The latest officially reported population of Russia was 143,533,851 in 2024 vs 40,583,164 people in Yemen in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Russia's population is 142,120,553 people compared to 42,974,589 in Yemen.
Population statistics:
- Russia's population is 3.31 times bigger than Yemen's.
- Russia is ranked the 9th most populous country in the world, while Yemen is the 37th.
- The countries together account for 2.24% of the world: 1.72% for Russia vs 0.52% for Yemen.
- For the last 10 years, Russia has had an average growth rate of -0.02% per year vs +3% in Yemen.
- Since 2006, the population of Russia has decreased from 143M people to 142M (0.65% decline), while Yemen has grown from 23.5M to 43M (82.5% growth).
- Yemen is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 110M people, while Russia's population already peaked in 1992 at 149M people and is projected to decrease to 125M people by 2100.
Russia vs Yemen: live population counter
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| Current population |
142120553
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42974589
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| Population rank | 9/197 | 37/197 |
| Percent of world population | 1.72% | 0.52% |
| One net population change |
1.8 minutes
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26.4 seconds
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| One birth every |
25.5 seconds
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22.7 seconds
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| One death every |
18.1 seconds
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2.78 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
2.95 minutes
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50.1 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -178,042 | -10,482 |
| Daily growth/decline | -801 | +3,267 |
| Annual growth/decline | -292,279 | +1,192,365 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.2% | +3.03% |
| Population growth rate rank | 178/197 | 13/197 |
Russia and Yemen: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 119,897,000 | 5,532,301 | - | - |
| 1961 | 121,236,000 | 5,655,232 | 1.12% | 2.22% |
| 1962 | 122,591,000 | 5,782,221 | 1.12% | 2.25% |
| 1963 | 123,960,000 | 5,911,135 | 1.12% | 2.23% |
| 1964 | 125,345,000 | 6,048,006 | 1.12% | 2.32% |
| 1965 | 126,745,000 | 6,195,593 | 1.12% | 2.44% |
| 1966 | 127,468,000 | 6,351,494 | 0.57% | 2.52% |
| 1967 | 128,196,000 | 6,516,444 | 0.57% | 2.6% |
| 1968 | 128,928,000 | 6,690,524 | 0.57% | 2.67% |
| 1969 | 129,664,000 | 6,875,859 | 0.57% | 2.77% |
| 1970 | 130,404,000 | 7,065,279 | 0.57% | 2.75% |
| 1971 | 131,155,000 | 7,257,462 | 0.58% | 2.72% |
| 1972 | 131,909,000 | 7,460,068 | 0.57% | 2.79% |
| 1973 | 132,669,000 | 7,672,796 | 0.58% | 2.85% |
| 1974 | 133,432,000 | 7,896,783 | 0.58% | 2.92% |
| 1975 | 134,200,000 | 8,133,598 | 0.58% | 3% |
| 1976 | 135,147,000 | 8,384,113 | 0.71% | 3.08% |
| 1977 | 136,100,000 | 8,648,222 | 0.71% | 3.15% |
| 1978 | 137,060,000 | 8,926,586 | 0.71% | 3.22% |
| 1979 | 138,027,000 | 9,224,194 | 0.71% | 3.33% |
| 1980 | 139,010,000 | 9,543,358 | 0.71% | 3.46% |
| 1981 | 139,941,000 | 9,882,362 | 0.67% | 3.55% |
| 1982 | 140,823,000 | 10,241,006 | 0.63% | 3.63% |
| 1983 | 141,668,000 | 10,621,499 | 0.6% | 3.72% |
| 1984 | 142,745,000 | 11,025,597 | 0.76% | 3.8% |
| 1985 | 143,858,000 | 11,453,825 | 0.78% | 3.88% |
| 1986 | 144,894,000 | 11,901,040 | 0.72% | 3.9% |
| 1987 | 145,908,000 | 12,369,912 | 0.7% | 3.94% |
| 1988 | 146,857,000 | 12,859,708 | 0.65% | 3.96% |
| 1989 | 147,721,000 | 13,364,174 | 0.59% | 3.92% |
| 1990 | 147,969,406 | 13,887,862 | 0.17% | 3.92% |
| 1991 | 148,394,216 | 14,430,201 | 0.29% | 3.91% |
| 1992 | 148,538,197 | 14,989,494 | 0.1% | 3.88% |
| 1993 | 148,458,777 | 15,563,914 | -0.05% | 3.83% |
| 1994 | 148,407,912 | 16,149,147 | -0.03% | 3.76% |
| 1995 | 148,375,787 | 16,740,058 | -0.02% | 3.66% |
| 1996 | 148,160,129 | 17,313,177 | -0.15% | 3.42% |
