The fertility rate of a country is the average number of children that women from that country will have throughout their reproductive years. From 1840 until 1910, Russia's fertility rate was relatively consistent, remaining between 6.7 and 7.4 children per woman during this time. Between 1910 and 1920, the fertility rate drops sharply as a result of the First World War and Russian Revolution (for individual years of WWI, the fertility rate dropped as low as 3.4). From 1920 to 1930 the fertility rate returns above 6 again, however a gradual decline then begins, and by the end of the Second World War, the Russian segment of the Soviet Union's fertility rate was below 2. The population experienced a relatively small 'baby boom' in the two decades following the war, but then the fertility rate dropped again, most sharply between 1990 and 1995 at the end of the Soviet Union's reign. Russia's fertility rate reached its lowest point in 2000 when it fell to just 1.25 children per woman, but in the past two decades it has risen again, and is expected to reach 1.8 in 2020.
Total fertility rate in Russia from 1840 to 2020*
Characteristic
Fertility rate
2020
1.82
2015
1.7
2010
1.46
2005
1.3
2000
1.25
1995
1.55
1990
2.12
1985
2.04
1980
1.94
1975
2.03
1970
2.02
1965
2.55
1960
2.82
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UN DESA, & Gapminder. (June 17, 2019). Total fertility rate in Russia from 1840 to 2020* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 02, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1033851/fertility-rate-russia-1840-2020/
UN DESA, und Gapminder. "Total fertility rate in Russia from 1840 to 2020*." Chart. June 17, 2019. Statista. Accessed April 02, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1033851/fertility-rate-russia-1840-2020/
UN DESA, Gapminder. (2019). Total fertility rate in Russia from 1840 to 2020*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 02, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1033851/fertility-rate-russia-1840-2020/
UN DESA, and Gapminder. "Total Fertility Rate in Russia from 1840 to 2020*." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Jun 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1033851/fertility-rate-russia-1840-2020/
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Total fertility rate in Russia from 1840 to 2020* [Graph], UN DESA, & Gapminder, June 17, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1033851/fertility-rate-russia-1840-2020/
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