Barnaul's 2025 population is now estimated at 642,415. In 1950, the population of Barnaul was 229,926. Barnaul has grown by 451 in the last year, which represents a 0.07% annual change.These population estimates and projections come from the latest revision of the UN World Urbanization Prospects. These estimates represent the Urban agglomeration of Barnaul, which typically includes Barnaul's population in addition to adjacent suburban areas.
| City | 2025 Pop. ↓ | Growth |
|---|---|---|
| Moscow | 12,737,400 | 0.2% |
| Saint Petersburg | 5,597,340 | 0.28% |
| Novosibirsk | 1,706,660 | 0.3% |
| Yekaterinburg | 1,537,000 | 0.26% |
| Kazan | 1,299,580 | 0.26% |
| Nizhniy Novgorod | 1,249,760 | -0.04% |
| Chelyabinsk | 1,246,210 | 0.19% |
| Omsk | 1,180,820 | 0.01% |
| Krasnoyarsk | 1,177,840 | 0.4% |
| Samara | 1,153,710 | -0.06% |
| Ufa | 1,148,400 | 0.14% |
| Rostov-on-Don | 1,140,390 | 0.07% |
| Voronezh | 1,086,000 | 0.21% |
| Perm | 1,085,990 | 0.17% |
| Krasnodar | 1,017,530 | 0.69% |
| Volgograd | 992,268 | -0.11% |
| Tyumen | 926,519 | 1.05% |
| Saratov | 837,323 | -0.04% |
| Tolyatti | 689,506 | -0.14% |
| Izhevsk | 652,790 | 0.05% |
| Irkutsk | 648,468 | 0.19% |
| Khabarovsk | 644,284 | 0.21% |
| Barnaul | 642,415 | 0.07% |
| Ulyanovsk | 622,745 | -0.01% |
| Yaroslavl | 613,355 | 0.04% |
| Tomsk | 611,949 | 0.32% |
| Vladivostok | 609,863 | 0.03% |
| Makhachkala | 602,853 | 0.08% |
| Kemerovo | 570,586 | 0.12% |
| Orenburg | 570,039 | 0.05% |
| Balashikha | 569,163 | 1.12% |
| Novokuznetsk | 546,951 | -0.05% |
| Ryazan | 540,326 | 0.03% |
| Naberezhnye Tchelny | 536,536 | 0.06% |
| Astrakhan | 534,778 | 0.02% |
| Penza | 520,546 | -0.03% |
| Kirov | 520,243 | 0.18% |
| Cheboksary | 517,136 | 0.27% |
| Lipetsk | 502,842 | -0.07% |
| Kaliningrad | 495,031 | 0.28% |
| Sochi | 481,033 | 0.75% |
| Kursk | 475,607 | 0.28% |
| Tula | 462,035 | -0.23% |
| Stavropol | 461,752 | 0.3% |
| Ulan-Ude | 451,894 | 0.22% |
| Tver | 427,338 | 0.09% |
| Magnitogorsk | 420,923 | 0.03% |
| Belgorod | 420,057 | 0.34% |
| Surgut | 413,754 | 0.66% |
| Ivanovo | 398,393 | -0.1% |
| Bryansk | 390,872 | -0.19% |
| Chita | 363,732 | 0.23% |
| Vladimir | 360,331 | 0.06% |
| Kaluga | 352,870 | 0.15% |
| Arkhangelsk | 347,819 | -0.05% |
| Nizhny Tagil | 343,700 | -0.16% |
| Podolsk | 343,650 | 0.66% |
| Yakutsk | 343,581 | 0.53% |
| Volzhsky | 331,799 | 0.08% |
| Smolensk | 326,841 | -0.04% |
| Saransk | 326,515 | 0.18% |
| Cherepovets | 319,500 | 0.01% |
| Vologda | 318,455 | 0.08% |
| Orel | 313,814 | -0.07% |
| Kurgan | 305,791 | -0.24% |
| Vladikavkaz | 297,145 | -0.15% |
