Russia Population
Russia had an estimated population of 143,513,328 in mid-2025 (World Bank), making it the 9th most populous of 217 countries and territories, with 1.75% of everyone alive. The counter above projects that figure forward at the current growth rate of −0.11% a year.
Russia at a glance
How Russia's population is changing
Russia's population is roughly stable: −0.11% a year, which works out to about −156,235 people per year, or −428 a day. Births (8.4 per 1,000) and deaths (12.4 per 1,000) alone would give −0.40% a year; net migration removes about 251,822 people a year (−0.18%). Roughly one in every 57 people on Earth lives in Russia.
Population of Russia since 1960
In 1960, Russia had 119,897,000 people. By 2025 that was 143,513,328 — 1.2× larger. The population peaked in 1992 at 148,538,197 and has declined since. The fastest growth came between 1960 and 1970, when the population rose by 9%.
| Year | Population | Change vs previous row |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 119,897,000 | — |
| 1970 | 130,404,000 | +8.8% |
| 1980 | 139,010,000 | +6.6% |
| 1990 | 147,969,406 | +6.4% |
| 2000 | 146,596,869 | −0.9% |
| 2010 | 142,849,468 | −2.6% |
| 2020 | 145,245,148 | +1.7% |
| 2025 | 143,513,328 | −1.2% |
Russia from 1800 to 2100
Modelled estimates put Russia at about 31,295,641 people in 1800; the UN estimates 143,997,393 in 2025 (5× 1800) and projects 126,386,520 for 2100 in its medium scenario. The population is projected to peak around 1991 at 149,448,433 and decline afterwards.
| Year | Population | Kind |
|---|---|---|
| 1800 | 31,295,641 | modelled estimate |
| 1850 | 41,297,296 | modelled estimate |
| 1900 | 64,843,834 | modelled estimate |
| 1950 | 103,392,364 | UN estimate |
| 2000 | 146,717,784 | UN estimate |
| 2025 | 143,997,393 | UN projection |
| 2050 | 136,132,783 | UN projection |
| 2075 | 128,554,063 | UN projection |
| 2100 | 126,386,520 | UN projection |
Country live/base figures use World Bank estimates; this historical/future chart uses a separate UN series and need not match the World Bank base in overlapping years. Before 1950: HYDE 3.3 / Gapminder reconstructions via Our World in Data — historical modelling, not censuses. 1950–2023: UN World Population Prospects 2024. 2024–2100: UN medium projection. Open the time machine to see the whole map in any year.
Largest listed places in Russia
10 records sorted by displayed base population. Definitions vary (province/administrative unit, UN urban centre or GeoNames settlement); this is not a harmonised city ranking. Shares use World Bank 2025 country population 143,513,328. Dates and boundaries may differ. Overlapping entities are not summed.
| # | Place | Population | Definition | Share | Source / reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moscow | 13,010,112 | federal city | 9.07% | GeoNames administrative-unit record; Population reference date not supplied in local record; GeoNames record modified 2026-08-24 (not the population date) |
| 2 | Saint Petersburg | 5,351,935 | federal city | 3.73% | GeoNames administrative-unit record; Population reference date not supplied in local record; GeoNames record modified 2026-04-16 (not the population date) |
| 3 | Novosibirsk | 1,331,432 | UN urban centre | 0.93% | UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025; 2025 annual estimate |
| 4 | Nizhniy Novgorod | 1,259,013 | GeoNames settlement | 0.88% | GeoNames settlement record; Population reference date not supplied in local record |
| 5 | Yekaterinburg | 1,148,237 | UN urban centre | 0.80% | UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025; 2025 annual estimate |
| 6 | Kazan | 1,132,941 | UN urban centre | 0.79% | UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025; 2025 annual estimate |
| 7 | Rostov-on-Don | 1,065,880 | UN urban centre | 0.74% | UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025; 2025 annual estimate |
| 8 | Perm | 982,419 | GeoNames settlement | 0.68% | GeoNames settlement record; Population reference date not supplied in local record |
| 9 | Omsk | 975,485 | UN urban centre | 0.68% | UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025; 2025 annual estimate |
| 10 | Samara | 955,599 | UN urban centre | 0.67% | UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025; 2025 annual estimate |
How Russia compares
Russia has almost the same population as Ethiopia (135,472,051).
| Rank | Country | Population | vs Russia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #7 |  Brazil | 212,812,405 | +48% | compare → |
| #8 |  Bangladesh | 175,686,899 | +22% | compare → |
| #10 |  Ethiopia | 135,472,051 | −6% | compare → |
| #11 |  Mexico | 131,946,900 | −8% | compare → |
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Land neighbours (14)
China 1,406,585,000 · 9.8× the population · compare
Ukraine 38,980,376 · 3.7× smaller · compare
Poland 36,435,861 · 3.9× smaller · compare
North Korea 26,571,036 · 5.4× smaller · compare
Kazakhstan 20,843,754 · 6.9× smaller · compare
Azerbaijan 10,246,996 · 14.0× smaller · compare
Belarus 9,085,991 · 15.8× smaller · compare
Finland 5,646,436 · 25.4× smaller · compare
Norway 5,610,870 · 25.6× smaller · compare
Georgia 3,935,766 · 36.5× smaller · compare
Mongolia 3,568,978 · 40.2× smaller · compare
Lithuania 2,888,774 · 49.7× smaller · compare
Latvia 1,847,785 · 77.7× smaller · compare
Estonia 1,366,475 · 105.0× smaller · compare
Russia's 14 neighbours together hold 1,573,614,098 people — 11.0× Russia's population. The most populous is China (1,406,585,000).
In its region
Russia is the 1st most populous of the 58 economies in Europe & Central Asia, holding 15.4% of the region's 932,525,035 people.
Rankings featuring Russia
Cities
Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Nizhniy Novgorod, Yekaterinburg, Kazan, Rostov-on-Don, Perm — all Russia's cities on the map.
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Population, growth, birth and death rates, migration, density, age structure, life expectancy, fertility and GDP per capita come from the World Bank Indicators API (latest available year shown beside each figure). The live counter applies the annual growth rate continuously from 1 July 2025 — a model, not a measurement. City populations are the latest census or official estimate held by GeoNames and are not projected. Sub-city units are folded into their parent city.
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