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Russia population

UN name: Russian Federation

Russia population now

143,313,509

A projection read at this second, not a count: the UN's totals for 1 January 2026 and 2027, joined by a straight line. 95% range for 31 December 2026: 141.4–145.3 million.

Mid-2023, UN estimate: 145,440,501

Year: 2026; projection · medium
Population, mid-2026: 143.394 million; 95% range, 31 Dec: 141.4–145.3 million
Median age: 41.7
Aged 65+: 18.4%

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RUS · 1950–2100 · in brief

Russia in numbers

The UN counts 145,440,501 people in Russia in mid-2023, which makes it the 9th-largest population of the 236 countries and areas the UN reports, and 1.8% of the world's people. That is 1.4 times its 1950 population of 103 million.

Its population peaked in 1991 at 149 million and has been falling since. The UN's medium projection has 126 million in 2100. The projection is uncertain: on 1 January 2100 the UN's 95% range runs from 86.3 million to 172 million.

Deaths have outnumbered births every year since 2017, and do so in every projected year to 2100. Deaths also outnumbered births in 1992–2011.

The median age was 24.0 in 1950 and 40.5 in 2023; the projection has 46.0 in 2100. 16.6% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 26.6% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) peaked in 2010 at 104 million; in 2023 it was 95.8 million.

By size it is the 9th country in 2023; the projection puts it 13th in 2050 and 17th in 2100. It is overtaken by Ethiopia in 2028, the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2033 and Mexico in 2034.

Population, mid-2023: 145,440,501
Rank by population, 2023: 9 of 236
Share of the world, 2023: 1.8%
Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023: −0.10% · −139,398 people
People per km² of land, 2023: 8.9
Land area, 2023: 16,376,870 km²
Births, 2023: 1,297,207
Deaths, 2023: 1,794,857
Net migration, 2023: +27,807
Children per woman, 2023: 1.45
Median age, 2023: 40.5 years
Life expectancy at birth, 2023: 73.2 years
In a city, 2025: 48 of every 100
Population, mid-1950: 103,392,360
Projected, mid-2050: 136,132,775
Projected, mid-2100: 126,386,516

RUS · 1950–2100 · total population

Population, 1950–2100

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Show the numbers: Russia, 1950–2100

