{"id":139212,"date":"2025-05-21T21:36:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T18:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/139212\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"natural-decline-of-population-accelerates-dramatically","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/139212\/","title":{"rendered":"Natural decline of population accelerates dramatically"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

May 21, Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Belarus’ natural population decline has intensified by 70.9 percent over five years, according to Pozirk<\/em>‘s analysis of data from the National Statistical Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The gap between deaths and births widened from 32,868 people in 2019 to 56,186 in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ratio increased fourfold in Minsk and 2.3-fold in the Brest region, which had the worst parameters in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Minsk region followed with a 67.1-percent increase, the Homiel region with a 61.1-percent increase and the Hrodna region with a 56.4-percent increase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next were the Mahilo\u016d region with 46.1 percent and the Viciebsk region with 20.8 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the last five years, births fell by 32.7 percent to 58,938.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Births per 1,000 population decreased by 30.1 percent, from 9.3 to 6.5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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