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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Russia	Turkey	Russia	Turkey
1960	119,897,000	28,329,898	-	-
1961	121,236,000	29,119,238	1.12%	2.79%
1962	122,591,000	29,916,147	1.12%	2.74%
1963	123,960,000	30,726,841	1.12%	2.71%
1964	125,345,000	31,543,072	1.12%	2.66%
1965	126,745,000	32,345,220	1.12%	2.54%
1966	127,468,000	33,177,672	0.57%	2.57%
1967	128,196,000	34,050,421	0.57%	2.63%
1968	128,928,000	34,921,684	0.57%	2.56%
1969	129,664,000	35,787,774	0.57%	2.48%
1970	130,404,000	36,638,465	0.57%	2.38%
1971	131,155,000	37,518,611	0.58%	2.4%
1972	131,909,000	38,430,221	0.57%	2.43%
1973	132,669,000	39,329,533	0.58%	2.34%
1974	133,432,000	40,210,234	0.58%	2.24%
1975	134,200,000	41,053,126	0.58%	2.1%
1976	135,147,000	41,899,984	0.71%	2.06%
1977	136,100,000	42,773,298	0.71%	2.08%
1978	137,060,000	43,645,306	0.71%	2.04%
1979	138,027,000	44,510,429	0.71%	1.98%
1980	139,010,000	45,408,815	0.71%	2.02%
1981	139,941,000	46,321,190	0.67%	2.01%
1982	140,823,000	47,322,096	0.63%	2.16%
1983	141,668,000	48,447,410	0.6%	2.38%
1984	142,745,000	49,574,069	0.76%	2.33%
1985	143,858,000	50,687,115	0.78%	2.25%
1986	144,894,000	51,777,772	0.72%	2.15%
1987	145,908,000	52,843,670	0.7%	2.06%
1988	146,857,000	53,909,626	0.65%	2.02%
1989	147,721,000	54,976,723	0.59%	1.98%
1990	147,969,406	56,015,628	0.17%	1.89%
1991	148,394,216	57,009,887	0.29%	1.77%
1992	148,538,197	57,990,118	0.1%	1.72%
1993	148,458,777	58,999,167	-0.05%	1.74%
1994	148,407,912	60,033,836	-0.03%	1.75%
1995	148,375,787	61,024,503	-0.02%	1.65%
1996	148,160,129	61,951,134	-0.15%	1.52%
1997	147,915,361	62,852,966	-0.17%	1.46%
1998	147,670,784	63,734,383	-0.17%	1.4%
1999	147,214,776	64,591,923	-0.31%	1.35%
2000	146,596,869	65,425,961	-0.42%	1.29%
2001	145,976,482	66,245,128	-0.42%	1.25%
2002	145,306,497	67,048,795	-0.46%	1.21%
2003	144,648,618	67,831,730	-0.45%	1.17%
2004	144,067,316	68,592,617	-0.4%	1.12%
2005	143,518,814	69,329,557	-0.38%	1.07%
2006	143,049,637	70,045,349	-0.33%	1.03%
2007	142,805,114	70,158,112	-0.17%	0.16%
2008	142,742,366	71,051,678	-0.04%	1.27%
2009	142,785,348	72,039,206	0.03%	1.39%
2010	142,849,468	73,142,150	0.04%	1.53%
2011	143,018,195	74,223,629	0.12%	1.48%
2012	143,378,447	75,175,827	0.25%	1.28%
2013	143,805,638	76,147,624	0.3%	1.29%
2014	144,237,223	77,181,884	0.3%	1.36%
2015	144,640,716	78,218,479	0.28%	1.34%
2016	145,015,460	79,277,962	0.26%	1.35%
2017	145,293,260	80,312,698	0.19%	1.31%
2018	145,398,106	81,407,204	0.07%	1.36%
2019	145,453,291	82,579,440	0.04%	1.44%
2020	145,245,148	83,384,680	-0.14%	0.98%
2021	144,746,762	84,147,318	-0.34%	0.91%
2022	144,236,933	84,979,913	-0.35%	0.99%
2023	143,826,130	85,325,965	-0.28%	0.41%
2024	143,533,851	85,518,661	-0.2%	0.23%
2025	142,718,132	85,725,557	-0.57%	0.24%
2026	142,120,553	85,960,835	-0.42%	0.27%
2027	141,773,330	86,227,115	-0.24%	0.31%
2028	141,402,326	86,502,744	-0.26%	0.32%
2029	141,021,009	86,771,652	-0.27%	0.31%
2030	140,628,883	87,037,680	-0.28%	0.31%
2031	140,218,596	87,297,191	-0.29%	0.3%
2032	139,807,207	87,537,075	-0.29%	0.27%
2033	139,414,947	87,762,403	-0.28%	0.26%
2034	139,034,543	87,974,138	-0.27%	0.24%
2035	138,666,694	88,172,739	-0.26%	0.23%
2036	138,311,757	88,364,318	-0.26%	0.22%
2037	137,968,177	88,545,669	-0.25%	0.21%
2038	137,643,032	88,707,268	-0.24%	0.18%
2039	137,336,299	88,849,956	-0.22%	0.16%
2040	137,053,347	88,975,510	-0.21%	0.14%
2041	136,795,588	89,083,304	-0.19%	0.12%
2042	136,558,692	89,177,769	-0.17%	0.11%
2043	136,335,849	89,254,147	-0.16%	0.09%
2044	136,124,845	89,311,458	-0.15%	0.06%
2045	135,933,758	89,349,806	-0.14%	0.04%
2046	135,756,848	89,375,429	-0.13%	0.03%
2047	135,574,181	89,383,765	-0.13%	0.009%
2048	135,372,557	89,361,174	-0.15%	-0.03%
2049	135,156,911	89,306,566	-0.16%	-0.06%
2050	134,923,391	89,218,346	-0.17%	-0.1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Russia increased by 1,121,902 people (a 0.78% growth), while Turkey gained 8,888,922 people (a 12.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Russia lost -1,922,584 (a 1.33% decline), while Turkey's population increased by 7,696,071 (a 9.84% growth).

Russia was ranked 9th most populous country in 2005 and is still 9th in 2025. Turkey was ranked 18th in 2005 and still ranked 18th 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 Turkey will increase by 3.85% to 89,218,346 people and rank change from 18th to 19th.