over the 11 months of 2023, natural population decline decreased by 19.3% – Kommersant
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By data Rosstat, the natural population decline in Russia in January-November 2023 decreased by 19.3% compared to the same period in 2022. For 11 months of 2023, natural decline amounted to 438.3 thousand people, in 2022 – 543.4 thousand.
In January-November 2023, 1.16 million people were born and 1.6 million people died. During this period, 868 thousand marriages were registered and 624 thousand divorces were recorded.
The mortality rate over 11 months decreased by 8.07% compared to the same period in 2022, the birth rate by 2.96%. Infant mortality decreased by 11.18% compared to 2022.
In November 2023, the birth rate decreased by 2.91% compared to November 2022, the death rate decreased by 0.79%, and infant mortality by 11.09%. Natural loss at the end of November amounted to 43 thousand, an increase of 4.6% compared to 2022. There were 35.37% more marriages in November than in the same month in 2022. The number of divorces decreased by 0.5%.
At the beginning of 2024 Rosstat presented two variants of the demographic forecast for Russia until 2046: high and low. The optimistic version of the forecast assumes an increase in the Russian population by 4.59 million people, to 150.87 million, by the beginning of 2046. According to the pessimistic version, by 2046 the country’s population will decrease by 15.4 million and amount to 130.6 million people.
Read more about how Russia plans to solve demographic problems in the Kommersant article. “Russians are turned into family”.
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