Russian Barents population decrease
The North of Russia under the threat of depopulation. Since the year 2000 the population in the Russian part of the Barents region decreased by 462.000, or by almost 11 percent.
According to the yearly demographic report of the State Statistical Committee the Russian territories of the Barents region in the beginning of 2009 had 31 thousand inhabitants less than one year ago.
That is 0,8 percent less than in 2008.
In the three year period from 2006 to 2008 the total population of the Russian Federation decreased by 317.000 people. This is approximately as much as the population of the biggest city in the Barents region; Arkhangelsk.
During the ten-year period from 2000 to 2010, the population of the Russian Federation was reduced by almost 5 million citizens, or -3,4 %.
At the same time the population in the Russian part of the Barents region fell down by 54.000 people from 2006 to 2008, or by 1,4 per cent, according to the 2009 edition of the Demographic Yearbook of Russia.
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Since 2000 the population here decreased by 462.000, or by almost 11 percent. The biggest population decline in the 10-year period was observed in Murmansk Oblast – by 10,4 percent, in Komi Republic – by 9,3 percent, in Arkhangelsk Oblast – by 9,2 percent. The population of Karelia decreased 6,5 percent.
One year ago, in the beginning of 2009, the total population of Barents Russia was 3.793.000 people. Today, according to the preliminary data of the State Statistical Committee the population in these 5 territories decreased again by 24.000.
The highest decline is fixed in Murmansk oblast and the Republic of Komi.
