TY - JOUR TI - Analysis of demographic processes in Poland and the Baltic States since the end of the XVIII century and forecast up to 2096 AU - Manakov, Andrei AU - Suvorkov, Pavel TI - Analysis of demographic processes in Poland and the Baltic States since the end of the XVIII century and forecast up to 2096 AB - Negative demographic tendencies are some of the most serious problems of development of post-Socialist countries. Goal of this research is historical analysis and forecast of demographic processes in Poland and the Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania). The demographic forecast is prepared on the basis of revision of forecast model of the Population Division of United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Scenario approach and simulation multi-factor modeling act as the main methods of this research. One of the key objectives is critical analysis of use of the hypothesis of stabilization of migration components of demographic processes in scenarios of UN Secretariat. According to the most probable scenario, Latvia (-49% of modern population) can become the leader in expected depopulation within the next 80 years among the considered countries, smaller indicators of depopulation are expected in Lithuania (-43%), Poland (-38%) and Estonia (-34%). VL - Volume 7 (2017) IS - Issue 4 (2017) PY - 2017 SN - 2084-0497 C1 - 2451-2249 SP - 5 EP - 13 DO - 10.4467/24512249JG.17.032.7632 UR - https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/journal-of-geography-politics-and-society/artykul/analysis-of-demographic-processes-in-poland-and-the-baltic-states-since-the-end-of-the-xviii-century-and-forecast-up-to-2096 KW - birth rate KW - mortality KW - migrations KW - modeling KW - demographic forecast KW - Poland KW - Estonia KW - Latvia KW - Lithuania