National Statistical Committee
      of the Republic of Belarus
 

 

Official statistics

Annual data

 

Size and natural increase of population

 

 

1996

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

Population size (beginning of year) 1), thsd. persons

10177

9957

9900

9831

9763

9697

9630

9579

9542

9514

9500

9481

of which:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

male

4767

4668

4638

4600

4562

4526

4489

4461

4441

4426

4418

4408

female

5410

5289

5262

5231

5201

5171

5141

5118

5101

5088

5082

5073

Share in total population1), percent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

urban

68,1

70,1

70,5

70,9

71,4

71,8

72,2

72,7

73,2

73,9

74,5

75,1

rural

31,9

29,9

29,5

29,1

28,6

28,2

27,8

27,3

26,8

26,1

25,5

24,9

Natural increase, decrease (-) of population, thsd. persons

-37,6

-48,6

-57,9

-54,7

-51,1

-51,4

-41,7

-29,4

-26,0

-25,8

-29,1

 

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    1) Data for intercensal period (2000-2009) are revised taking into account the results of 2009 population census

 

Population pyramid

(as of January 1, 2011; persons)

 age, years

 

 

 

Number of settlements located in radioactive contamination zones and number of persons residing in them (for the Republic of Belarus)

(beginning of year)

 

1996

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

Total number of settlements located in radioactive contamination zones

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2937

2924

2921

2802

2775

2651

2650

2647

2613

2611

2606

2401

Of which total number of settlements with resident population

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2930

2876

2869

2746

2732

2631

2630

2620

2598

2587

2574

2367

Of which in zones:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

With periodic radiation monitoring

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1756

1724

1718

1646

1637

1755

1756

1752

1739

1733

1726

1875

With right for resettlement

1093

1078

1077

1051

1048

843

842

839

831

826

821

474

Of future resettlement

88

74

74

49

47

33

32

29

28

28

27

18

Of initial resettlement

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

Population size, persons

1639343

1565246

1558441

1470544

1462957

1332979

1321706

1313210

1308645

1304688

1288225

1140377

Of which those residing in zones:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

With periodic radiation monitoring

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1315729

1244441

1241540

1207131

1202362

1136747

1128468

1122723

1120454

1119477

1104223

1021828

With right for resettlement

299165

293136

289590

247376

244802

192203

189319

186807

185096

182165

181041

116662

Of future resettlement

24449

27669

27311

16037

15793

4029

3919

3680

3095

3046

2961

1887

Of initial resettlement

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

Of total population size number of children aged 0-17, persons

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

434619

381856

376730

341436

330271

289473

277917

270733

262083

256617

252426

219560

Of which those residing in zones:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

With periodic radiation monitoring

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

355469

304178

300610

278845

268996

244042

233525

227101

219197

214450

211219

192143

With right for resettlement

73277

70725

69169

58565

57215

44424

43391

42684

42077

41433

40472

26927

Of future resettlement

5873

6953

6951

4026

4060

1007

1001

948

809

734

735 

490