Rostov-on-Don, Russia Metro Area Population 1950-2025

Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Rostov-on-Don, Russia metro area from 1950 to 2025. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035.
  • The current metro area population of Rostov-on-Don in 2025 is 1,140,000, a 0% increase from 2024.
  • The metro area population of Rostov-on-Don in 2024 was 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.
Data Source: United Nations - World Population Prospects

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Other Cities in Russia
City Name Population
Moscow 12,737,000
Saint Petersburg 5,597,000
Novosibirsk 1,707,000
Yekaterinburg 1,537,000
Kazan 1,300,000
Nizhniy Novgorod 1,250,000
Chelyabinsk 1,246,000
Omsk 1,181,000
Krasnoyarsk 1,178,000
Samara 1,154,000
Ufa 1,148,000
Rostov-on-Don 1,140,000
Perm 1,086,000
Voronezh 1,086,000
Krasnodar 1,018,000
Volgograd 992,000
Tyumen 927,000
Saratov 837,000
Tolyatti 690,000
Izhevsk 653,000
Irkutsk 648,000
Khabarovsk 644,000
Barnaul 642,000
Ulyanovsk 623,000
Yaroslavl 613,000
Tomsk 612,000
Vladivostok 610,000
Makhachkala 603,000
Kemerovo 571,000
Orenburg 570,000
Balashikha 569,000
Novokuznetsk 547,000
Ryazan 540,000
Naberezhnye Tchelny 537,000
Astrakhan 535,000
Penza 521,000
Kirov 520,000
Cheboksary 517,000
Lipetsk 503,000
Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Oblast 495,000
Sochi 481,000
Kursk 476,000
Stavropol 462,000
Tula 462,000
Ulan-Ude 452,000
Tver 427,000
Magnitogorsk 421,000
Belgorod 420,000
Surgut 414,000
Ivanovo 398,000
Bryansk 391,000
Chita 364,000
Vladimir 360,000
Kaluga 353,000
Arkhangelsk 348,000
Nizhny Tagil 344,000
Podolsk 344,000
Yakutsk 344,000
Volzhsky 332,000
Saransk 327,000
Smolensk 327,000
Cherepovets 320,000
Vologda 318,000
Orel 314,000
Kurgan 306,000
Vladikavkaz 297,000
Rostov-on-Don - Historical Population Data
Year Population Growth Rate
2025 1,140,000 0.00%
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%