Russia
Population 2026
143,394,457
Overview
- Yearly change
- -0.42%
- Density
- 9 per km²
- Land area
- 16,376,870 km²
- Capital
- Moscow
- Currency
- Ruble (RUB)
- Official languages
- RU, TT, XAL, CAU
- Urban population
- 75.3%
- Continent
- EU
Demographics
- Births
- 1,213,3742026
- Deaths
- 1,868,4112026
- Birth rate
- 8.4per 1,000
- Death rate
- 12.4per 1,000
- Fertility rate
- 1.42
- Life expectancy
- 73.4At birth, years
- Median age
- 40.7
- Net migration
- -251,822
Age distribution
- 0–1417.0%
- 15–6465.2%
- 65+17.8%
Population by year
Economy
- GDP
- $2.6T
- GDP per capita
- $17.5K
- GDP growth
- +1.0%
- Inflation
- 8.7%
- Unemployment
- 2.1%
- Exports
- $466B
- Imports
- $397B
- Tourism receipts
- 1.3%% of exports
Economic output by sector (% of GDP)
- Agriculture3.1%
- Industry29.7%
- Manufacturing13.7%
- Services58.9%
Employment by sector (%)
- Agriculture5.1%
- Industry25.8%
- Services69.1%
Largest cities
| # | City | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MoscowMoscow | 10,381,2222025 |
| 2 | Saint PetersburgSt. Petersburg | 5,351,9352026 |
| 3 | NovosibirskNovosibirsk Oblast | 1,612,8332026 |
| 4 | YekaterinburgSverdlovsk Oblast | 1,495,0662026 |
| 5 | Nizhniy NovgorodNizhny Novgorod Oblast | 1,259,0132026 |
| 6 | KazanTatarstan Republic | 1,243,5002026 |
| 7 | ChelyabinskChelyabinsk | 1,202,3712026 |
| 8 | OmskOmsk Oblast | 1,172,0702026 |
| 9 | SamaraSamara Oblast | 1,163,3992026 |
| 10 | Rostov-on-DonRostov | 1,130,3052026 |
Populated place as listed by GeoNames. Not a metropolitan-area figure.
Historical statistics
| Year | Population | Births | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 143,394,457 | 1.2M | 1.9M |
| 2020 | 146,371,295 | 1.5M | 2.2M |
| 2010 | 143,934,468 | 1.8M | 2.1M |
| 2000 | 146,717,784 | 1.3M | 2.3M |
| 1990 | 148,979,537 | 2.0M | 1.7M |
| 1980 | 138,572,628 | 2.3M | 1.5M |
| 1970 | 130,367,188 | 1.9M | 1.1M |
| 1960 | 119,934,143 | 2.9M | 901K |
| 1950 | 103,392,364 | 2.9M | 1.4M |