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Russia

Country

Member state of the United Nations. The UN lists it as "Russian Federation".[1]

Capital
Population
143,513,328 in 2025[3]
Other published figures
  • 146,119,928in 1 January 2025[4]
Land area
16,376,870 km²[5]
Total area
17,075,400 km²[6] land and water
Official language
Currency
Land borders
People's Republic of China, Belarus, Estonia, Norway, Latvia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Finland, Poland, Lithuania, North Korea, Mongolia[12]
Coast
Yes[12]
Continents
Official name
  • Российская Федерация[13]

Parts of Russia

Loading 85 places.

Through time

Population over time[3]
19602025143.5M

119,897,000 in 1960, 143,513,328 in 2025

Show as a table
YearPopulation
1960119,897,000
1961121,236,000
1962122,591,000
1963123,960,000
1964125,345,000
1965126,745,000
1966127,468,000
1967128,196,000
1968128,928,000
1969129,664,000
1970130,404,000
1971131,155,000
1972131,909,000
1973132,669,000
1974133,432,000
1975134,200,000
1976135,147,000
1977136,100,000
1978137,060,000
1979138,027,000
1980139,010,000
1981139,941,000
1982140,823,000
1983141,668,000
1984142,745,000
1985143,858,000
1986144,894,000
1987145,908,000
1988146,857,000
1989147,721,000
1990147,969,406
1991148,394,216
1992148,538,197
1993148,458,777
1994148,407,912
1995148,375,787
1996148,160,129
1997147,915,361
1998147,670,784
1999147,214,776
2000146,596,869
2001145,976,482
2002145,306,497
2003144,648,618
2004144,067,316
2005143,518,814
2006143,049,637
2007142,805,114
2008142,742,366
2009142,785,348
2010142,849,468
2011143,018,195
2012143,378,447
2013143,805,638
2014144,237,223
2015144,640,716
2016145,015,460
2017145,293,260
2018145,398,106
2019145,453,291
2020145,245,148
2021144,746,762
2022144,236,933
2023143,826,130
2024143,669,648
2025143,513,328

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Codes

ISO alpha-2
RU[14]
ISO alpha-3
RUS[15]
ISO numeric
643[16]

Changes to this page's data

No changes recorded since the dataset of 5 November 2026.

Sources

  1. United Nations: Member States (checked 2026-11-05) Published directly by the source.
  2. Wikidata: Russia (Q159), capital: Moscow (revision 2564284929) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  3. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  4. Wikidata: Russia (Q159), population (revision 2564284929) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
    • Cites: Оценка численности постоянного населения на 1 января 2025 г. и в среднем за 2024 г. и компоненты её изменения
  5. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Land area (sq. km) (AG.LND.TOTL.K2) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  6. Wikidata: Russia (Q159), area (revision 2564284929) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  7. Wikidata: Russia (Q159), official language: Russian (revision 2564284929) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  8. Wikidata: Russia (Q159), currency: Russian ruble (revision 2564284929) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  9. Wikidata: Russia (Q159), continent: Europe (revision 2564284929) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  10. Wikidata: Russia (Q159), continent: Asia (revision 2564284929) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  11. Wikidata: Russia (Q159), continent: Eurasia (revision 2564284929) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  12. Natural Earth: Admin 0 countries, 1:50m (revision v5.1.2) Published directly by the source.
  13. Wikidata: Russia (Q159), official name (revision 2564284929) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  14. Wikidata: Russia (Q159), ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code (revision 2564284929) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  15. Wikidata: Russia (Q159), ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code (revision 2564284929) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  16. Wikidata: Russia (Q159), ISO 3166-1 numeric code (revision 2564284929) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.

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