Results of the study of demographic problems in Russia in the 21st century

Research Article
  • Yury A. Simagin Institute of Socio-Economic Studies of Population of the Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation yas63@yandex.ru ORCID ID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8392-8645
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Acknowledgments
The reported study was funded by RFBR, project number 20-110-50405.
How to Cite
Simagin Y.A. Results of the study of demographic problems in Russia in the 21st century. Population. 2021. Vol. 24. No. 4. P. 4-22. DOI: https://doi.org/10.19181/population.2021.24.4.1 (in Russ.).

Abstract

Demographic problems are among the most acute in modern Russia. This is evidenced by the great attention paid to them by the authorities, the media, and public organizations. Demographic science uses its own methods to find the ways to solve the existing problems. And in Russia the coverage of demographic problems in scientific publications has a special perspective, since on the one hand, specialists are professionally versed in the topic and see nuances incomprehensible "from the outside". On the other hand, many researchers in the field of social sciences are characterized by a critical approach to any actions of the authorities, and the existing achievements may be downplayed, as they do not reach the final goal. In particular, firstly, the mortality rate in Russia has been decreasing for almost all the years of the 21st century, but it is still very high as compared to most European countries. Secondly, the birth rate in the country is low by world standards, but it is higher than in most European countries. As a result, these facts are interpreted in different ways both in a positive and in a negative way. At the same time, all demographic projections indicate that in the coming decades the natural decline of the Russian population will continue. And to solve this problem, it is necessary to search for new approaches, measures of demographic policy that is impossible without combined efforts of all domestic demographers, despite theoretical, practical and other differences. The national project "Demography" and related programs ("Health Care" and others) can solve problems only subject to necessary scientific development of the proposed measures and their adaptation to the real Russian conditions.
Keywords:
Russia, demographic problems, population size, birth rate, mortality, demographic forecasts

Author Biography

Yury A. Simagin, Institute of Socio-Economic Studies of Population of the Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation
Candidate of Geography, Associate Professor, Leading Researcher

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Article

Received: 04.06.2021

Accepted: 08.12.2021

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Simagin, Y. A. (2021). Results of the study of demographic problems in Russia in the 21st century. Population, 24(4), 4-22. https://doi.org/10.19181/population.2021.24.4.1
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DEMOGRAPHY: THEORY AND PRACTICE ISSUES