Russia: population on 1 January, births, deaths, fertility and life expectancy, 1950–2100
Year	Kind	Population, 1 Jan	95% range	Births	Deaths	Children per woman	Life expectancy
1950	estimate	102,666,467		2,884,600	1,363,061	2.93	55.5
1951	estimate	104,118,253		2,920,639	1,383,144	2.90	55.3
1952	estimate	105,571,062		2,928,571	1,289,797	2.86	57.6
1953	estimate	107,081,701		2,922,390	1,245,751	2.83	58.8
1954	estimate	108,621,657		2,946,027	1,198,621	2.85	59.9
1955	estimate	110,304,822		2,915,099	1,106,877	2.81	62.1
1956	estimate	112,017,163		2,874,516	906,177	2.76	66.5
1957	estimate	113,801,044		2,879,676	953,769	2.73	66.0
1958	estimate	115,659,626		2,894,905	888,614	2.69	67.7
1959	estimate	117,517,906		2,889,877	934,753	2.66	67.4
1960	estimate	119,069,875		2,864,147	900,712	2.63	68.3
1961	estimate	120,798,408		2,730,181	914,045	2.52	68.6
1962	estimate	122,410,200		2,522,550	942,162	2.36	68.5
1963	estimate	123,813,227		2,361,263	919,556	2.29	69.1
1964	estimate	125,086,278		2,155,233	918,894	2.18	69.5
1965	estimate	126,174,029		2,018,427	959,975	2.11	69.3
1966	estimate	127,094,399		1,966,588	976,772	2.10	69.4
1967	estimate	127,972,863		1,870,143	1,014,551	2.02	69.2
1968	estimate	128,712,424		1,832,088	1,043,630	1.98	69.1
1969	estimate	129,417,657		1,861,210	1,107,509	1.99	68.6
1970	estimate	130,106,717		1,918,531	1,133,128	2.01	68.7
1971	estimate	130,627,662		1,999,367	1,145,498	2.05	68.9
1972	estimate	131,346,563		2,054,467	1,183,581	2.07	68.8
1973	estimate	132,106,275		2,044,738	1,199,433	2.01	69.0
1974	estimate	132,844,024		2,121,634	1,239,598	2.03	68.7
1975	estimate	133,674,292		2,146,889	1,303,343	2.00	68.3
1976	estimate	134,597,903		2,187,194	1,335,467	1.99	68.1
1977	estimate	135,563,478		2,215,349	1,382,671	1.98	67.9
1978	estimate	136,518,473		2,236,174	1,423,836	1.95	67.8
1979	estimate	137,439,702		2,241,687	1,482,212	1.92	67.6
1980	estimate	138,193,379		2,266,723	1,518,677	1.92	67.5
1981	estimate	138,951,867		2,300,045	1,537,466	1.94	67.6
1982	estimate	139,751,129		2,404,311	1,518,595	2.02	68.1
1983	estimate	140,744,368		2,542,282	1,568,619	2.13	68.0
1984	estimate	141,918,189		2,486,540	1,641,463	2.10	67.6
1985	estimate	143,010,289		2,452,581	1,614,999	2.09	68.3
1986	estimate	144,128,489		2,545,871	1,470,773	2.21	70.0
1987	estimate	145,487,137		2,551,637	1,506,750	2.25	70.1
1988	estimate	146,807,628		2,395,786	1,551,934	2.16	69.9
1989	estimate	147,921,351		2,205,133	1,573,501	2.03	69.7
1990	estimate	148,642,381		2,026,802	1,652,350	1.91	69.3
1991	estimate	149,316,700		1,832,068	1,694,108	1.75	69.0
1992	estimate	149,580,166		1,621,382	1,820,132	1.57	67.8
1993	estimate	148,251,816		1,416,115	2,156,131	1.39	65.0
1994	estimate	148,019,032		1,420,437	2,328,453	1.40	63.8
1995	estimate	148,382,441		1,388,504	2,294,446	1.35	64.0
1996	estimate	148,200,365		1,333,368	2,152,107	1.29	65.5
1997	estimate	147,968,800		1,294,194	2,065,643	1.24	66.6
1998	estimate	147,738,741		1,302,572	2,037,119	1.24	66.9
1999	estimate	147,532,321		1,251,222	2,207,393	1.18	65.6
2000	estimate	146,951,628		1,268,072	2,286,160	1.19	65.0
2001	estimate	146,483,937		1,315,495	2,308,424	1.22	65.0
2002	estimate	145,750,631		1,403,587	2,384,780	1.29	64.7
2003	estimate	146,128,369		1,486,835	2,411,914	1.33	64.7
2004	estimate	145,460,090		1,513,809	2,335,317	1.34	65.2
2005	estimate	144,900,103		1,472,805	2,340,785	1.30	65.2
2006	estimate	144,295,666		1,499,536	2,193,341	1.31	66.5
2007	estimate	143,910,230		1,632,575	2,099,222	1.43	67.5
