Kaliningrad, Russia Population 2024

Kaliningrad's 2024 population is now estimated at 493,658In 1950, the population of Kaliningrad was 151,817Kaliningrad has grown by 1,792 in the last year, which represents a 0.36% 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 Kaliningrad, which typically includes Kaliningrad's population in addition to adjacent suburban areas.

Kaliningrad, located between Lithuania and Poland on the Baltic Sea, is a city in Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave. At the time of the 2010 Russian census, Kaliningrad’s population stood at around 471,000.

Demographics

According to 2010 Russian census data, the demographics of Kaliningrad are:

Nationality

  • Russian: 84.7%
  • Ukrainian: 4%
  • Belarusian: 3.7%
  • Armenian: 0.8%
  • Tatar: 0.5%
  • Lithuanian: 0.4%
  • German: 0.4%
  • Polish: 0.3%
  • Other nationalities: 2.5%

History

Originally an Old Prussian (Sambian) fort known as Twangste, this was destroyed in 1255. A new fortress called Königsberg was built in its place. The Old Prussian culture became extinct in the 1600s. Surviving Old Prussians were integrated into the new culture.

Once the area had become predominantly German over the 700 years since its foundation, the city was flourishing, and many of Köningsberg’s iconic landmarks were built. At this time, the city had around 370,000 people, and was an administrative and cultural center of the German Empire and Prussia.

When World War II came to an end in 1945, the city was annexed into the Soviet Union, and in 1946 renamed the city Kaliningrad. The surviving German population was forcibly expelled over the following three years, and Soviet citizens repopulated Kaliningrad.

As the westernmost region of the USSR, the Kaliningrad Oblast became an important strategic area during the Cold War. The Soviet Baltic Fleet was headquartered here during the 1950s and closed to all foreign visitors.

Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the area became an exclave, geographically separated from the rest of Russia due to its location between the borders of Belarus and Poland.

Population Growth

Up until its annexation and eventual renaming by the Soviet Union, the city of Köningsberg was seeing steady population growth.

Going back as far back as 1400, the city had a population of 10,000. Over 200 years later, in 1663, this had quadroupled to 40,000. Almost 200 years on from then, the city had reached around 84,000. At the turn of the 20th century, the population of Königsberg had risen to 189,000, including stationed military. By 1939, Königsberg had reached its peak, at 372,000. Six years later, however, by the end of the Second World War, this had dropped drastically to only 73,000.

Following the end of World War II, the original German population of Kaliningrad either fled or were expelled when the territory was annexed by the Soviet Union. As of 1945, only about 5,000 Soviet citizens were living in the territory. Between October of 1947 and October 1948, around 100,000 Germans were forcibly removed from the city and sent to Germany, and during this time around 400,000 Soviet citizens arrived in the Oblast.

Today, Kaliningrad has an estimated population of 471,000 people.

Country
Russia
Growth Rate
0.36%

86 Rows

Year
Population
2035499,020
2034498,751
2033498,537
2032498,351
2031498,163
2030497,943
2029497,666
2028497,297
2027496,780
2026496,049
2025495,031
2024493,658
2023491,866
2022489,606
2021486,863
2020483,659
2019480,074
2018476,221
2017470,234
2016464,322
2015458,470
2014452,698
2013447,000
2012441,381
2011435,817
2010431,844
2009431,644
2008431,444
2007431,244
2006431,044
2005430,844
2004430,645
2003430,445
2002429,861
2001428,265
2000426,676
1999425,089
1998422,734
1997420,392
1996418,066
1995415,746
1994413,443
1993411,152
1992408,877
1991406,608
1990404,356
1989402,115
1988398,474
1987393,630
1986388,852
1985384,132
1984379,475
1983374,862
1982370,312
1981365,817
1980361,382
1979356,989
1978351,203
1977344,311
1976337,563
1975330,929
1974324,434
1973318,067
1972311,833
1971305,705
1970299,706
1969291,519
1968281,692
1967272,170
1966262,983
1965254,106
1964245,540
1963237,241
1962229,232
1961221,494
1960214,028
1959206,794
1958199,813
1957193,068
1956186,560
1955180,254
1954174,170
1953168,290
1952162,617
1951157,121
1950151,817

