Russia's population fell from 148M in 1996 to 144M in 2025.
Russia · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Russia's population growth rose from -0.1 % in 1996 to -0.1 % in 2025.
Russia's population density fell from 9.1 in 1994 to 8.8 in 2023.
Russia's population, female (% of total) rose from 53.1 % in 1996 to 53.6 % in 2025.
Russia's urbanisation rose from 73.1 % in 1996 to 75.3 % in 2025.
Russia's urban population fell from 108M in 1996 to 108M in 2025.
Russia's rural population fell from 39.9M in 1996 to 35.5M in 2025.
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- Fertilityup +0.6 %172nd of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −2.3 %179th of 217
- Death rate, crudeup +2.5 %15th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −6.3 %70th of 217
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- Median ageup +0.4 yrs50th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.3 pts154th of 217
- Working age (15–64)down −0.4 pts92nd of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.6 pts50th of 217
- Age dependency ratioup +0.9 pts126th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +1.1 pts51st of 217
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- Net migrationdown −41.4 %208th of 217
- Migrant stockup +0.3 pts110th of 216
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- Refugees hosteddown −99.2 %91st of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.2 yrs122nd of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.1 yrs102nd of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.2 yrs147th of 217