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Population Trends: Russia
Population Trends: Russia
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Introduction
While recent Russian demographic trends reflect the country's current economic and social malaise, they also continue to reveal the shocks experienced by Russia's population earlier in this century.
Russia's fertility has been falling sharply since the breakup of the USSR: Russia's 1993 total fertility rate (TFR) of 1.4 ranks among the lowest in Europe. Despite this, access to modern contraceptive methods remains difficult.
In 1992 Russia's population passed a demographic milestone, experiencing more deaths than births. Although attention is often given to the increased mortality among adult men, mortality has also risen for women and infants.
National averages for Russia as a whole often mask variation in demographic patterns and conditions within Russia's vast territory.
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