Astrakhan's 2025 population is now estimated at 534,778. In 1950, the population of Astrakhan was 229,078. Astrakhan has grown by 119 in the last year, which represents a 0.02% 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 Astrakhan, which typically includes Astrakhan'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% |
