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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Russia was 143,533,851 in 2024 vs 327,777 people in Vanuatu in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Russia's population is 142,718,132 people compared to 341,110 in Vanuatu.

Population statistics:

  • Russia's population is 418 times bigger than Vanuatu's.
  • Russia is ranked the 9th most populous country in the world, while Vanuatu is the 174th.
  • The countries together account for 1.73% of the world: 1.73% for Russia vs 0.004% for Vanuatu.
  • For the last 10 years, Russia has had an average growth rate of -0.02% per year vs +2.33% in Vanuatu.
  • Since 2005, the population of Russia has decreased from 144M people to 143M (0.56% decline), while Vanuatu has grown from 211K to 341K (61.8% growth).
  • Vanuatu is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 875K people, while Russia's population already peaked in 1992 at 149M people and is projected to decrease to 125M people by 2100.

Russia vs Vanuatu: live population counter

Russia Vanuatu
Current population
142718132
341110
Population rank 9/197 174/197
Percent of world population 1.73% 0.004%
One net population change
1.8 minutes
1.19 hours
One birth every
25.5 seconds
58.5 minutes
One death every
18.1 seconds
5.38 hours
One migration net change every
2.95 minutes
1.21 weeks
Annual migration change -178,042 -43
Daily growth/decline -801 +20
Annual growth/decline -292,279 +7,368
Annual growth/decline rate -0.2% +2.3%
Population growth rate rank 177/197 40/197

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

Russia
Population

Growth rate
Vanuatu
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Russia Vanuatu Russia Vanuatu
1960 119,897,000 64,431 - -
1961 121,236,000 66,264 1.12% 2.84%
1962 122,591,000 68,174 1.12% 2.88%
1963 123,960,000 70,159 1.12% 2.91%
1964 125,345,000 72,219 1.12% 2.94%
1965 126,745,000 74,358 1.12% 2.96%
1966 127,468,000 76,590 0.57% 3%
1967 128,196,000 78,921 0.57% 3.04%
1968 128,928,000 81,314 0.57% 3.03%
1969 129,664,000 83,755 0.57% 3%
1970 130,404,000 86,266 0.57% 3%
1971 131,155,000 88,862 0.58% 3.01%
1972 131,909,000 91,562 0.57% 3.04%
1973 132,669,000 94,362 0.58% 3.06%
1974 133,432,000 97,260 0.58% 3.07%
1975 134,200,000 100,269 0.58% 3.09%
1976 135,147,000 103,388 0.71% 3.11%
1977 136,100,000 106,618 0.71% 3.12%
1978 137,060,000 109,963 0.71% 3.14%
1979 138,027,000 113,040 0.71% 2.8%
1980 139,010,000 115,660 0.71% 2.32%
1981 139,941,000 118,249 0.67% 2.24%
1982 140,823,000 121,035 0.63% 2.36%
1983 141,668,000 123,998 0.6% 2.45%
1984 142,745,000 127,109 0.76% 2.51%
1985 143,858,000 130,356 0.78% 2.55%
1986 144,894,000 133,720 0.72% 2.58%
1987 145,908,000 137,187 0.7% 2.59%
1988 146,857,000 140,756 0.65% 2.6%
1989 147,721,000 144,393 0.59% 2.58%
1990 147,969,406 148,063 0.17% 2.54%
1991 148,394,216 151,793 0.29% 2.52%
1992 148,538,197 155,608 0.1% 2.51%
1993 148,458,777 159,463 -0.05% 2.48%
1994 148,407,912 163,314 -0.03% 2.41%
1995 148,375,787 167,137 -0.02% 2.34%
1996 148,160,129 170,911 -0.15% 2.26%
1997 147,915,361 174,626 -0.17% 2.17%
1998 147,670,784 178,313 -0.17% 2.11%
1999 147,214,776 182,048 -0.31% 2.09%
2000 146,596,869 186,281 -0.42% 2.33%
2001 145,976,482 191,031 -0.42% 2.55%
2002 145,306,497 195,863 -0.46% 2.53%
2003 144,648,618 200,746 -0.45% 2.49%
2004 144,067,316 205,711 -0.4% 2.47%
2005 143,518,814 210,760 -0.38% 2.45%
2006 143,049,637 215,923 -0.33% 2.45%
2007 142,805,114 221,276 -0.17% 2.48%
2008 142,742,366 226,896 -0.04% 2.54%
2009 142,785,348 232,731 0.03% 2.57%
2010 142,849,468 238,248 0.04% 2.37%
2011 143,018,195 243,474 0.12% 2.19%
2012 143,378,447 248,883 0.25% 2.22%
2013 143,805,638 254,482 0.3% 2.25%
2014 144,237,223 260,240 0.3% 2.26%
2015 144,640,716 266,101 0.28% 2.25%
2016 145,015,460 272,087 0.26% 2.25%
2017 145,293,260 278,507 0.19% 2.36%
2018 145,398,106 285,259 0.07% 2.42%
2019 145,453,291 291,985 0.04% 2.36%
2020 145,245,148 298,858 -0.14% 2.35%
2021 144,746,762 305,868 -0.34% 2.35%
2022 144,236,933 313,046 -0.35% 2.35%
2023 143,826,130 320,409 -0.28% 2.35%
2024 143,533,851 327,777 -0.2% 2.3%
2025 142,718,132 335,169 -0.57% 2.26%
2026 142,120,553 342,565 -0.42% 2.21%
2027 141,773,330 349,970 -0.24% 2.16%
2028 141,402,326 357,397 -0.26% 2.12%
2029 141,021,009 364,883 -0.27% 2.09%
2030 140,628,883 372,429 -0.28% 2.07%
2031 140,218,596 380,015 -0.29% 2.04%
2032 139,807,207 387,657 -0.29% 2.01%
2033 139,414,947 395,366 -0.28% 1.99%
2034 139,034,543 403,188 -0.27% 1.98%
2035 138,666,694 411,061 -0.26% 1.95%
2036 138,311,757 419,006 -0.26% 1.93%
2037 137,968,177 427,031 -0.25% 1.92%
2038 137,643,032 435,150 -0.24% 1.9%
2039 137,336,299 443,311 -0.22% 1.88%
2040 137,053,347 451,509 -0.21% 1.85%
2041 136,795,588 459,733 -0.19% 1.82%
2042 136,558,692 468,003 -0.17% 1.8%
2043 136,335,849 476,308 -0.16% 1.77%
2044 136,124,845 484,636 -0.15% 1.75%
2045 135,933,758 492,989 -0.14% 1.72%
2046 135,756,848 501,316 -0.13% 1.69%
2047 135,574,181 509,621 -0.13% 1.66%
2048 135,372,557 517,889 -0.15% 1.62%
2049 135,156,911 526,138 -0.16% 1.59%
2050 134,923,391 534,374 -0.17% 1.57%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Russia increased by 1,121,902 people (a 0.78% growth), while Vanuatu gained 55,341 people (a 26.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Russia lost -1,922,584 (a 1.33% decline), while Vanuatu's population increased by 75,009 (a 28.2% growth).

Russia was ranked 9th most populous country in 2005 and is still 9th in 2025. Vanuatu was ranked 175th in 2005 and ranked 174th 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 Vanuatu will increase by 56.7% to 534,374 people and rank change from 174th to 169th.

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