The latest officially reported population of Russia was 143,533,851 in 2024 vs 10,590,927 people in Tajikistan in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Russia's population is 142,120,553 people compared to 10,980,672 in Tajikistan.
Population statistics:
- Russia's population is 12.9 times bigger than Tajikistan's.
- Russia is ranked the 9th most populous country in the world, while Tajikistan is the 88th.
- The countries together account for 1.85% of the world: 1.72% for Russia vs 0.13% for Tajikistan.
- For the last 10 years, Russia has had an average growth rate of -0.02% per year vs +2.33% in Tajikistan.
- Since 2006, the population of Russia has decreased from 143M people to 142M (0.65% decline), while Tajikistan has grown from 7.06M to 11M (55.6% growth).
- Tajikistan is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 20.2M people, while Russia's population already peaked in 1992 at 149M people and is projected to decrease to 125M people by 2100.
Russia vs Tajikistan: live population counter
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| Current population |
142120553
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10980672
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| Population rank | 9/197 | 88/197 |
| Percent of world population | 1.72% | 0.13% |
| One net population change |
1.8 minutes
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2.61 minutes
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| One birth every |
25.5 seconds
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1.94 minutes
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| One death every |
18.1 seconds
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11 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
2.95 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -178,042 | -21,236 |
| Daily growth/decline | -801 | +551 |
| Annual growth/decline | -292,279 | +201,128 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.2% | +1.94% |
| Population growth rate rank | 178/197 | 55/197 |
Russia and Tajikistan: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 119,897,000 | 2,112,131 | - | - |
| 1961 | 121,236,000 | 2,181,805 | 1.12% | 3.3% |
| 1962 | 122,591,000 | 2,255,026 | 1.12% | 3.36% |
| 1963 | 123,960,000 | 2,331,736 | 1.12% | 3.4% |
| 1964 | 125,345,000 | 2,411,260 | 1.12% | 3.41% |
| 1965 | 126,745,000 | 2,492,998 | 1.12% | 3.39% |
| 1966 | 127,468,000 | 2,577,184 | 0.57% | 3.38% |
| 1967 | 128,196,000 | 2,664,130 | 0.57% | 3.37% |
| 1968 | 128,928,000 | 2,753,848 | 0.57% | 3.37% |
| 1969 | 129,664,000 | 2,845,273 | 0.57% | 3.32% |
| 1970 | 130,404,000 | 2,936,779 | 0.57% | 3.22% |
| 1971 | 131,155,000 | 3,028,837 | 0.58% | 3.13% |
| 1972 | 131,909,000 | 3,123,691 | 0.57% | 3.13% |
| 1973 | 132,669,000 | 3,222,290 | 0.58% | 3.16% |
| 1974 | 133,432,000 | 3,324,499 | 0.58% | 3.17% |
| 1975 | 134,200,000 | 3,430,425 | 0.58% | 3.19% |
| 1976 | 135,147,000 | 3,540,076 | 0.71% | 3.2% |
| 1977 | 136,100,000 | 3,653,265 | 0.71% | 3.2% |
| 1978 | 137,060,000 | 3,768,508 | 0.71% | 3.15% |
| 1979 | 138,027,000 | 3,882,691 | 0.71% | 3.03% |
| 1980 | 139,010,000 | 3,995,256 | 0.71% | 2.9% |
| 1981 | 139,941,000 | 4,109,022 | 0.67% | 2.85% |
| 1982 | 140,823,000 | 4,227,171 | 0.63% | 2.88% |
| 1983 | 141,668,000 | 4,350,874 | 0.6% | 2.93% |
| 1984 | 142,745,000 | 4,480,026 | 0.76% | 2.97% |
| 1985 | 143,858,000 | 4,619,003 | 0.78% | 3.1% |
| 1986 | 144,894,000 | 4,772,139 | 0.72% | 3.32% |
| 1987 | 145,908,000 | 4,939,059 | 0.7% | 3.5% |
| 1988 | 146,857,000 | 5,114,989 | 0.65% | 3.56% |
| 1989 | 147,721,000 | 5,267,249 | 0.59% | 2.98% |
| 1990 | 147,969,406 | 5,398,768 | 0.17% | 2.5% |
| 1991 | 148,394,216 | 5,541,205 | 0.29% | 2.64% |
| 1992 | 148,538,197 | 5,649,400 | 0.1% | 1.95% |
| 1993 | 148,458,777 | 5,724,993 | -0.05% | 1.34% |
| 1994 | 148,407,912 | 5,825,368 | -0.03% | 1.75% |
| 1995 | 148,375,787 | 5,948,584 | -0.02% | 2.12% |
| 1996 | 148,160,129 | 6,066,523 | -0.15% | 1.98% |
| 1997 | 147,915,361 | 6,139,829 | -0.17% | 1.21% |
| 1998 | 147,670,784 | 6,176,397 | -0.17% | 0.6% |
| 1999 | 147,214,776 | 6,208,370 | -0.31% | 0.52% |
