{"id":159292,"date":"2025-10-09T13:29:21","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T10:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/159292\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"belarus-faces-continued-decline-in-reproductive-age-female-population","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/159292\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus faces continued decline in reproductive-age female population"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>October 9, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>A total of 4,047,000 women over 18 resided in Belarus on January 1, according to a report by the National Statistical Committee (Bie\u0142stat) ahead of Mother&#8217;s Day celebrated in Belarus on October 14.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the past two years, Belarus\u2019 female population dropped by 0.3 percent, while the number of women of reproductive age (15\u201349 years) fell by 1.5 percent to 2,103,700.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Women currently make up 55.1 percent of Belarus\u2019s adult population, consistent with figures recorded over the past two years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/zakliuchenie_unsplash_marco_chilese_1128x752-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/zakliuchenie_unsplash_marco_chilese_1128x752-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/zakliuchenie_unsplash_marco_chilese_1128x752-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/zakliuchenie_unsplash_marco_chilese_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/zakliuchenie_unsplash_marco_chilese_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Over 8,900 face politically-motivated charges in Belarus since 2020 \u2013 Viasna<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">October 6, Pozirk. At least 8,905 people have faced politically-motivated criminal charges since 2020, with some 7,565 convicted in politically-motivated cases, the Viasna Human Rights Center said in its recent report. Viasna recorded 96 cases of reprisals last month, including &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/158719\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 9, Pozirk. A total of 4,047,000 women over 18 resided in Belarus on January 1, according to a report by the National Statistical Committee (Bie\u0142stat) ahead of Mother&#8217;s Day celebrated in Belarus on October 14. Over the past two years, Belarus\u2019 female population dropped by 0.3 percent, while the number of women of reproductive [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[15],"class_list":["post-159292","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Belarus faces continued decline in reproductive-age female population | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"October 9, Pozirk. 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