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Russia s population falls half a million 1
Russia has demographic crisis. Notwithstanding official efforts to boost birth rates, reverse brain drain, use immigration policy over the past few years, Russia s population still falls by half a million.
According to official data cited last month, Russia s population stands at 146.24 million as of Jan. 1, 2021, down from 146.75 million the previous year. Russia s population could drop by more than 12 million by 2035, the national statistics office said in its annual forecast published on its website.
The State Statistics Service (Rosstat) said that Russia experienced its highest natural population decline in 11 years.
Here are the three population scenarios that Rosstat predicted for the next 15 years. That, however, Russia s natural population is expected to continue to decline meaning deaths will continue to outnumber live births.