Russia

Following Bangladesh, Russia holds the 9th place of the world's most populous nations with a population of 146 million and a total area of 16,376,870 km².

The population density of Russia is about 9 people per km². Russia's population is correspondent to 1.89% of the world's population, with an average age of 38.8 years in Russia.One parallel between Russia and other countries is that the majority of Russia's population live in cities such as Moscow, the capital city of 12.1 million people.

Russia's population will not increase in the short term, in fact it will decrease slowly over the next decade, with many experts predicting that the total population will reach 140 million by 2030.

Russia's authorities has introduced policy which offer cash rewards to young mothers when they have three or more children. Thus, let's wait and see what happens in the forthcoming time.

• Population: 146 million