The latest officially reported population of Armenia was 3,033,500 in 2024 vs 143,533,851 people in Russia in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Armenia's population is 2,989,711 people compared to 142,120,553 in Russia.
Population statistics:
- Russia's population is 47.5 times bigger than Armenia's.
- Armenia is ranked the 136th most populous country in the world, while Russia is the 9th.
- The countries together account for 1.75% of the world: 0.04% for Armenia vs 1.72% for Russia.
- For the last 10 years, Armenia has had an average growth rate of +0.04% per year vs -0.02% in Russia.
- Since 2006, the population of Armenia has decreased from 3.13M people to 2.99M (4.39% decline), while Russia has declined from 143M to 142M (0.65% decline).
- Both countries are in a period of decline and in 50 years are projected to lose 30.5% of the population in Armenia and 10.5% in Russia.
Armenia vs Russia: live population counter
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| Current population |
2989711
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142120553
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| Population rank | 136/197 | 9/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.04% | 1.72% |
| One net population change |
7.6 minutes
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1.8 minutes
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| One birth every |
14.4 minutes
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25.5 seconds
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| One death every |
21.6 minutes
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18.1 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
17.5 minutes
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2.95 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -29,966 | -178,042 |
| Daily growth/decline | +190 | -801 |
| Annual growth/decline | +69,200 | -292,279 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.33% | -0.2% |
| Population growth rate rank | 36/197 | 178/197 |
Armenia and Russia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 1,863,705 | 119,897,000 | - | - |
| 1961 | 1,927,484 | 121,236,000 | 3.42% | 1.12% |
| 1962 | 1,991,689 | 122,591,000 | 3.33% | 1.12% |
| 1963 | 2,056,023 | 123,960,000 | 3.23% | 1.12% |
| 1964 | 2,120,135 | 125,345,000 | 3.12% | 1.12% |
| 1965 | 2,183,635 | 126,745,000 | 3% | 1.12% |
| 1966 | 2,246,159 | 127,468,000 | 2.86% | 0.57% |
| 1967 | 2,307,492 | 128,196,000 | 2.73% | 0.57% |
| 1968 | 2,367,319 | 128,928,000 | 2.59% | 0.57% |
| 1969 | 2,424,030 | 129,664,000 | 2.4% | 0.57% |
| 1970 | 2,475,633 | 130,404,000 | 2.13% | 0.57% |
| 1971 | 2,525,345 | 131,155,000 | 2.01% | 0.58% |
| 1972 | 2,577,079 | 131,909,000 | 2.05% | 0.57% |
| 1973 | 2,630,860 | 132,669,000 | 2.09% | 0.58% |
| 1974 | 2,686,445 | 133,432,000 | 2.11% | 0.58% |
| 1975 | 2,743,660 | 134,200,000 | 2.13% | 0.58% |
| 1976 | 2,818,165 | 135,147,000 | 2.72% | 0.71% |
| 1977 | 2,912,827 | 136,100,000 | 3.36% | 0.71% |
| 1978 | 3,012,807 | 137,060,000 | 3.43% | 0.71% |
| 1979 | 3,078,501 | 138,027,000 | 2.18% | 0.71% |
| 1980 | 3,107,415 | 139,010,000 | 0.94% | 0.71% |
| 1981 | 3,135,349 | 139,941,000 | 0.9% | 0.67% |
| 1982 | 3,163,144 | 140,823,000 | 0.89% | 0.63% |
| 1983 | 3,191,539 | 141,668,000 | 0.9% | 0.6% |
| 1984 | 3,224,547 | 142,745,000 | 1.03% | 0.76% |
| 1985 | 3,260,432 | 143,858,000 | 1.11% | 0.78% |
| 1986 | 3,294,847 | 144,894,000 | 1.06% | 0.72% |
| 1987 | 3,328,520 | 145,908,000 | 1.02% | 0.7% |
| 1988 | 3,355,125 | 146,857,000 | 0.8% | 0.65% |
| 1989 | 3,443,100 | 147,721,000 | 2.62% | 0.59% |
| 1990 | 3,552,128 | 147,969,406 | 3.17% | 0.17% |
| 1991 | 3,613,977 | 148,394,216 | 1.74% | 0.29% |
| 1992 | 3,571,861 | 148,538,197 | -1.17% | 0.1% |
| 1993 | 3,453,332 | 148,458,777 | -3.32% | -0.05% |
| 1994 | 3,364,610 | 148,407,912 | -2.57% | -0.03% |
| 1995 | 3,307,581 | 148,375,787 | -1.69% | -0.02% |
| 1996 | 3,278,735 | 148,160,129 | -0.87% | -0.15% |
| 1997 | 3,246,289 | 147,915,361 | -0.99% | -0.17% |
| 1998 | 3,208,401 | 147,670,784 | -1.17% | -0.17% |
| 1999 | 3,167,286 | 147,214,776 | -1.28% | -0.31% |
| 2000 | 3,221,100 | 146,596,869 | 1.7% | -0.42% |
| 2001 | 3,211,800 | 145,976,482 | -0.29% | -0.42% |
| 2002 | 3,199,800 | 145,306,497 | -0.37% | -0.46% |
