Demographic Situation in Siberia against the Background of All-Russian Trends
Svetlana Soboleva
Institute of Economics and Industrial Engineering, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk
Keywords: Russia, Siberian Federal District, demographic policy, depopulation, demographic potential, life expectancy, natural increase, wanted and expected number of children
Abstract
The article examines the demographic situation in Siberia and Russia which has improved since 2006, after a long period of depopulation: birth rate is growing, life expectancy is rising, and natural increase has become positive. These are the first successful steps towards overcoming the demographic crisis. Still, birth rate, although positively increasing, is far from that of the late 1980s. According to the data for 2012, it makes only 80% of simple reproduction. We define the main obstacles preventing future childbirth figures from growing and underline that in order to further overcome the demographic crisis, a family with 3-4 children should become a goal for demographic policy in Russia. Such a family should acquire the largest economic and moral support from the government and the society.
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