Russia has moved to classify key demographic statistics following a dramatic collapse in its birth rate, which has plunged to levels not seen since the late 18th or early 19th century, according to a leading Russian demographer.
For decades, Russia has been experiencing a plunging birth rate and population decline, which appears to have worsened amid its ongoing invasion of Ukraine—with high casualty rates and men fleeing the country to avoid being conscripted to fight.
Projections estimate that Russia’s population will fall to about 132 million in the next two decades. The United Nations has predicted that in a worst-case scenario, by the start of the next century, Russia’s population could almost halve to 83 million.
Great, the fucking market that’s already so good at properly distributing food so people don’t starve is also going to handle our water needs. I have no idea why anyone would be panicking about this.
This but unironically. Global hunger has plummeted in the last 20 years.
Or put another way… We’ve already got more than enough for everyone even with today’s technology. Modern scarcity is artificial, not physical.