Russia’s births are UP – 2013
Russia’s population was an estimated 143.4 million on May 1, 2013, up 23,000 from the beginning of 2013, the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) said. The number of births in the 4M rose to 600,900, from 592,200 in the same period of last year. The number of deaths rose to 652,500 from 640,700. Natural population