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Population in Pakistan compared to Russia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Pakistan was 251,269,164 in 2024 vs 143,533,851 people in Russia in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Pakistan's population is 258,497,127 people compared to 142,718,132 in Russia.

Population statistics:

  • Pakistan's population is 1.81 times bigger than Russia's.
  • Pakistan is ranked the 5th most populous country in the world, while Russia is the 9th.
  • The countries together account for 4.85% of the world: 3.13% for Pakistan vs 1.73% for Russia.
  • For the last 10 years, Pakistan has had an average growth rate of +1.6% per year vs -0.02% in Russia.
  • Since 2005, the population of Pakistan has increased from 175M people to 258M (47.3% growth), while Russia has declined from 144M to 143M (0.56% decline).
  • Pakistan is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 511M people, while Russia's population already peaked in 1992 at 149M people and is projected to decrease to 125M people by 2100.

Pakistan vs Russia: live population counter

Pakistan Russia
Current population
258497127
142718132
Population rank 5/197 9/197
Percent of world population 3.13% 1.73%
One net population change
8.38 seconds
1.8 minutes
One birth every
4.58 seconds
25.5 seconds
One death every
19.7 seconds
18.1 seconds
One migration net change every
22.5 seconds
2.95 minutes
Annual migration change -1,401,173 -178,042
Daily growth/decline +10,314 -801
Annual growth/decline +3,764,669 -292,279
Annual growth/decline rate +1.52% -0.2%
Population growth rate rank 73/197 177/197

Pakistan and Russia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Pakistan
Population

