RE: Paul Krugman Called It
October 21, 2018 at 9:34 am
(This post was last modified: October 21, 2018 at 9:41 am by Anomalocaris.)
(October 21, 2018 at 9:13 am)Dmitry1983 Wrote:(October 21, 2018 at 7:10 am)Wololo Wrote: You're boasting of a birth rate that's 20% below replacement rate, in a country very hostile to immigration?
Huh? Russia is 2nd after USA by number of immigrants worldwide
Huh, no.
Russia has the second largest foreign born population, mostly from other parts of the former USSR thanks to her dominant position in the former USSR. These foreign born populations are counted in her moribund birth rate. They are not something new that can offset her moribund population growth rates. For that it would require new immigrants.
She did not absorb anywhere near the second largest number of new immigrants. Her net 5 year immigration rate is about 7%, which is well below most major European countries and less than 1/2 of that of the US.
What is more, the source of most new immigration into Russia is other parts of former USSR. Most other parts of former USSR have their own moribund birthrates. So how long will it be before they runs out of population to sustain such Inadaquate rates of new immigration into Russia as they do now?
Of course the main exception to moribund birth rates in former USSR appear to be some Islamic region in the south. So Russia can alsways count on having more Islamic immigrants where they come from to help bolster the numbers in the great white, Christian, pro-rich natural ally of trump.
Putin is making Russia great again, isn’t he.
