Russia vs Ukraine
Russia has 3.7× the population of Ukraine: 143,513,328 vs 38,980,376, a gap of 104.5 million. Ukraine is growing faster (+2.92% vs −0.11% a year), adding about 1,136,565 people a year against −156,235. Using continuous exponential growth from the stated base year, if these rates held, Ukraine would overtake Russia in about 43 years (from the 2025 population bases, around 2068) — a projection, not a forecast. Ukraine is the older society: 19.0% aged 65+ against 17.8% in Russia, while Russia has more children (17.0% under 15 vs 13.7%). Ukraine is 7.4× as densely populated (65.1 vs 8.8 people per km²). People in Ukraine live 1.3 years longer on average (74.7 vs 73.4). GDP per capita is 3.0× higher in Russia ($17,547 vs $5,866).
Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Russia) and 2025 (Ukraine); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.
Russia vs Ukraine — side by side
 Russia |  Ukraine | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 143,513,3282025 | 38,980,3762025 |
| Growth rate / yr | −0.11%2025 | +2.92%2025 |
| Births per 1,000 | 8.42024 | 5.52024 |
| Deaths per 1,000 | 12.42024 | 13.62024 |
| Children per woman | 1.422024 | 0.992024 |
| Life expectancy | 73.4 yrs2024 | 74.7 yrs2024 |
| Aged 0–14 | 17.0%2025 | 13.7%2025 |
| Aged 65+ | 17.8%2025 | 19.0%2025 |
| Density | 8.8 /km²2023 | 65.1 /km²2023 |
| Area | 17,125,190 km²2023 | 603,550 km²2023 |
| Urban population | 75.3%2025 | 69.6%2025 |
| Net migration / yr | -251,8222025 | +1,702,3582025 |
| GDP per capita | $17,5472025 | $5,8662025 |
| Country population rank (available records) | #9 | #40 |
| Base / world population (World Bank 2025) | 1.75% | 0.47% |
Highlighted cell = the higher value (not "better"). Small print under each value is its own data year. Source: World Bank; country/territory population bases may have different years. These are not live counts.
Population since 1960
World Bank population history (not the separate UN WPP timeline). Russia: 1.2× from 1960 to 2025; Ukraine: 0.9× from 1960 to 2025. Left: absolute population. Right: each series indexed to its own first available year = 100; baseline years may differ.
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