Further drop in Murmansk population
The population in the city of Murmansk in 2008 dropped to 313,000 people, local authorities confirm.
The drop from 316,100 (2007) to 313,300 in 2008 comes after a year with lower birthrates and high death rates, B-port.com reports. In addition to the negative natural population growth comes a net out-migration of 2100 people, local authorities say to the news site. The biggest city north of the Arctic circle in the late 1980s had a population of more than 450,000, but after the collapse of the Soviet Union experienced major out-migration to regions further south in the country.
