Russia classifies population data as birth rates plunge to 200-year low
Russia classifies population data as birth rates plunge to 200-year low
Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov has said reviving the nation's birth rate is one of Russia's "top priorities."
Russia has moved to classify key demographic statistics following a dramatic collapse in its birth rate, which has plunged to levels not seen since the late 18th or early 19th century, according to a leading Russian demographer.
For decades, Russia has been experiencing a plunging birth rate and population decline, which appears to have worsened amid its ongoing invasion of Ukraine—with high casualty rates and men fleeing the country to avoid being conscripted to fight.
Projections estimate that Russia's population will fall to about 132 million in the next two decades. The United Nations has predicted that in a worst-case scenario, by the start of the next century, Russia's population could almost halve to 83 million.
It amuses me that world leaders pretend to be surprised by declining birth rates. They know perfectly well that it’s because of their and/or their neighbors policies. The environment is being poisoned, and possibly destroyed. People are reluctant to bring a child into this world, and I think they’re right to be.
Looks like death rates are up though.
No one wants to live in putins world
Shit i mean meow
That's not unique to Russia. Birth rates in developed nations have been plummeting across the board. The only reason the US was escaping it and hanging out around replacement was because of immigration, and, well, I don't know if you've been keeping up with the news lately, but it seems like that's going to change.
There's lots of reasons driving demographic collapse, but I don't think war is one of them. South Korea is usually heralded as the shining example of demographic collapse because their birth rate is the worst by far, and it generally seems to be the case that as economies becomes more "advanced", women have less time and supports to focus on motherhood, and so just choose not to have kids. I put advanced in scare quotes because it seems to me that a truly advanced economy wouldn't footgun itself with rapid demographic collapse. Not to say that the trend shouldn't be towards a smaller population that will tax the Earth's resources less, but the way to get there safely for civilization isn't by falling off a cliff.
yea putin, fuck the world up and then complain that people are not making kids. we will all die in our own filth when the infrastructure collapses and you can wipe your ass with all that money and power
Aaah yes "Smakalka"
It used to be if a nuclear bomb went off, all planes would be grounded. Now, they're going to use small yield nuclear weapons, but we know about the escalation ladder, so regardless if it's a tiny nuke, it's a nuke. Things just start or continue to escalate while plane companies are now getting nuke insurance because they're still going to fly planes as the nukes are shooting. I don't know if you got a... Entopic... pregnancy... like the pregnancy that gets stuck in your... phleopian tube... or something... if you could actually just go to a doctor and have that dealt with... you know, because... the pregnancy is not viable... and it's most likely gonna kill you. I mean if I was a gal I'd say hell no. And honestly if I was educated and I had money I'd be out of here. If you Google mass shootings the violence project, you'll see that a lot of the mass shooters, their motivations were economic issues. And that kind of explains a lot of this right wing violence being done by 20-something-year-olds. Young, dumb and full of cum, and also barefoot and pregnant. There's also, I guess, studies that say that younger women are dating older men because they're more mature, but I really think it's just because their wallets are more mature and who could really blame the women? These kids live in these horrible situations with nothing to live for working at Mickey D's as ungrateful boomers come in and scream at them because their fries are cold. We're just going back in time as the boomers just fucking gaslight us, as they lived in the most economically prosperous time, you know? Hedonistic, arrogant, middle manager, PhD, magical thinking ladder pulling pigglet whatever the fuck's. Always telling you're overreacting. But just wait, once we get there, we'll get to that point. Were it eventually will click, and you'll see a fear in their eye, and possibly a tear. Zippty doo dah zippy ehh my oh my what a wonderful day.
That's not a good look.....