Indicator	Value
Total population	144,000,000–145,000,000 peopleUN DESA WPP [2024] 144,800,000 people·World Bank WDI [2024] 143,500,000 people
Median age	39.9 yearsUN DESA WPP [2024]
Life expectancy	73.2–73.4 yearsWorld Bank WDI [2024] 73.44 years·UNDP HDI [2023] 73.15 years
Ethnic groups	Russian 77.7%, Tatar 3.7%, Ukrainian 1.4%, Bashkir 1.1%, Chuvash 1%, Chechen 1%, other 10.2%, unspecified 3.9% (2010 est.); note: nearly 200 national and/or ethnic groups are represented in Russia's 2010 censusCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Languages	Russian (official) 85.7%, Tatar 3.2%, Chechen 1%, other 10.1% (2010 est.)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Religions	Russian Orthodox 15-20%, Muslim 10-15%, other Christian 2% (2006 est.); note: estimates are of practicing worshipers; Russia has large populations of non-practicing believers and non-believers, a legacy of over seven decades of official atheism under Soviet rule; Russia officially recognizes Orthodox Christianity, Islam, Judaism, and Buddhism as the country's traditional religionsCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Urbanization	75.3% of total population (2023)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Population growth	-0.203 %World Bank WDI [2024]
Birth rate	8.4 per 1,000World Bank WDI [2024]
Death rate	12.4 per 1,000World Bank WDI [2024]
Urban population	75.1 %World Bank WDI [2024]
Languages (structured)	Abaza Abkhaz Aghul Akkala Saami Aleut Alutor Amur Nivkh Andi Archi Arin Arman Avar Bagvalal Balkan Romani Baltic Romani Bashkir Belarusian Bezhta Bolgarian Botlikh Central Mansi Central Romani Central Siberian Yupik Chamalal Chechen China Buriat Chinese Pidgin Russian Chirag Chukchi Church Slavic Chuvantsy Chuvash Crimean Tatar Digor Ossetian Dolgan Eastern Mari Eastern Yiddish Erzya Estonian Even Evenki Finnish Forest Enets Forest Nenets Gardabani Bohtan Neo-Aramaic Georgian Godoberi Halh Mongolian Hinuq Hunzib Ingrian Ingush Iron Ossetian Judeo-Tat Kabardian Kajtak Kamas-Koibal Karachay-Balkar Karata-Tukita Karelian Kazakh Kazym-Berezover-Suryskarer Khanty Kerek Ket Khakas Khamnigan Mongol Khwarshi-Inkhoqwari Kildin Saami Kilen Kipchak Urum Komi-Permyak Komi-Yazva Komi-Zyrian Korean Koryak Kott-Assan Kubachi Kumyk Kur-Urmi Kven Finnish Lak Latvian Lezgian Lithuanian Livvi Lomavren Lower Chulym Turkic Ludian Malyj Anjuj Omok Manchu Mandarin Chinese Mator-Taigi-Karagas Mednyj Aleut Moksha Mongolia Buriat Mrassu Shor-Tutal Muslim Tat Nanai Naukan Yupik Negidal Nganasan Nighvng Nogai North Azerbaijani North Saami North-Central Dargwa North-Central Talysh Northeast Itelmen Northern Akhvakh Northern Altai Northern Mansi Northern Yukaghir Norwegian Obdorsk Khanty Oirad-Kalmyk-Darkhat Old Russian Old Sirenik Oroch Orok Oroqen Pecheneg Polish Pumpokol Qushan Aghul Russia Buriat Russian Russian-Tajik Sign Language Rutul Sakha Selkup Siberian Tatar Sinte-Manus Romani Skolt Saami Solombala English South Itelmen Southern Akhvakh Southern Altai Southern Khanty Southern Mansi Southern Yukaghir Southwestern Dargwa Surgut Khanty Svan Tabasaran Taiga Sayan Turkic Taimyr Pidgin Russian Tatar Ter Saami Tindi Tsakhur Tsez Tundra Enets Tundra Nenets Tuvinian Udi Udihe Udmurt Ukrainian Ulch Vach-Vasjugan Veps Vlax Romani Votic West Circassian West Itelmen Western Mari Yugh Yugh (Retired) Glottolog [2026]