The latest officially reported population of Brazil was 211,998,573 in 2024 vs 143,533,851 people in Russia in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Brazil's population is 213,570,306 people compared to 142,120,553 in Russia.
Population statistics:
- Brazil's population is 1.5 times bigger than Russia's.
- Brazil is ranked the 7th most populous country in the world, while Russia is the 9th.
- The countries together account for 4.3% of the world: 2.58% for Brazil vs 1.72% for Russia.
- For the last 10 years, Brazil has had an average growth rate of +0.6% per year vs -0.02% in Russia.
- Since 2006, the population of Brazil has increased from 187M people to 214M (14.4% growth), while Russia has declined from 143M to 142M (0.65% decline).
- Brazil is projected to reach its peak in 2042 at 219M people, while Russia's population already peaked in 1992 at 149M people and is projected to decrease to 125M people by 2100.
Brazil vs Russia: live population counter
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| Current population |
213570306
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142120553
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| Population rank | 7/197 | 9/197 |
| Percent of world population | 2.58% | 1.72% |
| One net population change |
36.8 seconds
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1.8 minutes
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| One birth every |
12.1 seconds
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25.5 seconds
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| One death every |
21.1 seconds
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18.1 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
2.33 minutes
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2.95 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -225,510 | -178,042 |
| Daily growth/decline | +2,350 | -801 |
| Annual growth/decline | +857,844 | -292,279 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.41% | -0.2% |
| Population growth rate rank | 141/197 | 178/197 |
Brazil and Russia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 72,388,126 | 119,897,000 | - | - |
| 1961 | 74,605,447 | 121,236,000 | 3.06% | 1.12% |
| 1962 | 76,865,323 | 122,591,000 | 3.03% | 1.12% |
| 1963 | 79,164,235 | 123,960,000 | 2.99% | 1.12% |
| 1964 | 81,488,595 | 125,345,000 | 2.94% | 1.12% |
| 1965 | 83,817,583 | 126,745,000 | 2.86% | 1.12% |
| 1966 | 86,139,359 | 127,468,000 | 2.77% | 0.57% |
| 1967 | 88,446,124 | 128,196,000 | 2.68% | 0.57% |
| 1968 | 90,741,240 | 128,928,000 | 2.59% | 0.57% |
| 1969 | 93,045,777 | 129,664,000 | 2.54% | 0.57% |
| 1970 | 95,375,651 | 130,404,000 | 2.5% | 0.57% |
| 1971 | 97,739,273 | 131,155,000 | 2.48% | 0.58% |
| 1972 | 100,146,797 | 131,909,000 | 2.46% | 0.57% |
| 1973 | 102,600,976 | 132,669,000 | 2.45% | 0.58% |
| 1974 | 105,089,675 | 133,432,000 | 2.43% | 0.58% |
| 1975 | 107,619,565 | 134,200,000 | 2.41% | 0.58% |
| 1976 | 110,213,349 | 135,147,000 | 2.41% | 0.71% |
| 1977 | 112,875,292 | 136,100,000 | 2.42% | 0.71% |
| 1978 | 115,600,942 | 137,060,000 | 2.41% | 0.71% |
| 1979 | 118,380,821 | 138,027,000 | 2.4% | 0.71% |
| 1980 | 121,207,461 | 139,010,000 | 2.39% | 0.71% |
| 1981 | 124,063,109 | 139,941,000 | 2.36% | 0.67% |
| 1982 | 126,923,155 | 140,823,000 | 2.31% | 0.63% |
| 1983 | 129,790,077 | 141,668,000 | 2.26% | 0.6% |
| 1984 | 132,658,864 | 142,745,000 | 2.21% | 0.76% |
| 1985 | 135,515,595 | 143,858,000 | 2.15% | 0.78% |
| 1986 | 138,336,370 | 144,894,000 | 2.08% | 0.72% |
| 1987 | 141,104,944 | 145,908,000 | 2% | 0.7% |
| 1988 | 143,826,357 | 146,857,000 | 1.93% | 0.65% |
| 1989 | 146,502,972 | 147,721,000 | 1.86% | 0.59% |
| 1990 | 149,143,223 | 147,969,406 | 1.8% | 0.17% |
| 1991 | 151,724,256 | 148,394,216 | 1.73% | 0.29% |
| 1992 | 154,275,079 | 148,538,197 | 1.68% | 0.1% |
| 1993 | 156,794,577 | 148,458,777 | 1.63% | -0.05% |
| 1994 | 159,265,006 | 148,407,912 | 1.58% | -0.03% |
| 1995 | 161,735,073 | 148,375,787 | 1.55% | -0.02% |
| 1996 | 164,202,549 | 148,160,129 | 1.53% | -0.15% |
| 1997 | 166,661,659 | 147,915,361 | 1.5% | -0.17% |
| 1998 | 169,159,655 | 147,670,784 | 1.5% | -0.17% |
