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Demographic barometer

• World Youth 2026: Key Demographic Trends
  • The global population aged 15–24 is approaching 1.3 billion, but is expected to begin declining, reaching 1.2 billion by the end of the century after only slightly exceeding the current level
  • Globally, there are 106 males per 100 females in the 15–24 age group; in Eastern and South-Eastern Asia, there are 111
  • The probability of dying between ages 15 and 24 has declined globally to 12 deaths per 1,000 people who survived to age 15
  • The share of young women who are married or in a marital union has declined globally to 12% among those aged 15–19 and 43% among those aged 20–24

Q&A

• Healthy Lifestyle Practices Among Russians
• The Economic Well-Being of Russians
• The Russian Dream Home
• One in Four Companies Is Making Efforts to Retain Retired Employees
• Employment Without Formal Legal Registration

In the vastness of Russia

• Golikova: The Number of Large Families Has Increased by 1.5 Times Over the Past Seven Years
• Ural Federal University: 82% of Russians Believe Employers Should Support Employees with Children
• One in Seven Russian Regions Did Not Provide IVF Services Last Year
• Matviyenko Called for Examining the Possibility of Abolishing the Marriage Registration Fee
• Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation: Divorce and Cohabitation Outside Marriage Threaten Demography and National Security
• Butskaya: Russia Has No Plans to Fine People for Cohabitation Outside Marriage
• Murashko: Russian Women Report a Decline in Obstetric Violence
• Head of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights Urged Against Linking Abortion to Demography
• Bokeria Identified a Disease That Is Becoming a Global Threat
• Golikova: Cancer Mortality in Moscow Has Declined by More Than One-Third Over the Past Seven Years
• Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Russian Federation Reported the Average Age of Employed Russians
• Expert Lyashok: About 28% of Married Couples in Russia Retire at Nearly the Same Time
• More Than Half of Russia's Regions Have Introduced Restrictions on Hiring Migrant Workers
• Russia Has Tightened the Rules for Medical Examinations of Migrants
• Federation Council of Russia Approved a Law Significantly Increasing State Fees for Migrants
• The State Duma May Appeal to Mishustin Regarding the Draft Law on Labour Migrants
• Titov: Migrants from India Have Begun Arriving in Russia
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation: 1,112 Foreign Nationals Received a "Traditional Values Visa" in 2025

World News

• Swiss Voters Rejected a Proposal to Cap the Population at 10 Million
• Dutch Authorities Reported the First Euthanasia of a Terminally Ill Child Under the Age of 12
• The United Nations Reported a Sharp Decline in Funding for HIV Response Programmes
• South Africa Announced It Has a Funding Plan for Its HIV Response Programme
• Europe Is Suffocating Under Extreme Heat
• In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Number of Ebola Cases Has Exceeded 950
• Global Action on Alcohol: New Report Shows That Commitments Are Beginning to Translate into Concrete Action
• Politico Reported That the EU Is Considering Plans to Relocate Migrants to Rwanda and Uzbekistan
• Ukrainian Ombudsman Lubinets: More Than 5.7 Million Ukrainians Have Left the Country Since 2022
• The Prime Minister of Latvia has asked the EU to support regions affected by population outflow.
• Hungary Does Not Intend to Implement the EU Migration Pact in Its Current Form
• Forced Displacement Declined for the First Time in a Decade, but Millions of Refugees Still Cannot Rebuild Their Lives

The newspapers write about

• "RBC" on Employment Restrictions for Migrants
• "Nezavisimaya Gazeta" on Attracting International Students
• "TASS" on the Referendum on the Need for Migration in Switzerland
• "Kommersant" on Why Residents of Transnistria Are Obtaining Russian Citizenship
• "Kommersant" on Men's Reluctance to Undergo Preventive Medical Check-ups
• “Еsli byt tochnym on Divorce
• "TASS" on Corporate Support for Families
• "Izvestia" on Economic Barriers to Childbearing
• “Еsli byt tochnym” on the Development of IVF in Russia
• "Izvestia" on the Proposal to Allow Maternity Capital Funds to Be Used for Investment Purposes
• "Vedomosti" on Support for Fathers
• "Vedomosti" on Regional Measures to Restrict Abortion
• "Izvestia" on Social Orphanhood
• "RBC" on the vulnerability of the elderly to climate change
• "Nezavisimaya Gazeta" on Declining Regional Healthcare Expenditure
• "Kommersant" on the Age of Patients with Chronic Heart Failure
• “Еsli byt tochnym” on the Prevalence of Diabetes
• “Еsli byt tochnym” on the Increase in Meningococcal Disease Incidence
• “Еsli byt tochnym” on the Rising Number of Deaths from Violent Crime in the Belgorod Oblast
• "Nezavisimaya Gazeta" on the Challenges of Population Ageing in Russia
• "Nezavisimaya Gazeta" on the Advantages of Urban Education
• "Izvestia" on Combating Negative Expressions Used to Describe Women with Children

Read books and magazines

• On the State of Sanitary and Epidemiological Well-Being of the Population in 2025
• Romania. Health Systems in Transition
• Cross-Border Population Movements: Restrictions and Prospects for International Regulation in the Context of a Migration Crisis
• Women in statistics, 2025
• Age and Cancer: Morbidity, Mortality, Quality of Registration, and Survival: Clinical and Population-Based Studies
• From the Pages of the Journals "Population" and "World Economy and International Relations"
• Contents of the Journal "Journal of Marriage and Family"

Profession: researcher

• Demographic episode concealed in the biography of Boris Weinstein (Ferzberi)