The latest officially reported population of Russia was 143,533,851 in 2024 vs 121,354 people in the Seychelles in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Russia's population is 142,718,132 people compared to 125,181 in the Seychelles.
Population statistics:
- Russia's population is 1,140 times bigger than the Seychelles'.
- Russia is ranked the 9th most populous country in the world, while the Seychelles is the 181st.
- The countries together account for 1.73% of the world: 1.73% for Russia vs 0.002% for the Seychelles.
- For the last 10 years, Russia has had an average growth rate of -0.02% per year vs +2.9% in the Seychelles.
- Since 2005, the population of Russia has decreased from 144M people to 143M (0.56% decline), while the Seychelles has grown from 82.9K to 125K (51.1% growth).
- The Seychelles is projected to reach its peak in 2042 at 133K people, while Russia's population already peaked in 1992 at 149M people and is projected to decrease to 125M people by 2100.
Russia vs Seychelles: live population counter
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| Current population |
142718132
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125181
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| Population rank | 9/197 | 181/197 |
| Percent of world population | 1.73% | 0.002% |
| One net population change |
1.8 minutes
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5.54 hours
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| One birth every |
25.5 seconds
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5.63 hours
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| One death every |
18.1 seconds
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10 hours
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| One migration net change every |
2.95 minutes
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5.01 hours
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| Annual migration change | -178,042 | +1,747 |
| Daily growth/decline | -801 | +4 |
| Annual growth/decline | -292,279 | +1,581 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.2% | +1.32% |
| Population growth rate rank | 177/197 | 83/197 |
Russia and the Seychelles: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 119,897,000 | 41,700 | - | - |
| 1961 | 121,236,000 | 42,889 | 1.12% | 2.85% |
| 1962 | 122,591,000 | 44,042 | 1.12% | 2.69% |
| 1963 | 123,960,000 | 45,176 | 1.12% | 2.57% |
| 1964 | 125,345,000 | 46,322 | 1.12% | 2.54% |
| 1965 | 126,745,000 | 47,500 | 1.12% | 2.54% |
| 1966 | 127,468,000 | 48,699 | 0.57% | 2.52% |
| 1967 | 128,196,000 | 49,911 | 0.57% | 2.49% |
| 1968 | 128,928,000 | 51,134 | 0.57% | 2.45% |
| 1969 | 129,664,000 | 52,365 | 0.57% | 2.41% |
| 1970 | 130,404,000 | 53,600 | 0.57% | 2.36% |
| 1971 | 131,155,000 | 54,695 | 0.58% | 2.04% |
| 1972 | 131,909,000 | 56,029 | 0.57% | 2.44% |
| 1973 | 132,669,000 | 56,892 | 0.58% | 1.54% |
| 1974 | 133,432,000 | 57,937 | 0.58% | 1.84% |
| 1975 | 134,200,000 | 59,292 | 0.58% | 2.34% |
| 1976 | 135,147,000 | 60,504 | 0.71% | 2.04% |
| 1977 | 136,100,000 | 61,786 | 0.71% | 2.12% |
| 1978 | 137,060,000 | 62,150 | 0.71% | 0.59% |
| 1979 | 138,027,000 | 62,686 | 0.71% | 0.86% |
| 1980 | 139,010,000 | 63,261 | 0.71% | 0.92% |
| 1981 | 139,941,000 | 64,035 | 0.67% | 1.22% |
| 1982 | 140,823,000 | 64,413 | 0.63% | 0.59% |
| 1983 | 141,668,000 | 64,335 | 0.6% | -0.12% |
| 1984 | 142,745,000 | 64,717 | 0.76% | 0.59% |
| 1985 | 143,858,000 | 65,244 | 0.78% | 0.81% |
| 1986 | 144,894,000 | 65,652 | 0.72% | 0.63% |
| 1987 | 145,908,000 | 68,499 | 0.7% | 4.34% |
| 1988 | 146,857,000 | 68,755 | 0.65% | 0.37% |
| 1989 | 147,721,000 | 69,167 | 0.59% | 0.6% |
| 1990 | 147,969,406 | 69,507 | 0.17% | 0.49% |
| 1991 | 148,394,216 | 70,439 | 0.29% | 1.34% |
| 1992 | 148,538,197 | 70,763 | 0.1% | 0.46% |
| 1993 | 148,458,777 | 72,253 | -0.05% | 2.11% |
| 1994 | 148,407,912 | 74,205 | -0.03% | 2.7% |
| 1995 | 148,375,787 | 75,304 | -0.02% | 1.48% |
| 1996 | 148,160,129 | 76,417 | -0.15% | 1.48% |
| 1997 | 147,915,361 | 77,319 | -0.17% | 1.18% |
