Dynamics of Natural Population Movement in the North Caucasus in the Post-Soviet Period

Abstract

The purpose is to analyze the ratio of total birth and death rates, which allowed us to present an overall picture of population changes because of natural population movement in the national republics of the North Caucasus, as well as in the Stavropol and Krasnodar territories in the post-Soviet period. Based on the analysis of the natural movement coefficients of the population, to reveal the main patterns and trends of reproduction in the regional and sub-regional structure. Methods. The indicators are summarized in time series and also distributed among urban and rural settlements. Results. Birth, death and natural growth rates in the North Caucasus have a pronounced regional differentiation, which has become more evident in recent years. Despite the fact that today the analyzed indicators have a General tendency to a gradual decrease, in the first two decades after the collapse of the USSR, a number of national subjects of the North Caucasus experienced a demographic “explosion” against the background of zero natural growth in Russian-speaking regions. The settlement specificity of natural reproduction of the population was also revealed. In the Russian-speaking Stavropol and Krasnodar territories, as well as in the republics of Adygea and North Ossetia, natural growth is higher among the urban population, while in the rest of the North Caucasus, natural growth in rural areas is higher than in urban areas.