## 841-842

World demographic barometer

· Population of the world's cities according to UN estimates for 2018

• Urban population definition criteria vary by country; how is it defined at the regional and global level?

• According to UN estimates, the only country where urban residents make up less than half of the population is in Africa - 43%

• Urbanization pace highest in least developed countries

• Of the world's 33 mega-cities with a population of 10 million or more, 20 are located in Asia

• The fastest growing cities are in Asia and Africa

• 17% of the urban population in Latin America live in mega-cities, and in Asia – 15%

Take care of women!

• Longer than a lifetime: the world will need another 100 years to achieve gender equality

• Reproductive Rights Center launches review of abortion law in Europe

In the vastness of Russia

• Natural population increase recorded only in 18 out of 85 Russian regions

• Rosstat publishes population forecast by 2036

• For first time ever Rosstat takes pension reform into account in demographic forecast

• Skvortsova announces increase in life expectancy in Russia

• Minister of Labor compares fertility rates in Russia and Europe

• In Russia, a slight increase in the percentage of families planning to have a child

• Matvienko proposes to give out free apartments to large families

• Justice Ministry plans to adjust the legal age of marriage in Russia

• Almost 60% of Russians consider 2019 a hard year for the country

• Siluanov names reasons for growth of real incomes of Russians in 2019

• Russian employers plan to increase employee salaries

• Authorities discussing abolition of personal income tax for the poor

• In 2020, maternity capital will increase

• A promise to eliminate shortage of places in nursery schools by 2021

• Plan for implementation of Spatial Development Strategy of Russia up to 2025 approved

• The Urals are growing empty, with the exception of large cities

• Federal Penitentiary Service will employ prisoners until their release

• Russia loses its position in world passport index

• Putin speaks of the benefits of selective migration

• A number of Russian regions prohibit migrants from working as taxi drivers

• In Russia, mortality among minors has significantly decreased

• Skvortsova argues with Golikova about the "terrible" optimization of healthcare

• Tatyana Golikova suggests changing the approach to patients in neuropsychiatric care homes

World news

• In 2019, U.S. population growth was the lowest in 100 years

• By 2050 Latvia may have 1.5 million inhabitants left

• Lithuania's population continues to decline

• Since gaining independence, the population of Tajikistan has grown by 70%

• The number of births in Italy falls to new low

• Life expectancy in Beijing reaches 82.2 years

• The world's oldest person is 117 years old

• As of 2020, retirement age in Latvia will be increased by another 3 months

• Retirement age raised in Belarus

• In Ukraine, minimum wage rises to $200

• Armenia to radically increase amount of benefits for birth of a child

• Georgia's Ministry of Justice allows believers to get IDs without chips

• Starting in 2021 it will be harder for Ukrainians to enter EU countries

• Tajikistan approves migration agreement with Russia

• A quarter of new migrants in Italy are from Tunisia

• In 2018, Russia became the main destination of Moldovan migrants

• The number of asylum applications in Germany has fallen again

• Kirgiz migrants working in Russia will be able to receive a pension in Kirgizia

• In Belarus, infant mortality falls to record low

• Russia will help North Korea reduce child mortality

• Within 10 years half the US population will be obese

• Scientists have disproved the main myth about the causes of obesity

• Chinese scientist convicted for conducting gene modification experiments on children

The newspapers write about¦

• RBK and REGNUM on the national projects

• RBK and Znak on population forecasts

• Sobesednik and Postnauka on the demographic transition

• Russkaya Germaniya on refugees in Europe

• FederalPress on measures to support fertility

• Helsingin Sanomat on sterilization

• Novye Izvestia on the behavior of children

• Sasapost on suicides

• Financial Times on alcohol consumption

• Novye Izvestiya on sobering-up stations

• Gazeta.Ru on smoking

• Sohu and The Times on poverty

• Svobodnaya Pressa on pension reform

• Kommersant and Gazeta.Ru on life expectancy

• Le Figaro on the placebo effect

• Gazeta.Ru on ageism

• Spektrum.de on the impact of climate on humanity

Read books and magazines

• Demographic Yearbook of Russia. 2019

• 2018 United Nations Demographic Yearbook

• Monitoring of indicators of the quality of life of the population in the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States 2015-2018

• Export of Russian educational services

• Total morbidity of the child population of Russia (age 0-14 years) in 2018

• Through the pages of the journals Voprosy Statistiki (Issues in Statistics) and Problemy Prognozirovaniya (Problems of Forecasting)

• Contents of the journal Demographic Research

From the history of demographic thought

• Francis Bacon on death, love, parents and children, marriage and single life

Profession: researcher

• Scientific seminar "Memento mori: the sociology of death"

• Open lectures and presentations of HSE master's programs at Orenburg State University

• In memory of Roland Pressat