Kursk's 2025 population is now estimated at 475,607. In 1950, the population of Kursk was 158,757. Kursk has grown by 1,314 in the last year, which represents a 0.28% 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 | 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% |
