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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Russia	United States	Russia	United States
1900	-	76,094,000	-	-
1901	-	77,584,000	-	1.96%
1902	-	79,163,000	-	2.04%
1903	-	80,632,000	-	1.86%
1904	-	82,166,000	-	1.9%
1905	-	83,822,000	-	2.02%
1906	-	85,450,000	-	1.94%
1907	-	87,008,000	-	1.82%
1908	-	88,710,000	-	1.96%
1909	-	90,490,000	-	2.01%
1910	-	92,407,000	-	2.12%
1911	-	93,863,000	-	1.58%
1912	-	95,335,000	-	1.57%
1913	-	97,225,000	-	1.98%
1914	-	99,111,000	-	1.94%
1915	-	100,546,000	-	1.45%
1916	-	101,961,000	-	1.41%
1917	-	103,268,000	-	1.28%
1918	-	103,208,000	-	-0.06%
1919	-	104,514,000	-	1.27%
1920	-	106,461,000	-	1.86%
1921	-	108,538,000	-	1.95%
1922	-	110,049,000	-	1.39%
1923	-	111,947,000	-	1.72%
1924	-	114,109,000	-	1.93%
1925	-	115,829,000	-	1.51%
1926	-	117,397,000	-	1.35%
1927	-	119,035,000	-	1.4%
1928	-	120,509,000	-	1.24%
1929	-	121,767,000	-	1.04%
1930	-	123,076,741	-	1.08%
1931	-	124,039,648	-	0.78%
1932	-	124,840,471	-	0.65%
1933	-	125,578,763	-	0.59%
1934	-	126,373,773	-	0.63%
1935	-	127,250,232	-	0.69%
1936	-	128,053,180	-	0.63%
1937	-	128,824,829	-	0.6%
1938	-	129,824,939	-	0.78%
1939	-	130,879,718	-	0.81%
1940	-	132,122,446	-	0.95%
1941	-	133,402,471	-	0.97%
1942	-	134,859,553	-	1.09%
1943	-	136,739,353	-	1.39%
1944	-	138,397,345	-	1.21%
1945	-	139,928,165	-	1.11%
1946	-	141,388,566	-	1.04%
1947	-	144,126,071	-	1.94%
1948	-	146,631,302	-	1.74%
1949	-	149,188,130	-	1.74%
1950	-	152,271,417	-	2.07%
1951	-	154,877,889	-	1.71%
1952	-	157,552,740	-	1.73%
1953	-	160,184,192	-	1.67%
1954	-	163,025,854	-	1.77%
1955	-	165,931,202	-	1.78%
1956	-	168,903,031	-	1.79%
1957	-	171,984,130	-	1.82%
1958	-	174,881,904	-	1.68%
1959	-	177,829,628	-	1.69%
1960	119,897,000	180,671,158	-	1.6%
1961	121,236,000	183,691,481	1.12%	1.67%
1962	122,591,000	186,537,737	1.12%	1.55%
1963	123,960,000	189,241,798	1.12%	1.45%
1964	125,345,000	191,888,791	1.12%	1.4%
1965	126,745,000	194,302,963	1.12%	1.26%
1966	127,468,000	196,560,338	0.57%	1.16%
1967	128,196,000	198,712,056	0.57%	1.09%
1968	128,928,000	200,706,052	0.57%	1%
1969	129,664,000	202,676,946	0.57%	0.98%
1970	130,404,000	205,052,174	0.57%	1.17%
1971	131,155,000	207,660,677	0.58%	1.27%
1972	131,909,000	209,896,021	0.57%	1.08%
1973	132,669,000	211,908,788	0.58%	0.96%
1974	133,432,000	213,853,928	0.58%	0.92%
1975	134,200,000	215,973,199	0.58%	0.99%
1976	135,147,000	218,035,164	0.71%	0.95%
1977	136,100,000	220,239,425	0.71%	1.01%
1978	137,060,000	222,584,545	0.71%	1.06%
1979	138,027,000	225,055,487	0.71%	1.11%
1980	139,010,000	226,542,250	0.71%	0.66%
1981	139,941,000	229,465,744	0.67%	1.29%
1982	140,823,000	231,664,432	0.63%	0.96%
1983	141,668,000	233,792,014	0.6%	0.92%
1984	142,745,000	235,824,908	0.76%	0.87%
1985	143,858,000	237,923,734	0.78%	0.89%
1986	144,894,000	240,132,831	0.72%	0.93%
1987	145,908,000	242,288,936	0.7%	0.9%
1988	146,857,000	244,499,004	0.65%	0.91%
1989	147,721,000	246,819,222	0.59%	0.95%
1990	147,969,406	250,131,894	0.17%	1.34%
1991	148,394,216	253,492,503	0.29%	1.34%
1992	148,538,197	256,894,189	0.1%	1.34%
