The latest officially reported population of Russia was 143,533,851 in 2024 vs 28,405,543 people in Venezuela in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Russia's population is 142,718,132 people compared to 28,610,737 in Venezuela.
Population statistics:
- Russia's population is 4.99 times bigger than Venezuela's.
- Russia is ranked the 9th most populous country in the world, while Venezuela is the 54th.
- The countries together account for 2.07% of the world: 1.73% for Russia vs 0.35% for Venezuela.
- For the last 10 years, Russia has had an average growth rate of -0.02% per year vs -0.46% in Venezuela.
- Since 2005, the population of Russia has decreased from 144M people to 143M (0.56% decline), while Venezuela has grown from 26.8M to 28.6M (6.81% growth).
- Venezuela is projected to reach its peak in 2057 at 31.2M people, while Russia's population already peaked in 1992 at 149M people and is projected to decrease to 125M people by 2100.
Russia vs Venezuela: live population counter
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| Current population |
142718132
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28610737
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| Population rank | 9/197 | 54/197 |
| Percent of world population | 1.73% | 0.35% |
| One net population change |
1.8 minutes
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5.02 minutes
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| One birth every |
25.5 seconds
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1.23 minutes
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| One death every |
18.1 seconds
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2.46 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
2.95 minutes
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4.99 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -178,042 | -105,297 |
| Daily growth/decline | -801 | +287 |
| Annual growth/decline | -292,279 | +104,689 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.2% | +0.37% |
| Population growth rate rank | 177/197 | 142/197 |
Russia and Venezuela: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 119,897,000 | 8,160,090 | - | - |
| 1961 | 121,236,000 | 8,455,915 | 1.12% | 3.63% |
| 1962 | 122,591,000 | 8,756,870 | 1.12% | 3.56% |
| 1963 | 123,960,000 | 9,064,021 | 1.12% | 3.51% |
| 1964 | 125,345,000 | 9,377,712 | 1.12% | 3.46% |
| 1965 | 126,745,000 | 9,697,790 | 1.12% | 3.41% |
| 1966 | 127,468,000 | 10,024,854 | 0.57% | 3.37% |
| 1967 | 128,196,000 | 10,358,513 | 0.57% | 3.33% |
| 1968 | 128,928,000 | 10,697,530 | 0.57% | 3.27% |
| 1969 | 129,664,000 | 11,040,280 | 0.57% | 3.2% |
| 1970 | 130,404,000 | 11,387,790 | 0.57% | 3.15% |
| 1971 | 131,155,000 | 11,741,008 | 0.58% | 3.1% |
| 1972 | 131,909,000 | 12,099,180 | 0.57% | 3.05% |
| 1973 | 132,669,000 | 12,463,537 | 0.58% | 3.01% |
| 1974 | 133,432,000 | 12,835,351 | 0.58% | 2.98% |
| 1975 | 134,200,000 | 13,215,892 | 0.58% | 2.96% |
| 1976 | 135,147,000 | 13,606,284 | 0.71% | 2.95% |
| 1977 | 136,100,000 | 14,006,812 | 0.71% | 2.94% |
| 1978 | 137,060,000 | 14,416,684 | 0.71% | 2.93% |
| 1979 | 138,027,000 | 14,834,552 | 0.71% | 2.9% |
| 1980 | 139,010,000 | 15,258,218 | 0.71% | 2.86% |
| 1981 | 139,941,000 | 15,687,297 | 0.67% | 2.81% |
| 1982 | 140,823,000 | 16,121,874 | 0.63% | 2.77% |
| 1983 | 141,668,000 | 16,562,205 | 0.6% | 2.73% |
| 1984 | 142,745,000 | 17,008,841 | 0.76% | 2.7% |
| 1985 | 143,858,000 | 17,461,434 | 0.78% | 2.66% |
| 1986 | 144,894,000 | 17,923,536 | 0.72% | 2.65% |
| 1987 | 145,908,000 | 18,394,963 | 0.7% | 2.63% |
| 1988 | 146,857,000 | 18,871,020 | 0.65% | 2.59% |
| 1989 | 147,721,000 | 19,348,921 | 0.59% | 2.53% |
| 1990 | 147,969,406 | 19,827,010 | 0.17% | 2.47% |
| 1991 | 148,394,216 | 20,304,896 | 0.29% | 2.41% |
| 1992 | 148,538,197 | 20,780,948 | 0.1% | 2.34% |
| 1993 | 148,458,777 | 21,254,520 | -0.05% | 2.28% |
| 1994 | 148,407,912 | 21,725,188 | -0.03% | 2.21% |
| 1995 | 148,375,787 | 22,193,821 | -0.02% | 2.16% |
| 1996 | 148,160,129 | 22,662,113 | -0.15% | 2.11% |
| 1997 | 147,915,361 | 23,131,685 | -0.17% | 2.07% |
| 1998 | 147,670,784 | 23,601,337 | -0.17% | 2.03% |
| 1999 | 147,214,776 | 24,066,593 | -0.31% | 1.97% |
| 2000 | 146,596,869 | 24,526,708 | -0.42% | 1.91% |
