 |
|
||
|
|||
|
|||
|
|
||
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
||||||||
|
|
|
Russian population still shrinking, but at slower pace
RBC, 04.03.2008, Moscow 17:03:41.Russia's population fell by roughly 0.17 percent, or 237,800 people, to 142m in 2007, the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) reported today. The decrease can be attributed to natural population decline, although the latter slowed by some 209,400 people in 2007 compared to a year earlier. However, increased immigration compensated for 50.2 percent of the population loss. All Russian regions enjoyed a higher birth rate and a lower mortality rate. However, deaths exceeded births by a factor of 1.3, compared to 1.5 times in 2006. Meanwhile, natural population growth was reported in 21 of Russia's constituent entities.
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
