🇷🇺 Russia Population 2026

As of 2026, the population of Russia is 143,394,458, ranking #9 in the world (1.73% of the global population), based on UN World Population Prospects 2024. The population is shrinking at -0.23% per year. The biggest city is Moscow with 10,381,222 inhabitants.

Live estimate

143,386,810

Growth rate
-0.23%
Density
9
people / km² (23 / mi²)
Median age
40.7
Fertility rate
1.47
births per woman
Life expectancy
73.7
years

Russia population 1950–2100

037.4M74.7M112.1M149.4M19601980200020202040206020802100projection →1950: 103,392,3601955: 111,160,9921960: 119,934,1411965: 126,634,2141970: 130,367,1891975: 134,136,0981980: 138,572,6231985: 143,569,3891990: 148,979,5401995: 148,291,4032000: 146,717,7822005: 144,597,8842010: 143,934,4662015: 145,307,6162020: 146,371,2982025: 143,997,3932030: 141,889,4102035: 139,909,6422040: 138,281,8312045: 137,152,2062050: 136,132,7752055: 134,648,6592060: 132,893,4692065: 131,187,3352070: 129,710,8292075: 128,554,0592080: 127,837,9192085: 127,431,0692090: 127,144,1102095: 126,848,4802100: 126,386,515
Population of Russia, 1950–2100 — solid: UN estimates, dashed: UN medium-variant projection.

By 2050, the population of Russia is projected to reach 136,132,775, and 126,386,515 by 2100.

