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Demographic barometer

• Morbidity of the population of Russia, 2024
  • In 2024, the total morbidity of the Russian population was 1,765 cases per 1,000 people, of which 821 were primary
  • Respiratory diseases account for about half of primary morbidity and more than a quarter of total morbidity
  • In 2024, morbidity increased for all major disease classes except respiratory diseases, COVID-19 and complications of pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum
  • In 2024, the number of cases of temporary disability decreased by 0.3% compared to 2023, and the number of days of temporary disability increased by 0.7%
  • The number of cases of acute upper respiratory infections decreased by 9% in 2024, the number of cases of acute intestinal infections increased by 3%
  • Reported TB and HIV incidence continues to decline

Q&A

• Mama’s boys of the 21st century
• The ideal age to marry
• The ideal age to have a child
• The level of disability inclusion in Russia
• Study, study and study again: Russians on the importance of additional education

In the vastness of Russia

• TASS: the amount of payments at birth in Russia may exceed 3 million rubles
• Putin orders kindergartens to work longer hours so as not to interfere with mothers' work
• Expert Bezrukova: young people want families with two children
• Expert Bezrukova: modern girls are more rational about marriage than boys
• Expert Makarentseva explains how to get more maternity capital
• Ostanina says GD has received complaints about the closure of maternity hospitals in Russia
• Ministry of Health will require that pregnant women be provided two visits to a psychologist
• Ministry of Health tightens requirements for abortion clinics
• ROC supports reducing abortion period to 9 weeks of pregnancy
• Patriarch Kirill calls for forbidding women to have abortion without husband’s consent
• 15 new complex surgeries now available free of charge under compulsory medical insurance policy
• Papillomavirus testing now available to Russians under compulsory medical insurance policy
• Russia will provide faster medical care for cardiovascular diseases
• Chief transplant specialist reports increase in the number of kidney and liver transplants
• Historic infant mortality rate of 3.6 per 1,000 in 2025
• In Russia, hospitals and reproductive clinics will be checked more often
• Regions with the highest road traffic fatality rates have been identified
• Three draft laws on health control of migrants introduced in State Duma
• Foreigners with criminal record will be prohibited from obtaining Russian citizenship
• The number of foreign minors in Russia has decreased by a quarter

World News

• In 2025, for the first time since World War II, France had more deaths than births
• Germany records population decline for first time since 2020
• China’s population in 2025 decreased by 3.39 million people
• Poland to replace “husband” and “wife” with "spouse 1" and "spouse 2" in marriage documents
• Tokaev: Kazakhstan must establish marriage as a union of man and woman
• WHO calls on governments to raise prices on alcohol, tobacco and sweet drinks
• Psychology and Aging: caring for grandchildren slows down brain aging in the elderly
• In Mongolia, the number of people infected with measles has exceeded 14,000
• French legislators vote to ban social networks for people under 15
• Japan sees record number of suicides among schoolchildren
• Polish Cabinet adopts bill on ending aid for Ukrainian refugees
• 3.1 million people have officially left Ukraine in four years
• Frontex: the number of illegal EU border crossings decreased by 26% in 2025
• US warns of possible citizenship checks on the streets
• US authorities predict first decline in migrant inflows in 50 years

The newspapers write about…

• Vedomosti on fertility decline in 2025
• Vedomosti on a reduction in the number of obstetric beds
• Esli byt’ tochnym on infection in hospitals and maternity wards
• Kommersant on the possibility of undergoing non-invasive prenatal testing
• RBK on the risks of organized recruitment of migrants
• Kommersant on inter-ministerial data exchange on "migrant children"
• RBK on relocators
• RBK on the collection of biometric data
• Esli byt’ tochnym on the change in Russians’ height
• TASS on financing the treatment of tuberculosis and HIV
• Expert on the risks of online alcohol sales
• Nezavisimaya Gazeta on the growing pay gap between men and women
• Vedomosti on the late maturation of youth
• RBK on a possible US population reduction
• Esli byt’ tochnym on the ethnic composition of Russian settlements

Read books and magazines

• Labor and employment in Russia. 2025
• The state of cardiovascular health in the European Union
• Women and men of Kazakhstan 2019-2024
• Impact of climate change on reproductive health in Kyrgyzstan: from data to action
• Migration and European cities
• Through the pages of the journals DEMIS and Regionalnye Issledovaniya (Regional Studies)
• Contents of the journal Demography

Profession: researcher

• Generational replacement in the context of a civilizational approach. Meeting of the Demographic Section of the Central House of Scientists
• Cairo Conference on Population and Development: a participant's impressions

Student Page

• "Your Project" competition (Demographic Analytics track) will help to apply for Master's program in Demography. Lilia Karachurina, Academic Director of the Demography Master's Program, talks about the new season of the Project and her collaboration with FOM.
• Announcements of academic events from the student society "Demographer"