Russia's demographic crisis

ChrisD(RJ) chrisd at russiajournal.com
Sun Jun 9 02:11:12 PDT 2002


The economic recovery hasn't raised pop growth?

Doug ---------

Not yet, anyway. Birth rates are up and mortality is down, and the TB epidemic is abating. However, population growth is still dropping fast. Despite economic growth, living standards are still at only something like 80% their pre-crisis levels.

Chris Doss The Russia Journal



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