Growth rate
Russia
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Pakistan Russia Pakistan Russia
1960 45,709,310 119,897,000 - -
1961 46,921,277 121,236,000 2.65% 1.12%
1962 48,156,128 122,591,000 2.63% 1.12%
1963 49,447,776 123,960,000 2.68% 1.12%
1964 50,799,999 125,345,000 2.73% 1.12%
1965 52,209,010 126,745,000 2.77% 1.12%
1966 53,678,667 127,468,000 2.81% 0.57%
1967 55,214,768 128,196,000 2.86% 0.57%
1968 56,810,507 128,928,000 2.89% 0.57%
1969 58,460,939 129,664,000 2.91% 0.57%
1970 60,166,719 130,404,000 2.92% 0.57%
1971 61,847,899 131,155,000 2.79% 0.58%
1972 63,583,194 131,909,000 2.81% 0.57%
1973 65,461,912 132,669,000 2.95% 0.58%
1974 67,415,487 133,432,000 2.98% 0.58%
1975 69,461,175 134,200,000 3.03% 0.58%
1976 71,620,254 135,147,000 3.11% 0.71%
1977 73,901,827 136,100,000 3.19% 0.71%
1978 76,307,379 137,060,000 3.26% 0.71%
1979 78,997,039 138,027,000 3.52% 0.71%
1980 82,291,010 139,010,000 4.17% 0.71%
1981 85,802,049 139,941,000 4.27% 0.67%
1982 89,089,246 140,823,000 3.83% 0.63%
1983 92,227,711 141,668,000 3.52% 0.6%
1984 95,164,936 142,745,000 3.18% 0.76%
1985 98,229,285 143,858,000 3.22% 0.78%
1986 101,606,764 144,894,000 3.44% 0.72%
1987 105,130,717 145,908,000 3.47% 0.7%
1988 108,724,739 146,857,000 3.42% 0.65%
1989 112,336,629 147,721,000 3.32% 0.59%
1990 116,155,576 147,969,406 3.4% 0.17%
1991 120,060,406 148,394,216 3.36% 0.29%
1992 123,546,848 148,538,197 2.9% 0.1%
1993 127,020,117 148,458,777 2.81% -0.05%
1994 130,748,083 148,407,912 2.93% -0.03%
1995 134,582,253 148,375,787 2.93% -0.02%
1996 138,557,092 148,160,129 2.95% -0.15%
1997 142,531,804 147,915,361 2.87% -0.17%
1998 146,522,356 147,670,784 2.8% -0.17%
1999 150,565,377 147,214,776 2.76% -0.31%
2000 154,879,127 146,596,869 2.87% -0.42%
2001 159,270,907 145,976,482 2.84% -0.42%
2002 163,222,549 145,306,497 2.48% -0.46%
2003 167,110,248 144,648,618 2.38% -0.45%
2004 171,286,000 144,067,316 2.5% -0.4%
2005 175,453,212 143,518,814 2.43% -0.38%
2006 179,682,690 143,049,637 2.41% -0.33%
2007 184,493,231 142,805,114 2.68% -0.17%
2008 189,499,113 142,742,366 2.71% -0.04%
2009 194,376,534 142,785,348 2.57% 0.03%
2010 199,239,047 142,849,468 2.5% 0.04%
2011 203,746,065 143,018,195 2.26% 0.12%
2012 207,667,125 143,378,447 1.92% 0.25%
2013 211,073,978 143,805,638 1.64% 0.3%
2014 214,264,647 144,237,223 1.51% 0.3%
2015 217,290,883 144,640,716 1.41% 0.28%
2016 220,138,869 145,015,460 1.31% 0.26%
2017 223,273,967 145,293,260 1.42% 0.19%
2018 226,928,892 145,398,106 1.64% 0.07%
2019 230,800,899 145,453,291 1.71% 0.04%
2020 235,001,746 145,245,148 1.82% -0.14%
2021 239,477,801 144,746,762 1.9% -0.34%
2022 243,700,667 144,236,933 1.76% -0.35%
2023 247,504,495 143,826,130 1.56% -0.28%
2024 251,269,164 143,533,851 1.52% -0.2%
2025 255,219,564 142,718,132 1.57% -0.57%
2026 259,299,796 142,120,553 1.6% -0.42%
2027 263,515,827 141,773,330 1.63% -0.24%
2028 267,881,923 141,402,326 1.66% -0.26%
2029 272,337,520 141,021,009 1.66% -0.27%
2030 276,883,261 140,628,883 1.67% -0.28%
2031 281,528,070 140,218,596 1.68% -0.29%
2032 286,241,141 139,807,207 1.67% -0.29%
2033 291,012,268 139,414,947 1.67% -0.28%
2034 295,820,153 139,034,543 1.65% -0.27%
2035 300,643,518 138,666,694 1.63% -0.26%
2036 305,491,504 138,311,757 1.61% -0.26%
2037 310,353,293 137,968,177 1.59% -0.25%
2038 315,227,709 137,643,032 1.57% -0.24%
2039 320,105,882 137,336,299 1.55% -0.22%
2040 324,937,703 137,053,347 1.51% -0.21%
2041 329,746,478 136,795,588 1.48% -0.19%
2042 334,551,874 136,558,692 1.46% -0.17%
2043 339,334,851 136,335,849 1.43% -0.16%
2044 344,095,467 136,124,845 1.4% -0.15%
2045 348,837,732 135,933,758 1.38% -0.14%
2046 353,552,859 135,756,848 1.35% -0.13%
2047 358,207,159 135,574,181 1.32% -0.13%
2048 362,796,532 135,372,557 1.28% -0.15%
2049 367,344,429 135,156,911 1.25% -0.16%
2050 371,863,804 134,923,391 1.23% -0.17%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Pakistan increased by 41,837,671 people (a 23.8% growth), while Russia gained 1,121,902 people (a 0.78% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Pakistan gained 41,206,244 (a 19% growth), while Russia's population decreased by -1,922,584 (a 1.33% decline).

Pakistan was ranked 6th most populous country in 2005 and is 5th in 2025. Russia was ranked 9th in 2005 and still ranked 9th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Pakistan's population will grow by 43.9% to 371,863,804 people with a rank change from 5th to 4th. The population of Russia will decrease by 5.46% to 134,923,391 people and rank change from 9th to 13th.

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