Official census data: The population of Moldova has greatly decreased. Eurasian panorama The population of Moldova for the year is the number

In Kazakhstan, the birth rate increased by 5.8% over the year. Such information is contained in the published report of the Committee on Statistics on the demographic situation in Kazakhstan for January-February 2016.
"Compared to March 1, 2015, the population increased by 255.3 thousand people, or by 1.46%. As a result of processing the information contained in the civil status records submitted by the Civil Registry Office, the number of births in January-February 2016 amounted to 67.2 (in January-February 2015 - 63.5) thousand people, which is 5.8% more than in January-February 2015.
It is noted that in general, the population of the country as of March 1, 2016 amounted to 17,713,800 people, including urban - 10,099,200 people (57%), rural - 7,614,600 people (43%).
The Committee also draws attention to the decline in the number of migrants who have arrived in the country for permanent residence. In January-February 2016, compared to the same period last year, the number of such migrants decreased by 25.9% and amounted to 2227 people. In turn, the number of migrants officially leaving the country increased by 21.2% and amounted to 3,371 people.
"The main migration exchange of the country takes place with the CIS states. The share of arrivals from the CIS countries and departures to these countries was 75.5% and 87.3%, respectively. During the period under review, compared with January-February 2015, the number of migrants moving within country, decreased by 16.2% and amounted to 67,339 people. The proportion of interregional migrants amounted to 42.6% of the total number of internal migrants in the country," the agency notes.

2. The population of Moldova is declining

At the beginning of 2016, the permanent population of the Republic of Moldova amounted to 3553.1 thousand people, having decreased by 2103 people, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) of the country reported.
According to the source, the rural population is 2042 thousand people, and the urban population is 1511.1 thousand.
In the gender ratio, women make up 51.9% and men 48.1%.
According to statistics, 814,147 citizens live in Chisinau, 150,739 people live in Balti, the second largest city in the republic, and 161,876 citizens live in the ATU Gagauzia.

3. Armenia has lost a million able-bodied population in a quarter of a century

This was reported by the representative of the Armenian office of the UN Population Fund Garik Hayrapetyan, RIA Novosti reported.
"Over the years of independence, Armenia has lost a million able-bodied population," he told reporters.
According to him, although in 2006-2007 there was an improvement in the situation and even a slight positive balance of migration, after the 2008 crisis the situation deteriorated again. "The balance of migration has again become negative, amounting to about 30,000 people a year," Hayrapetyan said at a press conference.
Vanik Babajanyan, head of the demography department of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs of Armenia, in turn, noted that it was migration and the formation of so-called distant families that became the main reason for divorces in Armenia.
"The situation is developing according to two scenarios. Either families move to migrants, which further increases migration rates, or they form new families, which leads to a large number of divorces," ARKA quoted Babajanyan as saying.
In 2015, 3669 divorces were registered in Armenia compared to 4496 in 2014.

4. 2015 was a record year in Belarus in terms of the number of newborns

This was announced at a press conference by Deputy Chairman of the National Statistical Committee Zhanna Vasilevskaya, BelTA has learned. In recent years, a positive trend in the birth rate has been maintained. Thus, the birth rate has remained unchanged for three years and is 12.5 per 1,000 people. In 2015, the highest rate was noted in the Brest and Minsk regions (13.5). At the same time, last year the maximum number of births over the past five years was noted - more than 119 thousand children. This is almost 500 more children than in 2014 and 11,000 more than in 2010. The capital is the leader in the number of newborns. Almost 23,000 children were born in Minsk last year - every fifth child out of the total number of births. A little over 19 thousand children were born in the Minsk region. The Brest and Gomel regions are approaching this figure.

5. Natural increase in the population of Kyrgyzstan in 2015 - 128.6 thousand people

In 2015, in Kyrgyzstan, the birth rate was 27.4 per 1,000 population (in 2014 - 27.7). This was reported by the press service of the government.
As a result, natural population growth amounted to 128.6 thousand people, or 21.6 per 1,000 population, which is at the level of the previous year.
The highest level of natural population growth in 2015 was observed in Osh, Batken and Jalal-Abad regions, while the lowest was in Naryn and Issyk-Kul regions.
The permanent population of the republic in 2015 increased by 124.4 thousand people, or 2.1%, and as of January 1, 2016, it amounted to 6020 thousand people.

6. Mortality in Ukraine is one of the highest in Europe

As an UNIAN correspondent reports, Deputy Minister of Health Viktor Shafransky said this during the final board meeting on the topic: "On the results of the industry in 2015, the tasks of reforming and prospective development of the health care system of Ukraine" at the Ministry of Health.
"Despite the positive dynamics of the overall mortality rate (13.9%), it remains one of the highest in Europe in 2015. In the structure of mortality, as in previous years, diseases of the circulatory system, neoplasms and external causes of death are in the lead," - Saffron.
According to him, "mortality rates are characterized by significant regional differentiation." Compared to 2014, in 2015 the crude mortality rate tended to increase in eight regions of Ukraine (the most significant growth was in Zakarpattia (by 4.9%) and Kherson (by 3.3%) regions), in 10 regions it remained at the same level, and only in five regions decreased, Shafransky said.
Maternal mortality rates have also risen, he said.
"According to operational monitoring data, in 2015 the maternal mortality rate is 16.53. Compared to the previous 2014, the figure is higher, which can be explained by the fact that in 2015 there were 381,058 births, and in 2014 the number of births was 472,233. It is necessary It should be noted that the maternal mortality rate in 2013 was significantly lower and amounted to 11.5," Shafransky said.

