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

20091)

20101)

Population size (beginning of year), thsd. persons

10177

9990

9951

9899

9849

9800

9751

9714

9690

9493

9480

of which:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

male

4767

4687

4667

4638

4610

4583

4556

4535

4522

4424

4417

female

5410

5303

5284

5261

5239

5217

5195

5179

5168

5069

5063

Share in total population, percent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

urban

68,1

70,2

70,7

71,1

71,5

72,0

72,4

72,8

73,4

73,8

74,5

rural

31,9

29,8

29,3

28,9

28,5

28,0

27,6

27,2

26,6

26,2

25,5

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

 

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1) Based on the current population records, taking into account provisional results of the 2009 population census.

  

Population pyramid

(as of January 1, 2010; persons)

 age, years