Largest cities in Russia by population

The 175 cities the United Nations Demographic Yearbook 2024 lists for Russia: the capital and every city of 100,000 or more, with the latest figure the country reported. The largest is Moskva with 11,918,057 people.

Who runs cities in Russia?

Federal subjects – regions, republics, krais, federal cities (89 claimed by Russia, including Crimea and four regions of Ukraine whose annexation the UN General Assembly does not recognise): Governor (head) directly elected in most regions; regional legislature directly elected. Regional laws, budgets, health, education, regional police co-ordination. Governors can now discipline and remove local administration heads in some cases.

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#	City	Population	Date
1	Moskva (capital)	11,918,057	1 July 2012
2	St. Petersburg	4,990,602	1 July 2012
3	Novosibirsk	1,511,369	1 July 2012
4	Ekaterinburg	1,386,909	1 July 2012
5	Nizhny Novgorod	1,257,260	1 July 2012
6	Samara	1,170,381	1 July 2012
7	Kazan	1,168,745	1 July 2012
8	Omsk	1,158,627	1 July 2012
9	Chelyabinsk	1,149,829	1 July 2012
10	Rostov-na-Donu	1,100,091	1 July 2012
11	Ufa	1,075,007	1 July 2012
12	Volgograd	1,018,762	1 July 2012
13	Perm	1,007,272	1 July 2012
14	Krasnoyarsk	1,006,856	1 July 2012
15	Voronezh	997,447	1 July 2012
16	Saratov	838,321	1 July 2012
17	Krasnodar	773,970	1 July 2012
18	Tolyatti	719,363	1 July 2012
19	Izhevsk	631,182	1 July 2012
20	Barnaul	625,679	1 July 2012
21	Tyumen	621,918	1 July 2012
22	Ulyanovsk	614,878	1 July 2012
23	Irkutsk	601,993	1 July 2012
24	Vladivostok	598,927	1 July 2012
25	Yaroslavl	597,161	1 July 2012
26	Khabarovsk	589,596	1 July 2012
27	Makhachkala	575,243	1 July 2012
28	Orenburg	555,420	1 July 2012
29	Novokuznetsk	549,383	1 July 2012
30	Tomsk	543,596	1 July 2012
31	Kemerovo	538,188	1 July 2012
32	Ryazan	526,919	1 July 2012
33	Astrakhan	526,363	1 July 2012
34	Penza	519,948	1 July 2012
35	Naberezhnye Tchelny	517,831	1 July 2012
36	Lipetsk	508,585	1 July 2012
37	Tula	496,656	1 July 2012
38	Kirov	480,594	1 July 2012
39	Cheboksary	462,669	1 July 2012
40	Kaliningrad	437,456	1 July 2012
41	Kursk	425,950	1 July 2012
42	Ulan-Ude	413,850	1 July 2012
43	Bryansk	411,798	1 July 2012
44	Magnitogorsk	410,733	1 July 2012
45	Ivanovo	408,952	1 July 2012
46	Stavropol	408,361	1 July 2012
47	Tver	407,896	1 July 2012
48	Belgorod	369,815	1 July 2012
49	Sochi	364,171	1 July 2012
50	Nizhny Tagil	358,651	1 July 2012
51	Arkhangelsk	350,258	1 July 2012
52	Kovrov	346,922	1 July 2012
53	Vladimir	346,922	1 July 2012
54	Smolensk	330,451	1 July 2012
55	Chita	329,391	1 July 2012
56	Kaluga	328,871	1 July 2012
57	Kurgan	326,729	1 July 2012
58	Surgut	321,062	1 July 2012
59	Volzhsky	320,761	1 July 2012
60	Orel	318,642	1 July 2012
61	Cherepovets	315,186	1 July 2012
62	Vladikavkaz	309,173	1 July 2012
63	Vologda	305,397	1 July 2012
64	Murmansk	303,754	1 July 2012
65	Saransk	298,103	1 July 2012
66	Yakutsk	282,419	1 July 2012
67	Tambov	281,348	1 July 2012
68	Groznyi	276,524	1 July 2012
69	Sterlitamak	275,087	1 July 2012
70	Kostroma	270,366	1 July 2012
71	Petrozavodsk	267,102	1 July 2012
72	Nizhnevartovsk	261,011	1 July 2012
73	Komsomolsk-na-Amure	259,081	1 July 2012
74	Taganrog	255,671	1 July 2012
75	Yoshkar-Ola	254,987	1 July 2012
76	Novorossiysk	248,857	1 July 2012
77	Bratsk	242,604	1 July 2012
78	Syktivkar	239,341	1 July 2012
79	Naltchik	239,230	1 July 2012
80	Dzerzhinsk	238,327	1 July 2012
81	Shakhty	238,031	1 July 2012
82	Orsk	237,194	1 July 2012
83	Nizhnekamsk	235,179	1 July 2012
84	Angarsk	231,944	1 July 2012
85	Balashikha	228,567	1 July 2012
86	Stary Oskol	220,719	1 July 2012
