A DEMOGRAPHIC TRAGEDY is unfolding in Russia. Over the past three years the country has lost around 2m more people than it would ordinarily have done, as a result of war, disease and exodus. The life expectancy of Russian males aged 15 fell by almost five years, to the same level as in Haiti.
Russia is in the midst of a historic population decline as it continues to grapple with low birth rates, high emigration, staggering health statistics and a deadly war in Ukraine. The growing crisis has been described by some as a "silent war" against its own human capital.
Answer and Explanation: Russia's population density is so low because much of the land in northern Russia is uninhabitable because it is frozen tundra. Although no one lives in this land, it is still taken into account when dividing the total population by total land area to find population density.
Russia's Population Decline Hits Record Rate
But even in the case of the average outlook, Russia's population is expected to dip below 146 million in the early parts of the 2021-2100 forecast period unless compensated by 900,000 migrants a year throughout that period.
Some of the objective reasons for Russia's demographic problems reflect historical dynamics: the number of women of childbearing age is falling, and the average age at which women are having children is rising steadily in modernized, urban, well-educated populations.
The Russian economy is shrinking
It is estimated that in 2022, Russia's gross domestic product (GDP) dropped by 2.1%. Russia's economy may continue to shrink in 2023. Its GDP is forecast to decline by 2.5% in the worst-case scenario (OECD) or by 0.2% according to the World Bank.
Official world population statistics show that South Korea has a falling birth rate, with just 6.89 births per 1,000 people. Andorra also has a plummeting number, at 6.91 births per 1,000, with Puerto Rico (7.90) and Portugal (8.02) also appearing on the list.
The country's population fell in 2022 to 1.411 billion, down some 850,000 people from the previous year, China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced during a Tuesday briefing on annual data.
The gender ratio in Russia attained a value of 86 males to 100 females in 2021. The ratio recorded a year-on-year increase of 0.02% in 2021. Between 2018-2021, the gender ratio in Russia increased by 0.07%. The number of males per 100 females in the country was highest in the year 2021 and lowest in the year 2018.
Although Islam is a minority religion in Russia, Russia has the largest Muslim population in Europe. According to the US Department of State in 2017, Muslims in Russia numbered 14 million or roughly 10% of the total population.
The greater part of the population are, of course, Russians - more than 80%. The remaining percentage is - Tatars - 3.8%, Ukrainians - 3%, Chuvash - 1.8%, Belarusians - 0.8%, Mordovians - 0.7%, Germans and Chechens - by 0.6%, Avars, Armenians, Jews - by 0.4% and others.
Defeat in the Crimean War further reduced Russian interest in this region. Russia offered to sell Alaska to the United States in 1859, believing the United States would off-set the designs of Russia's greatest rival in the Pacific, Great Britain.
Generally, Russia is a safe country for expats. However, both the US Department of State and the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office advise against travel to the North Caucasus region or to the Crimea, due to ongoing political unrest in these areas.
Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine that started in late February 2022, more than 300,000 Russian citizens and residents are estimated to have left Russia by mid-March 2022, at least 500,000 by the end of August 2022, and an additional 400,000 by early October, for a total of approximately 900,000.
The independent Novaya Gazeta Europe reported on Sept. 26 that 261,000 men had left since the mobilisation was declared, citing a Kremlin source. The report could be independently verified. Russia has denied some reports in Russian media saying 700,000 Russians had fled the country since the announcement.
Worldwide, the male population is slightly higher than the female population, although this varies by country. As of 2021, the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong, under the control of China, has the highest share of women worldwide with 54.2 percent. Curacao followed directly with 54 percent.
Based on a comparison of 178 countries in 2022, Russia ranked the highest in female population as a percentage of total population with 54.3% followed by Ukraine and Latvia.
5. Russia. Russia, which was formerly part of the Soviet Union and is the largest landmass in the world, has a 0.88:1 man-to-woman ratio. It spans Northern Asia and Eastern Europe.
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