Demographic Rating of Municipalities in the Republic of Bashkortostan

Abstract

In most cases, demographic analysis is conducted at the regional level and in the context of urban and rural settlements, while such demographic phenomena as birth, death or migration of the population are bound to a certain territory. Municipalities of the Republic of Bashkortostan are highly differentiated in terms of both the level of socio-economic development and the demographic potential. To analyse the demographic situation, the Demographic Well-Being Index was introduced, whose criteria are eight indicators taking into account all demographic processes. After a linear transformation of demographic indicators in the range [0, …, 1], the Index was calculated for each municipality. Then, a rating assessment of municipalities by demographic indicators was performed. The rating assessment identified not only leaders and outsiders among municipalities in the demographic development, but also clearly showed all problem areas. The results of the rating can become the basis for developing measures to improve the demographic situation in each municipality.