86 Rows

Year
Population
Change
Growth
1950151,8170%0
1951157,1213.49%5,304
1952162,6173.5%5,496
1953168,2903.49%5,673
1954174,1703.49%5,880
1955180,2543.49%6,084
1956186,5603.5%6,306
1957193,0683.49%6,508
1958199,8133.49%6,745
1959206,7943.49%6,981
1960214,0283.5%7,234
1961221,4943.49%7,466
1962229,2323.49%7,738
1963237,2413.49%8,009
1964245,5403.5%8,299
1965254,1063.49%8,566
1966262,9833.49%8,877
1967272,1703.49%9,187
1968281,6923.5%9,522
1969291,5193.49%9,827
1970299,7062.81%8,187
1971305,7052%5,999
1972311,8332%6,128
1973318,0672%6,234
1974324,4342%6,367
1975330,9292%6,495
1976337,5632%6,634
1977344,3112%6,748
1978351,2032%6,892
1979356,9891.65%5,786
1980361,3821.23%4,393
1981365,8171.23%4,435
1982370,3121.23%4,495
1983374,8621.23%4,550
1984379,4751.23%4,613
1985384,1321.23%4,657
1986388,8521.23%4,720
1987393,6301.23%4,778
1988398,4741.23%4,844
1989402,1150.91%3,641
1990404,3560.56%2,241
1991406,6080.56%2,252
1992408,8770.56%2,269
1993411,1520.56%2,275
1994413,4430.56%2,291
1995415,7460.56%2,303
1996418,0660.56%2,320
1997420,3920.56%2,326
1998422,7340.56%2,342
1999425,0890.56%2,355
2000426,6760.37%1,587
2001428,2650.37%1,589
2002429,8610.37%1,596
2003430,4450.14%584
2004430,6450.05%200
2005430,8440.05%199
2006431,0440.05%200
2007431,2440.05%200
2008431,4440.05%200
2009431,6440.05%200
2010431,8440.05%200
2011435,8170.92%3,973
2012441,3811.28%5,564
2013447,0001.27%5,619
2014452,6981.27%5,698
2015458,4701.28%5,772
2016464,3221.28%5,852
2017470,2341.27%5,912
2018476,2211.27%5,987
2019480,0740.81%3,853
2020483,6590.75%3,585
2021486,8630.66%3,204
2022489,6060.56%2,743
2023491,8660.46%2,260
2024493,6580.36%1,792
2025495,0310.28%1,373
2026496,0490.21%1,018
2027496,7800.15%731
2028497,2970.1%517
2029497,6660.07%369
2030497,9430.06%277
2031498,1630.04%220
2032498,3510.04%188
2033498,5370.04%186
2034498,7510.04%214
2035499,0200.05%269

Kaliningrad Population Data (Urban Area)

Name
2024 Pop.
2024 Growth
Moscow12,712,3000.25%
Saint Petersburg5,581,7100.37%
Novosibirsk1,701,5100.4%
Yekaterinburg1,532,9700.34%
Kazan1,296,2300.34%
Nizhniy Novgorod1,250,300-0.08%
Chelyabinsk1,243,8800.24%
Omsk1,180,680-0.01%
Krasnoyarsk1,173,1000.54%
Samara1,154,450-0.11%
Ufa1,146,7900.17%
Rostov on Don1,139,6400.07%
Perm1,084,1200.22%
Voronezh1,083,7200.27%
Krasnodar1,010,5500.94%
Volgograd993,352-0.17%
Tyumen916,8621.44%
Saratov837,687-0.08%
Tolyatti690,485-0.22%
Izhevsk652,4640.05%

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