When the Soviet Union collapsed, the Kremlin lost not only control of vast portions of territory, but also half of the USSR’s nearly 300 million people. Since then, the population has fallen by millions more, owing to Russia’s high mortality rate, especially among men.
苏联解体时，克里姆林宫不但丢掉了广大领土，也失去了苏联近3亿人口的一半。此后，由于（特别是男性的）高死亡率，俄罗斯人口又下降了100多万。与此同时，美国人口从2.48亿增加到3亿多。