Russia Demographics

Population of Russia (2024)

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Russia Population
144,820,423
Yearly Change
-0.43%
Global Share
1.77%
Global Rank

Median Age

The median age in Russia is 39.9 years (2024).

Fertility in Russia

A Total Fertility Rate (TFR) of 2.1 represents the Replacement-Level Fertility: the average number of children per woman needed for each generation to exactly replace itself without needing international immigration. A value below 2.1 will cause the native population to decline

pregnant_woman Total Fertiliy Rate (TFR)
1.5
(Live Births per Woman, 2024)

Life Expectancy in Russia

See also: Countries in the world ranked by Life Expectancy

Both Sexes
73.3 years
(life expectancy at birth, both sexes combined)
Females
79.2 years
(life expectancy at birth, females)
Males
67.5 years
(life expectancy at birth, males)

Infant Mortality Rate and Deaths of Children under 5 Years Old in Russia

Infant Mortality
4.2
(infant deaths per 1,000 live births)
Deaths under age 5
5.3
(per 1,000 live births)

Russia Urban Population

Currently, 74.6 % of the population of Russia is urban (107,976,212 people in 2024)

Population Density

The 2024 population density in Russia is 9 people per Km2 (23 people per mi2), calculated on a total land area of 16,376,870 Km2 (6,323,142 sq. miles).

Largest Cities in Russia

# CITY NAME POPULATION
1 Moscow 10,381,222
2 Saint Petersburg 5,351,935
3 Novosibirsk 1,612,833
4 Yekaterinburg 1,495,066
5 Nizhniy Novgorod 1,259,013
6 Kazan 1,243,500
7 Chelyabinsk 1,202,371
8 Omsk 1,172,070
9 Samara 1,163,399
10 Rostov-na-Donu 1,130,305
11 Ufa 1,120,547
12 Krasnoyarsk 1,090,811
13 Voronezh 1,047,549
14 Volgograd 1,013,533
15 Perm 982,419
16 Krasnodar 899,541
17 Saratov 844,858
18 Tyumen 768,358
19 Tolyatti 702,879
20 Izhevsk 648,213
21 Barnaul 632,372
22 Ulyanovsk 626,540
23 Irkutsk 623,869
24 Khabarovsk 618,150
25 Yaroslavl 608,722
26 Vladivostok 604,901
27 Makhachkala 596,356
28 Khabarovsk Vtoroy 578,303
29 Tomsk 574,002
30 Orenburg 564,773

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Definitions

Population Pyramid

A Population pyramid (also called "Age-Sex Pyramid") is a graphical representation of the age and sex of a population.

Types:

  • Expansive - pyramid with a wide base (larger percentage of people in younger age groups, indicating high birth rates and high fertility rates) and narrow top (high death rate and lower life expectancies). It suggests a growing population. Example: Nigera Population Pyramid
  • Constrictive - pyramid with a narrow base (lower percentage of younger people, indicating declining birth rates with each succeeding age group getting smaller than the previous one). Example: United States
  • Stationary - with a somewhat equal proportion of the population in each age group. The population is stable, neither increasing nor decreasing.

Stages:

 

Dependency Ratio

There are three types of age dependency ratio: Youth, Elderly, and Total. All three ratios are commonly multiplied by 100.

Youth Dependency Ratio
Definition: population ages 0-15 divided by the population ages 16-64.
Formula: ([Population ages 0-15] ÷ [Population ages 16-64]) × 100

Elderly dependency ratio
Definition: population ages 65-plus divided by the population ages 16-64.
Formula: ([Population ages 65-plus] ÷ [Population ages 16-64]) × 100

Total dependency ratio
Definition: sum of the youth and old-age ratios.
Formula: (([Population ages 0-15] + [Population ages 65-plus]) ÷ [Population ages 16-64]) × 100

NOTE: Dependency Ratio does not take into account labor force participation rates by age group. Some portion of the population counted as "working age" may actually be unemployed or not in the labor force whereas some portion of the "dependent" population may be employed and not necessarily economically dependent.