Russia population by year

YearPopulationGrowthDensity /km²Median age
2026143,394,458-0.23%8.840.7
2025143,997,393-0.61%8.840.3
2024144,820,423-0.53%8.839.9
2023145,440,500-0.32%8.939.5
2022145,579,8990.13%8.939.1
2021145,836,175-0.48%8.938.9
2020146,371,298-0.25%8.938.7
2019146,533,0670.03%8.938.4
2018146,430,1460.11%8.938.2
2017146,186,7990.22%8.938.0
2016145,778,6770.34%8.937.8
2015145,307,6160.31%8.937.7
2014144,925,6380.22%8.937.5
2013144,604,0980.23%8.837.4
2012144,291,0290.21%8.837.2
2011144,043,7480.14%8.837.1
2010143,934,4660.01%8.837.0
2009143,869,1320.08%8.836.8
2008143,811,8400.00%8.836.7
2007143,859,764-0.07%8.836.6
2006144,102,948-0.27%8.836.5
2005144,597,884-0.42%8.836.4
2004145,180,097-0.39%8.936.3
2003145,794,229-0.46%8.936.2
2002145,939,5000.26%8.936.1
2001146,117,284-0.50%8.936.0
2000146,717,782-0.32%9.035.7
1999147,241,975-0.39%9.035.4
1998147,635,531-0.14%9.035.1
1997147,853,771-0.16%9.034.7
1996148,084,582-0.16%9.034.3
1995148,291,403-0.12%9.134.0
1994148,200,7360.24%9.133.7
1993148,135,424-0.16%9.033.4
1992148,915,991-0.89%9.132.9
1991149,448,4330.18%9.132.5
1990148,979,5400.45%9.132.2
1989148,281,8660.49%9.131.8
1988147,364,4900.76%9.031.5
1987146,147,3820.90%8.931.3
1986144,807,8130.94%8.831.1
1985143,569,3890.78%8.830.9
1984142,464,2390.77%8.730.8
1983141,331,2780.83%8.630.6
1982140,247,7480.71%8.630.5
1981139,351,4980.57%8.530.3
1980138,572,6230.55%8.530.1
1979137,816,5400.55%8.429.9
1978136,979,0880.67%8.429.7
1977136,040,9760.70%8.329.5
1976135,080,6900.71%8.229.5
1975134,136,0980.69%8.229.9
1974133,259,1580.62%8.130.6
1973132,475,1500.56%8.130.7
1972131,726,4190.58%8.030.5
1971130,987,1130.55%8.030.1
1970130,367,1890.40%8.029.7
1969129,762,1870.53%7.929.3
1968129,065,0410.55%7.928.8
1967128,342,6440.58%7.828.3
1966127,533,6310.69%7.827.9
1965126,634,2140.73%7.727.4
1964125,630,1540.87%7.727.0
1963124,449,7531.02%7.626.7
1962123,111,7131.14%7.526.5
1961121,604,3041.32%7.426.4
1960119,934,1411.44%7.326.3
1959118,293,8901.31%7.226.1
1958116,588,7661.59%7.125.9
1957114,730,3351.62%7.025.6
1956112,909,1031.58%6.925.3
1955111,160,9921.54%6.825.0
1954109,463,2391.54%6.724.6
1953107,851,6791.43%6.624.2
1952106,326,3821.42%6.523.8
1951104,844,6581.39%6.423.4
1950103,392,3601.40%6.323.0
YearPopulationGrowthDensity /km²Median age
2027143,044,124-0.26%8.741.1
2028142,669,792-0.27%8.741.4
2029142,285,056-0.28%8.741.8
2030141,889,410-0.28%8.742.2
2031141,475,450-0.30%8.642.6
2032141,060,376-0.28%8.642.9
2033140,664,592-0.28%8.643.3
2034140,280,781-0.27%8.643.6
2035139,909,642-0.26%8.543.8
2036139,551,520-0.25%8.544.0
2037139,204,873-0.24%8.544.2
2038138,876,800-0.23%8.544.2
2039138,567,318-0.22%8.544.1
2040138,281,831-0.19%8.443.9
2041138,021,762-0.18%8.443.6
2042137,782,740-0.16%8.443.2
2043137,557,905-0.16%8.442.9
2044137,345,005-0.15%8.442.5
2045137,152,206-0.14%8.442.2
2046136,973,708-0.13%8.442.0
2047136,789,402-0.14%8.441.9
2048136,585,976-0.15%8.341.8
2049136,368,394-0.17%8.341.7
2050136,132,775-0.18%8.341.7
2051135,876,189-0.20%8.341.7
2052135,608,474-0.20%8.341.8
2053135,312,488-0.24%8.341.9
2054134,987,342-0.24%8.242.1
2055134,648,659-0.26%8.242.2
2056134,301,414-0.26%8.242.5
2057133,958,318-0.26%8.242.7
2058133,604,000-0.28%8.242.9
2059133,239,604-0.27%8.143.2
2060132,893,469-0.25%8.143.4
2061132,551,964-0.27%8.143.6
2062132,208,988-0.25%8.143.8
2063131,867,772-0.27%8.144.0
2064131,523,762-0.26%8.044.0
2065131,187,335-0.25%8.044.1
2066130,864,356-0.24%8.044.1
2067130,565,037-0.22%8.044.1
2068130,281,130-0.22%8.044.1
2069129,994,702-0.22%7.944.0
2070129,710,829-0.21%7.943.9
2071129,431,946-0.22%7.943.8
2072129,176,939-0.18%7.943.7
2073128,954,129-0.17%7.943.6
2074128,745,957-0.15%7.943.5
2075128,554,059-0.14%7.943.3
2076128,384,938-0.12%7.843.2
2077128,229,056-0.12%7.843.1
2078128,079,197-0.11%7.843.0
2079127,947,642-0.10%7.843.0
2080127,837,919-0.08%7.842.9
2081127,746,800-0.07%7.842.9
2082127,662,468-0.07%7.842.9
2083127,582,569-0.06%7.843.0
2084127,507,134-0.06%7.843.1
2085127,431,069-0.06%7.843.1
2086127,358,333-0.05%7.843.3
2087127,299,702-0.04%7.843.4
2088127,250,087-0.04%7.843.5
2089127,198,376-0.04%7.843.7
2090127,144,110-0.04%7.843.8
2091127,091,689-0.04%7.844.0
2092127,029,417-0.06%7.844.1
2093126,963,717-0.04%7.844.3
2094126,909,277-0.04%7.744.4
2095126,848,480-0.05%7.744.6
2096126,768,766-0.07%7.744.7
2097126,683,864-0.06%7.744.8
2098126,593,691-0.08%7.744.9
2099126,491,033-0.08%7.744.9
2100126,386,515-0.08%7.745.0

