Posted on 02/19/2022 8:36:03 AM PST by CondoleezzaProtege
Ongoing demographic woes have been exacerbated by the pandemic with Rosstat figures showing more than 660,000 had died with coronavirus since health officials recorded the first case in the country.
The new figures continue a downward trend from the previous year when Russia's population fell by more than half a million.
The pandemic death toll exacerbates the demographic crisis, linked to low birth rates and a short life expectancy, that Russia has faced for the past 30 years.
Birth rates have been falling because the generation now becoming parents were born in the 1990s, when the birth rate plunged due to economic uncertainties after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
The number of births per woman stands at around 1.5, well short of the minimum of 2.1 necessary to renew the population.
Russia's shrinking population has been at the top of President Vladimir Putin's domestic agenda since he came to power over two decades ago.
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We all may bear witness to the fall of parts of civilization. This has happened before throughout history. Empires rise and fall.
Russia lost a million people?
Did they try looking under the couch cushions?
Good. Shorter bread lines.
In Russia, you look under the table at the drinking establishment.
I predict that governments throughout the world, most likely China and Russia especially, will establish birthing centers so they will breed fertile women to prop up their declining populations.
Warms my heart.
Huh. Maybe I’ll apply.
A record number of U.S. adults identify as LGBTQ. Gen Z is driving the increase.
Twenty-one percent of adults under 25 are identifying themselves this way according to Gallup. I'm really hoping this is a fad that they'll grow out of.
Our civilization is crumbling.
Me too. I’m reporting to duty in St. Petersburg.
About a million Russians live in Cambridge, MA alone.
Them Russian female figure skaters ain’t bad looking ...
The Chinese are also losing population quickly due to the one child policy.
Even though they have similar statistical skullduggery going on in Russia... the commonly accepted figure for coronavirus deaths is half that. And just like here approximately 5% of the deaths are actually “from” coronavirus and the other 95% are people dying from comorbidities “with” coronavirus. And their treatment protocols are likely just as bad as the protocols that are killing people here.
China will begin shrinking next year. Their society is rapidly aging, and their crazy covid policies have cut their birthrate nearly in half from 4 years ago.
Japan is shrinking by 500K per year
in the United States. In 2019, 2,854,838 Americans died, and 3,747,540 were born. In 2021, approximately 3.6 million total babies were born in the USA, while according to the CDC 3.5 million people died.
America’s native population decline and replacement with migrants began years ago
Perhaps that’s why Biden has opened the borders - the USA would also soon be in negative population growth without them.
After the games end, time to raise the next generation of Olympians for the Motherland.
They need Apple tags. Then you could track them on your phone.
Vodka is no Viagra.
6-700,000 excess deaths due to COVID-19.
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