Indeed, just in the last ten years, Russia’s population has dropped by 9.5 million, despite the many thousands of Russians returning from former Soviet republics. The birthrate has increased somewhat beginning since 2000, and now stands near 1.5 million a year, but this is 700,000-800,000 below the replacement rate.
其实，仅在过去十年中，虽然有成千上万的俄罗斯人从前苏联共和国归来，俄罗斯的人口还是下降了950万。某些地方自2000年开始出生率有所上升，现在约保持在每年150万，但是这比人口替代率还低了70,0000到80,0000人。