2008	estimate	143,809,297		1,739,291	2,095,043	1.52	67.9
2009	estimate	143,814,384		1,788,518	2,029,236	1.56	68.7
2010	estimate	143,923,880		1,815,200	2,101,578	1.58	68.2
2011	estimate	143,945,051		1,824,538	1,936,521	1.60	69.7
2012	estimate	144,142,446		1,928,586	1,917,406	1.71	70.1
2013	estimate	144,439,612		1,922,462	1,883,361	1.73	70.6
2014	estimate	144,768,583		1,939,723	1,890,301	1.77	70.8
2015	estimate	145,082,693		1,934,705	1,869,624	1.79	71.3
2016	estimate	145,532,538		1,886,740	1,842,111	1.77	71.9
2017	estimate	146,024,816		1,695,524	1,768,170	1.63	72.8
2018	estimate	146,348,782		1,612,827	1,790,069	1.58	72.9
2019	estimate	146,511,509		1,496,027	1,789,412	1.50	73.1
2020	estimate	146,554,625		1,458,020	2,158,766	1.50	71.2
2021	estimate	146,187,972		1,421,809	2,439,514	1.50	69.8
2022	estimate	145,484,378		1,334,912	1,909,498	1.45	72.5
2023	estimate	145,675,420		1,297,207	1,794,857	1.45	73.2
2024	estimate	145,205,581		1,270,354	1,862,626	1.46	73.3
2025	projection	144,435,265	143.7–145.5 million	1,241,824	1,865,750	1.47	73.5
2026	projection	143,559,521	142.3–145.4 million	1,213,374	1,868,418	1.47	73.7
2027	projection	143,229,395	141.4–145.3 million	1,200,192	1,872,758	1.47	73.9
2028	projection	142,858,854	140.8–145.3 million	1,190,950	1,879,907	1.48	74.1
2029	projection	142,480,730	140.1–145.3 million	1,185,851	1,886,547	1.48	74.2
2030	projection	142,089,382	139.2–145.2 million	1,185,844	1,890,862	1.49	74.4
2031	projection	141,689,437	138.4–145.2 million	1,189,580	1,898,537	1.49	74.6
2032	projection	141,261,464	137.5–145.2 million	1,199,106	1,906,832	1.49	74.8
2033	projection	140,859,287	136.8–145.2 million	1,213,390	1,914,367	1.50	75.0
2034	projection	140,469,898	135.9–145.4 million	1,231,085	1,922,409	1.50	75.1
2035	projection	140,091,664	135.0–145.4 million	1,250,508	1,930,506	1.50	75.3
2036	projection	139,727,619	134.3–145.5 million	1,274,869	1,935,825	1.51	75.5
2037	projection	139,375,420	133.5–145.6 million	1,298,036	1,942,809	1.51	75.7
2038	projection	139,034,326	132.5–145.6 million	1,323,315	1,949,124	1.51	75.9
2039	projection	138,719,274	131.8–145.9 million	1,347,544	1,955,811	1.51	76.0
2040	projection	138,415,363	131.0–146.1 million	1,371,411	1,961,170	1.52	76.2
2041	projection	138,148,299	130.2–146.3 million	1,394,196	1,964,589	1.52	76.4
2042	projection	137,895,225	129.5–146.3 million	1,413,151	1,967,626	1.52	76.6
2043	projection	137,670,254	128.6–146.7 million	1,429,440	1,969,124	1.52	76.7
2044	projection	137,445,556	127.7–147.0 million	1,437,217	1,968,544	1.53	76.9
2045	projection	137,244,454	127.2–147.5 million	1,439,405	1,965,847	1.53	77.1
2046	projection	137,059,959	126.4–148.0 million	1,435,754	1,962,467	1.53	77.3
2047	projection	136,887,457	125.7–148.3 million	1,425,449	1,958,677	1.53	77.4
2048	projection	136,691,348	125.1–148.8 million	1,409,529	1,950,633	1.54	77.6
2049	projection	136,480,604	124.3–149.0 million	1,388,423	1,942,235	1.54	77.8
2050	projection	136,256,184	123.7–149.2 million	1,363,837	1,933,396	1.54	77.9
2051	projection	136,009,366	122.7–149.2 million	1,336,186	1,923,183	1.54	78.1
2052	projection	135,743,012	121.8–149.6 million	1,308,040	1,911,799	1.54	78.3
2053	projection	135,473,935	121.2–149.9 million	1,281,841	1,900,384	1.54	78.4
2054	projection	135,151,042	120.4–149.9 million	1,257,138	1,890,039	1.54	78.6
2055	projection	134,823,641	119.5–150.1 million	1,233,327	1,879,003	1.55	78.8
2056	projection	134,473,677	118.6–149.8 million	1,213,095	1,869,973	1.55	78.9
