Russia's Demographic Crisis is a Ticking Time Bomb
Paul J. Warburg
5 min
Russia's demographic crisis is a ticking time bomb caused by collapsing population and low birth rates. Russia has already lost and is continuing to lose in absolute terms due to this worsening demographic crisis.
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Vladimir Putin
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Russia's Demographic Crisis
The video explains Russia's population collapse due to low birth rates and high mortality, exacerbated by WWII losses and the war in Ukraine.
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Putin's Legislative Response
Vladimir Putin prioritized fixing this crisis by trying to legislate traditional values and encouraging women to have eight or more children. The war in Ukraine worsened the crisis through casualties and failed attempts to capture Ukraine's population to offset Russia's declining numbers.
Key points
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Russia faces a demographic crisis where the population collapses and can no longer sustain its current standard of living.
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The crisis stems from far more older people and far less younger people due to declining birth rates.
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World War II caused the Soviet Union to lose approximately 27 million people, creating a missing generation that did not reproduce.
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Boys born in 1923 in Russia had only a one in five chance of making it to their 23rd birthday.
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Increasing lifespans and healthcare have caused the percentage of older people to increase faster than the number of babies.
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Vladimir Putin identified Russia's demographic crisis as his number one priority before the war in Ukraine.
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Putin wants Russian women to hold traditional values and have eight or more children to prevent societal collapse.
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The war in Ukraine has resulted in at least 500,000 casualties on the Russian side.
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Wounded soldiers become net drawers on social care rather than net contributors to the economy.
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The Kremlin hoped to refresh Russia's demographic by capturing Ukraine and adding its population to Russia's.
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Russia has not helped its demographic crisis by going to war with Ukraine; it has made it worse.
Who and where
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Vladimir Putin 2
President of the Russian Federation
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1. Photo: Пресс-служба Президента России, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons · Wikidata · redrawn in our house style (Vladimir Putin)
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