Russia Population

Russia in a global context

With about 144,236,933 people, Russia is home to roughly 1.79% of the world's population and ranks #9 among the countries on this list. Its population density of 8/km² is below the world average of 62 people per km² (about 13% of it), across a total area of 17,098,242 km².

Growth trend

Russia's population is shrinking at -0.19% per year, a loss of roughly 274,050 people annually. If that rate held steady, the population would fall to about 141,519,744 in ten years. Declines like this usually reflect fertility below the replacement level of about 2.1 children per woman. Real growth rarely stays constant, so treat these figures as a simple projection rather than a forecast.

Compared with nearby countries in the ranking