Natural population decline in the Russian Federation decreased by 17.4%
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The natural population decline in Russia in 2023 decreased by 17.4% compared to 2022 and amounted to 495.2 thousand people. Such data was published by the Federal State Statistics Service on Friday, February 16.
As Rosstat notes, the number of births in 2023 decreased by 3.2%, to 1.2649 million children. In 2023, 7.6% fewer Russians died – 1.7602 million.
The permanent population of Russia as of January 1, 2024 was 146.206 million people.
Previously, Rosstat published a demographic forecast for Russia until 2046 without taking into account the population living in new regions of the country. The calculations were based on the results of the All-Russian Population Census, which was carried out in October – November 2021. It is expected that by January 1, 2046, the country’s population may decrease to 138.77 million people.
Russian President Vladimir Putin emphasized that “if we want to preserve as an ethnic group or as ethnic groups inhabiting Russia, must have at least two children” in each family. For the sake of increasing the birth rate and preserving the Russian population, “everything we do is in one way or another connected with supporting the family,” the head of state concluded.
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