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Russia census: population continues to declinehttp://en.ria.ru/russia/20111216/170298252.html 12:21 16/12/2011 MOSCOW, December 16 (RIA Novosti)Russia has lost 2.3 million people in nearly a decade, according to the official results of the county’s second post-Soviet census, released on Friday. Russia’s population declined from 145.2 million in 2002 to 142.9 million last year, the statistical agency, Rosstat, said. Low birthrates and declining life expectancy have had the most effect on Russia’s heartland rural areas, with 8,500 villages said to be have been abandoned since 2002. Of Russia’s 134,000 villages, 19,400 are now empty. The new data also suggests that there are now 10.7 million more women than there are men - up from 10 million in 2002. The population’s average age is now hovering around 39 years - again up from 37.7 in 2002. 80.9 percent of respondents identified themselves as Russians. The second largest ethnic group was Tatars (3.9 percent). Ukrainians (1.4 percent, down from 2 percent in 2002) were in third place. 10:14 16/12/2011Top News
http://www.itar-tass.com/en/c32/299027.html MOSCOW, December 16 (Itar-Tass) —— Russia’s population stands at 142,857,000 people, aged 39 in an average, according to the Rossiiskaya Gazeta daily, which published on Friday an official report of the 2010 population census. Thus, Russia has dropped one step down in the world population ratings. According to the previous census of 2002, it occupied the seventh position, now it is eighth, after China, India, the United States, Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Population decrease rates in Russia are growing. Thus, in the period of 13 years from the last Soviet-era census of 1989 and the first Russian census of 2002, the number of population decreased by 1.8 million. The figure grew to 2.3 million in the past eight years. The biggest drop is registered among rural population. Not only people vanish, but entire settlements do, the Rossiiskaya Gazeta writes. Since 2002, as many as 8,500 settlements have ceased to exist. De facto some of villages are all the same existent, having been incorporated into nearby towns and cities. But some have been actually deserted after their dwellers moved to other populated localities. Moreover, according to the census, there are 19,400 villages that exist de jure but have no inhabitants. The figure is 48 percent bigger than in the previous census. The proportion of males and females has changed but women still prevail. Now, the number of women is bigger than the number of men by 10.7 million. The population aging tendency is manifest. The mean age of Russia’s subjects is 39, while in the 2002 census it was 37.7. Family-related tendencies are also changing. Thus, the number of married couples in 2010 was 33 million (34 million in 2002), of which 13 percent are not officially registered (9.7 percent in 2002). The number of divorces, both registered and not, is also on the rise. However, the number of young-age marriages has gone down. In 2002, a total of 3,700 young people aged under 16 said they were married. In 2010, the figure halved. As for ethnic identity, a total of 5.6 million refused to answer nationality questions (some 1.5 million in 2002). As many as 80.90 percent identified themselves as ethnic Russians (80.64 percent – in 2002). The number of ethnic Tatars remained practically the same – 3.87 percent, while the number of Ukrainian has dropped for 2.05 percent in 2002 to 1.41 percent in 2010. The census showed a growth in the number of ethnic Chechens, Avars, and Armenians
The image of a family changes as well. There were 33 million couples in 2010 (34 million in 2002). 13% of them have not been registered (9.7% in 2002). The number of divorcements increased. There are fewer young couples. There had been 3,700 people in couples aged under 16 in 2002, the figure has dropped twofold since then. The number of people who do not want to identify their nationality increased from about 1.5 million in 2002 (1%) to 5.6 million (3.7%). 80.90% of people called themselves Russians in 2010, 80.64% in 2002. The second largest nationality is the tatars (3.87%). The number of Ukrainians dropped from 2.05% to 1.41%. Chechens, Avarians and Armenians grew. Directory: gifiles -> attach attach -> British Forces – Akrioti, Greece Griffin Fighter Squadron (84 Squadron raf) MoD announced possible Typhoon and Tornado arrivals to the base France attach -> Russia 110204 Basic Political Developments attach -> Unclassified//for official use only attach -> Adaptability Sustainment attach -> Pop-up 1 ("C" Chechnya) Header Text: Emir of the Caucasus Emirate Doku Umarov Image attach -> Russia and Islam are not Separate attach -> Chapter 13: The Northern Caucasus attach -> Russia 100209 Basic Political Developments attach -> The evolution attach -> The devolution Download 327.41 Kb. Share with your friends:
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