“Saving the people, about & nbsp; which [Alexander] Solzhenitsyn spoke about, is becoming, is one of the & nbsp; most important tasks and & nbsp; one of the & nbsp; growth drivers & raquo;, & nbsp; & mdash; said & nbsp; he.
& nbsp; we & nbsp; but & nbsp; hands are & nbsp; enough! & raquo; & nbsp; & mdash; the head of state emphasized.
In & nbsp; Russia from & nbsp; 15 & nbsp; October to & nbsp; 14 & nbsp; November 2021, the All-Russian Population Census was held. In & nbsp; this year, Russians could take part in the & nbsp; census not & nbsp; only in person by filling out a questionnaire with a & nbsp; census or at a stationary site, but & nbsp; and & nbsp; online on the & nbsp; Pavel Smelov said that 99% of the country's inhabitants took part in the census.
Population growth was detected in & nbsp; Moscow and & nbsp; regions, St. Petersburg, Stavropol and & nbsp; Krasnodar regions.
Putin stressed that & nbsp; census & nbsp; & mdash; this is not a & nbsp; formal affair. He & nbsp; noted that, relying on & nbsp; its data, the state can make more calibrated and & nbsp; effective decisions in the & nbsp; sphere of economic development, and & nbsp; also healthcare, education, demography.
In August, the head of state instructed the government to ensure an increase in the number the population of Russia by 2025 and the achievement of the life expectancy indicator of 75 years. ; 2030.
In the & nbsp; March version of the project, it was predicted that & nbsp; in & nbsp; 2021, the population decline would be 522.1 thousand people, in & nbsp; 2022 & nbsp; & mdash; 451.5 thousand, in & nbsp; 2023 & nbsp; & mdash; 344.6 thousand, in & nbsp; 2024 & nbsp; & mdash; 270.6 thousand. Life expectancy in & nbsp; 2024 should be 73.6 years.