As official data vanishes from Russian state reports, independent experts warn that losses from Putin's war in Ukraine are ...

Russia is in the midst of a historic population decline as it continues to grapple with infertility, high emigration, poor health statistics and the deadly war in Ukraine in what some have called ...

Over 65% of the population is aged 15 to 64, and there are 3 million more women than men in that age bracket, according to the 2023 data from the Central Intelligence Agency.

The Russian leader has suspended the All-Russian Population Census until 2029. Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow on October 1, 2024. Mikhail Metzel/AP Photo ...

Demography is not always destiny; and Russia did for a while begin to reverse its decline in the mid-2010s. The impact of population change is often complex, as Russia’s military mobilisation shows.

Russia’s population loss is expected to continue — down to 135 million people by 2050 and 126 million by 2100. Currently the world’s ninth-most populous country, it is projected to fall to ...

Russia may be seeing its lowest birth rates since the late 1700s, with early 2025 showing sharp declines—births dropped by 6 to 7 percent in February and by 3 to 4 percent in March, according to ...

Facing a declining population, Russian politicians are proposing wild measures to reverse the trend. President Putin is urging women to have more children, while others are attacking the «child ...