Demographics of Russia

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	04 Feb 2025

As of 2025, the population of Russia is projected at 144.00 million, compared to 144.82 million in 2024. It is the most populous country in Europe, and the ninth-most populous country in the world. The population growth rate for 2025 is projected at -0.61 percent, the 205th highest among 237 countries and dependent territories.

There are 66.78 million males and 77.22 million females in Russia. The percentage of the male population is 46.37%, compared to 53.63% of the female population. Russia has 10.44 million more females than males, the highest in the world. The sex ratio in Russia in 2025 will be 86.478 males per 100 females. Russia is in the 7th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

108 million people are living in urban areas, which is 75.5 % of Russia population. Russia is ranked 87th in terms of urbanization.

Russia population

Year	Population			Growth (%)	M per 100 F
Year	Male	Female	Total	Growth (%)	M per 100 F
1950	44,947,346	58,445,014	103,392,360	1.40	76.905
1955	49,098,295	62,062,698	111,160,992	1.54	79.111
1960	53,746,910	66,187,231	119,934,141	1.44	81.204
1965	57,406,198	69,228,016	126,634,214	0.73	82.923
1970	59,396,933	70,970,257	130,367,189	0.40	83.693
1975	61,380,055	72,756,042	134,136,098	0.69	84.364
1980	63,847,492	74,725,131	138,572,623	0.55	85.443
1985	66,658,182	76,911,207	143,569,389	0.78	86.669
1990	69,787,519	79,192,021	148,979,541	0.45	88.124
1995	69,546,141	78,745,262	148,291,403	-0.12	88.318
2000	68,597,209	78,120,573	146,717,783	-0.32	87.809
2005	67,068,784	77,529,100	144,597,884	-0.42	86.508
2010	66,578,303	77,356,162	143,934,465	0.01	86.067
2015	67,369,147	77,938,469	145,307,616	0.31	86.439
2020	67,975,285	78,396,013	146,371,299	-0.25	86.708
2021	67,747,121	78,089,053	145,836,175	-0.48	86.756
2022	67,630,480	77,949,419	145,579,899	0.13	86.762
2023	67,535,082	77,905,419	145,440,500	-0.32	86.689
2024	67,204,957	77,615,466	144,820,423	-0.53	86.587
2025	66,777,739	77,219,654	143,997,393	-0.61	86.478

Life expectancy
Median age
Fertility rate

Demographics Indicators

Year	Life expectancy	Median age	Fertility rate
1950	55.472	23.041	2.926
1955	62.059	24.965	2.812
1960	68.314	26.292	2.633
1965	69.284	27.423	2.113
1970	68.708	29.709	2.007
1975	68.264	29.852	2.002
1980	67.477	30.105	1.916
1985	68.299	30.930	2.094
1990	69.279	32.169	1.910
1995	63.995	33.995	1.352
2000	64.998	35.731	1.190
2005	65.219	36.411	1.299
2010	68.153	36.964	1.585
2015	71.345	37.685	1.790
2020	71.171	38.692	1.505
2021	69.807	38.856	1.505
2022	72.517	39.071	1.452
2023	73.154	39.454	1.449
2024	73.343	39.871	1.457
2025	73.522	40.297	1.465

Total
Crude

Russia death and birth rate

Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	1,363,061	2,884,600	13.183	27.900
1955	1,106,877	2,915,099	9.957	26.224
1960	900,712	2,864,147	7.510	23.881
1965	959,975	2,018,427	7.581	15.939
1970	1,133,128	1,918,531	8.692	14.716
1975	1,303,343	2,146,889	9.717	16.005
1980	1,518,677	2,266,723	10.959	16.358
1985	1,614,999	2,452,581	11.249	17.083
1990	1,652,350	2,026,802	11.091	13.605
1995	2,294,446	1,388,504	15.473	9.363
2000	2,286,160	1,268,072	15.582	8.643
2005	2,340,785	1,472,805	16.188	10.186
2010	2,101,578	1,815,200	14.601	12.611
2015	1,869,624	1,934,705	12.867	13.315
2020	2,158,766	1,458,020	14.749	9.961
2021	2,439,514	1,421,809	16.728	9.749
2022	1,909,498	1,334,912	13.116	9.170
2023	1,794,857	1,297,207	12.341	8.919
2024	1,862,626	1,270,354	12.862	8.772
2025	1,865,750	1,241,824	12.957	8.624

Population
Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Russia

Year	Population		Urban (%)
Year	Urban	Rural	Urban (%)
1950	45,320,503	57,478,154	44.087
1955	54,512,824	56,842,397	48.954
1960	64,402,146	55,458,142	53.731
1965	73,579,688	52,904,187	58.173
1970	81,289,925	48,833,506	62.471
1975	88,869,066	44,915,318	66.427
1980	96,298,016	41,760,694	69.751
1985	102,829,481	40,141,687	71.923
1990	108,302,585	39,261,481	73.394
1995	108,802,154	39,486,685	73.372
2000	107,381,741	39,014,773	73.350
2005	105,505,958	38,112,227	73.463
2010	105,485,979	37,667,890	73.687
2015	106,549,491	37,338,513	74.050
2020	107,486,269	36,300,573	74.754
2021	107,632,491	36,004,318	74.934
2022	107,762,468	35,679,400	75.126
2023	107,876,661	35,326,882	75.331
2024	107,976,212	34,948,106	75.548

Population pyramid
Gender ratio

Russia population by Age Group (2025)

Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	3,413,602	3,230,596	6,644,198	4.61	105.665
05-09	4,342,431	4,108,645	8,451,075	5.87	105.690
10-14	4,840,004	4,583,858	9,423,862	6.54	105.588
15-19	4,180,046	3,991,440	8,171,486	5.67	104.725
20-24	3,797,888	3,660,026	7,457,913	5.18	103.767
25-29	3,562,697	3,455,436	7,018,132	4.87	103.104
30-34	4,589,653	4,487,721	9,077,374	6.30	102.271
35-39	6,258,708	6,264,780	12,523,487	8.70	99.903
40-44	5,725,184	5,977,153	11,702,336	8.13	95.784
45-49	5,055,310	5,540,841	10,596,150	7.36	91.237
50-54	4,466,492	5,096,355	9,562,846	6.64	87.641
55-59	3,792,284	4,535,304	8,327,588	5.78	83.617
60-64	4,036,441	5,384,793	9,421,235	6.54	74.960
65-69	3,564,439	5,520,467	9,084,906	6.31	64.568
70-74	2,508,494	4,595,044	7,103,539	4.93	54.591
75-79	1,474,200	3,150,676	4,624,877	3.21	46.790
80-84	527,136	1,435,651	1,962,787	1.36	36.718
85-89	473,217	1,548,104	2,021,322	1.40	30.568
90-94	128,626	479,349	607,976	0.42	26.833
95-99	37,827	156,250	194,077	0.13	24.209
100+	3,063	17,165	20,229	0.01	17.844
Total	66,777,742	77,219,654	143,997,395		86.478