Rostov-on-Don, Russia Metro Area Population 1950-2024

Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Rostov-on-Don, Russia metro area from 1950 to 2024. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035.
  • The current metro area population of Rostov-on-Don in 2024 is 1,140,000, a 0.09% increase from 2023.
  • The metro area population of Rostov-on-Don in 2023 was 1,139,000, a 0.09% increase from 2022.
  • The metro area population of Rostov-on-Don in 2022 was 1,138,000, a 0.09% increase from 2021.
  • The metro area population of Rostov-on-Don in 2021 was 1,137,000, a 0.09% increase from 2020.
Data Source: United Nations - World Population Prospects

MLA Citation:
Other Cities in Russia
City Name Population
Moscow 12,712,000
Saint Petersburg 5,582,000
Novosibirsk 1,702,000
Yekaterinburg 1,533,000
Kazan 1,296,000
Nizhniy Novgorod 1,250,000
Chelyabinsk 1,244,000
Omsk 1,181,000
Krasnoyarsk 1,173,000
Samara 1,154,000
Ufa 1,147,000
Rostov-on-Don 1,140,000
Perm 1,084,000
Voronezh 1,084,000
Krasnodar 1,011,000
Volgograd 993,000
Tyumen 917,000
Saratov 838,000
Tolyatti 690,000
Izhevsk 652,000
Irkutsk 647,000
Khabarovsk 643,000
Barnaul 642,000
Ulyanovsk 623,000
Yaroslavl 613,000
Tomsk 610,000
Vladivostok 610,000
Makhachkala 602,000
Kemerovo 570,000
Orenburg 570,000
Balashikha 563,000
Novokuznetsk 547,000
Ryazan 540,000
Naberezhnye Tchelny 536,000
Astrakhan 535,000
Penza 521,000
Kirov 519,000
Cheboksary 516,000
Lipetsk 503,000
Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Oblast 494,000
Sochi 477,000
Kursk 474,000
Tula 463,000
Stavropol 460,000
Ulan-Ude 451,000
Tver 427,000
Magnitogorsk 421,000
Belgorod 419,000
Surgut 411,000
Ivanovo 399,000
Bryansk 392,000
Chita 363,000
Vladimir 360,000
Kaluga 352,000
Arkhangelsk 348,000
Nizhny Tagil 344,000
Yakutsk 342,000
Podolsk 341,000
Volzhsky 332,000
Smolensk 327,000
Saransk 326,000
Cherepovets 319,000
Vologda 318,000
Orel 314,000
Kurgan 307,000
Vladikavkaz 298,000
Rostov-on-Don - Historical Population Data
Year Population Growth Rate
2024 1,140,000 0.09%
2023 1,139,000 0.09%
2022 1,138,000 0.09%
2021 1,137,000 0.09%
2020 1,136,000 0.09%
2019 1,135,000 0.09%
2018 1,134,000 0.53%
2017 1,128,000 0.53%
2016 1,122,000 0.54%
2015 1,116,000 0.45%
2014 1,111,000 0.54%
2013 1,105,000 0.55%
2012 1,099,000 0.55%
2011 1,093,000 0.37%
2010 1,089,000 0.28%
2009 1,086,000 0.18%
2008 1,084,000 0.28%
2007 1,081,000 0.19%
2006 1,079,000 0.19%
2005 1,077,000 0.28%
2004 1,074,000 0.19%
2003 1,072,000 0.28%
2002 1,069,000 0.38%
2001 1,065,000 0.38%
2000 1,061,000 0.38%
1999 1,057,000 0.38%
1998 1,053,000 0.38%
1997 1,049,000 0.38%
1996 1,045,000 0.38%
1995 1,041,000 0.39%
1994 1,037,000 0.29%
1993 1,034,000 0.39%
1992 1,030,000 0.39%
1991 1,026,000 0.39%
1990 1,022,000 0.39%
1989 1,018,000 0.59%
1988 1,012,000 0.90%
1987 1,003,000 0.80%
1986 995,000 0.91%
1985 986,000 0.82%
1984 978,000 0.82%
1983 970,000 0.83%
1982 962,000 0.84%
1981 954,000 0.85%
1980 946,000 0.85%
1979 938,000 1.41%
1978 925,000 1.98%
1977 907,000 1.80%
1976 891,000 1.95%
1975 874,000 1.86%
1974 858,000 1.90%
1973 842,000 1.94%
1972 826,000 1.85%
1971 811,000 1.88%
1970 796,000 2.31%
1969 778,000 2.50%
1968 759,000 2.57%
1967 740,000 2.49%
1966 722,000 2.56%
1965 704,000 2.47%
1964 687,000 2.54%
1963 670,000 2.45%
1962 654,000 2.67%
1961 637,000 2.41%
1960 622,000 2.64%
1959 606,000 2.54%
1958 591,000 2.43%
1957 577,000 2.49%
1956 563,000 2.55%
1955 549,000 2.62%
1954 535,000 2.49%
1953 522,000 2.55%
1952 509,000 2.41%
1951 497,000 2.69%
1950 484,000 0.00%