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== Russia's demographic decline ==

== Russia's demographic decline ==

[[File:Putin 2023.jpg|thumbnail|200px|right|Russian demography has long been an existential issue to [[Essay: Vladimir Putin is a corrupt kleptocrat and an authoritarian|Vladimir Putin]]. In 2021, he declared “saving the people of Russia is our top national priority".<ref>[https://fortune.com/2022/10/18/russia-population-historic-decline-emigration-war-plunging-birth-rate-form-perfect-storm/ Russia’s population is in a historic decline as emigration, war and a plunging birth rate form a ‘perfect storm’], Fortune magazine, 2022</ref> ]]

[[File:Putin 2023.jpg|thumbnail|200px|right|Russian demography has long been an existential issue to [[Essay: Vladimir Putin is a corrupt kleptocrat and an authoritarian|Vladimir Putin]]. In 2021, he declared “saving the people of Russia is our top national priority".<ref>[https://fortune.com/2022/10/18/russia-population-historic-decline-emigration-war-plunging-birth-rate-form-perfect-storm/ Russia’s population is in a historic decline as emigration, war and a plunging birth rate form a ‘perfect storm’], Fortune magazine, 2022</ref> ]]

The fertility rate in Russia decreased to 1.5 children per woman in 2020 from 1.58 children per woman in 2019 (A replacement level of births is 2.1 children per woman).<ref>[https://gitnux.org/russian-birth-rate/#:~:text=The%20birth%20rate%20in%20Russia%20has%20been%20decreasing%20since%202015,approximately%201.77%20million%20in%202007. Report: Russian Birth Rate Statistics]</ref>

The fertility rate in Russia decreased to 1.5 children per woman in 2020 from 1.58 children per woman in 2019 (A replacement level of births is 2.1 children per woman).<ref>[https://gitnux.org/russian-birth-rate/#:~:text=The%20birth%20rate%20in%20Russia%20has%20been%20decreasing%20since%202015,approximately%201.77%20million%20in%202007. Report: Russian Birth Rate Statistics]</ref>