7. The "oldest" region of Belarus - Vitebsk region

The average age of the inhabitants of Belarus in the period from 2011 to 2015 increased by half a year, the "oldest" region is the Vitebsk region, said Zhanna Vasilevskaya, deputy chairman of the National Statistical Committee.
According to Belstat, at present, the average age of residents is 40.1 years, including 37.3 years for men and 42.5 years for women. Compared to the beginning of 2011, the average age of residents has increased by half a year.
"For many years, the youngest region of our country is the city of Minsk (the average age of its inhabitants is 38.3 years), in second place is the Brest region (39.9 years). And the oldest region is the Vitebsk region (41.5 years ),” Vasilevskaya said.
According to her, today in Belarus there are 806 inhabitants whose age exceeds 100 years. Of these, 682 women, 124 men. "They mostly live in the Vitebsk region, which, as I said, is the oldest region in the country," the Belstat deputy chairman said.
Vasilevskaya also stressed that there are more centenarians among city dwellers than among those who live in rural areas.
According to her, there are also differences in the average age of urban and rural residents. Thus, the average age of urban residents at the beginning of 2016 was 38.8 years (36.2 years for men and 41 years for women), for rural residents - 44.5 years (40.9 years for men and 47.8 years for women).
Vasilevskaya also said that over the past five years, the average life expectancy of Belarusians has increased. At the same time, for men this figure increased by 4 years, for women - by almost 2.5 years. Thus, now a man of retirement age (60 years old) lives on average up to 75.7 years, a woman (55 years old) - up to 81.2 years.

8. Lukashenka signed a decree on raising the retirement age

On April 11, Alexander Lukashenko signed Decree No. 137 "On improving the provision of pensions."
According to the presidential press service, "the document is aimed at improving pension provision in the changing socio-demographic conditions." "The decree provides for a phased, from January 1, 2017, annual increase by 6 months of the generally established retirement age until men reach 63 years old, women - 58 years old; a similar increase (by 3 years in 6 years) of the age that gives the right to preferential labor pensions and pensions for length of service; a gradual increase in the age limit for the status of military personnel in the military service, proportionate to the general civil one," the press service said.
In accordance with the decree, the heads of organizations (regardless of their form of ownership) are recommended to apply more widely the practice of participation of employers and employees in voluntary insurance programs for supplementary pensions.

9. Moldovan census data will be presented 3 years after the census

The National Bureau of Statistics has announced that the data of the population and housing census conducted in Moldova from May 12 to 25, 2014 will be made public on March 31, 2017.
Processing of the results began on April 11 this year and will be carried out in stages. It employs 200 specially trained operators.
89 million lei were allocated for the census in 2014, of which 23 million remained unused. The former head of the National Bureau of Statistics, Lucia Spoyala, said earlier that the final census data would not be available until 2016 at the earliest. So far, they have not been published. In this regard, a number of non-governmental organizations sent an appeal to Prime Minister Pavel Filip with a request to expedite the procedure for publishing the census results.
In turn, the head of the Moldovan Cabinet said that the presentation of the final results was indeed too long and lasted "an unacceptably long time." He stated that the government needs the census data to better select the programs implemented by the Cabinet.

10. For 2 years, the purchasing power of working citizens in Ukraine decreased by 25.4%

This was stated by the director of the Institute of Demography and Social Research. M.V. Ptukhi of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Ella Libanova.
According to her, over the past two years, the purchasing power of workers in Ukraine has decreased by 25.4%. "This happened for several reasons. The first and main one is the rapid growth of tariffs for housing and communal services and transport services. The depreciation of the national currency also affected, at least in relation to imports. Except, for example, household appliances, which are almost all imported, many even Of those goods that we buy as Ukrainian, they largely consist of imported raw materials or components. The fact that price increases are far from always justified does not change anything in this sense," Libanova said.
She stressed that "the wages in Ukraine are currently not tenable. The level of wages is extremely low: in 2015, the average wage in the country was 4,195 hryvnia (in December, of course, a little more - 5,230 hryvnia); but here there are also air transport workers with their 18,470 hryvnias, and industry - 4,789 hryvnias, and healthcare - 2,853 hryvnias.
According to the academician, "29.3% of employees - and this is 2.2 million people who were paid more than 50% of the working time set for December - received less than 2,500 hryvnias in December (among those employed in postal and courier activities, such 69.8%) , which is approximately equal to the subsistence minimum (not because it is set by law, but because it is calculated by specialists from the Ministry of Social Policy). below the subsistence level, the composition and size of which there are many claims.
"To complete the picture, it is worth adding to this figure also those workers to whom employers owe 1.8 billion hryvnia," Libanova stressed.