2057	projection	134,129,150	117.8–150.2 million	1,197,924	1,861,336	1.55	79.1
2058	projection	133,787,487	117.0–150.6 million	1,184,840	1,853,019	1.55	79.2
2059	projection	133,420,512	115.9–150.8 million	1,175,532	1,846,711	1.55	79.4
2060	projection	133,058,697	115.1–150.9 million	1,169,743	1,840,508	1.55	79.5
2061	projection	132,728,241	114.5–151.1 million	1,167,138	1,835,918	1.56	79.7
2062	projection	132,375,686	113.7–151.3 million	1,168,433	1,832,679	1.56	79.9
2063	projection	132,042,291	112.8–151.6 million	1,172,011	1,830,092	1.56	80.0
2064	projection	131,693,254	111.8–151.8 million	1,178,462	1,827,631	1.56	80.2
2065	projection	131,354,269	110.9–151.9 million	1,188,174	1,824,788	1.56	80.3
2066	projection	131,020,402	110.0–152.3 million	1,195,689	1,824,001	1.56	80.5
2067	projection	130,708,309	109.3–152.4 million	1,205,980	1,822,429	1.56	80.6
2068	projection	130,421,764	108.5–152.7 million	1,216,506	1,819,715	1.56	80.8
2069	projection	130,140,496	107.7–153.0 million	1,228,906	1,816,085	1.57	80.9
2070	projection	129,848,908	107.1–153.3 million	1,239,908	1,811,706	1.57	81.1
2071	projection	129,572,750	106.0–153.8 million	1,250,049	1,805,419	1.57	81.2
2072	projection	129,291,142	105.6–154.5 million	1,258,694	1,797,374	1.57	81.3
2073	projection	129,062,736	104.7–154.7 million	1,267,949	1,787,630	1.57	81.5
2074	projection	128,845,523	103.9–155.2 million	1,274,859	1,776,209	1.57	81.6
2075	projection	128,646,391	103.2–155.5 million	1,275,630	1,762,965	1.57	81.8
2076	projection	128,461,727	102.6–156.2 million	1,276,196	1,746,961	1.57	81.9
2077	projection	128,308,149	101.7–156.7 million	1,277,221	1,730,162	1.58	82.0
2078	projection	128,149,963	100.7–156.9 million	1,272,537	1,711,976	1.57	82.2
2079	projection	128,008,430	100.4–157.3 million	1,267,009	1,692,957	1.58	82.3
2080	projection	127,886,854	99.7–157.7 million	1,260,913	1,671,968	1.58	82.4
2081	projection	127,788,984	98.8–158.4 million	1,252,240	1,651,289	1.58	82.6
2082	projection	127,704,616	97.9–158.6 million	1,242,188	1,629,998	1.58	82.7
2083	projection	127,620,320	97.3–158.9 million	1,230,921	1,608,668	1.58	82.8
2084	projection	127,544,819	96.8–159.9 million	1,218,400	1,587,210	1.58	83.0
2085	projection	127,469,450	96.2–160.7 million	1,205,996	1,566,977	1.58	83.1
2086	projection	127,392,688	95.6–161.1 million	1,194,950	1,548,210	1.58	83.2
2087	projection	127,323,978	94.8–162.0 million	1,184,527	1,531,005	1.58	83.4
2088	projection	127,275,427	94.0–163.0 million	1,175,416	1,515,657	1.58	83.5
2089	projection	127,224,746	93.2–163.4 million	1,166,605	1,503,970	1.58	83.6
2090	projection	127,172,007	92.7–164.2 million	1,160,536	1,495,642	1.59	83.8
2091	projection	127,116,212	91.9–164.8 million	1,154,693	1,490,177	1.59	83.9
2092	projection	127,067,167	91.6–165.5 million	1,150,902	1,487,479	1.59	84.0
2093	projection	126,991,668	91.1–166.5 million	1,146,176	1,489,073	1.58	84.1
2094	projection	126,935,766	90.8–167.6 million	1,145,927	1,493,600	1.58	84.3
2095	projection	126,882,789	90.1–168.3 million	1,146,962	1,500,286	1.59	84.4
2096	projection	126,814,170	89.5–168.8 million	1,149,823	1,508,042	1.59	84.5
2097	projection	126,723,362	88.6–169.5 million	1,152,775	1,517,126	1.59	84.6
2098	projection	126,644,367	88.0–170.5 million	1,157,466	1,526,117	1.59	84.7
2099	projection	126,543,015	87.2–171.1 million	1,160,454	1,536,017	1.59	84.8
2100	projection	126,439,051	86.3–171.7 million	1,165,957	1,544,585	1.59	85.0

