Why in Russia men die young and how war exacerbates this problem Briefly Russia is one of the countries of the world in which there are much more women than men. For many decades, this trend has not improved in the 21st century: according to the 2020 census, women make up 54% of the population of the Russian Federation, and men - 46%. And since 2022, the gender gap could increase even more: more than 120 thousand men have already died in the war in Ukraine.