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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,101 posts) Sat Apr 9, 2022, 09:19 PM Apr 2022

Russia's Demographic Crisis Explained - TLDR News

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Russia's Demographic Crisis Explained - TLDR News (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2022 OP

And Ukraine was also in demographic decline: down 14.5% between 1990 and 2019 progree Apr 2022 #1

I was surprised there were so many immigrants in Russia -- progree Apr 2022 #2

progree

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1. And Ukraine was also in demographic decline: down 14.5% between 1990 and 2019

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sat Apr 9, 2022, 10:22 PM

Apr 2022

that's all pre-pandemic pre-invasion ...

https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/ukraine-population/

1990, 51,463,105 Peak population
2019, 43,993,638 (down 14.5% from the peak). Fertility rate: 1.48 (2.1 is the approximate replacement level)

Since then ... well a March 28 post said there were 3.8 million refugees in the E.U.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142895282

That 3.8 million population loss to other EU countries is another nearly 9% loss.

And then there are deaths due to the invasion

progree

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2. I was surprised there were so many immigrants in Russia --

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sat Apr 9, 2022, 10:44 PM

Apr 2022

I would think that most wouldn't be coming from Europe, and I don't think Putin likes people of color or Muslims any more than Trump does. But anyway, I found this link - most of the immigrants came/come from formerly USSR countries. A lot of them might be ethnic Russians leaving Central Asian countries, who knows.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_to_Russia

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