Mexico vs Russia: Has the population peaked?

Mexico

129.74 million people

in 2023

Russia

145.44 million people

in 2023

Mexico rank

10th

Russia rank

9th

Has the population peaked? over time

Russia currently reports 145.44 million people against 129.74 million people in Mexico, a difference of 15.70 million people.

That makes Russia's figure about 1.1 times Mexico's.

Across all 74 years both countries report, Russia has been ahead every year.

Mexico ranks 10th and Russia ranks 9th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Has the population peaked?
Unit: people
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The total population, measured on 1 July of the year shown.