Population reproduction as an indicator of quality of life (on the example of the Greater Caucasus province of the Republic of Azerbaijan)

Abstract

Demographic indicators have an important place in the system of indicators determining the quality of life. The issues of improving the demographic indicators of the quality of life of the population are especially important for the Greater Caucasus province, which plays an important role in the socio-economic and geopolitical development of the Republic of Azerbaijan and has a high demographic and labour potential. The main purpose of the research work, which is of practical importance, is to study the trends in demographic processes in the Greater Caucasus province and their impact on the quality of life of the population. On the basis of statistical materials, the demographic indicators of the population living in the region were studied, the current state of modern demographic processes and how they affect the quality of life were researched. According to the results of the research, the role of demographic factors in the quality of life of the population living in the region has been significant in recent years. It revealed that the natality and natural increase in the region decreased over the analyzed period. Mortality increased over the past 2 years.