Show the numbers: Russia, mid-2026, by single year of age

Russia: population by single year of age, mid-2026
Age	Male	Female
0	628,441	595,853
1	639,920	606,253
2	653,548	618,382
3	672,564	635,853
4	707,466	669,049
5	741,214	701,190
6	762,472	721,322
7	804,046	760,662
8	857,006	810,724
9	928,806	878,629
10	990,847	937,403
11	1,000,710	946,552
12	991,815	939,154
13	986,653	934,556
14	960,458	909,352
15	900,622	854,532
16	874,099	831,327
17	879,554	839,516
18	860,946	823,022
19	815,210	780,223
20	791,870	762,945
21	800,552	773,268
22	800,522	772,107
23	780,338	753,126
24	738,692	713,611
25	718,041	692,786
26	701,098	676,594
27	691,810	669,829
28	694,717	674,676
29	703,684	683,654
30	743,040	723,246
31	782,976	760,855
32	808,632	786,004
33	874,095	857,172
34	983,967	965,818
35	1,103,080	1,087,530
36	1,182,410	1,173,790
37	1,217,700	1,214,440
38	1,268,540	1,269,920
39	1,285,900	1,294,420
40	1,257,120	1,286,170
41	1,218,180	1,258,840
42	1,204,270	1,247,410
43	1,161,280	1,213,370
44	1,038,390	1,105,060
45	1,048,460	1,129,220
46	1,082,040	1,166,470
47	1,019,270	1,111,020
48	980,098	1,085,150
49	958,137	1,072,000
50	954,167	1,083,080
51	924,982	1,061,860
52	886,886	1,024,390
53	873,470	1,013,680
54	857,216	991,930
55	852,330	978,820
56	816,721	937,948
57	746,561	882,426
58	713,804	874,584
59	706,522	885,080
60	726,562	925,274
61	753,196	981,802
62	771,554	1,026,940
63	786,746	1,054,660
64	796,420	1,098,640
65	813,516	1,171,900
66	781,482	1,176,660
67	722,007	1,121,090
68	686,741	1,083,400
69	640,520	1,043,610
70	600,565	1,017,750
71	567,906	1,002,100
72	510,282	936,100
73	465,267	884,202
74	434,362	854,880
75	401,388	809,840
76	379,930	791,726
77	325,736	702,394
78	269,824	601,388
79	230,273	537,700
80	161,170	390,060
81	98,032	245,375
82	72,935	190,368
83	79,234	220,933
84	104,266	311,797
85	115,004	358,687
86	108,798	350,804
87	97,038	328,643
88	85,002	293,703
89	66,104	229,945
90	46,281	164,961
91	31,791	116,268
92	21,960	83,164
93	19,142	74,714
94	16,560	65,032
95	13,590	53,212
96	10,394	41,626
97	7,412	30,348
98	5,212	21,246
99	3,296	13,790
100+	3,814	20,628

RUS · 1950–2100 · every age, every year

Russia, every age in every year

Each column is a year and each row an age; the denser the ink in a cell, the more people. Everyone born in the same year climbs one 45° diagonal, so famines, baby booms and migration show up as streaks. Select a cell to follow its generation.

RUS · ages 15–64

Who does the work in Russia

Russia had the most working-age people it is ever expected to have in 2010: 103,817,000 people aged 15–64, against 95,816,700 in 2023.