| 1999 | 171,641,543 | 147,214,776 | 1.47% | -0.31% |
| 2000 | 174,018,282 | 146,596,869 | 1.38% | -0.42% |
| 2001 | 176,301,203 | 145,976,482 | 1.31% | -0.42% |
| 2002 | 178,503,484 | 145,306,497 | 1.25% | -0.46% |
| 2003 | 180,622,688 | 144,648,618 | 1.19% | -0.45% |
| 2004 | 182,675,143 | 144,067,316 | 1.14% | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 184,688,101 | 143,518,814 | 1.1% | -0.38% |
| 2006 | 186,653,106 | 143,049,637 | 1.06% | -0.33% |
| 2007 | 188,552,320 | 142,805,114 | 1.02% | -0.17% |
| 2008 | 190,367,302 | 142,742,366 | 0.96% | -0.04% |
| 2009 | 192,079,951 | 142,785,348 | 0.9% | 0.03% |
| 2010 | 193,701,929 | 142,849,468 | 0.84% | 0.04% |
| 2011 | 195,284,734 | 143,018,195 | 0.82% | 0.12% |
| 2012 | 196,876,111 | 143,378,447 | 0.81% | 0.25% |
| 2013 | 198,478,299 | 143,805,638 | 0.81% | 0.3% |
| 2014 | 200,085,127 | 144,237,223 | 0.81% | 0.3% |
| 2015 | 201,675,532 | 144,640,716 | 0.79% | 0.28% |
| 2016 | 203,218,114 | 145,015,460 | 0.76% | 0.26% |
| 2017 | 204,703,445 | 145,293,260 | 0.73% | 0.19% |
| 2018 | 206,107,261 | 145,398,106 | 0.69% | 0.07% |
| 2019 | 207,455,459 | 145,453,291 | 0.65% | 0.04% |
| 2020 | 208,660,842 | 145,245,148 | 0.58% | -0.14% |
| 2021 | 209,550,294 | 144,746,762 | 0.43% | -0.34% |
| 2022 | 210,306,415 | 144,236,933 | 0.36% | -0.35% |
| 2023 | 211,140,729 | 143,826,130 | 0.4% | -0.28% |
| 2024 | 211,998,573 | 143,533,851 | 0.41% | -0.2% |
| 2025 | 212,812,405 | 142,718,132 | 0.38% | -0.57% |
| 2026 | 213,562,674 | 142,120,553 | 0.35% | -0.42% |
| 2027 | 214,261,037 | 141,773,330 | 0.33% | -0.24% |
| 2028 | 214,911,388 | 141,402,326 | 0.3% | -0.26% |
| 2029 | 215,515,178 | 141,021,009 | 0.28% | -0.27% |
| 2030 | 216,074,424 | 140,628,883 | 0.26% | -0.28% |
| 2031 | 216,587,355 | 140,218,596 | 0.24% | -0.29% |
| 2032 | 217,055,392 | 139,807,207 | 0.22% | -0.29% |
| 2033 | 217,479,394 | 139,414,947 | 0.2% | -0.28% |
| 2034 | 217,860,892 | 139,034,543 | 0.18% | -0.27% |
| 2035 | 218,199,715 | 138,666,694 | 0.16% | -0.26% |
| 2036 | 218,495,215 | 138,311,757 | 0.14% | -0.26% |
| 2037 | 218,747,246 | 137,968,177 | 0.12% | -0.25% |
| 2038 | 218,955,573 | 137,643,032 | 0.1% | -0.24% |
| 2039 | 219,118,385 | 137,336,299 | 0.07% | -0.22% |
| 2040 | 219,237,085 | 137,053,347 | 0.05% | -0.21% |
| 2041 | 219,307,158 | 136,795,588 | 0.03% | -0.19% |
| 2042 | 219,319,771 | 136,558,692 | 0.006% | -0.17% |
| 2043 | 219,276,528 | 136,335,849 | -0.02% | -0.16% |
| 2044 | 219,179,002 | 136,124,845 | -0.04% | -0.15% |
| 2045 | 219,026,208 | 135,933,758 | -0.07% | -0.14% |
| 2046 | 218,821,045 | 135,756,848 | -0.09% | -0.13% |
| 2047 | 218,565,379 | 135,574,181 | -0.12% | -0.13% |
| 2048 | 218,258,225 | 135,372,557 | -0.14% | -0.15% |
| 2049 | 217,897,833 | 135,156,911 | -0.17% | -0.16% |
| 2050 | 217,489,309 | 134,923,391 | -0.19% | -0.17% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Brazil increased by 16,565,008 people (a 8.87% growth), while Russia gained 1,965,823 people (a 1.37% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Brazil gained 10,352,192 (a 5.09% growth), while Russia's population decreased by -2,894,907 (a 2% decline).
Brazil was ranked 5th most populous country in 2006 and is 7th 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) Brazil's population will grow by 1.83% to 217,489,309 people with a rank change from 7th to 9th. 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 |
| Sao Paulo | 11.5M |
| Rio de Janeiro | 6.21M |
| Brasilia | 2.82M |
| Fortaleza | 2.43M |
| Salvador | 2.42M |
| Belo Horizonte | 2.32M |
| Manaus | 2.06M |
| Curitiba | 1.77M |
| Recife | 1.49M |
| Goiania | 1.44M |
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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 Brazil and Russia
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| Life expectancy | 76.4 years | 73.7 years |
| Average age | 36.3 years | 40.8 years |
| Median age | 35.4 years | 40.9 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.2:50.8 | 46.4:53.6 |
| Fertility rate | 1.62 births per woman | 1.41 births per woman |
| Population density | 65.7 ppl/mi² | 22.7 ppl/mi² |
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