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Russian Federation — Population
Population, Total for Russian Federation, 1960–2025.
Latest value · 2025
143.51 million
Population, Total · people · +19.7% since 1960
Population for Russian Federation was 143.51 million in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 148.54 million in 1992. The lowest was 119.90 million in 1960 (about 1.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.28% per year.
Russian Federation ranks 9 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 4%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 6.01 million, so Russian Federation sits above it. It peaked in 1992 and has fallen 3% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 1%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
143.51 million
First (1960)
119.90 million
Change
+19.7%
Highest
148.54 million
in 1992
Lowest
119.90 million
in 1960
Average
140.28 million
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.28%
Years of data
66
Recent years
| Year | people |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 143,513,328 |
| 2024 | 143,669,648 |
| 2023 | 143,826,130 |
| 2022 | 144,236,933 |
| 2021 | 144,746,762 |
| 2020 | 145,245,148 |
| 2019 | 145,453,291 |
| 2018 | 145,398,106 |
| 2017 | 145,293,260 |
| 2016 | 145,015,460 |
| 2015 | 144,640,716 |
| 2014 | 144,237,223 |
Reading this correctly. Total population based on the de facto definition, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. Figures are in people. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.TOTL — Population, Total. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.