The Russia-Ukraine war has accelerated the population decline. A shrinking population threatens Russia's economy and could result in worker shortages and low growth. Russia's economy has a dire ...

Economists, tech elites and politicians have expressed concern regarding the sharp decline in birth rates in many countries. Falling fertility rates in advanced economies and emerging markets (such as ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has been focused on dealing with Russia’s demographic crisis from his first day on the job, but the population is still shrinking slowly. Now he is having another ...

For a quarter century, President Vladimir Putin has faced the specter of Russia's shrinking and aging population. In 1999, a year before he came to power, the number of babies born in Russia plunged ...