11. Every second pensioner in Moldova does not have enough money to live

Among the population of Moldova over 55, over 70% are deprived of the opportunity to live an active old age, according to the report "Index of activity and aging in the Republic of Moldova".
The study was conducted according to four criteria: employment; social activity, independence, health and safety; favorable environment.
According to the conclusions of sociologists, the life of Moldovan pensioners lags far behind in all respects. Thus, the number of working citizens of pre-retirement age (55-59 years old) in Moldova is less than in some European countries.
The report emphasizes that every second pensioner of the republic does not have enough funds for an independent existence.
There are more working pensioners in the age group from 70 to 74 in Moldova than in Europe and Russia. Significantly ahead of the Moldovans only Romanian pensioners, among whom there are 20% of workers.
In terms of physical and social activity, Moldovan pensioners also lag behind European ones. Only 14% of people over 55 go in for sports. Walking dominates among physical activities, which, according to survey participants, are done out of necessity, in case you need to go somewhere.
Only one out of ten Moldovan pensioners is socially active. According to the researchers, the low rate is associated with a general disappointment in life that is present in older people.
As Vice Minister of Labour, Social Protection and Family Anastasia Ocheretny noted at the presentation of the survey, the Employment Strategy for 2016-2020 is currently being developed, which will include measures that will help older people find employment and gain a foothold in the labor market.

12. In Kyrgyzstan, almost every seventh woman aged 15-19 is married

This was announced at a press conference by the head of the department of socio-demographic statistics and the labor market of the National Statistical Committee Rimma Chynybayeva.
According to her, over 15 years (from 2000 to 2015) the number of marriages in Kyrgyzstan increased by 2.2, and divorces by 1.6 times. In 2015, most marriages were registered in Batken and Osh regions.
"Almost every seventh woman aged 15-19 (13.9 percent) in Kyrgyzstan is married or in an unofficial marriage. There are cases of polygamy: 0.9 percent of women aged 15-49 are in a polygamous marriage. About a third of newborns in In Kyrgyzstan, children of mothers who were not officially married. At the same time, a steady trend of increasing the birth rate among women aged 15-17 has been observed since 2006. And every sixth marriage breaks up in Kyrgyzstan," said Rimma Chynybaeva.

13. Residents of Armenia and Georgia are especially concerned about unemployment and poverty

The "Caucasus Research Resources Center - Armenia" Foundation presented the study "Caucasus Barometer-2015" conducted in Armenia and Georgia.
Field sociological work was carried out in October-November 2015. According to the organizers, Azerbaijan could not take part in the study.
4,200 respondents from Armenia and Georgia were asked to answer 100 questions related to political, socio-economic and demographic issues.
According to the results of the study, 40% of respondents from Armenia and 51% of respondents in Georgia indicated unemployment and poverty as one of the important problems.
In Armenia, the number of supporters of the Eurasian Union is more than double the supporters of the EAEU in Georgia - 52% and 21%, respectively. Whereas 37% of Armenian and 41% of Georgian respondents were in favor of joining the European Union.
The army enjoys the highest trust rating among the public of the two countries - 76% in Armenia and 74% in Georgia. The majority of Armenian and Georgian respondents noted freedom of speech in both countries - 70% and 71%, respectively.
Respondents were also asked to rate how transparent and fair the recent elections in their countries were. In Armenia, 29% of respondents called the 2013 presidential election fair, while 52% of respondents do not consider the elections to be fair. In Georgia, the respondents' opinions about the fairness of the elections were distributed as follows: 67% versus 33%, respectively.
The average level of happiness in both countries, according to the results of the study, was 6.6 points on a scale from 1 to 10.
The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that a sociological survey conducted in March-April 2015 in Georgia by the Georgian branch of the National Democracy Institute (NDI) revealed an increase in the number of people dissatisfied with the vector of the country's development.

14. The registered unemployment rate in Belarus was 1.2%

In Belarus, the level of registered unemployment in March this year increased by 0.1 percentage points and amounted to 1.2% of the economically active population as of April 1 (against the forecast for the end of 2016 - 2%). This was reported to a BelTA correspondent in the Employment Policy Department of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection. For comparison: on April 1, 2015, this figure was 0.9%, on January 1, 2016 - 1%, on February 1 and March 1 - 1.1%.
As of April 1, 2016, 53.5 thousand people were registered for unemployment - almost 1.4 times more than a year ago. Despite the fact that this year the number of registered unemployed is growing, there is a decrease in the number of applications to the employment service for assistance in finding employment and an increase in demand for labor. Thus, in January-March this year, 57 thousand people applied to the labor, employment and social protection authorities for assistance in finding a job, 47.9 thousand people were registered as unemployed (92.5% and 95.6%, respectively, to January-March 2015). According to employers, as of April 1, 2016, there were 29.2 thousand vacancies in the bank of vacancies - 10.2% more than on April 1, 2015. The demand for blue-collar workers continued to decline and amounted to 47.6% of the total number of vacancies as of April 1 this year, compared to 59.3% as of April 1 last year.
According to experts, the coefficient of tension in the labor market of the republic increased from 1.5 as of April 1, 2015 to 1.8 unemployed per vacancy as of April 1, 2016.

