Interstate Statistical Committee of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS-Stat) Study of migration in the 2010 round of population censuses in CIS member states: analysis of the results Irina A.Zbarskaya CIS-Stat Workshop on Population and Housing Censuses Geneva, 22 September 2014 Round 2010 censuses in CIS countries ROUND 2000 1989: USSR 1995 Turkmenistan 1999 Azerbaijan Belarus Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan 2000 Tajikistan 2001 ROUND 2010 2009 Azerbaijan Belarus Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan 2010 Armenia Ukraine Russia Tajikistan 2011 Armenia 2002 Russia 2012 Turkmenistan 2004 Moldova 2014 Moldova Ukraine Uzbekistan Uzbekistan 2 Round 2010 censuses in CIS countries Population in CIS by census years (mln. Persons) 142,9 Russia Azerbaijan 8.9 Belarus 9.5 Kazakhstan 16 Kyrgyzstan Year of census 5.4 Tajikistan 7,6 2009 2010 Moldova … Armenia Turkmenistan … 3,0 2011 2012 2013 2014 3 Census key statements Population censuses are conducted in accordance to census laws or relevant statistics laws rules Censuses was conducted by interviewers, sampling method was not used Census pragrammes, according to international recommendations, included all the key topics All countries rewritten permanent population using a one-time criteria for permanent population unclusion – living in one place for 12 months and more; In addition, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan have received the number of present population. Difference between present and resident population (thousand persons) Armenia -147,1 4,9% Kyrgyzstan - 255,1 4,8% Tajikistan - 465,2 6,1% 4 Migration theme in population census (1) All countries included question: Place of birth Country of citizenship Previous place of residence and date of arrival to present residence Extensive mode (year and month of arrival) Armenia Belarus Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Moldova Turkmenistan Reduced mode (one year prior to the census) Azerbaijan Russia Tajikistan 5 Migration theme in population census(2) Migrants who changed their place of residence one year prior to the census, given by previous residence, thous. persons Total population Arrived for including: permanent Changed residence Arrived from CIS and other residence within countrie countries total % to total populatio n from: CIS countries Other countries Azerbaijan 8922,4 67,1 60,9 0,7 kazakhstan 16009,6 426,1 344,6 2,2 66,2 15,3 0,5 140960,1 3095,3 2618,7 1,9 202,5 32,4 0,2 7564,5 103,5 95,8 1,2 6,3 1,4 0,1 Russia* Tajikistan 6,2 % to total populatio n 0,1 *Private households population and those not to specify territory – 901,2 thousand persons 6 Migration theme in population census(3) Share of foreign citizens in resident population, % Azerbaijan Armenia Belarus 0,13 0,74 1,33 Kazakhsta Kyrgyzstan n 0,63 0,57 Russia* Tajikistan 0,48 0,1 *To number of answered on citizenship question.4,1 mln. People did not answer that question Kazakhstan moved for 10 years 650,7 thousands 4,1% non-citizens 101,6 thousands 0,63% 7 Migration theme in population census (4) Temporary residence Purpose of visit, including work Temporary absence - time of absence - reason of absence, including work Azer baija n ● Arme nia ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Tajikistan (September 2010) Temporarily absent (one year) at the time of the census - 417.1 thousand. According to administrative records approximately 90% travel to the Russian Federation. At the time of the census aprox.360-380 thousands of Tajikistan citizens could be located in Russia Belar Kaza Kyrgyz us khsta stan n ● ● ● Mildov a Russia Tajikist an Turkm nistan ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ○ ● ● ○ ● ● ● ● ○ ○ ● ● ● ● ○ ● ● ○ ● ● Russia (October 2010) Temporarily residing citizens of Tajikistan - 36.1 thousand people, including 30.8 thousands with work purpose. 87,1 thousand of Tajikistan citizens are permanent residents of Russia. 200 thousand people have defined their national identity as "Tajiks" 8 Conclusions 2020 round: Convergence of census timing, especially in Common Economic Space of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia, which accounts for 60% of the total population and about 75% of all migrants CIS. Harmonization of the main topics of the census program. The use of common definitions of "worker" and "migrant worker". Approval of indicators list for international data exchange CIS statcomitee proposes the following tables for better nigration understanding: The population registered at the round 2020 census Length of stay in the place of permanent residence Migrants by duration of stay in place of permanent residence and previous residence Distribution of imternational migrants by educational level Migrants, temporarily residenced on the territory of the country with work purpose,distributed by country of residence and age groups 9 Thanks for your attention! 10