Living standards — Moscow

Number of pensioners — total in Moscow

Number of pensioners — total — Moscow: dynamics chart 1990–2025, latest value 3 044 thousand people
Number of pensioners — total in Moscow, 1990–2025. Source: Rosstat.

Number of pensioners — total in Moscow in 2025: 3 044 thousand people. Over the year the indicator rose by 1,2%.

Over five years (since 2020) the indicator fell by 1,8%. Since 1990, the start of the available series, the indicator rose by 55,8% (from 1 954 to 3 044 thousand people).

By this indicator Moscow is among the three 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 — 3 102 thousand people in 2019, minimum — 1 954 thousand people in 1990. Data are updated annually as Rosstat releases the yearbook.

Number of pensioners — total in Moscow at checkpoint years

  • 1990 — 1 954 thousand people
  • 1995 — 2 276 thousand people
  • 2000 — 2 325 thousand people
  • 2005 — 2 379 thousand people
  • 2010 — 2 557 thousand people
  • 2015 — 2 876 thousand people
  • 2020 — 3 100 thousand people
  • 2025 — 3 044 thousand people

Number of pensioners — total by year

Yearthousand people
20253 044
20243 009
20233 038
20223 024
20213 071
20203 100
20193 102
20183 049
20172 993
20162 931
20152 876
20142 836
20132 789
20122 670
20112 613
20102 557
20092 511
20082 483
20072 456
20062 425
20052 379
20042 361
20032 376
20022 371
20012 344
20002 325
19952 276
19901 954

Questions and answers

What is “Number of pensioners — total” in Moscow?

According to Rosstat for 2025 — 3 044 thousand people.

Where does Moscow sit in the list by indicator magnitude?

1 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 1,2%.

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

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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.

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