States & provinces of Russia by population

#State / provincePopulationShare
1Moskva13,010,1129.1%
2Moskovskaya7,503,3855.2%
3Krasnodar5,838,2734.1%
4City of St. Petersburg5,351,9353.7%
5Sverdlovsk4,325,2563.0%
6Rostov4,220,4522.9%
7Bashkortostan4,091,4232.9%
8Tatarstan4,004,8092.8%
9Tyumen'3,692,4002.6%
10Chelyabinsk3,493,0362.4%
11Nizhegorod3,234,7522.3%
12Samara3,193,5142.2%
13Dagestan3,182,0542.2%
14Krasnoyarsk2,876,4972.0%
15Stavropol'2,800,6742.0%
16Novosibirsk2,788,8491.9%
17Kemerovo2,694,8771.9%
18Perm'2,623,1221.8%
19Volgograd2,521,2761.8%
20Saratov2,462,9501.7%
21Irkutsk2,404,1951.7%
22Altay2,350,0801.6%
23Voronezh2,333,7681.6%
24Orenburg1,977,7201.4%
25Omsk1,960,0811.4%
26Primor'ye1,913,0371.3%
27Crimea1,907,1061.3%
28Leningrad1,813,8161.3%
29Belgorod1,549,8761.1%
30Udmurt1,513,0441.1%
31Chechnya1,510,8241.1%
32Tula1,491,8551.0%
33Khanty-Mansiy1,460,8921.0%
34Khabarovsk1,394,4901.0%
35Vladimir1,378,3371.0%
36Penza1,331,6550.9%
37Tver'1,283,8730.9%
38Kirov1,283,2380.9%
39Yaroslavl'1,265,6840.9%
40Ul'yanovsk1,246,6180.9%
41Chuvash1,231,1170.9%
42Bryansk1,210,9820.8%
43Vologda1,176,6890.8%
44Arkhangel'sk1,155,0280.8%
45Lipetsk1,150,2010.8%
46Ryazan'1,121,4740.8%
47Kursk1,115,2370.8%
48Tomsk1,078,2800.8%
49Chita1,072,8060.7%
50Tambov1,033,5520.7%
51Kaliningrad1,029,9660.7%
52Ivanovo1,014,6460.7%
53Kaluga1,012,1560.7%
54Buryat978,5880.7%
55Sakha (Yakutia)964,3300.7%
56Astrakhan'960,1420.7%
57Smolensk949,3480.7%
58Kabardin-Balkar904,2000.6%
59Kurgan845,5370.6%
60Komi840,8730.6%

State populations: GeoNames (latest official figures, reference dates vary by country).

Biggest cities in Russia

#CityRegionPopulation
1Moscow capitalMoscow10,381,222
2Saint Petersburg St.-Petersburg5,351,935
3Novosibirsk Novosibirsk Oblast1,612,833
4Yekaterinburg Sverdlovsk Oblast1,495,066
5Nizhniy Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod Oblast1,259,013
6Kazan Tatarstan Republic1,243,500
7Chelyabinsk Chelyabinsk1,202,371
8Omsk Omsk Oblast1,172,070
9Samara Samara Oblast1,163,399
10Rostov-on-Don Rostov1,130,305
11Ufa Bashkortostan Republic1,120,547
12Krasnoyarsk Krasnoyarsk Krai1,090,811
13Voronezh Voronezh Oblast1,047,549
14Volgograd Volgograd Oblast1,013,533
15Perm Perm Krai982,419

FAQ

What is the population of Russia in 2026?
The population of Russia is 143,394,458 in 2026, according to UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant).
What is the biggest city in Russia?
Moscow is the biggest city in Russia with 10,381,222 inhabitants and it is also the capital.
Is the population of Russia growing or shrinking?
The population of Russia is shrinking at -0.23% per year.

Neighboring countries

Sources

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