| 2003 | 3,182,500 | 144,648,618 | -0.54% | -0.45% |
| 2004 | 3,164,900 | 144,067,316 | -0.55% | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 3,146,400 | 143,518,814 | -0.58% | -0.38% |
| 2006 | 3,127,100 | 143,049,637 | -0.61% | -0.33% |
| 2007 | 3,107,400 | 142,805,114 | -0.63% | -0.17% |
| 2008 | 3,087,100 | 142,742,366 | -0.65% | -0.04% |
| 2009 | 3,066,000 | 142,785,348 | -0.68% | 0.03% |
| 2010 | 3,044,800 | 142,849,468 | -0.69% | 0.04% |
| 2011 | 3,027,900 | 143,018,195 | -0.56% | 0.12% |
| 2012 | 3,024,100 | 143,378,447 | -0.13% | 0.25% |
| 2013 | 3,022,000 | 143,805,638 | -0.07% | 0.3% |
| 2014 | 3,013,800 | 144,237,223 | -0.27% | 0.3% |
| 2015 | 3,004,600 | 144,640,716 | -0.31% | 0.28% |
| 2016 | 2,992,300 | 145,015,460 | -0.41% | 0.26% |
| 2017 | 2,979,400 | 145,293,260 | -0.43% | 0.19% |
| 2018 | 2,969,000 | 145,398,106 | -0.35% | 0.07% |
| 2019 | 2,962,500 | 145,453,291 | -0.22% | 0.04% |
| 2020 | 2,961,500 | 145,245,148 | -0.03% | -0.14% |
| 2021 | 2,962,300 | 144,746,762 | 0.03% | -0.34% |
| 2022 | 2,969,200 | 144,236,933 | 0.23% | -0.35% |
| 2023 | 2,964,300 | 143,826,130 | -0.17% | -0.28% |
| 2024 | 3,033,500 | 143,533,851 | 2.33% | -0.2% |
| 2025 | 3,011,581 | 142,718,132 | -0.72% | -0.57% |
| 2026 | 2,989,711 | 142,120,553 | -0.73% | -0.42% |
| 2027 | 2,968,880 | 141,773,330 | -0.7% | -0.24% |
| 2028 | 2,948,800 | 141,402,326 | -0.68% | -0.26% |
| 2029 | 2,928,602 | 141,021,009 | -0.68% | -0.27% |
| 2030 | 2,908,489 | 140,628,883 | -0.69% | -0.28% |
| 2031 | 2,888,640 | 140,218,596 | -0.68% | -0.29% |
| 2032 | 2,869,219 | 139,807,207 | -0.67% | -0.29% |
| 2033 | 2,850,085 | 139,414,947 | -0.67% | -0.28% |
| 2034 | 2,831,031 | 139,034,543 | -0.67% | -0.27% |
| 2035 | 2,812,033 | 138,666,694 | -0.67% | -0.26% |
| 2036 | 2,793,100 | 138,311,757 | -0.67% | -0.26% |
| 2037 | 2,774,500 | 137,968,177 | -0.67% | -0.25% |
| 2038 | 2,756,170 | 137,643,032 | -0.66% | -0.24% |
| 2039 | 2,737,660 | 137,336,299 | -0.67% | -0.22% |
| 2040 | 2,718,999 | 137,053,347 | -0.68% | -0.21% |
| 2041 | 2,700,831 | 136,795,588 | -0.67% | -0.19% |
| 2042 | 2,682,880 | 136,558,692 | -0.66% | -0.17% |
| 2043 | 2,665,115 | 136,335,849 | -0.66% | -0.16% |
| 2044 | 2,647,900 | 136,124,845 | -0.65% | -0.15% |
| 2045 | 2,630,963 | 135,933,758 | -0.64% | -0.14% |
| 2046 | 2,613,917 | 135,756,848 | -0.65% | -0.13% |
| 2047 | 2,596,764 | 135,574,181 | -0.66% | -0.13% |
| 2048 | 2,579,572 | 135,372,557 | -0.66% | -0.15% |
| 2049 | 2,562,377 | 135,156,911 | -0.67% | -0.16% |
| 2050 | 2,545,255 | 134,923,391 | -0.67% | -0.17% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Armenia decreased by 134,800 people (a 4.31% decline), while Russia gained 1,965,823 people (a 1.37% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Armenia lost -2,589 (a 0.09% decline), while Russia's population decreased by -2,894,907 (a 2% decline).
Armenia was ranked 131st most populous country in 2006 and is 136th in 2026. Russia was ranked 9th in 2006 and still ranked 9th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Armenia's population will shrink by 14.9% to 2,545,255 people with a rank change from 136th to 142nd. The population of Russia will decrease by 5.06% to 134,923,391 people and rank change from 9th to 13th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Yerevan | 1.11M |
| Gyumri | 122K |
| Vanadzor | 90.5K |
| Abovyan | 44.4K |
| Kapan | 43.2K |
| Armavir | 38.6K |
| Ashtarak | 21.6K |
| Masis | 21.4K |
| Goris | 20.6K |
| Spitak | 15K |
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| City | Population |
| Moscow | 13.3M |
| Saint Petersburg | 5.65M |
| Novosibirsk | 1.64M |
| Yekaterinburg | 1.47M |
| Kazan | 1.33M |
| Nizhny Novgorod | 1.2M |
| Chelyabinsk | 1.18M |
| Krasnodar | 1.15M |
| Samara | 1.15M |
| Ufa | 1.14M |
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Population differences between Armenia and Russia
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| Life expectancy | 76.2 years | 73.7 years |
| Average age | 38 years | 40.8 years |
| Median age | 37.1 years | 40.9 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 46.4:53.6 | 46.4:53.6 |
| Fertility rate | 1.9 births per woman | 1.41 births per woman |
| Population density | 278.6 ppl/mi² | 22.7 ppl/mi² |
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