100 aged 15–64

27 children

25 aged 65+

aged 15–64 children under 15 aged 65 and over

How to read this: one orange square for each of 100 people aged 15–64 in 2023. Beneath them, teal for the children living alongside those 100 and violet for the people aged 65 or older.

Fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 in 52 years: 1954–1956 and 1972–2020.

fewer than 50 dependants per 100 the same, projected 50 or more

How to read this: one stripe a year from 1950 to 2100. A stripe takes colour in a year when fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people of working age, and stays grey otherwise; hatching means the year is projected.

How every country compares

RUS · arrivals minus departures

Who arrives in Russia, and who leaves

In 2020–2025 Russia gains 194,130 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 20–24, at 53,127 a year more arriving than leaving.

one square = 5,000 people a year

020406080+

more arrive than leave more leave than arrive

How to read this: each column is one age, youngest on the left. Above the line, in blue, are the ages gaining people; below it, in orange, the ages losing them. This is the UN's projection for 2020–2025 — the record of migration by age does not go back beyond 2020.

Across the counted years, 1950 to 2023, its biggest single-year gain was 1,358,944 (2002); its biggest loss, 1,129,589 (1992).

In 2024, 7,605,774 people living in Russia had been born in another country, 5 of every 100 people there, against 8 in 1990.

How migration works everywhere

RUS · births by the mother's age · 1950–2100

Who has the babies in Russia

Of every 100 babies born in Russia in 2023, 4 had a mother under 20, 72 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 24 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 4 under 20 and 18 aged 35 or older.

1950
4 · 78 · 18

2023
4 · 72 · 24

2050 · projected
1 · 72 · 27

The mother's age: under 20 20 to 34 35 or older projected

How to read this: shrink a year's babies to 100 and colour each one by the age of its mother — that is a block. Under it, the same three groups as numbers, starting with the youngest mothers.

Babies born, 2023: 1,297,207
Average age when women have a baby: 28.9 years; 29.2 in 1950
Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19: 13; 23 in 1950

Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100

Babies born in Russia by the mother's age
Mother's age	1950	1975	2000	2023	2050 projected	2100 projected
10–14	60	206	661	326	130	124
15–19	116,502	223,494	157,006	48,975	16,878	17,445
20–24	940,052	966,780	510,909	236,939	119,342	127,945
25–29	907,977	570,405	347,149	339,736	352,971	347,344
30–34	390,916	180,579	166,736	364,888	506,704	405,812
35–39	347,461	169,493	69,093	248,829	302,119	213,260
40–44	169,294	32,377	15,564	53,406	61,376	49,656
45–49	12,159	3,101	727	3,961	4,268	4,308
50–54	179	454	227	147	49	63
All babies	2,884,600	2,146,889	1,268,072	1,297,207	1,363,837	1,165,957

The UN's births for each year, split by the mother's age in the UN's own proportions.

RUS · healthy years · 2021

Years in good health in Russia

A baby born in Russia in 2021 could expect 70.0 years of life, 60.9 of them in full health (95% range 60.3–61.7). That leaves 9.1 years in less than full health, close to the world's 9.5.

Women

63.6 in full health, 10.7 not: 74.3 years

Men

58.2 in full health, 7.4 not: 65.6 years

a year in full health a year in less than full health

How to read this: each square is a year of life, each row ten years; filled squares are years in full health, rounded to whole years.

Women: 63.6 healthy years of 74.3. Men: 58.2 of 65.6. In 2019, before the pandemic, the healthy years were 63.7.

RUS · forced from home · end of 2025

Displacement in Russia

At the end of 2025, Russia was hosting 12,787 people who had crossed a border into it, fewer than 1 in every 10,000 people living there.

hosted from abroad12,787
Russia nationals abroad187,670

stayed inside their own country crossed a border

How to read this: one square stands for 5,000 people, so the rows can be compared with one another. The last row is people from Russia living in another country, wherever they are.

