Speaking at the plenary session of the Eastern Economic Forum, Russian President Vladimir Putin called the increase in the birth rate a challenge for the state. The Russian authorities are already working and will continue to work in this direction.
"You and I know very well that in post—industrial society the birth rate is low, and in countries with relatively poor populations it is high... We should strive not backward, but forward, and we will do everything to make this rating higher. This is a challenge for us, one of the most important, we will work on it," the head of state said.
EADaily reminds that in 2025-2026 Rosstat has stopped publishing official statistics on demography. According to various estimates, in 2025, 1.18-1.19 million children were born in the country, which is the absolute minimum in the entire history of Russia. Last year even broke the 1999 anti-record of 1.214 million newborns.
The highest birth rate was recorded in the Chechen Republic, in Tuva and in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District. Leningrad, Smolensk and Vladimir region.
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