Kursk's 2026 population is now estimated at 476,580. In 1950, the population of Kursk was 158,757. Kursk has grown by 973 in the last year, which represents a 0.2% 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 Kursk, which typically includes Kursk's population in addition to adjacent suburban areas.
| City | 2026 Pop. ↓ | Growth |
|---|---|---|
| Moscow | 12,756,500 | 0.15% |
| Saint Petersburg | 5,608,910 | 0.21% |
| Novosibirsk | 1,710,440 | 0.22% |
| Yekaterinburg | 1,540,000 | 0.19% |
| Kazan | 1,302,070 | 0.19% |
| Nizhniy Novgorod | 1,249,590 | -0.01% |
| Chelyabinsk | 1,248,010 | 0.14% |
| Krasnoyarsk | 1,181,270 | 0.29% |
| Omsk | 1,181,100 | 0.02% |
| Samara | 1,153,400 | -0.03% |
| Ufa | 1,149,690 | 0.11% |
| Voronezh | 1,087,730 | 0.16% |
| Perm | 1,087,440 | 0.13% |
| Krasnodar | 1,022,480 | 0.49% |
| Volgograd | 991,693 | -0.06% |
| Tyumen | 933,297 | 0.73% |
| Saratov | 837,212 | -0.01% |
| Izhevsk | 653,118 | 0.05% |
| Irkutsk | 649,403 | 0.14% |
| Khabarovsk | 645,332 | 0.16% |
| Barnaul | 642,827 | 0.06% |
| Ulyanovsk | 622,797 | 0.01% |
| Yaroslavl | 613,635 | 0.05% |
| Tomsk | 613,376 | 0.23% |
| Vladivostok | 610,078 | 0.03% |
| Makhachkala | 603,284 | 0.07% |
| Balashikha | 573,598 | 0.78% |
| Kemerovo | 571,137 | 0.1% |
| Orenburg | 570,323 | 0.05% |
| Novokuznetsk | 546,870 | -0.01% |
| Astrakhan | 534,947 | 0.03% |
| Kirov | 520,957 | 0.14% |
| Kirov | 520,957 | 0.14% |
| Penza | 520,534 | 0% |
| Cheboksary | 518,153 | 0.2% |
| Lipetsk | 502,685 | -0.03% |
| Kaliningrad | 496,049 | 0.21% |
| Sochi | 483,567 | 0.53% |
| Tula | 461,381 | -0.14% |
| Ulan-Ude | 452,638 | 0.17% |
| Tver | 427,675 | 0.08% |
| Belgorod | 421,107 | 0.25% |
| Magnitogorsk | 421,085 | 0.04% |
| Surgut | 415,682 | 0.47% |
| Ivanovo | 398,188 | -0.05% |
| Bryansk | 390,441 | -0.11% |
| Chita | 364,351 | 0.17% |
| Vladimir | 360,531 | 0.06% |
| Kaluga | 353,296 | 0.12% |
| Podolsk | 345,245 | 0.46% |
| Yakutsk | 344,869 | 0.38% |
| Nizhny Tagil | 343,377 | -0.09% |
| Saransk | 326,961 | 0.14% |
| Smolensk | 326,802 | -0.01% |
| Cherepovets | 319,577 | 0.02% |
| Vologda | 318,690 | 0.07% |
| Orel | 313,714 | -0.03% |
| Kurgan | 305,330 | -0.15% |
| Vladikavkaz | 296,882 | -0.09% |
| Tambov | 292,140 | 1% |
| Murmansk | 287,847 | 0.99% |
| Petrozavodsk | 281,023 | 1.01% |
| Nizhnevartovsk | 277,668 | 1.01% |
| Kostroma | 276,929 | 1% |
| Sterlitamak | 276,394 | 1% |
| Novorossiysk | 274,956 | 1.01% |
| Yoshkar-Ola | 274,715 | 1.01% |
| Khimki | 259,550 | 1.02% |
| Taganrog | 248,643 | 1% |
| Komsomolsk-on-Amur | 244,768 | 0.99% |
| Syktyvkar | 244,403 | 1% |
| Nizhnekamsk | 240,020 | 1% |
| Mytishchi | 235,504 | 1.03% |
| Shakhty | 230,262 | 1% |
| Dzerzhinsk | 229,000 | 1% |
| Orsk | 226,502 | 0.99% |
| Blagoveshchensk | 226,385 | 1.01% |
| Blagoveshchensk | 226,385 | 1.01% |
| Bratsk | 226,269 | 0.99% |
| Korolyov | 225,858 | 1.02% |
| Angarsk | 224,630 | 1% |
