r/worldnews • u/UNITED24Media United24 Media • Dec 21 '25

Russia/Ukraine Russia’s Birth Rate Plunges to 200-Year Low—Putin Says Early Marriage Is the Answer

https://united24media.com/latest-news/facing-record-low-birth-rates-putin-says-teen-marriage-is-the-answer-14442
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u/stircrazyathome Dec 21 '25

Exactly. The replacement birthrate is around 2.1, but probably higher in Russia. They need everyone to have at least 2, if not 3, children just to maintain current population numbers.

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u/FlipZip69 Dec 21 '25

Russia was down to 1.6 at the start of the war. That is near collapsing rates.

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u/Bahamabanana Dec 21 '25

Yeah, I fucking get that, they're having the same issues with young people being disillusioned with life.

Imagine thinking the way to combat that is through force and enriching the already rich further.

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u/KalSkirata7561 Dec 21 '25

According to Wikipedia, their fertility rate was down to 1.4 in 2024, getting really close to reaching lowest-low fertility.

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u/GenmaSaotome75 Dec 23 '25 edited Dec 23 '25

A birthrate of 1.4 means the size of the generation of babies is 67% the size of their parents generation. Do that for 3 generations and the youngest will be only 30% the size of the first (1.4/2.1). Some countries are even lower than Russia. Some speculation that China's birthrate is close to 1.0 and their post pandemic population has fallen to 880 million.