Russia: population and ages

In mid-1950 there were 103 million people, so the population is now 1.4 times as large.

The UN projects 1.21 million births and 1.87 million deaths in 2026, 655,000 more deaths than births.

Deaths have outnumbered births every year since 2017.

More people move in than leave: net migration in 2026 is projected at plus 325,000.

The median age is 40.7, which is 9.6 years above the world’s 31.1.

17% of the people are under 15 and 18% are 65 or older (world: 24% and 11%).

People aged 65 and over have outnumbered children under 15 since 2025.

Women have 1.5 children on average at today’s rates (world: 2.2), against 2.9 in 1950.

Life expectancy at birth is 73.7 years, below the world’s 73.8. In 1950 it was 55.5.

For mid-2050 the UN projects 136 million people, 5.1% fewer than now, with a median age of 41.7.

By the death rates of 2023, life expectancy at birth was 73.2 years. People who had reached 65 could expect 18.9 more years for women and 14.4 for men.

On 1 January 2026, there are 27.9 people aged 65 or more for every 100 aged 15 to 64. For 2050, the UN projects 38.9.

For 2100 the UN projects a population of 126 million, with a 95 percent prediction interval of 86 million to 172 million.

Life expectancy at birth is a period measure. It sums up the death rates of one year and is not a forecast of how long the babies born that year will live.

In mid-2024, 7.61 million international migrants lived here, 5.3% of the population.

In mid-2024, 9.13 million people from here lived in other countries.