How many people live in Russia right now?
Right now, according to UN estimates
143,283,402
| Today | In 2026 | |
|---|---|---|
| Births | · | · |
| Deaths | · | · |
| Net migration | · | · |
| Growth | · | · |
2026 figures
- Rank by population
- 9 of 237
- Share of world population
- 1.72%
- Median age
- 40.7 years
- Children per woman
- 1.47
- Life expectancy
- 73.7 years
- People per km²
- 9
According to UN estimates, about 143 million people live in Russia right now. It ranks 9th out of 237 countries and territories by population, between Bangladesh and Ethiopia, and it is home to one in every 58 people on the planet.
Every day, about 3,300 people are born there and about 5,100 die. More people arrive than leave: net migration adds about 325,000 people a year. More people die than are born, and immigration is not enough to make up for it. Overall, the population shrinks by about 900 people a day (0.23% a year).
In 1950, about 103 million people lived there. Since then, the population has grown by 39%. It peaked in 1991, at about 149 million, and has been falling since. By 2050 it is projected to have about 136 million people (5% fewer than today), and by 2100 about 126 million.
Half of its people are younger than 41 (worldwide, 31). Women have an average of 1.47 children each, below the 2.1 needed for each generation to replace the one before, and life expectancy at birth is 74 years (worldwide, 74). There are 9 people per square kilometer.
UN estimates up to today and projections (medium variant) from today onward.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the population of Russia in 2026?
- Russia has about 143 million people right now, according to the UN's World Population Prospects 2024. On July 1, 2026, there were 143,394,458.
- How many people are born each day in Russia?
- About 3,300 a day (1.2 million a year). About 5,100 people die each day (1.9 million a year).
- Is the population of Russia growing?
- No: it shrinks by 0.23% a year, or about 330,000 people.
- What will the population of Russia be in 2050?
- According to the UN projection (medium variant), about 136 million.
- Why doesn't this figure match the country's official statistics?
- The UN estimates the population of every country with the same method, based on censuses, surveys and registers, and projects it year by year. Each national statistics office uses its own censuses and registers, which may be more up to date or count foreign residents differently. That is why the figures can differ slightly.
Countries with a similar population
- Nigeria 243,986,500
- Brazil 213,783,615
- Bangladesh 178,484,336
- Ethiopia 139,989,708
- Mexico 133,319,902
- Japan 122,207,047
More countries in Europe
- Germany 83,580,366
- United Kingdom 70,046,001
- France 66,775,483
- Italy 58,850,873
- Spain 47,835,419
- Ukraine 39,443,560
- Poland 37,796,195
- Romania 18,765,997
- Netherlands 18,476,995
- Belgium 11,779,074
- Sweden 10,713,764
- Czechia 10,520,785
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Where these figures come from
The figures are estimates from the United Nations Population Division, published in World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant): the reference used by international organizations and by most population counters. The UN estimates how many people there are on July 1 of each year and how many are born, die and migrate; between one date and the next, this counter spreads the change continuously, second by second.
It is not a real-time headcount: nobody can count every person in a country at once. It is the best available estimate, and it may differ slightly from the figures of each country's statistics office, which use their own censuses and population registers.