Natural Population Movement in the Regions of the Russian Far East in 2024

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	Regionalistica 2025 Volume 12 number 5 pages 119-130

Title of the article	Natural Population Movement in the Regions of the Russian Far East in 2024–2025
Pages	119-130
Author 1	Gritsko Maria Anatolyevna candidate of sciences (economics), senior research fellow Economic Research Institute FEB RAS 153, Tikhookeanskaya Street, Khabarovsk, Russia, 680042 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ORCID: 0000-0001-7853-0413
Author 2	Motrich Ekaterina Leonidovna doctor of economics, leading research fellow Economic Research Institute FEB RAS 153, Tikhookeanskaya Street, Khabarovsk, Russia, 680042 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ORCID:
Abstract	This article examines current demographic trends in the Far Eastern Federal District (FEFD) and its constituent entities using official statistics, expert information, and analytical data. Available operational statistical data for 2024–2025 are used to examine key components of natural population dynamics: fertility and mortality, as well as migration flows. It is found that the negative natural increase, resulting from a decline in the birth rate to historically low levels and persistently high mortality, is partially offset by a positive migration balance. Particular attention is paid to the regional differentiation of demographic processes, identifying entities with divergent dynamics. Structural changes in fertility, expressed in the faster growth of third and subsequent births compared to second births, and the factors that determine them, including pro-natalist policies, are examined in detail. The study concluded that negative trends in natural population reproduction persist and that further adaptation of regional demographic policy is necessary. Monitoring is complicated by limited access to detailed statistics.
Code	314.8+332.1
DOI	10.14530/reg.2025.5.119
Keywords	population size, general growth, natural movement, migration movement, Russian Far East, subjects of the Russian Federation
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For citation	Gritsko M.A., Motrich E.L. Natural Population Movement in the Regions of the Russian Far East in 2024–2025. Regionalistica [Regionalistics]. 2025. Vol. 12. No. 5. Pp. 119–130. http://dx.doi.org/10.14530/reg.2025.5.119 (In Russian)
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