| 2000 | 146,596,869 | 6,284,735 | -0.42% | 1.23% |
| 2001 | 145,976,482 | 6,407,377 | -0.42% | 1.95% |
| 2002 | 145,306,497 | 6,531,669 | -0.46% | 1.94% |
| 2003 | 144,648,618 | 6,658,575 | -0.45% | 1.94% |
| 2004 | 144,067,316 | 6,790,547 | -0.4% | 1.98% |
| 2005 | 143,518,814 | 6,924,720 | -0.38% | 1.98% |
| 2006 | 143,049,637 | 7,057,566 | -0.33% | 1.92% |
| 2007 | 142,805,114 | 7,194,477 | -0.17% | 1.94% |
| 2008 | 142,742,366 | 7,338,403 | -0.04% | 2% |
| 2009 | 142,785,348 | 7,490,230 | 0.03% | 2.07% |
| 2010 | 142,849,468 | 7,652,141 | 0.04% | 2.16% |
| 2011 | 143,018,195 | 7,824,785 | 0.12% | 2.26% |
| 2012 | 143,378,447 | 8,014,084 | 0.25% | 2.42% |
| 2013 | 143,805,638 | 8,216,724 | 0.3% | 2.53% |
| 2014 | 144,237,223 | 8,425,552 | 0.3% | 2.54% |
| 2015 | 144,640,716 | 8,643,840 | 0.28% | 2.59% |
| 2016 | 145,015,460 | 8,865,631 | 0.26% | 2.57% |
| 2017 | 145,293,260 | 9,085,946 | 0.19% | 2.49% |
| 2018 | 145,398,106 | 9,307,333 | 0.07% | 2.44% |
| 2019 | 145,453,291 | 9,529,966 | 0.04% | 2.39% |
| 2020 | 145,245,148 | 9,749,310 | -0.14% | 2.3% |
| 2021 | 144,746,762 | 9,966,908 | -0.34% | 2.23% |
| 2022 | 144,236,933 | 10,182,222 | -0.35% | 2.16% |
| 2023 | 143,826,130 | 10,389,799 | -0.28% | 2.04% |
| 2024 | 143,533,851 | 10,590,927 | -0.2% | 1.94% |
| 2025 | 142,718,132 | 10,786,735 | -0.57% | 1.85% |
| 2026 | 142,120,553 | 10,978,598 | -0.42% | 1.78% |
| 2027 | 141,773,330 | 11,168,387 | -0.24% | 1.73% |
| 2028 | 141,402,326 | 11,356,920 | -0.26% | 1.69% |
| 2029 | 141,021,009 | 11,545,276 | -0.27% | 1.66% |
| 2030 | 140,628,883 | 11,733,066 | -0.28% | 1.63% |
| 2031 | 140,218,596 | 11,920,472 | -0.29% | 1.6% |
| 2032 | 139,807,207 | 12,110,150 | -0.29% | 1.59% |
| 2033 | 139,414,947 | 12,302,290 | -0.28% | 1.59% |
| 2034 | 139,034,543 | 12,496,888 | -0.27% | 1.58% |
| 2035 | 138,666,694 | 12,695,586 | -0.26% | 1.59% |
| 2036 | 138,311,757 | 12,899,096 | -0.26% | 1.6% |
| 2037 | 137,968,177 | 13,104,339 | -0.25% | 1.59% |
| 2038 | 137,643,032 | 13,308,237 | -0.24% | 1.56% |
| 2039 | 137,336,299 | 13,511,372 | -0.22% | 1.53% |
| 2040 | 137,053,347 | 13,713,948 | -0.21% | 1.5% |
| 2041 | 136,795,588 | 13,915,192 | -0.19% | 1.47% |
| 2042 | 136,558,692 | 14,115,137 | -0.17% | 1.44% |
| 2043 | 136,335,849 | 14,311,598 | -0.16% | 1.39% |
| 2044 | 136,124,845 | 14,504,865 | -0.15% | 1.35% |
| 2045 | 135,933,758 | 14,694,858 | -0.14% | 1.31% |
| 2046 | 135,756,848 | 14,879,388 | -0.13% | 1.26% |
| 2047 | 135,574,181 | 15,059,869 | -0.13% | 1.21% |
| 2048 | 135,372,557 | 15,236,594 | -0.15% | 1.17% |
| 2049 | 135,156,911 | 15,408,032 | -0.16% | 1.13% |
| 2050 | 134,923,391 | 15,574,643 | -0.17% | 1.08% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Russia increased by 1,965,823 people (a 1.37% growth), while Tajikistan gained 1,808,065 people (a 25.6% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Russia lost -2,894,907 (a 2% decline), while Tajikistan's population increased by 2,115,041 (a 23.9% growth).
Russia was ranked 9th most populous country in 2006 and is still 9th in 2026. Tajikistan was ranked 98th in 2006 and ranked 88th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Russia's population will shrink by 5.06% to 134,923,391 people with a rank change from 9th to 13th. The population of Tajikistan will increase by 41.8% to 15,574,643 people and rank change from 88th to 83rd.
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 |
| Dushanbe | 863K |
| Khujand | 199K |
| Qurghonteppa | 127K |
| Istaravshan | 64.3K |
| Konibodom | 54.4K |
| Tursunzoda | 46.7K |
| Panjakent | 33K |
| Buston | 29.8K |
| Ghafurov | 18.4K |
| Istiklol | 14.2K |
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Population differences between Russia and Tajikistan
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| Life expectancy | 73.7 years | 72.2 years |
| Average age | 40.8 years | 26.3 years |
| Median age | 40.9 years | 23 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 46.4:53.6 | 49.1:50.9 |
| Fertility rate | 1.41 births per woman | 3.07 births per woman |
| Population density | 22.7 ppl/mi² | 197.6 ppl/mi² |
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