| Pskov | 210,340 | 1% |
| Lyubertsy | 205,295 | 1.02% |
| Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk | 200,636 | 1.01% |
| Biysk | 199,464 | 0.99% |
| Armavir | 188,960 | 1% |
| Balakovo | 187,523 | 0.99% |
| Abakan | 186,797 | 1.01% |
| Rybinsk | 184,635 | 0.99% |
| Severodvinsk | 181,990 | 0.99% |
| Norilsk | 181,830 | 1% |
| Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky | 179,586 | 1% |
| Krasnogorsk | 175,554 | 1.04% |
| Ussuriysk | 173,640 | 1.01% |
| Volgodonsk | 171,406 | 1% |
| Novocherkassk | 168,035 | 1% |
| Zlatoust | 163,919 | 0.99% |
| Miass | 151,472 | 1% |
| Salavat | 150,500 | 1% |
| Pyatigorsk | 147,861 | 1% |
| Kopeysk | 147,634 | 1.01% |
| Nakhodka | 145,159 | 0.99% |
| Khasavyurt | 145,109 | 1.01% |
| Rubtsovsk | 141,584 | 1% |
| Maykop | 141,475 | 1% |
| Kolomna | 140,129 | 1% |
| Berezniki | 139,209 | 0.99% |
| Domodedovo | 137,160 | 1.04% |
| Kovrov | 135,715 | 0.99% |
| Odintsovo | 135,506 | 1% |
| Neftekamsk | 131,138 | 1.01% |
| Kislovodsk | 128,779 | 1% |
| Bataysk | 127,919 | 1.01% |
| Nefteyugansk | 127,255 | 1% |
| Novocheboksarsk | 127,226 | 1% |
| Serpukhov | 126,273 | 1% |
| Derbent | 125,832 | 1.01% |
| Kaspiysk | 123,988 | 1.02% |
| Cherkessk | 123,168 | 1% |
| Novomoskovsk | 122,306 | 0.99% |
| Ramenskoye | 121,908 | 1.02% |
| Kyzyl | 119,438 | 1.01% |
| Orekhovo-Zuyevo | 118,309 | 1% |
| Obninsk | 117,419 | 1.01% |
| Nevinnomyssk | 116,751 | 1% |
| Dimitrovgrad | 113,472 | 0.99% |
| Yessentuki | 113,056 | 1.01% |
| Kamyshin | 109,910 | 0.99% |
| Reutov | 108,054 | 1.02% |
| Pushkino | 107,580 | 1% |
| Murom | 106,984 | 0.99% |
| Noyabrsk | 106,911 | 1% |
| Novoshakhtinsk | 106,534 | 1% |
| Seversk | 106,516 | 1% |
| Achinsk | 105,531 | 1% |
| Berdsk | 104,334 | 1.01% |
| Arzamas | 103,979 | 1% |
| Noginsk | 103,967 | 1% |
| Elista | 103,122 | 1% |
| Yelets | 102,313 | 0.99% |
| Khanty-Mansiysk | 101,466 | 1.02% |
| Novokuybyshevsk | 100,455 | 0.99% |
| Zheleznogorsk | 100,446 | 1.01% |
| Zheleznogorsk | 100,446 | 1.01% |
| Sergiyev Posad | 100,335 | 0.99% |
| Zelenodolsk | 100,039 | 1% |
| Votkinsk | 97,244 | 1% |
| Mezhdurechensk | 96,299 | 0.99% |
| Sarov | 96,052 | 1% |
| Serov | 95,861 | 1% |
| Mikhaylovsk | 95,721 | 1.03% |
| Mikhaylovsk | 95,721 | 1.03% |
| Sarapul | 95,355 | 0.99% |
| Leninsk-Kuznetsky | 94,398 | 0.99% |
| Ukhta | 93,716 | 0.99% |
| Voskresensk | 92,911 | 1% |
| Solikamsk | 92,602 | 0.99% |
| Glazov | 92,334 | 1% |
| Magadan | 92,052 | 1% |
| Gatchina | 91,685 | 1% |
| Velikiye Luki | 90,922 | 0.99% |
| Michurinsk | 90,722 | 0.99% |
| Lobnya | 90,231 | 1.02% |
| Kansk | 88,917 | 0.99% |
| Anapa | 88,879 | 1.04% |
| Gubkin | 86,229 | 1% |
| Buzuluk | 86,103 | 1% |
| Novotroitsk | 83,647 | 0.98% |
| Yeysk | 83,094 | 0.99% |
| Ivanteyevka | 81,254 | 1.03% |
| Ivanteyevka | 81,254 | 1.03% |
| Kineshma | 80,950 | 0.99% |
| Yurga | 80,840 | 1% |
| Kuznetsk | 80,497 | 0.99% |
