Population Dynamics and Its Factors: Ethnicity and Regional Characteristics in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia)

K. Kumo () and T. V. Litvinenko ()
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K. Kumo: Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
T. V. Litvinenko: Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences

Regional Research of Russia, 2022, vol. 12, issue 4, 495-507

Abstract: Abstract The purpose of this study is to identify the characteristics and intermunicipal differences in the demographic dynamics of the Sakha Republic and the factors that determine them. We complemented the perspectives of previous studies, which seemed to be lacking, by identifying differences in the demography of each municipality (district or uluse) that arise in relation to geographic location, ethnic factors, and types of economic activity each district specializes in. In particular, the factors of ethnic composition are explicitly and quantitatively examined. By regression analyses, the relationship between ethnic composition in three rounds of population census and the population growth rate during the period following each census has been identified at the municipal unit level. At the beginning of the 1990s, the share of indigenous peoples explained more than half of the population increase/decrease in the municipalities and the higher share of it contributed to population stability. However, the explanatory power of this factor weakened over time once the economy began to show stable growth. By cluster analyses of municipalities, factors, other than ethnic, affecting the districts’ different dynamics have been revealed. In the 2000s, the influence of economic factors and geographical and transport conditions became critical. Even though indigenous peoples had a high share, if the districts were in northern areas and remote places with poor transport accessibility, they showed a population decrease. On the contrary, districts with a large indigenous population located close to the republic’s core, Yakutsk, recorded large population growth.

Keywords: Sakha Republic; Yakutia; population; indigenous peoples; cluster analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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