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== Russia's demographic decline ==

== Russia's demographic decline ==

 

According to a 2022 report of IntelliNews:

According to a 2022 report of IntelliNews:

{{Cquote|The decline in the size of Russia’s population is accelerating, driven by a combination of the arrival of the demographic dip caused by the 1990s and one of the lowest fertility rates in the world.

{{Cquote|The decline in the size of Russia’s population is accelerating, driven by a combination of the arrival of the demographic dip caused by the 1990s and one of the lowest fertility rates in the world.

While the death rate is growing at the same time, the natural population decline continues to accelerate: 264,300 people per quarter, or 7.3 people per 100,000 of the population – new all-time lows for the entire modern history of the country.<ref name="IntelliNews">[https://intellinews.com/russian-fertility-rates-fall-to-record-lows-on-the-back-of-a-deteriorating-economy-and-sanctions-pressure-243191/ Russian fertility rates fall to record lows on the back of a deteriorating economy and sanctions pressure], bne IntelliNews, 2022</ref>}}

While the death rate is growing at the same time, the natural population decline continues to accelerate: 264,300 people per quarter, or 7.3 people per 100,000 of the population – new all-time lows for the entire modern history of the country.<ref name="IntelliNews">[https://intellinews.com/russian-fertility-rates-fall-to-record-lows-on-the-back-of-a-deteriorating-economy-and-sanctions-pressure-243191/ Russian fertility rates fall to record lows on the back of a deteriorating economy and sanctions pressure], bne IntelliNews, 2022</ref>}}

According to the Russian demographer Salavat Abylkalikov the war in Ukraine makes Russia's demographic crisis worse.<ref>[https://en.thebell.io/is-russia-dying-out-our-interview-with-a-demographer/ Is Russia dying out? Our interview with a demographer], The Bell website, July 2023</ref>

According to the Russian demographer Salavat Abylkalikov the war in Ukraine makes Russia's demographic crisis worse.<ref>[https://en.thebell.io/is-russia-dying-out-our-interview-with-a-demographer/ Is Russia dying out? Our interview with a demographer], The Bell website, July 2023</ref>

Shifts in the age structure of the population pose a substantial demographic risk for Russia's economy. The generations born in the 1990s and 2000s, when Russia's birth rate was at its lowest, are now entering the labor market. This will exacerbate the existing crisis due to a lack of young workers. Meanwhile, the post-war generations of the 1950s and 60s are aging and approaching retirement.<ref>[https://en.thebell.io/is-russia-dying-out-our-interview-with-a-demographer/ Is Russia dying out? Our interview with a demographer], The Bell website, July 2023</ref>}}

Shifts in the age structure of the population pose a substantial demographic risk for Russia's economy. The generations born in the 1990s and 2000s, when Russia's birth rate was at its lowest, are now entering the labor market. This will exacerbate the existing crisis due to a lack of young workers. Meanwhile, the post-war generations of the 1950s and 60s are aging and approaching retirement.<ref>[https://en.thebell.io/is-russia-dying-out-our-interview-with-a-demographer/ Is Russia dying out? Our interview with a demographer], The Bell website, July 2023</ref>}}

 

'''The main consequences of Russia's demographic crisis according to the Russian demographer Salavat Abylkalikov'''

'''The main consequences of Russia's demographic crisis according to the Russian demographer Salavat Abylkalikov'''