15. Kyrgyzstan will attract 552 foreign specialists under a quota

The Interdepartmental Licensing Commission for Considering Applications for Attracting and Using Foreign Labor in the Territory of the Kyrgyz Republic has set a quota for attracting 552 specialists from abroad. This is reported by the State Migration Service.
According to it, the commission considered 151 applications from legal entities and individuals for obtaining permission to attract foreign labor, as well as 103 applications from foreign citizens for individual entrepreneurial activity. As a result, all 103 foreigners received permission.
The main countries receiving quotas: India, Azerbaijan, Pakistan, Vietnam, China, Turkey, Ukraine, Canada.

16. The EU will provide Armenia with 10 million euros to solve the problems of refugees

This was stated by the head of the EU delegation in Yerevan, Ambassador Petr Svitalsky.
"The solution of migration issues is one of the most important factors in the Armenia-EU dialogue. The region is a crossroads leading to Europe, and Armenia is a natural corridor... The EU provides support to Armenia in migration issues, in particular in the issue of receiving more than 20,000 refugees from Syria. At the same time, Armenia can apply to the European Union for additional funding," Svitalsky told reporters.
He expressed hope that Armenia will continue to accept refugees, showing tolerance towards them.
Armenia has received about 20,000 Syrian refugees. Earlier, Armenian Diaspora Minister Hranush Hakobyan stated that international structures and European states do not provide assistance to Yerevan in the issue of Syrian refugees. Meanwhile, according to her, the EU provided 5 billion euros to solve problems with refugees in various states, the US - 5 billion dollars.
Hakobyan said that, according to the British edition of The Economist, Armenia is in third place in the list of countries that have received the most Syrian refugees, after Germany and Sweden. If we consider this indicator in terms of population, then Armenia is in first place, since there are one or two refugees for every thousand Germans, and in Armenia there are five or six refugees.

17. Ukrainian migrants transferred $30 billion to their homeland in 5 years

Ukrainian migrant workers continue to make a significant contribution to the country's economy, regularly supplying it with foreign currency, according to the data of the National Bank.
Over the past 5 years, those who work abroad (and there are, according to various estimates, from 6 to 8 million people), have officially transferred almost $30 billion to the country (through banks and international payment systems). More than $5 billion, according to NBU estimates, was transferred through intermediaries and transported "in pockets". For comparison, Ukraine's state budget revenues for 2016 are planned at about $18 billion. That is, for 5 years, guest workers have provided the country with more than two budgets - after all, one way or another, this money works for the economy.
Alas, in 2014 and 2015, revenues fell sharply: compared with the richest 2013, they fell by 80% - from $7.4 to $4.1 billion. Experts predict that due to the crisis in the EU, more and more people will return back to Ukraine. Therefore, the authorities should attend to the issue of creating jobs for them.
Ivan Nikitchenko, an analyst at Prostobank Consulting, names several factors why there are fewer transfers. “The first is the devaluation of the hryvnia: if earlier workers sent 2,000 hryvnia per month to their relatives for life, it was $ 250. And today they send 3,000 hryvnia, but this is only $ 120,” Nikitchenko calculated. “There is also migration abroad by whole families: a person goes abroad , settles down there and takes his family. Accordingly, transfers are no longer going to Ukraine. And the crisis year of 2014 only accelerated this process."

18. In Belarus, 645 cases of HIV infection were detected in January-March

For the same period last year - 582, BelTA learned from the HIV/AIDS Prevention Department of the Republican Center for Hygiene, Epidemiology and Public Health. The incidence rate was 6.8 per 100,000 population. As of April 1 this year, about 20.5 thousand cases of HIV infection were registered in the republic.
The number of people living with HIV reaches almost 15.9 thousand, of which in the Gomel region - about 6.5 thousand, Minsk - about 2.4 thousand, Minsk - more than 3.1 thousand, Mogilev region - about 1.1 thousand , Brest - more than 1.2 thousand, Vitebsk - 890, Grodno - 680. The largest number of HIV-infected people is aged 15-49 years. The total number of HIV infections in this age group is about 19.2 thousand. During the first quarter of 2016, 564 HIV-infected people aged 15-49 were identified.
During the observation period from 1987 to April 1, 2016, 38.6% of those infected with the human immunodeficiency virus became infected through the parenteral route (with intravenous administration of narcotic substances), sexually - 59.1%. In January-March, 26% of those infected were infected by the parenteral route, 72.1% - by sexual contact.
In general, in the republic, the proportion of women out of the total number of HIV-infected people is 40.4%, men - 59.6%. During the almost 30-year statistical period of observation, 3,195 children were born from HIV-infected mothers, including 66 in the first quarter of this year. The diagnosis of HIV infection was confirmed in 277 children born from HIV-infected mothers.

