The latest officially reported population of Pakistan was 251,269,164 in 2024 vs 143,533,851 people in Russia in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Pakistan's population is 259,345,872 people compared to 142,120,553 in Russia.
Population statistics:
- Pakistan's population is 1.82 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 1.72% 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 2006, the population of Pakistan has increased from 180M people to 259M (44.3% growth), while Russia has declined from 143M to 142M (0.65% 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
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| Current population |
259345872
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142120553
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| Population rank | 5/197 | 9/197 |
| Percent of world population | 3.13% | 1.72% |
| One net population change |
8.38 seconds
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1.8 minutes
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| One birth every |
4.58 seconds
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25.5 seconds
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| One death every |
19.7 seconds
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18.1 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
22.5 seconds
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2.95 minutes
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| 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 | 71/197 | 178/197 |
Pakistan and Russia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 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 2006 to 2016, the population of Pakistan increased by 40,456,179 people (a 22.5% growth), while Russia gained 1,965,823 people (a 1.37% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Pakistan gained 39,207,003 (a 17.8% growth), while Russia's population decreased by -2,894,907 (a 2% decline).
Pakistan was ranked 6th most populous country in 2006 and is 5th 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) Pakistan's population will grow by 43.4% to 371,863,804 people with a rank change from 5th to 4th. 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 |
| Karachi | 14.9M |
| Lahore | 11.1M |
| Faisalabad | 3.2M |
| Rawalpindi | 2.1M |
| Gujranwala | 2.03M |
| Peshawar | 1.97M |
| Multan | 1.87M |
| Hyderabad | 1.73M |
| Islamabad | 1.01M |
| Quetta | 1M |
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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 Pakistan and Russia
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| Life expectancy | 68.1 years | 73.7 years |
| Average age | 25.6 years | 40.8 years |
| Median age | 21.5 years | 40.9 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.7:49.3 | 46.4:53.6 |
| Fertility rate | 3.61 births per woman | 1.41 births per woman |
| Population density | 844 ppl/mi² | 22.7 ppl/mi² |
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