Saint Petersburg, Russia Metro Area Population 1950-2023

Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Saint Petersburg, Russia metro area from 1950 to 2023. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035.
  • The current metro area population of Saint Petersburg in 2023 is 5,561,000, a 0.45% increase from 2022.
  • The metro area population of Saint Petersburg in 2022 was 5,536,000, a 0.58% increase from 2021.
  • The metro area population of Saint Petersburg in 2021 was 5,504,000, a 0.66% increase from 2020.
  • The metro area population of Saint Petersburg in 2020 was 5,468,000, a 0.76% increase from 2019.
Data Source: United Nations - World Population Prospects

MLA Citation:
Other Cities in Russia
City Name Population
Moscow 12,680,000
Saint Petersburg 5,561,000
Novosibirsk 1,695,000
Yekaterinburg 1,528,000
Kazan 1,292,000
Nizhniy Novgorod 1,251,000
Chelyabinsk 1,241,000
Omsk 1,181,000
Krasnoyarsk 1,167,000
Samara 1,156,000
Ufa 1,145,000
Rostov-on-Don 1,139,000
Perm 1,082,000
Voronezh 1,081,000
Krasnodar 1,001,000
Volgograd 995,000
Tyumen 904,000
Saratov 838,000
Tolyatti 692,000
Izhevsk 652,000
Irkutsk 646,000
Barnaul 641,000
Khabarovsk 641,000
Ulyanovsk 623,000
Yaroslavl 613,000
Vladivostok 610,000
Tomsk 607,000
Makhachkala 602,000
Kemerovo 569,000
Orenburg 569,000
Balashikha 554,000
Novokuznetsk 548,000
Ryazan 540,000
Naberezhnye Tchelny 536,000
Astrakhan 535,000
Penza 521,000
Kirov 518,000
Cheboksary 514,000
Lipetsk 504,000
Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Oblast 492,000
Kursk 473,000
Sochi 473,000
Tula 465,000
Stavropol 459,000
Ulan-Ude 450,000
Tver 426,000
Magnitogorsk 421,000
Belgorod 417,000
Surgut 407,000
Ivanovo 399,000
Bryansk 393,000
Chita 362,000
Vladimir 360,000
Kaluga 352,000
Arkhangelsk 348,000
Nizhny Tagil 345,000
Yakutsk 339,000
Podolsk 338,000
Volzhsky 331,000
Smolensk 327,000
Saransk 325,000
Cherepovets 319,000
Vologda 318,000
Orel 314,000
Kurgan 308,000
Vladikavkaz 298,000
Saint Petersburg - Historical Population Data
Year Population Growth Rate
2023 5,561,000 0.45%
2022 5,536,000 0.58%
2021 5,504,000 0.66%
2020 5,468,000 0.76%
2019 5,427,000 0.82%
2018 5,383,000 1.28%
2017 5,315,000 1.28%
2016 5,248,000 1.29%
2015 5,181,000 1.27%
2014 5,116,000 1.29%
2013 5,051,000 1.28%
2012 4,987,000 1.28%
2011 4,924,000 1.07%
2010 4,872,000 0.58%
2009 4,844,000 0.58%
2008 4,816,000 0.56%
2007 4,789,000 0.57%
2006 4,762,000 0.59%
2005 4,734,000 0.55%
2004 4,708,000 0.58%
2003 4,681,000 0.28%
2002 4,668,000 -0.55%
2001 4,694,000 -0.53%
2000 4,719,000 -0.55%
1999 4,745,000 -0.54%
1998 4,771,000 -0.46%
1997 4,793,000 -0.37%
1996 4,811,000 -0.52%
1995 4,836,000 -0.62%
1994 4,866,000 -0.86%
1993 4,908,000 -1.05%
1992 4,960,000 -0.54%
1991 4,987,000 -0.04%
1990 4,989,000 -0.02%
1989 4,990,000 0.44%
1988 4,968,000 0.83%
1987 4,927,000 0.86%
1986 4,885,000 0.85%
1985 4,844,000 0.83%
1984 4,804,000 0.84%
1983 4,764,000 0.85%
1982 4,724,000 0.85%
1981 4,684,000 0.84%
1980 4,645,000 0.85%
1979 4,606,000 1.30%
1978 4,547,000 1.68%
1977 4,472,000 1.68%
1976 4,398,000 1.69%
1975 4,325,000 1.67%
1974 4,254,000 1.67%
1973 4,184,000 1.68%
1972 4,115,000 1.68%
1971 4,047,000 1.68%
1970 3,980,000 1.63%
1969 3,916,000 1.58%
1968 3,855,000 1.58%
1967 3,795,000 1.61%
1966 3,735,000 1.58%
1965 3,677,000 1.57%
1964 3,620,000 1.60%
1963 3,563,000 1.60%
1962 3,507,000 1.59%
1961 3,452,000 1.59%
1960 3,398,000 1.58%
1959 3,345,000 1.58%
1958 3,293,000 1.60%
1957 3,241,000 1.57%
1956 3,191,000 1.59%
1955 3,141,000 1.58%
1954 3,092,000 1.61%
1953 3,043,000 1.57%
1952 2,996,000 1.59%
1951 2,949,000 1.58%
1950 2,903,000 0.00%