19. Over the decade, the number of diabetics in Moldova has increased one and a half times

Over the past ten years, the incidence of diabetes in Moldova has increased one and a half times, according to the data of the Ministry of Health of the Republic.
According to the agency, about 84 thousand people with this diagnosis are registered in Moldova. The mortality rate in the ranks of patients is now 10-11 people per 100 thousand of the population. Every third victim of the disease is of working age.
Diabetes mellitus is one of the most common chronic diseases in the world. The greatest danger to a person is the complications caused by it, including blindness, kidney failure, heart attack, stroke, diabetic neuropathy.
According to the Moldovan Ministry of Health, diabetes is one of the main causes of early disability in the country. One in three people with blindness or kidney failure also suffers from diabetes. About 70% of cases of amputation of the lower extremities also become a consequence of this disease.

20. In 2015, about 3 thousand children under one year old died in Kyrgyzstan

This was reported by the press service of the government.
In total, 34.8 thousand people died in 2015, the overall mortality rate per 1,000 population was 5.8 deaths per 1,000 population (in 2014 - 6.1).
There is a decrease in the mortality rate of children under 1 year of age. 2945 children under the age of one year died, or 18.0 per 1000 live births (20.2 in 2014).
In 2015, the death rate was 37.9 per 100,000 live births, and decreased by 24.4% compared to 2014 (50.1 per 100,000 live births).

21. Maternal mortality in Kazakhstan has decreased by 84% over 25 years

From 75.8 cases per 100 thousand live births in 1990 to 12.3 cases at the end of 2015, the maternal mortality rate in Kazakhstan decreased. Thus, the annual decline in this indicator was 3.4%, the press service of the Ministry of Health and Social Protection reported.
"According to the World Health Organization, in the world until 2005 the annual rate of decline in maternal mortality was less than 1%, until 2008 - 2.3%, by 2010 - 3.1%. Thus, the rate of decline in maternal mortality in Kazakhstan corresponds to international recommendations," the agency said in a press release.
In support of this, the Ministry of Health and Social Development cites the following statistics: in 1990, the maternal mortality rate was 75.8 cases per 100,000 live births, in 2000 - 48.6, in 2005 - 40.5, in 2010 - 22 .7, in 2015 - 12.3 per 100 thousand live births.
At the same time, it is noted that special attention has always been paid to the issues of reducing maternal and infant mortality, as well as improving the reproductive health of women in Kazakhstan.
"As a result of the work carried out in the republic, international standards and recommendations of the World Health Organization were introduced: effective perinatal technologies, transition to live birth criteria according to the international standard, cohabitation of mother and child, partner childbirth, clinical protocols, algorithms for the main pathological nosologies in accordance with international standards, prenatal screening during pregnancy, and much more. The above activities have helped to reduce maternal mortality and achieve the Millennium Goals and targets," the message concludes.
Meanwhile, according to the World Health Organization, among the CIS countries, Kazakhstan ranks second in terms of reducing maternal mortality. According to the report for 2015, Belarus has achieved the greatest success in this direction: in 1990 in this country there were 33 cases of maternal death per 100,000 births, and in 2015 - 4 cases per 100,000 births. Thus, the level of maternal mortality in Belarus compared with 1990 decreased by 88%. The same low mortality rate for women, 3-4 cases per 100 thousand births, is observed in Austria, Iceland, Finland, Poland, Sweden and the Czech Republic.
It is noteworthy that Tajikistan became the third among the CIS countries in terms of reducing maternal mortality - by 70%, and only then Russia - 60% (as noted in the WHO report, in Russia 25 years ago, 63 women out of 100 thousand died during childbirth and pregnancy, and in 2015 - 25 out of 100 thousand), Armenia - 56%, Turkmenistan - 48.8%, Ukraine - 47% and Uzbekistan - 33.3%.

22. Women in Georgia often become surrogate mothers for foreigners

The demand for the services of surrogate mothers in Georgia is very high, especially among couples from the United States, Europe, Australia and Israel, Ketevan Robakidze, founder of the Family Planning surrogacy and donation center, told Sputnik.
To protect newborns from trafficking in Georgia, a database of children born from surrogate mothers is being created, the corresponding order of the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia is published on the website of the Legislative Bulletin of Georgia.
"Couples from Germany and France do not come, because there the law prohibits having children from a surrogate mother. There has never been such a case when children born as a result of surrogation were taken out illegally. This is the couple's own child, and they do everything for him," Robakidze noted.
The exact statistics of children born in this way in Georgia is unknown, but according to unofficial information, their number exceeds 3 thousand.
The birth of a child from a surrogate mother in Georgia (including childbirth and examinations) will generally cost 25-30 thousand dollars. Of this amount, the surrogate mother receives 15 thousand dollars.
"Georgians themselves do not mind having children from a surrogate mother, but many cannot afford it. Many have to sell an apartment or borrow to have a child. It is more difficult for Georgian couples than for foreigners in this regard," she stressed.
Given the difficult social situation in the country, there are a lot of people who want to become surrogate mothers in Georgia, Robakidze noted. According to her, psychologists work with them, who emotionally prepare them for this period.
“We do not accept women who do not have children of their own, so that they do not have any feelings for the child they should give birth to. They are motivated and take this step in order to improve the financial situation of their own children,” noted she.
Another mandatory requirement for those wishing to become a surrogate mother is the support and consent of family members. Healthy women aged 20 to 35 can become a surrogate mother in Georgia.
"The child does not receive any appearance or blood type from a surrogate mother. She acts as a so-called incubator, the child has no genetic connection with her, she simply bears," Robakidze emphasized.
Georgia is considered one of the cheapest markets in terms of surrogacy, which is why foreign couples often come here for this.
In many European countries, surrogacy is punishable by law, namely in Austria, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany and in some US states.

