THE BALTIC STATES AFTER THE COLLAPSE OF THE SOVIET UNION: APPENDIX
THE BALTIC STATES AFTER THE COLLAPSE OF THE SOVIET UNION: APPENDIX
Author(s): Toivo U. RaunSubject(s): Political history, Government/Political systems, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Post-Communist Transformation
Published by: Akadémiai Kiadó
Keywords: Soviet Union; Baltic states; Estonians; Latvians; Lithuanians;
Summary/Abstract: Two population tables, which were to have accompanied my article in the previous issue of Hungarian Studies (14/2 [2000], 275-284), were inadvertently omitted. They are published here as an appendix to that text. Tables 1 and 2 provide an overview of the evolution of the ethnic composition of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania since the interwar era. They indicate a notable divergence in demographic trends in Lithuania in comparison with the other two Baltic states. Despite suffering the same kinds of population losses in World War II and under Stalinism as the Estonians and Latvians, the Lithuanians displayed a strong demographic dynamism, based on higher birth rates, and maintained a remarkably stable share of the total population of their country.
- Issue Year: 15/2001
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 163-166
- Page Count: 4
- Language: English
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