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Regular version of the site

"Demoscope Weekly" ## 1013 – 1014

In the issue: US population: Could it shrink? Year of the Family. Abortion ban: Russian attitudes. How many Russians adhere to a healthy lifestyle? Social elevators in Russia: Going up? Interethnic relations. International conference "Functional forecasts and demographic estimates for Russia and the CIS countries"

Demographic Barometer

  • US population: Could it shrink?
    • According to the Census Bureau’s 2023 forecast, the US population may begin to decline in 2080, and in the absence of immigration - in the next few years
    • According to UN projections, the US population will begin to decline in 2037 if “zero migration” forecast comes true, and in 2041 if “low fertility” forecast comes true
    • Total fertility in the United States fell to 1.64 in 2020 and, according to UN forecasts, by mid-century has a 95% probability of being between 1.17 and 2.18
    • Life expectancy at birth increased in the USA to 78.8 years, but during two years of the pandemic it decreased to 76.1 years; according to UN forecasts, the upward trend in life expectancy will resume and by the middle of the century will rise to 84 years


Q&A

  • Year of the Family
  • Abortion ban: Russian attitudes
  • How many Russians adhere to a healthy lifestyle?
  • Social elevators in Russia: Going up?
  • Interethnic relations


In the vastness of Russia

  • Natural population decrease in Russia from January to October fell by 21.3%
  • The population of Chechnya has increased by 100 thousand people in five years
  • Putin expects the demographic situation in Russia to improve in three years
  • 88% of Russian women of reproductive age would like to have children
  • Matkapital will begin to be paid only to children with Russian citizenship by birth
  • Payments for child care up to 1.5 years will remain in case of early termination of maternity leave
  • Russian pensioners won’t be charged commissions when paying for housing and communal services
  • The number of self-employed people in Russia will grow to 10 million
  • Increasing allowances under the Zemsky Doctor program will not solve the problem of shortage of personnel in rural areas
  • Requirements for Russian citizenship simplified for residents of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Moldova
  • Palestinian refugees in Dagestan will be issued Russian passports
  • Working group on migration issues has been formed in the State Duma
  • According to Putin, there are over 10 million labor migrants in Russia
  • In some cases, the expulsion of foreigners may be replaced by a fine
  • Migrants deprived of citizenship for the first time for evading military service
  • Russia plans to reduce alcohol consumption to 7.8 liters per person
  • Bill banning abortions in private clinics introduced to State Duma
  • Russian Orthodox Church supports bill banning abortions in private clinics
  • Putin calls for not repeating the experience of anti-alcohol bans in solving the problem of abortion
  • Governor of Kursk region urges not to ban abortions
  • Head of Human Rights Council doubts that banning abortions in private clinics will increase birth rate
  • Will encouraging health workers to talk women out of abortion lead to falsification of statistics?
  • Russian Federation may shorten period during which pregnancy can be terminated
  • Cancer drugs will begin to be supplied from China
  • Ministry of Health registers updated Sputnik Light
  • A third of men and a quarter of women in Russia will celebrate the New Year alone


World News

  • Elon Musk predicts the disappearance of entire nations and all humanity due to demographic problems
  • More than half of all new industrial robots are installed in China
  • Due to refusals of residence permits, 53 thousand Russians left Turkey in 2023
  • Latvia intends to expel more than one thousand Russian citizens who have not submitted documents for a residence permit
  • Finland will again close all checkpoints on border with Russia
  • Georgia and Germany sign agreement to combat illegal migration
  • Greek Parliament legalizes 30 thousand illegal migrants
  • Italian Prime Minister calls “Islamization” of Europe a problem
  • The West needs new rules to combat illegal migration
  • Most French people surveyed oppose accepting new migrants
  • More than 50 Syrians rescued from a sunken ship off the coast of Lebanon
  • More than 12 thousand people killed in Sudan in eight months
  • WHO advocates tightening controls over the sale of e-cigarettes
  • New JN.1 coronavirus could become world's leading strain in a few weeks
  • Incidence of COVID in the world has increased by more than 50%
  • In 2023, more than 610 thousand cases of cholera were recorded
  • An increase in the number of infections resistant to antibiotics has been recorded in Ukraine
  • In 20% of people different organs age at different rates
  • It is better for older people to work less than 35 hours a week
  • In Britain, children under 16 may be prohibited from using social networks


The newspapers write about…

  • Rossiyskaya Gazeta on an increase in life expectancy
  • RBK on an increase in desired life expectancy
  • Novye Izvestia and Kommersant on abortion ban and its consequences
  • NEWS.ru and Novye Izvestia on childlessness tax
  • RBK on State Duma's refusal to support abortion ban in private clinics
  • RBK on anti-abortion campaign
  • Novye Izvestia on the dynamics of living standards in the past year
  • RBK on regions where wages are rising
  • RBK on new rules for issuing maternity capital
  • Kommersant on the shortage of personnel in the labor market
  • Kommersant on integrating self-employed people into the labor market
  • NEWS.ru on attracting labor migrants
  • RBK on refugees living in temporary accommodation centers
  • Kommersant Istoriya on the history of repatriation in Soviet times
  • Izvestia on the inadmissibility of concluding employment contracts with those who have left country
  • Kommersant on assessing Russia’s healthcare system performance
  • Kommersant on the causes of addiction to alcohol and drugs
  • Novye Izvestia on new anti-alcohol concept
  • Novye Izvestia on cancer incidence
  • Esli byt’ tochnym on the features of statistical data for the North Caucasus
  • Izvestia on restrictions on children's names
  • Novye Izvestia on the growing popularity of online dating


Read books and magazines

  • A focus on adolescent mental health and well-being In Europe, Central Asia and Canada
  • Migration from Russia to Kyrgyzstan: demographic and sociological aspects
  • Ethnodemographic processes in Kazakhstan and adjacent territories
  • Marriage and family. Results of the 2021 National Population Census in the Republic of Kazakhstan
  • World Malaria Report 2023
  • Through the pages of the magazines Narodonaseleniye (Population) and Uroven zhizni naseleniya regionov Rossii (Standard of Living of the Population of Russian Regions)
  • Contents of the journal Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health


Profession: researcher

  • International conference "Functional forecasts and demographic estimates for Russia and the CIS countries"