23. Abkhazia banned abortion

The law "On Health Care" containing an article on the ban on abortions has entered into force in Abkhazia. According to article 40 of the law, "the state recognizes the right to life of an unborn child from the moment of conception and prohibits artificial termination of pregnancy."
"If we save at least one life, I think that this is the right law," Parliament Speaker Valery Bganba said at a press conference. According to him, in addition to the ban on abortions, the authorities of Abkhazia plan to financially encourage families with many children.
“Relevant work is already being carried out by the relevant parliamentary committee, and we will be able to complete it during the current year. We are talking about paying 100,000 rubles for the birth of a third child,” V. Bganba emphasized.
He explained that earlier the president of the republic announced that social benefits for the birth of the first and second child would be increased to 50 thousand rubles. "Besides, the Apsny Charitable Foundation operates in Abkhazia, which also supports demography. Together we will be able to support mothers and their children," the parliamentarian concluded.
Now the authorities of Abkhazia need to adopt amendments to the Code of Administrative Offenses and the Criminal Code, which will spell out liability for abortion.

24. Patients with hepatitis C in Georgia will be provided with medicines

The Georgian government has entered into a ten-year agreement with the American company Gilead Sciences, according to which it will provide the country with the medicines necessary for the treatment of hepatitis C.
The corresponding agreement was signed by Deputy Minister of Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia Valery Kvaratskhelia and Executive Director of Gilead Sciences John Martin.
"We have drawn up an agreement that provides for the treatment of all patients with hepatitis C, until the last patient, until the prevalence (number) falls below 1%," Kvaratskhelia said on the air of the Imedi TV channel.
In 2015, the government of Georgia launched a hepatitis C treatment program in Georgia, and 7,000 people were enrolled in it.
Of these, 3,200 patients have already completed a course of treatment with Sovald, which was delivered in April.
More than 90% were cured, side effects were observed in 3%, and 1.6% died, which was associated with the most severe condition of patients.
About 160,000 people with hepatitis C have been recorded in Georgia today, and the state can finance the treatment of 20,000 patients annually.

25. The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia has developed a project to combat domestic violence

Archil Talakvadze, Deputy Interior Minister of Georgia, briefed NGO representatives and the public on a new project aimed at combating domestic violence.
After a wave of murders motivated by family conflict in 2014, Georgia tightened the law. Since then, domestic violence has been an aggravating circumstance in any case.
The new project of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is aimed at informing the society about the concept of domestic violence, improving the skills of law enforcement officers and coordinating the work of NGOs and state institutions.
One of the components of the project is the prevention of early marriages, according to a statement on the website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
According to the prosecutor's office, 35 women were killed in Georgia in 2014, 19 of them because of a family conflict. A year later, these numbers have halved. In 2015, 18 women were killed, eight of whom were victims of domestic violence.

Disappointing data - the population of Moldova continues to decline, becoming less than three million.

On Friday, the data of the population and housing census, which was carried out in Moldova in the summer of 2014, were presented, but the results were calculated for several years.

The population and housing census took place in Moldova from 12 to 25 May 2014. For these purposes, 89 million lei were allocated, of which 23 million remained unused. First, in mid-February 2016, the former head of the National Bureau of Statistics, Lucia Spoyala, resigned. After the structure was headed by Marin Gospodarenko, however, he did not solve the issue of counting the census results either. As a result, on May 18 last year, he was also dismissed, then appointed head of the NBSVitaly Valkov.

As a result, the final data was presented only on March 31, 2017. Thus, as Valkov told journalists, the population of Moldova has decreased to 2 million 998 thousand 235 people. For comparison, in 2004, when the previous census was conducted, the population of Moldova was 3 million 383 thousand 332 people.

At the same time, Valkov admitted that during the 2014 census in Chisinau, they were unable to conduct a study of 41% of the population. According to the NBS, 339 thousand people were interviewed out of a population of 532.5 thousand. In general, the country conducted a survey of 2 million 804.1 thousand residents. Thus, the statistics show that now only a little more people live in the republic than in 1959, when the census was also conducted. Then the population was 2 million 879.4 thousand people. In 1970, 3 million 569.8 thousand people lived in Moldova, in 1979 - 3 million 949.8 people, in 1989 - 4 million 335.4 thousand, in 2004 - 3 million 383.3 thousand Human.

