 After the disastrous situation during the 1990s, the demography of Tomsk Oblast is starting to get stabilized.During the first three months of 2009, there were 3,337 births (2.4% higher than that of 2008) and 3,339 deaths (6.7% less than that of 2008).Birth rate for 2008 is 7.97% higher than that of 2007.