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Russia Faces Record Low Births Amid Ongoing Crisis

7/9/2025

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Russia is grappling with a severe demographic crisis, recording just 1.22 million births in 2024—the lowest figure since 1999. Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova cautioned that the number of women of reproductive age could plummet by 7 million by 2046, a situation worsened by high mortality rates linked to the ongoing war in Ukraine.

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Russia is grappling with a severe demographic crisis, recording just 1.22 million births in 2024—the lowest figure since 1999. Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova cautioned that the number of women of reproductive age could plummet by 7 million by 2046, a situation worsened by high mortality rates linked to the ongoing war in Ukraine.