In 2025, 8,507 people asked for asylum in Russia for the first time; 17,751 people from Russia asked for asylum in another country. Of every 100 people from Russia whose claims were decided that year, 27 were given protection. Who asks for asylum, and who is given it

How the world's displacement is counted

RUS · of every 100 people

How people live in Russia

Of every 100 people in Russia in 2025, 48 lived in a city, 31 in a town or suburb and 21 in the countryside.

cities towns and suburbs rural areas

Nearly everyone has electricity at home (2024). 5.6 of every 100 do not use the internet (2024).

How to read this: one square for every hundredth person, coloured as the key shows. Because the rule behind the colours is the same everywhere, two countries' squares can be compared directly.

How the world's people live

RUS · adults 25 and over · 2020

How far people in Russia went in school

Almost every adult in Russia went to school: of every 100 in 2020, 90 finished upper secondary or went further.

3 finished primary 7 finished lower secondary 60 finished upper secondary 30 studied after school

Its people aged 15 to 64 were most numerous in 2020, the first year counted, and are never as many again in the middle projection; nor are the ones who finished upper secondary.

How to read this: every adult here as one of 100 squares. The stronger the colour, the further that person went in school (the Wittgenstein Centre, 2020).

How far the world's people went in school

RUS · cities · 2025

Cities in Russia

Russia had 254 cities in 2025, home to 69.2 million people. The largest, Moscow, holds 10 of every 100 people in Russia.

Moscow14,524,753
Saint Petersburg4,736,499
Novosibirsk1,331,432
Nizhny Novgorod1,196,944
Yekaterinburg1,148,237
Kazan1,132,941
Rostov-on-Don1,065,880
Omsk975,485
Samara955,599
Ufa880,583

All 59 cities in Russia that reach 300,000 people

Moscow 14,524,753
Saint Petersburg 4,736,499
Novosibirsk 1,331,432
Nizhny Novgorod 1,196,944
Yekaterinburg 1,148,237
Kazan 1,132,941
Rostov-on-Don 1,065,880
Omsk 975,485
Samara 955,599
Ufa 880,583
Voronezh 879,892
Chelyabinsk 794,411
Krasnodar 783,125
Saratov 771,355
Makhachkala 717,618
Volgograd 655,020
Tyumen 602,535
Izhevsk 586,811
Krasnoyarsk 569,604
Yaroslavl 553,086
Khabarovsk 543,422
Astrakhan 524,085
Barnaul 502,491
Naberezhnye Chelny 498,625
Tomsk 477,632
Kemerovo 470,175
Ryazan 466,086
Cheboksary 456,304
Vladivostok 455,141
Penza 449,851
Irkutsk 442,807
Kaliningrad 436,555
Orenburg 426,263
Podolsk 400,335
Ulyanovsk 387,698
Stavropol 376,062
Ivanovo 372,200
Tver 366,542
Belgorod 363,411
Vladikavkaz 356,422
Tula 356,025
Kirov 322,377
Timofeevka 321,680
Magnitogorsk 317,107
Tambov 314,026
Rajon Swerdlowski 302,890
Saransk 299,262
Novokuznetsk 298,733
Smolensk 297,177
Oryol 294,739
Cherepovets 291,159
Kursk 291,098
Murmansk 277,693
Vologda 268,759
Ulan-Ude 262,433
Arkhangelsk 254,797
Vladimir 251,498
Petrozavodsk 227,487
Kurgan 139,073

How to read this: the 10 biggest cities here in 2025, drawn on a single scale so the bars can be compared. Each is a built-up area on the UN's rule rather than a city government's patch.

All the world's cities

Apparatus

Sources and method

Every figure on this page comes from the UN's World Population Prospects 2024: the annual country tables (estimates to 2023, projections with 95% intervals from 2024), and the population by single year of age and sex for the pyramid.

The censuses, surveys and registers behind the UN's estimates for Russia are listed, source by source, on the UN's own data sources page.

Sources: UN WPP 2024 · World Bank · UNHCR · country code lists · UN WUP 2025 · Wittgenstein Centre · WHO GHO · flag-icons · Natural Earth. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →

Checked before it was drawn

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries The pyramid for every year was checked against the published total. What that stamp counts, and what every page here has to pass before it can be built: how this site checks its figures.