St. Petersburg lost to Krasnodar in the number of pensioners by 137,930 people
St. Petersburg entered the top five regions of Russia in terms of the number of pensioners, but lost to the Krasnodar Territory. As of September 1, 2026, 1.4 million pensioners live in the city. This is reported by RIA Novosti.

St. Petersburg entered the top five regions of Russia in terms of the number of pensioners, but lost to the Krasnodar Territory. As of September 1, 2026, 1.4 million pensioners live in the city. This is reported by RIA Novosti.
Petersburg in the ranking takes fourth place. The first is Moscow (3 million elderly people), the second is the Moscow region (1.9 million) and the third is the Krasnodar Territory (1.5 million). Closes the top 5 Sverdlovsk region with 1.2 million pensioners.
At the same time, only 547,794 people work in Moscow out of 3 million pensioners, the remaining 2,482,338 are unemployed. The average size of pensions in September reached 25.5 thousand rubles. Compared to last year, the growth was 8.3%.



