Demographic Assessment of the Development of the Arctic Regions of the Republic of Karelia

The Republic of Karelia is of particular interest for research work on the assessment of economic development of territories, including demographic potential. The presence of territories of the Arctic status within the administrative districts forms the presence of differences in the spatial development of the districts. The purpose of the study is to assess the development indicators of the Arctic regions of the Republic of Karelia and to conduct a comparative analysis of the studied indicators with the territories of the republic that do not have the status of “Arctic region”. The assessment of existing differences in the context of demographic and economic indicators in the Arctic and non-Arctic regions of the Republic allows us to evaluate the changes occurring in the territories after the formation of the Arctic agenda. The methodological apparatus of the study, based on statistical data for the Republic of Karelia and the use of methods of mathematical evaluation of data and system analysis, includes the assessment of demographic indicators of the territories and the analysis of trends in their change. The study makes calculations in the percentage ratio in the context of Arctic/non-Arctic regions, allowing for a comparative analysis. The use of the research approach, which allows to determine the growth rates of the studied indicators, forms the possibility of assessing the impact of the status of “Arctic territory” on the indicators of economic development. The obtained results determined the change in the demographic characteristics of the territories and their tendency to depopulation processes. The obtained results can be used in the development of strategic directions of territorial development, program packages of documents on territorial development. This direction of research allows us to significantly increase the contribution to the study of territorial and regional development management issues.

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