The latest census data indicate that the number of able-bodied population has decreased in the republic (16 years - 61 years). If in 2004 their number was 63.9%, by 2014 it had decreased to 63.1% of the total population of Moldova. At the same time, the number of those over 61 years old increased from 14.8% to 18.5%, and the number of people under 16 years of age decreased from 23% to 18.4%.

Also, the census showed that 51.8% of women live in Moldova, whose average age is 39.2 years. The average age of men living in the country is 35.8 years. Valkov reported that 98.2% of those surveyed agreed to answer the question about their ethnicity. Thus, 75% of the population consider themselves Moldovans, 7% - Romanians, 6.6% - Ukrainians, 4.1% - Russians, 1.9% - Bulgarians, 0.3% - Roma. As the head of the NBS explained, as for other ethnic groups, their number is less than a thousand people.

The census data also showed that 52.7% of the country's population claim to speak Moldovan, 23.2% - Romanian, and 13.5% - Russian.

According to the study, 96.8% of the population in Moldova are Orthodox.

The population of Moldova is over 3.5 million people.

National composition:

Moldovans (65%);
Ukrainians;
Russians;
other nations (Romanians, Bulgarians, Gagauz, Jews).

Moldovans inhabit mainly the northern and central regions of the country; Russians and Ukrainians came to Moldova after the Second World War and live mainly in cities, while the rest of the peoples settled in the south of the country in rural areas.

There are 111 people per 1 sq. km, but the densely populated areas are Ungheni, Cahul, Orhei, and the sparsely populated are Bessarab, Taraclia, Dubossary.

The official language is Moldovan, but Russian, Romanian and Ukrainian are widely spoken in Moldova.

Large cities: Chisinau, Tigina, Tiraspol, Balti, Bender, Cahul, Rybnitsa.

Most residents of Moldova profess Orthodox Christianity.

Lifespan

The male population lives on average up to 67, and the female population lives up to 75 years. In recent years, Moldova has managed to increase the average life expectancy of the population by reducing the level of general and infant mortality.

The main causes of death of the population are cardiovascular, pulmonary, oncological and diseases of the circulatory system. The causes of many diseases of Moldovans lie in malnutrition (they consume a lot of sugar, salt and fats), sedentary lifestyle, and bad habits. Because of all this, there is a delay in the physical development of children under 5 years old (6% of children) in the country: many of them have anemia and iodine deficiency in the body.

Traditions and customs of the inhabitants of Moldova

The traditions of Moldova relate to various areas of activity of Moldovans (music, dance, winemaking, the work of folk craftsmen).

Traditional arts are widespread in Moldova, especially pottery: ceramics are used for storage and cooking. These products have an original ornament - jugs, pots and other products in Moldova are decorated with lines, dots and circles.

If you are lucky enough to visit Moldova, you should definitely buy hand embroidery - clothes, towels, tablecloths or curtains (Moldovan embroidery is distinguished by a special color scheme and patterned themes).

Pre-wedding Moldovan traditions are of interest: before preparing for the wedding, future newlyweds should exchange rings in the presence of loved ones, but only if they manage to find them in a plate of wheat after 3 attempts.

Moldova loves holidays, especially Wine Day (October 2nd Sunday) - at this time, numerous guests of the country come here to have fun, take part in the entertainment carnival and taste wine.

Moldovans are hospitable people, and when you come to Moldova, you will be able to get acquainted with them and their interesting traditions (you will be warmly welcomed, offered to drink Moldovan wine and taste delicious dishes prepared by the hostess of the house).

Moldova is a small state in southeastern Europe. This is one of the most colorful European countries with the richest cultural traditions. How many permanent residents is the population of Moldova today? And what percentage of them live in cities? You will find answers to these questions in our article.

The population of Moldova and its size

According to the most recent demographic data, about 3.5 million people live in the Republic of Moldova. As you know, within the country there is an autonomous entity - self-proclaimed, therefore, the population of Moldova is indicated here without taking into account the population of the PMR.

All countries are characterized by the same population decline, high mortality, and aging of the nation. The territory of Moldova is no exception, the population of which has been declining since the late 80s of the last century.

Perhaps the main reason in this country is the difficult socio-economic situation. Against the backdrop of negative natural growth, the population of Moldova is also actively declining due to powerful emigration flows abroad. Moldovans in search of a better life are sent to more prosperous European countries - to Italy, France, Portugal, Russia.

Key demographic indicators of the country: latest census

The years 2010-2015 in Moldova are characterized by a not so strong population decline compared to previous years.

In 2004 (October), the first serious and comprehensive population census was conducted on the territory of the state. As a result, reliable data were obtained on how many people live in Moldova, how many are abroad, what is the age, ethnic and gender structure of the country's population. It should be noted that this census was not carried out on the left bank of the Dniester.

According to the results of the census, the population of the country amounted to 3 million 383 thousand people. It was also found that about 8% of Moldovans are abroad (almost 90% of them are labor migrants). In terms of absolute figures, this number amounted to 367 thousand people.

The gender structure of the population of the Republic is dominated by women (51.9%) - such data is provided to us by the conducted population census.