| 2001 | 145,976,482 | 24,979,922 | -0.42% | 1.85% |
| 2002 | 145,306,497 | 25,435,671 | -0.46% | 1.82% |
| 2003 | 144,648,618 | 25,892,703 | -0.45% | 1.8% |
| 2004 | 144,067,316 | 26,340,838 | -0.4% | 1.73% |
| 2005 | 143,518,814 | 26,785,804 | -0.38% | 1.69% |
| 2006 | 143,049,637 | 27,224,686 | -0.33% | 1.64% |
| 2007 | 142,805,114 | 27,649,363 | -0.17% | 1.56% |
| 2008 | 142,742,366 | 28,053,696 | -0.04% | 1.46% |
| 2009 | 142,785,348 | 28,438,298 | 0.03% | 1.37% |
| 2010 | 142,849,468 | 28,813,101 | 0.04% | 1.32% |
| 2011 | 143,018,195 | 29,185,212 | 0.12% | 1.29% |
| 2012 | 143,378,447 | 29,553,826 | 0.25% | 1.26% |
| 2013 | 143,805,638 | 29,912,198 | 0.3% | 1.21% |
| 2014 | 144,237,223 | 30,254,079 | 0.3% | 1.14% |
| 2015 | 144,640,716 | 30,573,972 | 0.28% | 1.06% |
| 2016 | 145,015,460 | 30,765,720 | 0.26% | 0.63% |
| 2017 | 145,293,260 | 30,565,323 | 0.19% | -0.65% |
| 2018 | 145,398,106 | 29,807,592 | 0.07% | -2.48% |
| 2019 | 145,453,291 | 28,938,098 | 0.04% | -2.92% |
| 2020 | 145,245,148 | 28,444,077 | -0.14% | -1.71% |
| 2021 | 144,746,762 | 28,237,826 | -0.34% | -0.73% |
| 2022 | 144,236,933 | 28,213,017 | -0.35% | -0.09% |
| 2023 | 143,826,130 | 28,300,854 | -0.28% | 0.31% |
| 2024 | 143,533,851 | 28,405,543 | -0.2% | 0.37% |
| 2025 | 142,718,132 | 28,516,898 | -0.57% | 0.39% |
| 2026 | 142,120,553 | 28,633,718 | -0.42% | 0.41% |
| 2027 | 141,773,330 | 28,758,565 | -0.24% | 0.44% |
| 2028 | 141,402,326 | 28,885,166 | -0.26% | 0.44% |
| 2029 | 141,021,009 | 29,014,444 | -0.27% | 0.45% |
| 2030 | 140,628,883 | 29,151,809 | -0.28% | 0.47% |
| 2031 | 140,218,596 | 29,295,744 | -0.29% | 0.49% |
| 2032 | 139,807,207 | 29,442,534 | -0.29% | 0.5% |
| 2033 | 139,414,947 | 29,587,099 | -0.28% | 0.49% |
| 2034 | 139,034,543 | 29,735,159 | -0.27% | 0.5% |
| 2035 | 138,666,694 | 29,883,329 | -0.26% | 0.5% |
| 2036 | 138,311,757 | 30,020,167 | -0.26% | 0.46% |
| 2037 | 137,968,177 | 30,146,546 | -0.25% | 0.42% |
| 2038 | 137,643,032 | 30,268,328 | -0.24% | 0.4% |
| 2039 | 137,336,299 | 30,386,284 | -0.22% | 0.39% |
| 2040 | 137,053,347 | 30,495,445 | -0.21% | 0.36% |
| 2041 | 136,795,588 | 30,590,207 | -0.19% | 0.31% |
| 2042 | 136,558,692 | 30,674,532 | -0.17% | 0.28% |
| 2043 | 136,335,849 | 30,749,671 | -0.16% | 0.24% |
| 2044 | 136,124,845 | 30,813,805 | -0.15% | 0.21% |
| 2045 | 135,933,758 | 30,871,490 | -0.14% | 0.19% |
| 2046 | 135,756,848 | 30,923,463 | -0.13% | 0.17% |
| 2047 | 135,574,181 | 30,974,366 | -0.13% | 0.16% |
| 2048 | 135,372,557 | 31,021,600 | -0.15% | 0.15% |
| 2049 | 135,156,911 | 31,059,954 | -0.16% | 0.12% |
| 2050 | 134,923,391 | 31,094,884 | -0.17% | 0.11% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Russia increased by 1,121,902 people (a 0.78% growth), while Venezuela gained 3,788,168 people (a 14.1% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Russia lost -1,922,584 (a 1.33% decline), while Venezuela's population decreased by -1,963,235 (a 6.42% decline).
Russia was ranked 9th most populous country in 2005 and is still 9th in 2025. Venezuela was ranked 41st in 2005 and ranked 54th 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 Venezuela will increase by 8.68% to 31,094,884 people and rank change from 54th to 62nd.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Moscow | 13.3M |
| Saint Petersburg | 5.65M |
| Novosibirsk | 1.64M |
| Yekaterinburg | 1.47M |
| Kazan | 1.33M |
| Nizhny Novgorod | 1.2M |
| Chelyabinsk | 1.18M |
| Krasnodar | 1.15M |
| Samara | 1.15M |
| Ufa | 1.14M |
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| City | Population |
| Caracas | 2.25M |
| Maracaibo | 1.55M |
| Valencia | 1.48M |
| Maracay | 1.1M |
| Barquisimeto | 1.06M |
| Barinas | 874K |
| Maturin | 753K |
| Ciudad Guayana | 751K |
| Catia La Mar | 662K |
| Ciudad Bolivar | 568K |
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Population differences between Russia and Venezuela
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| Life expectancy | 73.5 years | 72.8 years |
| Average age | 40.8 years | 33.3 years |
| Median age | 40.9 years | 30.2 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 46.4:53.6 | 49.4:50.6 |
| Fertility rate | 1.41 births per woman | 2.08 births per woman |
| Population density | 22.7 ppl/mi² | 83.4 ppl/mi² |
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