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Russian Federation
Urban population

Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Global rank#8out of 217 countries
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Historical trend

109 M98 M87 M76 M65 M196019932025Russian Federation · 2025: 107.99MRussian Federation

Analytical takeaways

  • Russian Federation records 107.99M for Urban population in 2025, ranking #8 globally out of 217 countries.
  • Urban population increased from 64.91M in 1960 to 107.99M in 2025, a gain of 43.08M.
  • The country sits in the top quartile of the global distribution for this metric, making the page useful for leader-oriented high-intent searches.

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