Irkutsk, Russia Metro Area Population 1950-2024

Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Irkutsk, Russia metro area from 1950 to 2024. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035.
  • The current metro area population of Irkutsk in 2024 is 647,000, a 0.15% increase from 2023.
  • The metro area population of Irkutsk in 2023 was 646,000, a 0.31% increase from 2022.
  • The metro area population of Irkutsk in 2022 was 644,000, a 0.31% increase from 2021.
  • The metro area population of Irkutsk in 2021 was 642,000, a 0.47% 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
Irkutsk - Historical Population Data
Year Population Growth Rate
2024 647,000 0.15%
2023 646,000 0.31%
2022 644,000 0.31%
2021 642,000 0.47%
2020 639,000 0.47%
2019 636,000 0.47%
2018 633,000 0.96%
2017 627,000 0.97%
2016 621,000 0.98%
2015 615,000 0.99%
2014 609,000 1.00%
2013 603,000 0.84%
2012 598,000 1.01%
2011 592,000 0.68%
2010 588,000 -0.17%
2009 589,000 0.00%
2008 589,000 -0.17%
2007 590,000 -0.17%
2006 591,000 -0.17%
2005 592,000 0.00%
2004 592,000 -0.17%
2003 593,000 0.00%
2002 593,000 0.17%
2001 592,000 0.00%
2000 592,000 0.17%
1999 591,000 -0.51%
1998 594,000 -0.67%
1997 598,000 -0.50%
1996 601,000 -0.50%
1995 604,000 -0.66%
1994 608,000 -0.49%
1993 611,000 -0.65%
1992 615,000 -0.49%
1991 618,000 -0.64%
1990 622,000 -0.48%
1989 625,000 0.48%
1988 622,000 1.30%
1987 614,000 1.32%
1986 606,000 1.34%
1985 598,000 1.18%
1984 591,000 1.37%
1983 583,000 1.39%
1982 575,000 1.23%
1981 568,000 1.25%
1980 561,000 1.45%
1979 553,000 1.84%
1978 543,000 2.07%
1977 532,000 2.31%
1976 520,000 2.16%
1975 509,000 2.21%
1974 498,000 2.26%
1973 487,000 2.31%
1972 476,000 2.15%
1971 466,000 2.19%
1970 456,000 2.24%
1969 446,000 1.83%
1968 438,000 1.86%
1967 430,000 1.90%
1966 422,000 1.93%
1965 414,000 1.97%
1964 406,000 2.01%
1963 398,000 1.79%
1962 391,000 2.09%
1961 383,000 1.86%
1960 376,000 1.90%
1959 369,000 1.93%
1958 362,000 1.97%
1957 355,000 1.72%
1956 349,000 2.05%
1955 342,000 1.79%
1954 336,000 2.13%
1953 329,000 1.86%
1952 323,000 1.89%
1951 317,000 1.93%
1950 311,000 0.00%