 12,700 children, while Chechnya had 2,400 and 9,800, respectively.
Moscow (4,900 families, 15,700 children) and the Moscow Region (4,000 and 13,600) were the leaders in the overall number of large families. A significant difference between the North Caucasus regions and other regions of the Russian Federation is the higher average number of children per large family. In Dagestan, for example, in January, there were 5,400 children among 1,400 families, an average of 3.66 children per family, while in Moscow, the figure was 3.26.
Between January and March of this year, approximately 75,000 children were born in Russia, including third, fourth, and subsequent births. Of these, 44,900 were third children, 18,200 were fourth children, and 11,000 were fifth and subsequent births.
