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Russia’s Population Is Now Growing

This in about Demographics, and tagged , , was written by on March 28, 2011 . 10 Comments

The preliminary results of the 2010 Census are out, showing that the population has fallen to 142.9 million. This compares to 145.2 million counted in the previous 2002 Census. Most headlines have emphasized the falling population aspect of “Putin’s decade”. But the more interesting stuff is in the derivatives. According to state statistics agency Rosstat, […]