The article is great but its gloom and doom ignores several parameters. The default played a huge role in the suppression of the birthrate as well as people immigrating elsewhere. As people stoped leaving en masse and the ecconomy became a bit more active instead of being dead the situation improved. Other factors are the institution of root re-integration. Financial insentives for larger families and per child subsidy. Also Orthodox revival and activism with the daily life to encourage families and prpogation. The situation looks horrible at present however I m trying to be optimistic and looked in many places for optimistic info.
Hopefully the birth rate will increase just by how much is the question. The most optimistic I could get is 1.8-9 in 5 years maybe 2.5 in 10 if a baby boom occured in the next 5 years it would stimulate a revival but I cant see anything happening except I noticed the decrease in the age women give birth decreasing ergo women start having children earlier which is semi-odd.