Saint Petersburg — federal city population
Saint Petersburg has a recorded base population of 5,351,935 for the federal city definition (Population reference date not supplied in local record). GeoNames administrative-unit record; the moving counter uses World Bank national growth (2025); not measured local growth, not new population observations.
At a glance
Separate UN urban-centre definition
Saint Petersburg UN urban centre: 4,736,499 people (2025), smaller than the displayed federal city figure of 5,351,935. Separate GeoNames settlement record: 5,351,935; the UN value is smaller (different boundaries; GeoNames population date unavailable). UN WUP 2025 Degree of Urbanisation; not a municipal/province boundary. Association: name/country/coordinates matched; boundary relationship unverified. No containment claim is made.
Administrative units of Saint Petersburg
30 administrative records listed; completeness not established. 30 of 30 population values available; population values and dates not independently verified.
Available-value subtotal: 2,844,398; not a reconciled total. Shares use the displayed federal city denominator 5,351,935; mixed/unknown dates are not comparable. An em dash means missing, not zero.
| Unit | Population | Share | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kalininskiy | 504,641 | 9.43% | Not independently verified |
| Krasnogvargeisky | 337,091 | 6.30% | Not independently verified |
| Centralniy | 214,625 | 4.01% | Not independently verified |
| Vasyl'evsky Ostrov | 203,058 | 3.79% | Not independently verified |
| Admiralteisky | 157,897 | 2.95% | Not independently verified |
| Petrogradka | 130,455 | 2.44% | Not independently verified |
| Akademicheskoe | 103,304 | 1.93% | Not independently verified |
| Ozerki | 95,000 | 1.78% | Not independently verified |
| Svetlanovskiy | 85,508 | 1.60% | Not independently verified |
| Komendantsky aerodrom | 84,052 | 1.57% | Not independently verified |
| Dachnoye | 72,822 | 1.36% | Not independently verified |
| Finlyandskiy | 72,292 | 1.35% | Not independently verified |
| Grazhdanka | 71,128 | 1.33% | Not independently verified |
| Parnas | 66,693 | 1.25% | Not independently verified |
| Sosnovka | 66,227 | 1.24% | Not independently verified |
| Chernaya Rechka | 56,429 | 1.05% | Not independently verified |
| Rybatskoye | 55,076 | 1.03% | Not independently verified |
| Uritsk | 55,037 | 1.03% | Not independently verified |
| Kupchino | 54,198 | 1.01% | Not independently verified |
| Untolovo | 50,000 | 0.93% | Not independently verified |
| Sosnovaya Polyana | 48,271 | 0.90% | Not independently verified |
| Obukhovo | 45,664 | 0.85% | Not independently verified |
| Avtovo | 44,667 | 0.83% | Not independently verified |
| Kolomyagi | 39,945 | 0.75% | Not independently verified |
| Sampsonievskiy | 39,318 | 0.73% | Not independently verified |
| Staraya Derevnya | 35,000 | 0.65% | Not independently verified |
| Krestovskiy ostrov | 20,000 | 0.37% | Not independently verified |
| Novaya Derevnya | 20,000 | 0.37% | Not independently verified |
| Lakhtinskiy | 10,000 | 0.19% | Not independently verified |
| Shuvalovo | 6,000 | 0.11% | Not independently verified |
Comparable database records
Same definition label: federal city. Dates/boundaries may still differ; this is not a harmonised international city ranking. Ratios use 5,351,935 as denominator.
| Place | Population | vs Saint Petersburg |
|---|---|---|
| Moscow | 13,010,112 | +143.1% |
About these numbers
Source: GeoNames administrative-unit record. Reference: Population reference date not supplied in local record; GeoNames record modified 2026-04-16 (not the population date). Live method: exponential projection from modelling anchor 2025-07-01 using World Bank national growth (2025); not measured local growth (−0.11% per year). This anchor is a modelling convention, not an observed population date. Tiles, ranks and comparisons use the recorded base figure 5,351,935, not the ticking estimate. Country/world denominators are World Bank values and can differ in date and method from local/UN values. Ranks cover only records with the same definition label in this database, not all cities in the world.
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