Tag: Fertility Rate

Russian Fertility Rate Falls to Lowest Level Since 2008

Health, Epidemics, Substance Abuse, Population Disaster, Demographics
Aerial View of Kremlin and Environs

(Paul Goble – Window on Eurasia – Staunton, Sept. 25, 2020) The fertility rate in Russia fell last year to 1.504 children per woman per lifetime, far below the replacement level of 2.1, below the figure of 1.579 of a year earlier, and below the Kremlin’s projected goal for last year of 1.63. In fact, the 2019 figure was the […]

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Russian Fertility Rate will Continue to Fall Even if Economy Improves, Data Show

Economy, Business, Investment, Trade, Health, Epidemics, Substance Abuse, Population Disaster, Demographics
Couple in Hospital with Newborn

(Paul Goble – Window on Eurasia – Staunton, September 30, 2019) Fertility rates in Russia have again fallen to the levels they were in during the 1990s, Rosstat data show, and the government assumes that when the deceive economy improves, they will go right back up. But a more careful examination of the data suggests that underlying shifts in values […]

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