Living standards — Chelyabinsk Oblast
Number of pensioners — total in Chelyabinsk Oblast
Number of pensioners — total in Chelyabinsk Oblast in 2025: 996 thousand people. Over the year the indicator rose by 0,3%.
Over five years (since 2020) the indicator fell by 6%. Since 1990, the start of the available series, the indicator rose by 23% (from 810 to 996 thousand people).
By this indicator Chelyabinsk Oblast is among the ten regions with the largest values among 85 federal subjects in 2025 (table for all regions). The Russia-wide figure is 41 170 thousand people: the region is below the national average.
Maximum over the full observation period — 1 068 thousand people in 2019, minimum — 810 thousand people in 1990. Data are updated annually as Rosstat releases the yearbook.
Number of pensioners — total in Chelyabinsk Oblast at checkpoint years
- 1990 — 810 thousand people
- 1995 — 938 thousand people
- 2000 — 963 thousand people
- 2005 — 935 thousand people
- 2010 — 968 thousand people
- 2015 — 1 032 thousand people
- 2020 — 1 060 thousand people
- 2025 — 996 thousand people
Number of pensioners — total by year
| Year | thousand people |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 996 |
| 2024 | 993 |
| 2023 | 1 011 |
| 2022 | 1 021 |
| 2021 | 1 043 |
| 2020 | 1 060 |
| 2019 | 1 068 |
| 2018 | 1 058 |
| 2017 | 1 053 |
| 2016 | 1 043 |
| 2015 | 1 032 |
| 2014 | 1 022 |
| 2013 | 1 013 |
| 2012 | 1 001 |
| 2011 | 990 |
| 2010 | 968 |
| 2009 | 948 |
| 2008 | 946 |
| 2007 | 942 |
| 2006 | 938 |
| 2005 | 935 |
| 2004 | 931 |
| 2003 | 940 |
| 2002 | 958 |
| 2001 | 959 |
| 2000 | 963 |
| 1995 | 938 |
| 1990 | 810 |
Questions and answers
What is “Number of pensioners — total” in Chelyabinsk Oblast?
According to Rosstat for 2025 — 996 thousand people.
Where does Chelyabinsk Oblast sit in the list by indicator magnitude?
10 of 85 federal subjects when ordered by descending value for 2025.
How did the indicator change over the last year?
From 2024 to 2025 the indicator rose by 0,3%.
Where do the data come from and how often are they updated?
Source — the official Rosstat yearbook "Regions of Russia. Socio-economic indicators". Figures are annual and update after each new yearbook release.
This indicator in neighbouring regions of the district
More in “Living standards”
- Population with money income below the poverty line / subsistence minimum
- Number of pensioners — per 1,000 population
- Employed persons per pensioner
- Private passenger cars per 1,000 population
- Poverty line
- Median wages of organization employees
- Median per capita money income
- Average total floor space of dwellings per inhabitant
- Per capita consumer expenditure
- Per capita bread products consumption
Data source
Rosstat yearbook "Regions of Russia. Socio-economic indicators". Values for 1990–2025, units: thousand people. Each region has a page with the full indicator series since 1990.