Russian Population Censuses in the Age of Digital Economy

Abstract

The authors consider basic principles of the transition of the Russian statistics to the alternative census methodology associated with digitalization of management processes, taking into account the authors’ opinion on this matter, organizational and  methodological principles of alternative approaches to the upcoming  2020 Russian population census, using the Internet, combined  census design, joined and agreed development of all the information  sources on the population, practical verification of decisions,  development of an interconnected system of estimates of the size  and structure of the population.  It is emphasized that due to the  novelty of the considered problems both theoretically and from the  point of view of practical introduction of the new ideas, the authors  hope for a wide discussion within the scientific community and  among specialists with a view to developing a common position in the construction of the population register.