CREATE TABLE "table1_25703_2" (
  "january_december_2012" text,
  "birth_2012" real,
  "birth_2011" real,
  "death_2012" real,
  "death_2011" real
);

Question: What is the total number of birth/2012 for January–December 2012 in Kurgan Oblast?
SQL: SELECT COUNT("birth_2012") FROM "table1_25703_2" WHERE "january_december_2012"='Kurgan Oblast';

Question: What were the total number of 2012 deaths when 2012 births were 127?
SQL: SELECT "death_2012" FROM "table1_25703_2" WHERE "birth_2012"=127;

Question: What were the total number of 2012 births for the January–December 2012 Tver Oblast region?
SQL: SELECT MIN("birth_2012") FROM "table1_25703_2" WHERE "january_december_2012"='Tver Oblast';

Question: What were the total 2012 births when the 2012 deaths were 163?
SQL: SELECT MIN("birth_2012") FROM "table1_25703_2" WHERE "death_2012"=163;