The natural population decline in Russia for the year exceeded 1 million people

As of January 1, 2022, the permanent population of RUSSIA amounted to 145.478 million people, having decreased over the year by almost 693 thousand people (minus 0.5%). This follows from a preliminary estimate of the resident population posted by Rosstat on January 28.

The previous maximum was in 2002 - minus 686 thousand people. In general, the decline in the population of Russia is recorded for the fourth year in a row. During this period, the country's population decreased by 1.4 million people, follows from the data of Rosstat.

Population dynamics is made up of natural increase/decrease (number of births minus number of deaths) and net inflow/outflow of international migrants. Rosstat separately reported on January 28 that the natural population decline in 2021, according to preliminary data, reached 1.04 million people. The previous maximum in modern Russia was set in 2000 - minus 958.5 thousand. In June 2021, Rosstat, summing up the final demographic results, reported that the natural decline in 2020 amounted to 702 thousand people.

The death rate in 2021 increased by 15.1%, to 2.44 million people, while the birth rate decreased by 2.3% to 1.4 million people, the lowest since 2002. The birth rate in Russia has been declining since 2014, although the pace of this decline is slowing down. it follows from the above data that the migration inflow for the year amounted to about 350 thousand people.