Rosstat spoke about a reduction in Russia's population in 2019

According to TASS, the agency estimated that the population of Russia, according to preliminary estimates, declined over the past year by 35.6 thousand people and amounted to 146 million 745.1 thousand people as of January 1, 2020.

It is noted that as of January 1, 2019, the country's population was 146 million 780.7 thousand people.

Earlier, Rosstat spoke about salary arrears in Russia.