Russia’s Demographic Problems Set Stage for Future Political Challenges (Paul Globe – The Jamestown Foundation)

Russia’s demographic decline is accelerating, with the population giving birth to fewer babies during the first quarter of 2025 than at any time in the last two centuries. Moscow is alarmed by demographic decline because of the impact of population decline on the economy, military, and national prestige, but demographers say it should focus on falling birth rates. The Kremlin is not adequately addressing falling birth rates because effective solutions are costly and because experts predict an uptick in births in the 2030s, as the larger number of women born 10 to 15 years ago enter reproductive age.

Russia’s Demographic Problems Set Stage for Future Political Challenges – Jamestown