The 2021 boom happened because massive socio-economic stimulus and lockdowns pushed families to have babies that otherwise wouldn't exist. Without that, we’d see a smooth, gradual decline instead of a cliff dive, but tens of thousands would never have been born.
🇲🇳Mongolia 2025 Intercensal Census:
Total: 3.59M (+8.9% vs. 2020)
By ethnicity:
Khalkh: 2.83M (83.4% of total pop, -0.4% share, +6.2% pop growth)
Urbanization: 74.5%
Kazakhs: 129.7k (3.8% of total pop, 0.0% share change, +7.2% pop growth)
Urban: 44.8%
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Mongolia's MICS 2023 (SISS) data is out! 🇲🇳
Key fertility insights:
Total Fertility Rate (TFR): 3.3 overall
Urban 3.3 | Rural 3.6
By Ethnicity: Khalkh 3.2 | Kazakh 4.8
By Wealth: Poorest 4.1 | Richest 2.8 mics.unicef.org/sites/mics/f…
In Azerbaijan last year, 95,344 abortions were recorded — that’s a 21.9% jump from 2024. And over the past 15 years the number has shot up more than 3.5 times. At the same time, only 95,875 babies were born.
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Almost half of Russia’s regions(40 out of 85)have a total fertility rate (TFR) below 1.3 children. A rate below 1.50 is observed in 72 regions, or 85% of all constituent entities. 8 fall short of the 1.70 level; only 5сhave recorded a TFR above 1.7. Only Tuva and Chechnya >2.08
Kazakhstan ends universal baby benefits
Starting Jan 1, 2027, KZ will stop paying baby bonuses and childcare support to well-off families. If a low-income family’s earnings rise later, remaining payouts will stop, but they'll restart if income drops.
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Orphans in Kazakhstan by ethnicity (2015–2025): Total fell 51.8% from 8,066 to 3,884. In 2025: 54% boys, 46% girls.
2025: 2,170 Russian, 981 Kazakh, and 733 other children.
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