1993	148,458,777	260,255,352	-0.05%	1.31%
1994	148,407,912	263,435,673	-0.03%	1.22%
1995	148,375,787	266,557,091	-0.02%	1.18%
1996	148,160,129	269,667,391	-0.15%	1.17%
1997	147,915,361	272,911,760	-0.17%	1.2%
1998	147,670,784	276,115,288	-0.17%	1.17%
1999	147,214,776	279,294,713	-0.31%	1.15%
2000	146,596,869	282,162,411	-0.42%	1.03%
2001	145,976,482	284,968,955	-0.42%	0.99%
2002	145,306,497	287,625,193	-0.46%	0.93%
2003	144,648,618	290,107,933	-0.45%	0.86%
2004	144,067,316	292,805,298	-0.4%	0.93%
2005	143,518,814	295,516,599	-0.38%	0.93%
2006	143,049,637	298,379,912	-0.33%	0.97%
2007	142,805,114	301,231,207	-0.17%	0.96%
2008	142,742,366	304,093,966	-0.04%	0.95%
2009	142,785,348	306,771,529	0.03%	0.88%
2010	142,849,468	309,327,143	0.04%	0.83%
2011	143,018,195	311,583,481	0.12%	0.73%
2012	143,378,447	313,877,662	0.25%	0.74%
2013	143,805,638	316,059,947	0.3%	0.7%
2014	144,237,223	318,386,329	0.3%	0.74%
2015	144,640,716	320,738,994	0.28%	0.74%
2016	145,015,460	323,071,755	0.26%	0.73%
2017	145,293,260	325,122,128	0.19%	0.63%
2018	145,398,106	326,838,199	0.07%	0.53%
2019	145,453,291	328,329,953	0.04%	0.46%
2020	145,245,148	331,526,933	-0.14%	0.97%
2021	144,746,762	331,893,745	-0.34%	0.11%
2022	144,236,933	333,271,411	-0.35%	0.42%
2023	143,826,130	334,914,895	-0.28%	0.49%
2024	143,533,851	340,110,988	-0.2%	1.55%
2025	142,718,132	341,931,772	-0.57%	0.54%
2026	142,120,553	343,664,369	-0.42%	0.51%
2027	141,773,330	345,331,185	-0.24%	0.49%
2028	141,402,326	346,981,137	-0.26%	0.48%
2029	141,021,009	348,601,982	-0.27%	0.47%
2030	140,628,883	350,176,974	-0.28%	0.45%
2031	140,218,596	351,725,612	-0.29%	0.44%
2032	139,807,207	353,249,060	-0.29%	0.43%
2033	139,414,947	354,749,644	-0.28%	0.42%
2034	139,034,543	356,234,239	-0.27%	0.42%
2035	138,666,694	357,694,316	-0.26%	0.41%
2036	138,311,757	359,119,002	-0.26%	0.4%
2037	137,968,177	360,517,853	-0.25%	0.39%
2038	137,643,032	361,895,407	-0.24%	0.38%
2039	137,336,299	363,229,908	-0.22%	0.37%
2040	137,053,347	364,512,364	-0.21%	0.35%
2041	136,795,588	365,753,139	-0.19%	0.34%
2042	136,558,692	366,969,419	-0.17%	0.33%
2043	136,335,849	368,146,925	-0.16%	0.32%
2044	136,124,845	369,258,123	-0.15%	0.3%
2045	135,933,758	370,318,770	-0.14%	0.29%
2046	135,756,848	371,328,255	-0.13%	0.27%
2047	135,574,181	372,299,116	-0.13%	0.26%
2048	135,372,557	373,230,539	-0.15%	0.25%
2049	135,156,911	374,119,803	-0.16%	0.24%
2050	134,923,391	374,986,259	-0.17%	0.23%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Russia increased by 1,121,902 people (a 0.78% growth), while the United States gained 25,222,395 people (a 8.54% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Russia lost -1,922,584 (a 1.33% decline), while the United States' population increased by 22,584,536 (a 7.04% growth).

Russia was ranked 9th most populous country in 2005 and is still 9th in 2025. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2005 and still ranked 3rd 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 the United States will increase by 9.22% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.