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During the first five months of 2022, Russia’s population fell by 430,000, which far exceeded the figure for the same period in 2021 and one that points to another decline of more than one million people for 2022 as a whole. The 2021 figure reflects both the relationship of births and deaths among the permanent population and the size of migration flows. Last year, in-migration partially compensated for the greater number of deaths as compared to births, but this year, it has not. Instead, increased out-migration has contributed to the total population decline. The opening of the country to in-migration after the pandemic may lead to a slight improvement in the second half of 2022, but that will not be enough to compensate for the indigenous decline continuing into 2023 and throughout the coming decade (Osnmedia.ru, July 26).<ref>[https://jamestown.org/program/russias-demographic-collapse-is-accelerating/ ''Russia’s Demographic Collapse Is Accelerating''] by Paul Goble, Jamestown Foundation website, 2022</ref>}}

During the first five months of 2022, Russia’s population fell by 430,000, which far exceeded the figure for the same period in 2021 and one that points to another decline of more than one million people for 2022 as a whole. The 2021 figure reflects both the relationship of births and deaths among the permanent population and the size of migration flows. Last year, in-migration partially compensated for the greater number of deaths as compared to births, but this year, it has not. Instead, increased out-migration has contributed to the total population decline. The opening of the country to in-migration after the pandemic may lead to a slight improvement in the second half of 2022, but that will not be enough to compensate for the indigenous decline continuing into 2023 and throughout the coming decade (Osnmedia.ru, July 26).<ref>[https://jamestown.org/program/russias-demographic-collapse-is-accelerating/ ''Russia’s Demographic Collapse Is Accelerating''] by Paul Goble, Jamestown Foundation website, 2022</ref>}}

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{{Cquote|Rosstat, the state statistics service, has predicted that Russia’s population could decline by up to 12 million people in the next two decades. The warning was issued before the war in Ukraine, where tens of thousands of young Russian soldiers are thought to have been killed. The Kremlin has tried to plug the demographic hole by offering financial incentives for families to have more than one child and making it easier for foreigners to obtain Russian citizenship.<ref>[https://archive.md/yVUMe#selection-759.0-759.54 Russia moves to ban public discussion of homosexuality], The Times, 2022</ref>}}

{{Cquote|Rosstat, the state statistics service, has predicted that Russia’s population could decline by up to 12 million people in the next two decades. The warning was issued before the war in Ukraine, where tens of thousands of young Russian soldiers are thought to have been killed. The Kremlin has tried to plug the demographic hole by offering financial incentives for families to have more than one child and making it easier for foreigners to obtain Russian citizenship.<ref>[https://archive.md/yVUMe#selection-759.0-759.54 Russia moves to ban public discussion of homosexuality], The Times, 2022</ref>}}