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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Russia was 143,533,851 in 2024 vs 10,590,927 people in Tajikistan in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Russia's population is 142,718,132 people compared to 10,940,854 in Tajikistan.

Population statistics:

  • Russia's population is 13 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 1.86% of the world: 1.73% 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 2005, the population of Russia has decreased from 144M people to 143M (0.56% decline), while Tajikistan has grown from 6.92M to 10.9M (58% 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

Russia Tajikistan
Current population
142718132
10940854
Population rank 9/197 88/197
Percent of world population 1.73% 0.13%
One net population change
1.8 minutes
2.61 minutes
One birth every
25.5 seconds
1.94 minutes
One death every
18.1 seconds
11 minutes
One migration net change every
2.95 minutes
24.8 minutes
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 177/197 57/197

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

Russia
Population

Growth rate
Tajikistan
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Russia Tajikistan Russia Tajikistan
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 2005 to 2015, the population of Russia increased by 1,121,902 people (a 0.78% growth), while Tajikistan gained 1,719,120 people (a 24.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Russia lost -1,922,584 (a 1.33% decline), while Tajikistan's population increased by 2,297,014 (a 26.6% growth).

Russia was ranked 9th most populous country in 2005 and is still 9th in 2025. Tajikistan was ranked 99th in 2005 and ranked 88th 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 Tajikistan will increase by 42.4% to 15,574,643 people and rank change from 88th to 83rd.

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