{"id":185680,"date":"2026-04-30T11:23:55","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T08:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/185680\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T13:21:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T10:21:09","slug":"belaruss-net-migration-growth-down-one-third-since-2019","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/185680\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus\u2019 net migration growth down one-third since 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>April 30, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Belarus\u2019 net migration growth in 2025 stood at 9,073 people, declining by nearly 35 percent from 13,870 in 2019, according to <em>Pozirk<\/em>&#8216;s analysis of the National Statistical Committee\u2019s (Bie\u0142stat) data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The year 2019 preceded the contested 2020 presidential election, which resulted in politically-motivated reprisals in subsequent years, forcing hundreds of thousands of Belarusians into exile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Brest, Viciebsk, Mahilo\u016d and Homiel regions have recorded the steepest migration-driven population declines over the past six years. In Minsk and the region, migration contributed to population growth, although at a slower pace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarus\u2019 population fell by 11.3 percent or 1,154,323 people to 9,056,080 in the 30 years of Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s rule. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/rebenok_uniticket_ru-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/rebenok_uniticket_ru-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/rebenok_uniticket_ru-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/rebenok_uniticket_ru-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/rebenok_uniticket_ru-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/rebenok_uniticket_ru.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Belarus&#039; birth rates halve under \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s rule<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">April 29, Pozirk. A total of 54,257 children were born in Belarus in 2025, roughly half of the 101,144 births recorded in 1995, according to Pozirk\u2019s analysis of the National Statistical Committee\u2019s (Bie\u0142stat) data. Births declined across all regions, with &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/185525\">\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>April 30, Pozirk. Belarus\u2019 net migration growth in 2025 stood at 9,073 people, declining by nearly 35 percent from 13,870 in 2019, according to Pozirk&#8216;s analysis of the National Statistical Committee\u2019s (Bie\u0142stat) data. The year 2019 preceded the contested 2020 presidential election, which resulted in politically-motivated reprisals in subsequent years, forcing hundreds of thousands of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[15],"class_list":["post-185680","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\u2019 net migration growth down one-third since 2019 | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"April 30, Pozirk. 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