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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Russia	Taiwan	Russia	Taiwan
1960	119,897,000	-	-	-
1961	121,236,000	11,030,385	1.12%	-
1962	122,591,000	11,392,513	1.12%	3.28%
1963	123,960,000	11,762,101	1.12%	3.24%
1964	125,345,000	12,137,143	1.12%	3.19%
1965	126,745,000	12,511,863	1.12%	3.09%
1966	127,468,000	12,874,153	0.57%	2.9%
1967	128,196,000	13,210,344	0.57%	2.61%
1968	128,928,000	13,548,537	0.57%	2.56%
1969	129,664,000	14,068,984	0.57%	3.84%
1970	130,404,000	14,582,944	0.57%	3.65%
1971	131,155,000	14,913,564	0.58%	2.27%
1972	131,909,000	15,220,495	0.57%	2.06%
1973	132,669,000	15,505,121	0.58%	1.87%
1974	133,432,000	15,784,817	0.58%	1.8%
1975	134,200,000	16,075,128	0.58%	1.84%
1976	135,147,000	16,401,413	0.71%	2.03%
1977	136,100,000	16,730,895	0.71%	2.01%
1978	137,060,000	17,042,272	0.71%	1.86%
1979	138,027,000	17,372,779	0.71%	1.94%
1980	139,010,000	17,704,538	0.71%	1.91%
1981	139,941,000	18,029,982	0.67%	1.84%
1982	140,823,000	18,354,855	0.63%	1.8%
1983	141,668,000	18,653,146	0.6%	1.63%
1984	142,745,000	18,929,866	0.76%	1.48%
1985	143,858,000	19,191,510	0.78%	1.38%
1986	144,894,000	19,411,454	0.72%	1.15%
1987	145,908,000	19,617,046	0.7%	1.06%
1988	146,857,000	19,839,704	0.65%	1.14%
1989	147,721,000	20,055,492	0.59%	1.09%
1990	147,969,406	20,278,946	0.17%	1.11%
1991	148,394,216	20,503,568	0.29%	1.11%
1992	148,538,197	20,704,227	0.1%	0.98%
1993	148,458,777	20,899,019	-0.05%	0.94%
1994	148,407,912	21,086,645	-0.03%	0.9%
1995	148,375,787	21,267,653	-0.02%	0.86%
1996	148,160,129	21,441,432	-0.15%	0.82%
1997	147,915,361	21,634,124	-0.17%	0.9%
1998	147,670,784	21,835,703	-0.17%	0.93%
1999	147,214,776	22,010,489	-0.31%	0.8%
2000	146,596,869	22,184,530	-0.42%	0.79%
2001	145,976,482	22,341,120	-0.42%	0.71%
2002	145,306,497	22,463,172	-0.46%	0.55%
2003	144,648,618	22,562,663	-0.45%	0.44%
2004	144,067,316	22,646,836	-0.4%	0.37%
2005	143,518,814	22,729,753	-0.38%	0.37%
2006	143,049,637	22,823,455	-0.33%	0.41%
2007	142,805,114	22,917,444	-0.17%	0.41%
2008	142,742,366	22,997,696	-0.04%	0.35%
2009	142,785,348	23,078,402	0.03%	0.35%
2010	142,849,468	23,140,948	0.04%	0.27%
2011	143,018,195	23,193,518	0.12%	0.23%
2012	143,378,447	23,270,367	0.25%	0.33%
2013	143,805,638	23,344,670	0.3%	0.32%
2014	144,237,223	23,403,635	0.3%	0.25%
2015	144,640,716	23,462,914	0.28%	0.25%
2016	145,015,460	23,515,945	0.26%	0.23%
2017	145,293,260	23,555,522	0.19%	0.17%
2018	145,398,106	23,580,080	0.07%	0.1%
2019	145,453,291	23,596,027	0.04%	0.07%
2020	145,245,148	23,582,179	-0.14%	-0.06%
2021	144,746,762	23,468,275	-0.34%	-0.48%
2022	144,236,933	23,319,977	-0.35%	-0.63%
2023	143,826,130	23,342,541	-0.28%	0.1%
2024	143,533,851	23,410,331	-0.2%	0.29%
2025	142,718,132	23,308,308	-0.57%	-0.44%
2026	142,120,553	23,205,944	-0.42%	-0.44%
2027	141,773,330	23,102,120	-0.24%	-0.45%
2028	141,402,326	22,996,693	-0.26%	-0.46%
2029	141,021,009	22,890,335	-0.27%	-0.46%
2030	140,628,883	22,781,040	-0.28%	-0.48%
2031	140,218,596	22,667,327	-0.29%	-0.5%
2032	139,807,207	22,549,689	-0.29%	-0.52%
2033	139,414,947	22,428,721	-0.28%	-0.54%
2034	139,034,543	22,302,402	-0.27%	-0.56%
2035	138,666,694	22,170,689	-0.26%	-0.59%
2036	138,311,757	22,034,775	-0.26%	-0.61%
2037	137,968,177	21,893,029	-0.25%	-0.64%
2038	137,643,032	21,746,001	-0.24%	-0.67%
2039	137,336,299	21,594,236	-0.22%	-0.7%
2040	137,053,347	21,436,947	-0.21%	-0.73%
2041	136,795,588	21,274,187	-0.19%	-0.76%
2042	136,558,692	21,105,682	-0.17%	-0.79%
2043	136,335,849	20,932,105	-0.16%	-0.82%
2044	136,124,845	20,754,623	-0.15%	-0.85%
2045	135,933,758	20,571,741	-0.14%	-0.88%
2046	135,756,848	20,384,903	-0.13%	-0.91%
2047	135,574,181	20,194,425	-0.13%	-0.93%
2048	135,372,557	19,999,753	-0.15%	-0.96%
2049	135,156,911	19,801,293	-0.16%	-0.99%
2050	134,923,391	19,598,997	-0.17%	-1.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Russia increased by 1,121,902 people (a 0.78% growth), while Taiwan gained 733,161 people (a 3.23% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Russia lost -1,922,584 (a 1.33% decline), while Taiwan's population decreased by -154,606 (a 0.66% decline).

Russia was ranked 9th most populous country in 2005 and is still 9th in 2025. Taiwan was ranked 48th in 2005 and ranked 60th 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 Taiwan will decrease by 15.9% to 19,598,997 people and rank change from 60th to 76th.