| 1998 | 147,670,784 | 78,846 | -0.17% | 1.97% |
| 1999 | 147,214,776 | 80,410 | -0.31% | 1.98% |
| 2000 | 146,596,869 | 81,131 | -0.42% | 0.9% |
| 2001 | 145,976,482 | 81,202 | -0.42% | 0.09% |
| 2002 | 145,306,497 | 83,723 | -0.46% | 3.1% |
| 2003 | 144,648,618 | 82,781 | -0.45% | -1.13% |
| 2004 | 144,067,316 | 82,475 | -0.4% | -0.37% |
| 2005 | 143,518,814 | 82,858 | -0.38% | 0.46% |
| 2006 | 143,049,637 | 84,600 | -0.33% | 2.1% |
| 2007 | 142,805,114 | 85,033 | -0.17% | 0.51% |
| 2008 | 142,742,366 | 86,956 | -0.04% | 2.26% |
| 2009 | 142,785,348 | 87,298 | 0.03% | 0.39% |
| 2010 | 142,849,468 | 89,770 | 0.04% | 2.83% |
| 2011 | 143,018,195 | 87,441 | 0.12% | -2.59% |
| 2012 | 143,378,447 | 88,303 | 0.25% | 0.99% |
| 2013 | 143,805,638 | 89,949 | 0.3% | 1.86% |
| 2014 | 144,237,223 | 91,359 | 0.3% | 1.57% |
| 2015 | 144,640,716 | 93,419 | 0.28% | 2.25% |
| 2016 | 145,015,460 | 94,677 | 0.26% | 1.35% |
| 2017 | 145,293,260 | 95,843 | 0.19% | 1.23% |
| 2018 | 145,398,106 | 96,762 | 0.07% | 0.96% |
| 2019 | 145,453,291 | 97,625 | 0.04% | 0.89% |
| 2020 | 145,245,148 | 98,462 | -0.14% | 0.86% |
| 2021 | 144,746,762 | 99,258 | -0.34% | 0.81% |
| 2022 | 144,236,933 | 119,878 | -0.35% | 20.8% |
| 2023 | 143,826,130 | 119,773 | -0.28% | -0.09% |
| 2024 | 143,533,851 | 121,354 | -0.2% | 1.32% |
| 2025 | 142,718,132 | 123,549 | -0.57% | 1.81% |
| 2026 | 142,120,553 | 125,581 | -0.42% | 1.64% |
| 2027 | 141,773,330 | 127,380 | -0.24% | 1.43% |
| 2028 | 141,402,326 | 128,883 | -0.26% | 1.18% |
| 2029 | 141,021,009 | 130,011 | -0.27% | 0.87% |
| 2030 | 140,628,883 | 130,635 | -0.28% | 0.48% |
| 2031 | 140,218,596 | 130,989 | -0.29% | 0.27% |
| 2032 | 139,807,207 | 131,305 | -0.29% | 0.24% |
| 2033 | 139,414,947 | 131,578 | -0.28% | 0.21% |
| 2034 | 139,034,543 | 131,816 | -0.27% | 0.18% |
| 2035 | 138,666,694 | 132,027 | -0.26% | 0.16% |
| 2036 | 138,311,757 | 132,202 | -0.26% | 0.13% |
| 2037 | 137,968,177 | 132,348 | -0.25% | 0.11% |
| 2038 | 137,643,032 | 132,467 | -0.24% | 0.09% |
| 2039 | 137,336,299 | 132,552 | -0.22% | 0.06% |
| 2040 | 137,053,347 | 132,631 | -0.21% | 0.06% |
| 2041 | 136,795,588 | 132,681 | -0.19% | 0.04% |
| 2042 | 136,558,692 | 132,700 | -0.17% | 0.01% |
| 2043 | 136,335,849 | 132,698 | -0.16% | -0.001% |
| 2044 | 136,124,845 | 132,665 | -0.15% | -0.03% |
| 2045 | 135,933,758 | 132,613 | -0.14% | -0.04% |
| 2046 | 135,756,848 | 132,531 | -0.13% | -0.06% |
| 2047 | 135,574,181 | 132,415 | -0.13% | -0.09% |
| 2048 | 135,372,557 | 132,264 | -0.15% | -0.11% |
| 2049 | 135,156,911 | 132,085 | -0.16% | -0.14% |
| 2050 | 134,923,391 | 131,885 | -0.17% | -0.15% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Russia increased by 1,121,902 people (a 0.78% growth), while the Seychelles gained 10,561 people (a 12.7% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Russia lost -1,922,584 (a 1.33% decline), while the Seychelles' population increased by 31,762 (a 34% growth).
Russia was ranked 9th most populous country in 2005 and is still 9th in 2025. The Seychelles was ranked 184th in 2005 and ranked 181st now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Russia's population will shrink by 5.46% to 134,923,391 people with a rank change from 9th to 13th. The population of the Seychelles will increase by 5.36% to 131,885 people and will still be ranked 181st.
Biggest cities by population
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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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| City | Population |
| Victoria | 24.7K |
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Population differences between Russia and the Seychelles
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| Life expectancy | 73.5 years | 73.1 years |
| Average age | 40.8 years | 35.4 years |
| Median age | 40.9 years | 35 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 46.4:53.6 | 55.2:44.8 |
| Fertility rate | 1.41 births per woman | 2.02 births per woman |
| Population density | 22.7 ppl/mi² | 683 ppl/mi² |
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