The year 2010 in Moldova was distinguished by a slight decrease in the rate of population decline. How it has changed in the last fifty years will be discussed in the next section.

Population dynamics in Moldova

How has the population of Moldova changed over the past 50 years?

Until the end of the 1980s, the population of Moldova steadily increased. So, over a 30-year period (from 1959 to 1989), the number of inhabitants of the country increased by more than one million people! In percentage terms, population growth was almost 40%.

After 1989, the population of Moldova began to decline rapidly. So, if in 1989 there were 3.65 million inhabitants in the state, then in 2014 there were already 3.56 million. More clearly Moldova can be seen on the following chart.

Population by district and overall level of urbanization in the country

How is the urban and rural population of Moldova distributed? About 61% of Moldovans, according to the 2004 census, live in urban areas, and 39% - in villages. Thus, Moldova is rightly considered the most "rural" country in Europe.

Which districts of the Republic of Moldova are leading in terms of population?

The administrative-territorial structure of the country includes 32 districts and 5 municipalities. In terms of the number of inhabitants in the country, the following districts are in the lead: Hincheshtsky (120 thousand), Cahulsky (119 thousand), Orhei (116 thousand), Ungensky (110 thousand).

Ethnic and linguistic composition of the population

The national composition of the population of Moldova, according to the last census, is as follows: about 76% of the population are Moldovans, and their number has grown by almost 6% since the country's independence. They are followed by Ukrainians (8.4%), Russians (5.9%), Gagauzes (4.4%), Romanians (2.2%) and Bulgarians (about 2%). There are only about 12 thousand Gypsies in Moldova (0.36%). Despite this, Moldova is often mistakenly called the "Gypsy" country of Europe.

The ethnic structure of the country's population clearly reflects the results of the processes that have taken place in Moldovan society over the past 15-20 years. Thus, the percentage of Slavic ethnic groups (Ukrainians, Russians) has decreased over the past 20 years, while the number of Romanians and Gagauz, on the contrary, has increased.

One more curious feature should be noted: Russians and Ukrainians in Moldova live mainly in large cities, while Moldovans, Bulgarians and Gagauz live in rural areas.

99.6% of the 3.5 million people living on the territory of the Republic of Moldova are its citizens. At the same time, over 5,000 residents of the country, according to the 2004 census, do not have citizenship at all.

The linguistic situation in the country is extremely varied. So, during the 2004 census, respondents were asked two questions:

What language do you consider your native language?
What language is the main language of your communication in everyday life?

So, about 78% of the inhabitants of Moldova called the Moldavian language their native language, 19% - Romanian, about 2.5% - Russian. At the same time, Moldovan is the main language of communication for only 59% of Moldovans. Another 16% of the country's inhabitants communicate in Romanian and Russian, about 4% - in Ukrainian, about 3% - in Gagauz. True, it should be noted that the differences between the Moldovan and Romanian languages are very insignificant, and this division is more of a political nature than a linguistic one.

Religion in Moldova

Moldova is officially the most believing and most Orthodox country in Europe. Over 93% of the inhabitants of this country consider themselves Orthodox Christians. Next come Baptists (about 1 percent), Adventists and Pentecostals (0.4 percent each).

There are not so many atheists in Moldova - only 76 thousand people (this is a little more than two percent of the total population of the country).

Finally...

The Republic of Moldova is a small state in the southwestern part of Europe. About 3.5 million people live within its borders, more than 300 thousand Moldovans are abroad.

The urban and rural population of Moldova is distributed over its territory more or less evenly. Thus, about 61% of the country's inhabitants are city dwellers, and 39% live in rural areas. For Moldova, as well as for other countries of the post-Soviet space, the following demographic problems are typical: low birth rate, high mortality rates, aging of the nation (as a result of the first two factors), as well as a significant outflow of young people to other European states.

As the National Bureau of Statistics told Infotag, in view of the fact that the final results of the last population and housing census of 2014 have not yet been summed up, these are preliminary calculations based on data on births and deaths,

According to statistics, the bulk of the population still lives in rural areas, although this number has decreased over the year by 8 thousand - up to 2.034 million people. At the same time, the urban population grew from 1.511 million to 1.517 million.

The most densely populated areas are Orhei - 124.8 thousand people (-0.2 thousand), Cahul - 124.5 thousand (-0.1 thousand), Hincesti - 119.7 thousand (-0.5 thousand .). Least of all people live in the Basarabeasca region - 28.3 thousand, and over the year their number has decreased by another 200 people.

The population of the Chisinau municipality, on the contrary, increased from 814.1 thousand to 820.1 thousand people. Moreover, 685.9 thousand (+4.8 thousand) are residents of the city.

The population of the Balti municipality increased by 600 people - up to 151.3 thousand. 162 thousand (+0.1 thousand) live in the Gagauz autonomy.

Infotag reference: Preliminary results of the census conducted from May 12 to May 25, 2014 showed that the real population is 2.913 million people, excluding Bendery and Transnistria. The final results have not yet been summed up under the pretext of lack of funds. The new leadership of the National Bureau of Statistics promises to publish them before March 1.