Russia's territory is so large, why is the country's population getting smaller and smaller?

As our land neighbor, Russia is the country with the largest land area in China. As the third largest country in the world, China's area is only nearly half that of Russia, but China is the most populous country in the world, and Russia's total population is only 654.38+0.5 billion. The main reasons for the shortage of Russians are historical reasons, geographical reasons and different family values.

First of all, from a historical point of view, the former Soviet Union experienced the study of World War I and World War II, after which the population dropped sharply and the ratio of male to female was out of balance. Later, the disintegration of the Soviet Union not only caused Russia to lose millions of square kilometers of territory, but also directly led to a sudden drop in Russia's population. Until now, the population of Russia has not reached the Soviet Union's 1/4.

Let's learn more about Russia geographically. As one of the countries with the highest latitude on the earth, most of Russia's land area is in the sub-cold zone climate. The climate is very cold, most of the land is not suitable for human survival, and the livable land area is very narrow, and most of the population is concentrated in these areas. Large areas are covered with glaciers and frozen soil, and even plants are difficult to grow, let alone food crops on which human beings depend. It is precisely because of this that Russia relies on imports for a large amount of food. In every family in Russia, their expenditure on food accounts for a large part of the total family expenditure, which brings some pressure to their descendants.

In fact, the concept of raising offspring in Russia is quite different from that in China. In the eyes of Russians, having a child is likely to lower their living standards and make the whole family work hard around this child. This is really not something that unrestrained Russians like to do. Under the influence of this concept of fertility, the birth rate in Russia is getting lower every year. So the Russian government issued corresponding policies to encourage Russians to have children. However, under the control of this deep-rooted concept, Russia's population growth rate has not been significantly improved. Unlike China, the locals are tolerant of single young people and don't pursue a newly married couple to have more children. Perhaps this is related to the fact that most Russians have received higher education.

To sum up, it is not surprising that there are so many Russians.