Russia is recruiting. The bigger question is when will Russia run out of men, being willing to die in Ukraine. In 2024 Russia had 29.5million men between 20-50. That is Russian statistics, so who knows how good they are, but it is probably safe to presume that running out of men is not going to be the problem. More like running out of men willing to die and that is hard to say.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (7 children)

For a land the size of russia, 29 million seems really low.

Just for comparison, depending on the year Ohio has between 9-11 million people. Now look at Ohio's size, and now look at russia. Granted I know ohios number is total population, and the 29 mil is just healthy men aged 20-50, but still. Most people from europe don't comprehend the size of the usa. They think they'll land at disney in orlando, and then just drive to NYC is a couple hours. By that same token most americans don't comprehend the size of russia. It has something like 14 timezones. USA has 4, but you gotta remember one of those is just Hawaii. Now imagine 14. And you're telling me they only have 29 mil army ready men? Really feel like based on country size I would have expected 200mil. India is like the size of texas (which to be fair is huge on its own), but they have 2 BILLION people. There is no such thing as privacy there. Everybody watches you poop.

[–] Burstar@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 day ago (3 children)

By your logic, Canada has twice the population of the US. This is obviously not the case.

Land area has little to do with population as you yourself eloquently show with the examples in your statement. The area's culture, history, and environment are all more relevant factors for demographics. The USSR's population was the hardest hit by WWII and their population 'catch up' hindered by frequent famines.

[–] InvertedParallax@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

1947–1991

After 1947 there were no known famines. The drought of 1963 caused panic slaughtering of livestock, but there was no risk of famine. After that year the Soviet Union started importing feed grains for its livestock in increasing amounts.[50]

They lost a ton of population when the USSR broke up, and population growth wasn't that high for Russians since the war due to general nihilism.

[–] Burstar@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Yeah 'food shortage not rising to full blown famine' would probably be more accurate. There have been several severe droughts in the USSR/Russia since WWII that impacted food availability.

This chart shows the age distribution:

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[–] thebestaquaman@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

The age distribution chart of Russia is fascinating in that you can still see (what I have heard is) the aftermath of an entire generation being decimated in WWII in the form of these population "dips" every 20-30 years.

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