The current population of Russia is 142,718,132 people, as of 2025 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 143,533,851 in 2024.
Population facts:
- Russia accounts for 1.73% of the world's population.
- Since 2005, population has decreased from 144M people to 143M (-0.56% decline in 20 years).
- The UN estimates that Russia's population is going to decline by -5.46% to 135M people by 2050.
- Russia's population peaked in 1992 at 149M people and has been in decline since.
- Russia is ranked 9/197 by population and was ranked 9th in 2005.
- For the last 20 years, Russia has had an average decline rate of -0.03% per year.
Russia population clock
Russia
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
142718132
|
8266870341
|
| Population rank | 9/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 1.73% | N/A |
| One net population change |
1.8 minutes
|
0.41 seconds
|
| One birth every |
25.5 seconds
|
0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
18.1 seconds
|
0.52 seconds
|
| Daily growth/decline | -801 | +211,178 |
| Annual growth/decline | -292,279 | +77,079,845 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.2% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 177/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
2.95 minutes
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | -178,042 | N/A |
Russia population history and growth rate by year chart
Population
Factual
Projection
Growth rate
Factual
Projection
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 119,897,000 | - |
| 1961 | 121,236,000 | 1.12% |
| 1962 | 122,591,000 | 1.12% |
| 1963 | 123,960,000 | 1.12% |
| 1964 | 125,345,000 | 1.12% |
| 1965 | 126,745,000 | 1.12% |
| 1966 | 127,468,000 | 0.57% |
| 1967 | 128,196,000 | 0.57% |
| 1968 | 128,928,000 | 0.57% |
| 1969 | 129,664,000 | 0.57% |
| 1970 | 130,404,000 | 0.57% |
| 1971 | 131,155,000 | 0.58% |
| 1972 | 131,909,000 | 0.57% |
| 1973 | 132,669,000 | 0.58% |
| 1974 | 133,432,000 | 0.58% |
| 1975 | 134,200,000 | 0.58% |
| 1976 | 135,147,000 | 0.71% |
| 1977 | 136,100,000 | 0.71% |
| 1978 | 137,060,000 | 0.71% |
| 1979 | 138,027,000 | 0.71% |
| 1980 | 139,010,000 | 0.71% |
| 1981 | 139,941,000 | 0.67% |
| 1982 | 140,823,000 | 0.63% |
| 1983 | 141,668,000 | 0.6% |
| 1984 | 142,745,000 | 0.76% |
| 1985 | 143,858,000 | 0.78% |
| 1986 | 144,894,000 | 0.72% |
| 1987 | 145,908,000 | 0.7% |
| 1988 | 146,857,000 | 0.65% |
| 1989 | 147,721,000 | 0.59% |
| 1990 | 147,969,406 | 0.17% |
| 1991 | 148,394,216 | 0.29% |
| 1992 | 148,538,197 | 0.1% |
| 1993 | 148,458,777 | -0.05% |
| 1994 | 148,407,912 | -0.03% |
| 1995 | 148,375,787 | -0.02% |
| 1996 | 148,160,129 | -0.15% |
| 1997 | 147,915,361 | -0.17% |
| 1998 | 147,670,784 | -0.17% |
| 1999 | 147,214,776 | -0.31% |
| 2000 | 146,596,869 | -0.42% |
| 2001 | 145,976,482 | -0.42% |
| 2002 | 145,306,497 | -0.46% |
| 2003 | 144,648,618 | -0.45% |
| 2004 | 144,067,316 | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 143,518,814 | -0.38% |
| 2006 | 143,049,637 | -0.33% |
| 2007 | 142,805,114 | -0.17% |
| 2008 | 142,742,366 | -0.04% |
| 2009 | 142,785,348 | 0.03% |
| 2010 | 142,849,468 | 0.04% |
| 2011 | 143,018,195 | 0.12% |
| 2012 | 143,378,447 | 0.25% |
| 2013 | 143,805,638 | 0.3% |
| 2014 | 144,237,223 | 0.3% |
| 2015 | 144,640,716 | 0.28% |
| 2016 | 145,015,460 | 0.26% |
| 2017 | 145,293,260 | 0.19% |
| 2018 | 145,398,106 | 0.07% |
| 2019 | 145,453,291 | 0.04% |
| 2020 | 145,245,148 | -0.14% |
| 2021 | 144,746,762 | -0.34% |
| 2022 | 144,236,933 | -0.35% |
| 2023 | 143,826,130 | -0.28% |
| 2024 | 143,533,851 | -0.2% |
| 2025 | 142,718,132 | -0.57% |
| 2026 | 142,120,553 | -0.42% |
| 2027 | 141,773,330 | -0.24% |
| 2028 | 141,402,326 | -0.26% |
| 2029 | 141,021,009 | -0.27% |
| 2030 | 140,628,883 | -0.28% |
| 2031 | 140,218,596 | -0.29% |
| 2032 | 139,807,207 | -0.29% |
| 2033 | 139,414,947 | -0.28% |
| 2034 | 139,034,543 | -0.27% |
| 2035 | 138,666,694 | -0.26% |
| 2036 | 138,311,757 | -0.26% |
| 2037 | 137,968,177 | -0.25% |
| 2038 | 137,643,032 | -0.24% |
| 2039 | 137,336,299 | -0.22% |
| 2040 | 137,053,347 | -0.21% |
| 2041 | 136,795,588 | -0.19% |
| 2042 | 136,558,692 | -0.17% |
| 2043 | 136,335,849 | -0.16% |
| 2044 | 136,124,845 | -0.15% |
| 2045 | 135,933,758 | -0.14% |
| 2046 | 135,756,848 | -0.13% |
| 2047 | 135,574,181 | -0.13% |
| 2048 | 135,372,557 | -0.15% |
| 2049 | 135,156,911 | -0.16% |
| 2050 | 134,923,391 | -0.17% |
Russia has a population of 143M as of 2025, compared to 145M in 2015, 144M in 2005, and 148M in 1995.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to decrease by an average of 0.13% per year. Russia is ranked 171st out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2045) Russia will have 135,933,758 people (-4.75% decline) with a rank change from 9th to 13th.
By the year 2100, Russia's population is projected to decline by 12.2% to 125M people.
Largest cities by population
|
Russia
|
|
|---|---|
| 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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Russia population statistics
|
Russia
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 73.5 years | 73.5 years |
| Average age | 40.8 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 40.9 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 46.4:53.6 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 1.41 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 22.7 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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