Three Hypotheses About Demographic Reporting In Nezavisimaya Gazeta

This about Demographics, tagged , , was written by for on November 20, 2010 .4 Comments

Russia’s demographic revival stalled in 2010, after several years of fast improvements. In January-September, though the birth rate increased by 16,700 souls on the same period last year, it was counterbalanced by an increase in deaths by 37,200 – all of them and more courtesy of the 44,000 excess deaths caused by the Great Russian Heatwave of […]

Russia’s Demographic Resilience IV

This about Demographics, tagged , was written by for on July 28, 2010 .13 Comments

Russia’s demographic situation continued improving this year: according to the H1 2010 data released by Rosstat, relative to the same period last year, the number of births increased by 2.3% from 12.1‰ to 12.4‰ and deaths fell by 1.8% from 14.6‰ to 14.4‰. This means that once net migration is factored in, Russia is set to register […]

Russia’s Demographic Resilience III

This about Demographics, tagged , was written by for on February 24, 2010 .29 Comments

It’s official. Russia’s population grew by 23,300 souls in 2009, for the first time since 1995. The rate of natural increase remained slightly negative for Russia as a whole, though the Siberian and Urals Federal Regions actually saw positive natural population growth for the first time in 19 years. However, this was more than compensated for by […]

Russia’s “Abortion Apocalypse”: А был ли мальчик?

This about Demographics, tagged , , , was written by for on October 22, 2009 .2 Comments

Remember the hysterical stories back in winter 2009 about how Russia was going to see soaring abortions that would strip away all the “transient” improvements in its fertility rate over the last few years? Remember the glee this gave to Russophobes who saw it as a vindication of their criticisms / rantings against the Russian […]

Russia’s Demographic Resilience II

This about Demographics, tagged , , was written by for on September 26, 2009 .15 Comments

As little as a few months ago, alarmist commentators were forecasting Russia’s demographic doom. They predicted a wave of abortions that would strip down its post-2006 fertility gains, and a prolonged period of fertility postponement that would have longterm effects deep into its dark Putinist future. Meanwhile, there would be a renewed pandemic of vodka […]