It has been more than three years since the war between Russia and Ukraine began. On February 24, 2022, the Russian tanks entered the Ukraine’s border and a series of demolition began to continue till this day.
Donald Trump in the United States was elected to the president for the second time, with his intervention to stop the war, but there was no concrete result. Ukraine does not give a powerful Russia to the country. How many people were killed in this three -year war is a very controversial topic. No country is willing to give its real death toll. Russia’s reputation as a superpower has been a major blow to this war, not in confusion. He is now missing the warrior. The economy is in a bad state and has to seek the help of rental soldiers to fight Ukraine. Different figures are coming up on Russia’s salvation. According to the BBC analysis, more than 95,000 Russian army soldiers have died in the fourth year of the Ukraine war. However, Al Jazira reports that Ukraine’s commander-in-chief colonel Olexander Sirsky claims that 4,27,000 Russian soldiers have been killed in the war till December 30, 2024. At least two million Russians have been killed in war, according to the independent demographer and Moscow sociology Dmitry Zakotanyansky.
In the wake of the declining population in Russia, President Putin has appealed to women to have at least three children. Surprisingly, the government has now offered money to the students who are studying in college in exchange for producing children. The government of Oriol province, near the Ukraine border in central Russia, has offered to give students one lakh rubles, or about $ 1,200 (one lakh rupees) for the students to become mothers. The scheme has been implemented since January. The maximum age of girls studying in school is 16-17 years old. Being a mother at such a young age can affect the health of girls, but the government has taken this strange decision in the wake of the population. There is no minimum age limit for becoming a mother. This plan does not apply to mothers who give birth to a dead child. There are 40 other provinces in Russia who encourage university students to give birth to a child. But Oriol is the first Russian province to give money to the students studying in the school. Experts, however, have termed these steps inadequate and rude. According to him, the scheme will not be effective unless good security and ideal economic status is provided for new mothers.
Earlier, the government launched a TV program called ‘Pregnant at 16’ in protest against tinage pregnancy, which has now been renamed ‘Mama at 16’ to highlight the beauty of the maternity. The leaders here sometimes make controversial suggestions for the population growth. A local politician in Tarusa city suggested that women should wear short skirts in the summer to help enhance the population. After heavy criticism, the Liberal Democratic Party MP clarified that he made the remarks joking. However, he also said that. Short skirts of women attract men, which increases the probability of marriage and birth of children. The Russian government concerned about the population decline takes strange action. Recently, the government proposed to open the Ministry of Sex in the country. The ministry will work on various schemes and programs to produce children to citizens, so that the country’s population is increased. The government is planning to raise the cost of honeymoon of the newlywed couple. Under which couples will be given the cost of facilities including hotels, the government has also proposed to provide the first date cost of Rs. The birth rate in Russia was already inferior and the population is constantly declining after the Kovid-19 epidemic. The war with Ukrain has dropped greatly. In 2024, 12.2 lakh children were born in the country, which is 3.4 percent less than 2023. This is the lowest birth rate in the last 25 years. In contrast, the number of deaths increased 3.3 percent to 18.2 lakh. During this period, the migration from the country has increased by 20 percent. The reproductive rate in Russia is only 1.5. Abortion is also shown to be an important cause for population reduction. In 2022 there were more than five million abortions in the country. Putin has been representing Russia as a country with traditional values. He believes Russia is struggling against the fallen society of the West. In the early 1990s, Russia’s population was 14.8 million, which was reduced to 14.38 million in 2023. The United Nations estimates that by 2050, Russia’s population could decline to 12 million. Putin has signed the law to postpone Russia’s census by 2029. Experts believe that Putin has taken this step to prevent Russian soldiers from being disclosed in the Ukraine war. Russia is suffering from a bad consequences of population decline. The lack of shrines has affected the development of the country. As the population of the elderly is increasing, the government is facing an economic burden. As employees are decreasing, tax revenue is declining.
Not only Russia, but in many countries of the world, the population is declining sharply, the main reason is the decline in women. In many countries, the birth rate per women has fallen below the global average of 2.1. Due to economic challenges, increasing urbanization and changing social rules, young women are catching the currency not to marry. According to a report, the highest population decline in 2023 was 0.23 percent in Europe, while all the remaining continents increased. North America and Asia increased 0.6 percent, Latin America and Caribbean 0.7 percent, Ochenia 1.1 percent, Africa 2.3 percent. Since the highest reproductive rate among women in Africa, more than one hundred population growth is increasing in this continent. Six of the 10 countries in the world, which have the highest population of the world, are from Europe, including Greece, San Marino, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania and Kosovo. The population has decreased due to the increasing population of the elderly, the low birth rate, the high immigration rate, etc. In contrast, the population is increasing rapidly in some countries of Africa and South Asia. Birth rates are rising in countries like Nigeria, Ethiopia. However, due to urbanization and economic challenges in these countries, population growth is likely to be reduced in the next decades. According to data from the United Nations population department, Ukraine was the largest in the world between 2022 and 2023, the cause of the deaths of people in the war with Russia, the escape of refugees and lower birth rates. Tuvalu declined 1.80 percent, 1.60 percent in San Marino, one percent in Kosovo, 0.70 percent in St. Vincent and Grenadians, 0.60 percent in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 0.60 percent in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and 0.50 percent in Japan. People from St. Vincent and Grenadians migrate to countries like the United States and Canada for jobs. Albania youth shifts to Europe for good job opportunities. Over the years of Japa, there is a problem with the increasing number of elderly, low fertility rate.
A campaign to increase population in southern Indian states
India left China last year as the most populous country in the world. Currently, India’s population is an estimated population of Rs 145 crore. Currently the issue of demarcation for election meetings is in dispute. The states of South India fear that if the demarcation is done according to the population, their representation in Parliament will be reduced. If this happens, you have to struggle to get funds from the central government, affect farmers, risk culture and development. Tamil Nadu CM M.K. Stalin said the states that have strictly enforced family plans for population control and have achieved success will reduce state seats. That is why the chief ministers and ministers of the southern states are now promoting population growth. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin advised the youth to have children immediately after marriage at a wedding ceremony, saying that more population is a criterion for getting more parliamentary seats. He said that Tamil Nadu has succeeded in population control, but now the state is suffering the consequences. Similarly, the Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu government also appealed to the couple to produce more children recently. The Andhra Pradesh government has canceled the policy of two children in the local self -government elections. Neighboring Telangana is also likely to decide in that direction. India’s reproduction rate in 1950 was 5.7, which has dropped to two. That is, in the 1950s, the reproduction of women in India was more than five children, which has now dropped to two. In 17 states of the country, the replacement level of two children per female has declined. Replacement level is the birth of children required for a stable population.
