Russia is set to begin the first census of its population since 1989. There has been a lot of change in that time including, demographers suspect, a large drop in population.

Russia Scraps Population Census As War Casualties Mount Published Oct 02, 2024 at 11:16 AM EDT Updated Oct 02, 2024 at 4:37 PM EDT By Amir Daftari ...

Russia could face a labor shortage of nearly 11 million people by 2030, its labor minister said. Birth rates have plummeted, and labor shortages have worsened because of the war in Ukraine. The ...

Deaths have outpaced births almost every year since the end of communism. Russia’s population peaked in 1993 at 148.6 million. At the start of 2022, it was estimated at 145.6 million.

In March, Raksha said Russia might be seeing its lowest birth rates since the late 1700s. Births dropped by 6 to 7 percent in February and by 3 to 4 percent in March, the demographer said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a federal law suspending part of the All-Russian Population Census. According to some sources, this measure is intended to hide Russian society from the ...