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Fertility rates do not decrease after a war, which means fewer remaining men get the same number of women pregnant.

• sofixa 2y ago
  From a sibling comment, in Russia fertility rates did indeed decrease: https://direct.mit.edu/rest/article-abstract/99/2/229/58403/The-Lasting-Effect-of-Sex-Ratio-Imbalance-on?redirectedFrom=fulltext https://direct.mit.edu/rest/article-abstract/99/2/229/58403/...
  • sobriquet9 2y ago
    Because so many civilians died, including women, and harsh living conditions due to wide spread destruction.
  • lye 2y ago
    I am not even in Russia, but that war pulled so much out of every region, including mine (which did not see fighting directly, but provided many conscripts and resources), that after the war there simply wasn't much to eat or too many people to work the fields. My grandparents first ate caramel candy in 1952, IIRC. Good luck increasing your fertility rates in these conditions.
  • Maken 2y ago
    The URSS did draft women. Also, massive civilian casualties.