The Population Comparison Infographic: Russia vs Nigeria Vs Indonesia

Posted on October 25, 2011 Updated on May 19, 2014

In 1975 the Russian population was still the world’s 4^th largest. With the collapse of the Soviet Union 16 years later the country lost over 3 million square kilometres of its territory [mostly to Kazachstan] remaining by far the world’s largest in area size though.

 Population  of Russia Plunge : Ruddia will add  6 million people in 20 years to come

Since 1991 the Russian land area has remained constant [at about 17 million square kilometres, see infographic], but the Russianpopulation size has not. Today Russia ranks 9^th on the populations list – with even tiny Bangladesh placed above it. And as theRussian population decline continues over the rest of the century more and more countries will surpass it.

That’s not so much because Russians die en masse [although there will be 6 million fewer 20 years from now], but [much more so] because the population growth in Africa and parts of southern Asia remains very high, with a substantially larger (positive) discrepancy between birth rates and mortality rates.

source : BitsofSciene