87	Velikiy Novgorod	219,941	1 July 2012
88	Khimki	218,275	1 July 2012
89	Blagoveshchensk	216,691	1 July 2012
90	Engels	210,190	1 July 2012
91	Biisk	206,327	1 July 2012
92	Prokopyevsk	206,023	1 July 2012
93	Pskov	205,062	1 July 2012
94	Podolsk	200,059	1 July 2012
95	Rybinsk	197,359	1 July 2012
96	Balakovo	196,918	1 July 2012
97	Armavir	190,831	1 July 2012
98	Severodvinsk	189,313	1 July 2012
99	Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	188,242	1 July 2012
100	Korolev	186,460	1 July 2012
101	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky	180,702	1 July 2012
102	Lyubertsy	178,884	1 July 2012
103	Norilsk	177,506	1 July 2012
104	Syzran	177,404	1 July 2012
105	Mytishchi	176,825	1 July 2012
106	Zlatoust	172,972	1 July 2012
107	Kamensk-Uralsky	172,639	1 July 2012
108	Novocherkassk	171,081	1 July 2012
109	Volgodonsk	170,189	1 July 2012
110	Abakan	168,655	1 July 2012
111	Ussuriisk	163,465	1 July 2012
112	Nakhodka	158,649	1 July 2012
113	Anapa	156,928	1 July 2012
114	Elektrostal	156,136	1 July 2012
115	Salavat	155,174	1 July 2012
116	Berezniki	153,806	1 July 2012
117	Miass	150,806	1 July 2012
118	Almetievsk	148,384	1 July 2012
119	Rubtsovsk	146,075	1 July 2012
120	Kolomna	144,838	1 July 2012
121	Pyatigorsk	144,603	1 July 2012
122	Maikop	144,579	1 July 2012
123	Domodedovo	142,743	1 July 2012
124	Kopeysk	139,161	1 July 2012
125	Zheleznodorozhny	138,814	1 July 2012
126	Odintsovo	137,706	1 July 2012
127	Hasaviurt	133,188	1 July 2012
128	Belovo	132,144	1 July 2012
129	Novomoskovsk	129,555	1 July 2012
130	Kislovodsk	129,313	1 July 2012
131	Cherkessk	126,884	1 July 2012
132	Serpukhov	126,729	1 July 2012
133	Nefteyugansk	125,528	1 July 2012
134	Pervouralsk	125,421	1 July 2012
135	Krasnogorsk	125,198	1 July 2012
136	Novocheboksarsk	124,288	1 July 2012
137	Neftekamsk	123,202	1 July 2012
138	Bor	122,201	1 July 2012
139	Orekhovo-Zuevo	121,341	1 July 2012
140	Dimitrovgrad	120,750	1 July 2012
141	Derbent	119,647	1 July 2012
142	Nevinnomyssk	117,949	1 July 2012
143	Kamyshin	117,352	1 July 2012
144	Bataisk	115,016	1 July 2012
145	Novy Urengoy	114,332	1 July 2012
146	Murom	113,330	1 July 2012
147	Kyzyl	112,659	1 July 2012
148	Shchelkovo	111,406	1 July 2012
149	Oktyabrsky	111,109	1 July 2012
150	Novoshakhtinsk	110,243	1 July 2012
151	Seversk	109,630	1 July 2012
152	Sergiev Posad	109,076	1 July 2012
153	Noyabrsk	108,662	1 July 2012
154	Achinsk	107,943	1 July 2012
155	Serov	107,904	1 July 2012
156	Elets	107,347	1 July 2012
157	Novokuybishevsk	107,244	1 July 2012
158	Zhukovsky	106,555	1 July 2012
159	Obninsk	105,722	1 July 2012
160	Arzamas	105,506	1 July 2012
161	Elista	104,177	1 July 2012
162	Pushkino	104,020	1 July 2012
163	Novotroitsk	103,061	1 July 2012
164	Artem	102,605	1 July 2012
165	Kaspiysk	102,421	1 July 2012
166	Tobolsk	101,955	1 July 2012
167	Esentuky	101,851	1 July 2012
168	Noginsk	101,779	1 July 2012
169	Kiselevsk	101,180	1 July 2012
170	Nazran	100,574	1 July 2012
171	Sarapyul	100,362	1 July 2012
172	Mezhdurechensk	100,278	1 July 2012
173	Leninsk-Kuznetsky	100,073	1 July 2012
174	Uhta	99,680	1 July 2012
175	Magadan	95,263	1 July 2012

Countries define a city in different ways (the city proper, or the wider urban area) and report in different years, so cities in different countries are not always comparable.

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Sources

United Nations Statistics Division: Demographic Yearbook 2024, Table 8: Population of capital cities and cities of 100 000 or more inhabitants, latest available year, 2005-2024, read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 0c6784df022e…)

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