| Azov | 80,428 | 1% |
| Klin | 79,715 | 1% |
| Kropotkin | 77,655 | 1% |
| Vidnoye | 77,018 | 1.03% |
| Bor | 76,872 | 1% |
| Gelendzhik | 76,783 | 1.03% |
| Balashov | 75,773 | 0.99% |
| Chernogorsk | 75,419 | 1% |
| Vyborg | 75,355 | 0.99% |
| Dubna | 74,985 | 1.01% |
| Dubna | 74,985 | 1.01% |
| Vsevolozhsk | 74,724 | 1.02% |
| Shadrinsk | 74,652 | 1% |
| Novoaltaysk | 74,556 | 1.01% |
| Yelabuga | 73,962 | 1% |
| Mineralnye Vody | 73,925 | 1% |
| Troitsk | 73,421 | 0.99% |
| Troitsk | 73,421 | 0.99% |
| Verkhnyaya Pyshma | 72,688 | 1.02% |
| Chekhov | 72,321 | 1.02% |
| Birobidzhan | 71,843 | 1% |
| Chapayevsk | 71,720 | 1% |
| Belovo | 71,240 | 0.99% |
| Kirovo-Chepetsk | 69,835 | 0.99% |
| Dmitrov | 68,792 | 1.01% |
| Tuymazy | 68,246 | 1% |
| Anzhero-Sudzhensk | 68,116 | 0.99% |
| Slavyansk-na-Kubani | 67,919 | 1.01% |
| Minusinsk | 67,912 | 1% |
| Kstovo | 67,797 | 1% |
| Kogalym | 67,727 | 1.02% |
| Georgiyevsk | 66,436 | 0.99% |
| Sunzha | 66,344 | 1.01% |
| Sunzha | 66,344 | 1.01% |
| Stupino | 65,908 | 1% |
| Buynaksk | 65,658 | 1% |
| Belogorsk | 65,315 | 1% |
| Murino | 64,939 | 1.23% |
| Beloretsk | 64,921 | 0.99% |
| Naro-Fominsk | 64,902 | 1% |
| Kungur | 64,898 | 1% |
| Gorno-Altaysk | 64,464 | 1.01% |
| Ishim | 64,414 | 1% |
| Ishimbay | 64,386 | 1% |
| Gukovo | 63,150 | 0.99% |
| Klintsy | 62,992 | 1% |
| Asbest | 62,908 | 0.99% |
| Urus-Martan | 62,702 | 1.02% |
| Donskoy | 62,621 | 1% |
| Donskoy | 62,621 | 1% |
| Kotlas | 61,990 | 1% |
| Leninogorsk | 61,695 | 1% |
| Zelenogorsk | 61,633 | 0.99% |
| Zelenogorsk | 61,633 | 0.99% |
| Revda | 61,533 | 1% |
| Revda | 61,533 | 1% |
| Tuapse | 61,180 | 1% |
| Polevskoy | 60,979 | 0.99% |
| Sibay | 60,780 | 1% |
| Izberbash | 60,453 | 1.01% |
| Borisoglebsk | 59,864 | 0.99% |
| Fryazino | 59,535 | 1.01% |
| Kumertau | 59,478 | 0.99% |
| Labinsk | 59,330 | 0.99% |
| Lesosibirsk | 59,306 | 1% |
| Belebey | 59,229 | 1% |
| Lytkarino | 59,150 | 1.01% |
| Beryozovsky | 59,030 | 1.01% |
| Nyagan | 58,565 | 1.01% |
| Tikhvin | 58,116 | 1% |
| Neryungri | 57,934 | 0.99% |
| Krymsk | 57,927 | 1% |
| Aleksin | 57,516 | 0.99% |
| Rzhev | 57,515 | 0.99% |
| Mikhaylovka | 57,447 | 1% |
| Mikhaylovka | 57,447 | 1% |
| Tikhoretsk | 57,098 | 0.99% |
| Shuya | 57,039 | 1% |
| Pavlovo | 56,680 | 0.99% |
| Meleuz | 56,677 | 0.99% |
| Sertolovo | 56,620 | 1.02% |
| Dzerzhinsky | 56,376 | 1.02% |
| Iskitim | 56,033 | 0.99% |
| Gudermes | 55,863 | 1.02% |
| Shali | 55,076 | 1.01% |
| Apatity | 54,667 | 0.99% |
| Severomorsk | 53,525 | 1.01% |
| Liski | 53,504 | 1% |
| Volzhsk | 53,216 | 1% |
| Vyksa | 53,010 | 0.99% |
| Vorkuta | 52,776 | 0.97% |
| Krasnokamsk | 52,537 | 1% |
| Snezhinsk | 51,751 | 1.01% |
| Belorechensk | 51,590 | 1% |
| Krasnokamensk | 51,387 | 0.99% |
| Salekhard | 50,976 | 1.02% |
| Kirishi | 50,525 | 1% |
| Solnechnogorsk | 50,169 | 0.99% |
| Cheremkhovo | 50,154 | 1% |
