{"id":181277,"date":"2026-03-27T15:02:31","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T12:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/181277\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T15:28:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T12:28:19","slug":"belarus-population-declines-by-1-2-million-during-lukasenkas-rule","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/181277\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus’ population declines by 1.2 million during \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s rule"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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March 27, Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Belarus\u2019 population fell by 11.3 percent or 1,154,323 people since January 1, 1995 to 9,056,080 on January 1 this year, according to the National Statistical Committee (Bie\u0142stat).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The decline spans the period of Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s rule in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During this time, the urban population decreased slightly by 0.4 percent to 7,157,309 people, while the rural population saw a sharper drop from 3,278,177 to just 1,898,771 people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All six Belarusian regions recorded population declines, with Viciebsk leading the trend and seeing its population fall by more than 25 percent: from 1,426,433 to 1,060,687.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Growth is reported only in Minsk, where the population rose by 19.8 percent to 1,995,091 people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bie\u0142stat\u2019s data does not take into account the mass emigration of people from Belarus for political and economic reasons after the 2020 political crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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