Population in Russia compared to the United Kingdom: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Russia and the United Kingdom: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Russia	United Kingdom	Russia	United Kingdom
1960	119,897,000	52,400,000	-	-
1961	121,236,000	52,800,000	1.12%	0.76%
1962	122,591,000	53,250,000	1.12%	0.85%
1963	123,960,000	53,650,000	1.12%	0.75%
1964	125,345,000	54,000,000	1.12%	0.65%
1965	126,745,000	54,348,050	1.12%	0.64%
1966	127,468,000	54,648,500	0.57%	0.55%
1967	128,196,000	54,943,600	0.57%	0.54%
1968	128,928,000	55,211,700	0.57%	0.49%
1969	129,664,000	55,441,750	0.57%	0.42%
1970	130,404,000	55,663,250	0.57%	0.4%
1971	131,155,000	55,896,223	0.58%	0.42%
1972	131,909,000	56,086,065	0.57%	0.34%
1973	132,669,000	56,194,527	0.58%	0.19%
1974	133,432,000	56,229,974	0.58%	0.06%
1975	134,200,000	56,225,800	0.58%	-0.007%
1976	135,147,000	56,211,968	0.71%	-0.02%
1977	136,100,000	56,193,492	0.71%	-0.03%
1978	137,060,000	56,196,504	0.71%	0.005%
1979	138,027,000	56,246,951	0.71%	0.09%
1980	139,010,000	56,314,216	0.71%	0.12%
1981	139,941,000	56,333,829	0.67%	0.03%
1982	140,823,000	56,313,641	0.63%	-0.04%
1983	141,668,000	56,332,848	0.6%	0.03%
1984	142,745,000	56,422,072	0.76%	0.16%
1985	143,858,000	56,550,268	0.78%	0.23%
1986	144,894,000	56,681,396	0.72%	0.23%
1987	145,908,000	56,802,050	0.7%	0.21%
1988	146,857,000	56,928,327	0.65%	0.22%
1989	147,721,000	57,076,711	0.59%	0.26%
1990	147,969,406	57,247,586	0.17%	0.3%
1991	148,394,216	57,424,897	0.29%	0.31%
1992	148,538,197	57,580,402	0.1%	0.27%
1993	148,458,777	57,718,614	-0.05%	0.24%
1994	148,407,912	57,865,745	-0.03%	0.25%
1995	148,375,787	58,019,030	-0.02%	0.26%
1996	148,160,129	58,166,950	-0.15%	0.25%
1997	147,915,361	58,316,954	-0.17%	0.26%
1998	147,670,784	58,487,141	-0.17%	0.29%
1999	147,214,776	58,682,466	-0.31%	0.33%
2000	146,596,869	58,892,514	-0.42%	0.36%
2001	145,976,482	59,119,673	-0.42%	0.39%
2002	145,306,497	59,370,479	-0.46%	0.42%
2003	144,648,618	59,647,577	-0.45%	0.47%
2004	144,067,316	59,987,905	-0.4%	0.57%
2005	143,518,814	60,401,206	-0.38%	0.69%
2006	143,049,637	60,846,820	-0.33%	0.74%
2007	142,805,114	61,322,463	-0.17%	0.78%
2008	142,742,366	61,806,995	-0.04%	0.79%
2009	142,785,348	62,276,270	0.03%	0.76%
2010	142,849,468	62,766,365	0.04%	0.79%
2011	143,018,195	63,258,810	0.12%	0.78%
2012	143,378,447	63,711,000	0.25%	0.71%
2013	143,805,638	64,139,000	0.3%	0.67%
2014	144,237,223	64,620,000	0.3%	0.75%
2015	144,640,716	65,088,000	0.28%	0.72%
2016	145,015,460	65,607,000	0.26%	0.8%
2017	145,293,260	65,966,000	0.19%	0.55%
2018	145,398,106	66,289,000	0.07%	0.49%
2019	145,453,291	66,631,000	0.04%	0.52%
2020	145,245,148	66,744,000	-0.14%	0.17%
2021	144,746,762	66,984,000	-0.34%	0.36%
2022	144,236,933	67,604,000	-0.35%	0.93%
2023	143,826,130	68,492,000	-0.28%	1.31%
2024	143,533,851	69,226,000	-0.2%	1.07%
2025	142,718,132	69,639,673	-0.57%	0.6%
2026	142,120,553	70,020,350	-0.42%	0.55%
2027	141,773,330	70,382,853	-0.24%	0.52%
2028	141,402,326	70,732,699	-0.26%	0.5%
2029	141,021,009	71,061,482	-0.27%	0.46%
2030	140,628,883	71,377,535	-0.28%	0.44%
2031	140,218,596	71,678,351	-0.29%	0.42%
2032	139,807,207	71,959,934	-0.29%	0.39%
2033	139,414,947	72,234,509	-0.28%	0.38%
2034	139,034,543	72,497,650	-0.27%	0.36%
2035	138,666,694	72,749,096	-0.26%	0.35%
2036	138,311,757	72,990,847	-0.26%	0.33%
2037	137,968,177	73,218,850	-0.25%	0.31%
2038	137,643,032	73,441,349	-0.24%	0.3%
2039	137,336,299	73,658,392	-0.22%	0.3%
2040	137,053,347	73,868,334	-0.21%	0.29%
2041	136,795,588	74,074,316	-0.19%	0.28%
2042	136,558,692	74,275,779	-0.17%	0.27%
2043	136,335,849	74,475,035	-0.16%	0.27%
2044	136,124,845	74,667,284	-0.15%	0.26%
2045	135,933,758	74,848,605	-0.14%	0.24%
2046	135,756,848	75,020,949	-0.13%	0.23%
2047	135,574,181	75,184,478	-0.13%	0.22%
2048	135,372,557	75,337,543	-0.15%	0.2%
2049	135,156,911	75,476,141	-0.16%	0.18%
2050	134,923,391	75,600,588	-0.17%	0.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Russia increased by 1,965,823 people (a 1.37% growth), while the United Kingdom gained 4,760,180 people (a 7.82% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Russia lost -2,894,907 (a 2% decline), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,417,311 (a 6.73% growth).

Russia was ranked 9th most populous country in 2006 and is still 9th in 2026. The United Kingdom was ranked 21st in 2006 and ranked 22nd 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 the United Kingdom will increase by 7.96% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.