| 1997 | 147,915,361 | 17,873,936 | -0.17% | 3.24% |
| 1998 | 147,670,784 | 18,446,013 | -0.17% | 3.2% |
| 1999 | 147,214,776 | 19,029,420 | -0.31% | 3.16% |
| 2000 | 146,596,869 | 19,624,141 | -0.42% | 3.13% |
| 2001 | 145,976,482 | 20,226,147 | -0.42% | 3.07% |
| 2002 | 145,306,497 | 20,835,086 | -0.46% | 3.01% |
| 2003 | 144,648,618 | 21,456,379 | -0.45% | 2.98% |
| 2004 | 144,067,316 | 22,095,167 | -0.4% | 2.98% |
| 2005 | 143,518,814 | 22,790,085 | -0.38% | 3.15% |
| 2006 | 143,049,637 | 23,543,083 | -0.33% | 3.3% |
| 2007 | 142,805,114 | 24,318,082 | -0.17% | 3.29% |
| 2008 | 142,742,366 | 25,111,941 | -0.04% | 3.26% |
| 2009 | 142,785,348 | 25,927,724 | 0.03% | 3.25% |
| 2010 | 142,849,468 | 26,754,387 | 0.04% | 3.19% |
| 2011 | 143,018,195 | 27,582,897 | 0.12% | 3.1% |
| 2012 | 143,378,447 | 28,433,647 | 0.25% | 3.08% |
| 2013 | 143,805,638 | 29,312,952 | 0.3% | 3.09% |
| 2014 | 144,237,223 | 30,226,309 | 0.3% | 3.12% |
| 2015 | 144,640,716 | 31,159,379 | 0.28% | 3.09% |
| 2016 | 145,015,460 | 32,109,010 | 0.26% | 3.05% |
| 2017 | 145,293,260 | 33,090,921 | 0.19% | 3.06% |
| 2018 | 145,398,106 | 34,085,182 | 0.07% | 3% |
| 2019 | 145,453,291 | 35,111,408 | 0.04% | 3.01% |
| 2020 | 145,245,148 | 36,134,863 | -0.14% | 2.91% |
| 2021 | 144,746,762 | 37,140,230 | -0.34% | 2.78% |
| 2022 | 144,236,933 | 38,222,876 | -0.35% | 2.92% |
| 2023 | 143,826,130 | 39,390,799 | -0.28% | 3.06% |
| 2024 | 143,533,851 | 40,583,164 | -0.2% | 3.03% |
| 2025 | 142,718,132 | 41,773,871 | -0.57% | 2.93% |
| 2026 | 142,120,553 | 42,961,650 | -0.42% | 2.84% |
| 2027 | 141,773,330 | 44,145,620 | -0.24% | 2.76% |
| 2028 | 141,402,326 | 45,323,685 | -0.26% | 2.67% |
| 2029 | 141,021,009 | 46,497,573 | -0.27% | 2.59% |
| 2030 | 140,628,883 | 47,667,649 | -0.28% | 2.52% |
| 2031 | 140,218,596 | 48,827,503 | -0.29% | 2.43% |
| 2032 | 139,807,207 | 49,979,089 | -0.29% | 2.36% |
| 2033 | 139,414,947 | 51,129,867 | -0.28% | 2.3% |
| 2034 | 139,034,543 | 52,279,989 | -0.27% | 2.25% |
| 2035 | 138,666,694 | 53,429,308 | -0.26% | 2.2% |
| 2036 | 138,311,757 | 54,578,046 | -0.26% | 2.15% |
| 2037 | 137,968,177 | 55,724,259 | -0.25% | 2.1% |
| 2038 | 137,643,032 | 56,872,152 | -0.24% | 2.06% |
| 2039 | 137,336,299 | 58,024,713 | -0.22% | 2.03% |
| 2040 | 137,053,347 | 59,181,514 | -0.21% | 1.99% |
| 2041 | 136,795,588 | 60,345,667 | -0.19% | 1.97% |
| 2042 | 136,558,692 | 61,517,965 | -0.17% | 1.94% |
| 2043 | 136,335,849 | 62,696,517 | -0.16% | 1.92% |
| 2044 | 136,124,845 | 63,880,172 | -0.15% | 1.89% |
| 2045 | 135,933,758 | 65,066,344 | -0.14% | 1.86% |
| 2046 | 135,756,848 | 66,253,578 | -0.13% | 1.82% |
| 2047 | 135,574,181 | 67,438,796 | -0.13% | 1.79% |
| 2048 | 135,372,557 | 68,620,844 | -0.15% | 1.75% |
| 2049 | 135,156,911 | 69,799,794 | -0.16% | 1.72% |
| 2050 | 134,923,391 | 70,976,389 | -0.17% | 1.69% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Russia increased by 1,965,823 people (a 1.37% growth), while Yemen gained 8,565,927 people (a 36.4% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Russia lost -2,894,907 (a 2% decline), while Yemen's population increased by 10,865,579 (a 33.8% growth).
Russia was ranked 9th most populous country in 2006 and is still 9th in 2026. Yemen was ranked 47th in 2006 and ranked 37th 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 Yemen will increase by 65.2% to 70,976,389 people and rank change from 37th to 29th.
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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Population differences between Russia and Yemen
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| Life expectancy | 73.7 years | 69.7 years |
| Average age | 40.8 years | 23.1 years |
| Median age | 40.9 years | 19.3 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 46.4:53.6 | 50.7:49.3 |
| Fertility rate | 1.41 births per woman | 4.59 births per woman |
| Population density | 22.7 ppl/mi² | 199.1 ppl/mi² |
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