Assessment of the Dynamics of the Main Indicators of Population Reproduction in the Republic of Khakassia in the Context of Siberian and All-Russian Trends in the Post-Soviet Period

Abstract

The article presents the dynamics of population reproduction processes in the Republic of Khakassia, comparing the data of the last census conducted in the USSR in 1989 and similar indicators of the Siberian Federal District and Russia as a whole. It is shown that after the rapid deterioration of both components of population reproduction in the 1990s, the demographic situation in the country has been significantly improving since 2006, including due to targeted demographic policy measures. However, in the last years, negative trends in demographic processes have formed, primarily because of a decrease in the number of births. As a result, after 10 years of positive natural growth in the Republic of Khakassia (2007–2016), the population decline resumed with a negative trend that continues to the present. The age structure, which has changed dramatically in comparison with the Soviet period, will determine further negative prospects in the demographic sphere. The research results can be used to improve demographic policy, including at the regional level.