What is population, female in Russia?

Population, female in Russia was 76.96 million in 2025, according to World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division.

What is the highest population, female recorded in Russia?

The highest recorded value was 78.89 million in 1992.

What is the lowest population, female recorded in Russia?

The lowest recorded value was 66.17 million in 1960.

How does Russia rank for population, female?

Russia ranks 9th out of 215 countries with data for 2025.

Is population, female rising or falling in Russia?

Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Russia data come from?

The figures come from World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as part of Population, female. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Population, female in Russia

Name: Population, female in Russia
Creator: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Russia: Population, female was 76.96 million in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)

76.96 million

Change on year

down 0.1%

World rank

9th

of 215 countries

All-time high

78.89 million

in 1992

All-time low

66.17 million

in 1960

Years of data

1960–2025

Population, female in Russia, 1960–2025

Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division.

Analysis

Russia recorded 76.96 million for population, female in 2025.

That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, population, female in Russia peaked at 78.89 million in 1992 and was at its lowest, 66.17 million, in 1960.

Russia ranks 9th of 215 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 66 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	68.64 million	66.17 million	70.55 million	10
1970s	72.70 million	70.99 million	74.49 million	10
1980s	76.81 million	74.96 million	78.60 million	10
1990s	78.70 million	78.32 million	78.89 million	10
2000s	77.18 million	76.71 million	78.06 million	10
2010s	77.42 million	76.77 million	77.91 million	10
2020s	77.25 million	76.96 million	77.79 million	6

Countries ranked near Russia

6 Nigeria 117.35 million compare
7 Brazil 108.16 million compare
8 Bangladesh 89.32 million compare
10 Mexico 67.96 million compare
11 Ethiopia 67.60 million compare
12 Japan 63.22 million compare

See the full ranking of 264 places →

More health data for Russia

Age population, age 10, male, interpolated 1.00 million (2025)
Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 960,514 (2025)
Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 909,363 (2025)
Age population, age 12, male, interpolated 986,685 (2025)
Age population, age 12, female, interpolated 934,601 (2025)
Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 991,796 (2025)
Age population, age 11, female, interpolated 939,188 (2025)
Age population, age 09, female, interpolated 937,418 (2025)
Age population, age 08, female, interpolated 878,626 (2025)
Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 928,696 (2025)

All data for Russia →

Frequently asked questions

What is population, female in Russia?: Population, female in Russia was 76.96 million in 2025, according to World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division.
What is the highest population, female recorded in Russia?: The highest recorded value was 78.89 million in 1992.
What is the lowest population, female recorded in Russia?: The lowest recorded value was 66.17 million in 1960.
How does Russia rank for population, female?: Russia ranks 9th out of 215 countries with data for 2025.
Is population, female rising or falling in Russia?: Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Russia data come from?: The figures come from World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as part of Population, female. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Population, female
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 264 places, 17,394 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Female population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all female residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.