Babies on Map births by country, 0 CE – 2026

Europe · Eastern Europe

How many babies are born in Russia?

1.21 million babies born in Russia in 2026 — 0.92% of all births worldwide, and the 23rd largest of any country. UN projection

Plus or minus about 6%. These years have not happened yet or have not been counted yet. They are the medium variant of the UN's projection, not a record of births that took place.

Births in Russia through history

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Estimated annual births in Russia, 0 CE to 2026, on a logarithmic scale. The shaded band on the left marks the years where births are modelled rather than recorded. The marker sits on 2026.
Every figure refers to the area inside Russia's present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form — see how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~50K ~1.2M 41.2 Modelled estimate
1000 ~110K ~2.5M 42.5 Modelled estimate
1500 ~320K ~7.6M 42.5 Modelled estimate
1800 ~1.51M ~31.3M 48.1 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~3.38M ~64.8M 52.2 Historical reconstruction
1950 2.88M 103M 27.9 UN estimate
2000 1.27M 147M 8.6 UN estimate
2024 1.27M 145M 8.8 UN projection
2026 1.21M 143M 8.5 UN projection

What the numbers show

Annual births in Russia are at their highest in the whole run of estimates in 1928, at about ~3.87M. That is roughly 24 times the estimated ~50.5K births a year in 1 CE.

At 1.47 children per woman, fertility in Russia is below the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium variant. Earlier years come from the UN's estimates (1950 onward), Gapminder's reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.