Editing Demographics of Belarus (section)

==Population==
The population of Belarus suffered a dramatic decline during World War II, dropping from more than 9 million in 1940 to 7.7 million in 1951. It then resumed its long-term growth, rising to 10 million in 1999.<ref name=census/> After that the population began a steady decline, dropping to 9.7 million in 2006–2007.<ref name=pop>[http://belstat.gov.by/homep/en/indicators/population.php Population estimates 1995–2007] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203155701/http://belstat.gov.by/homep/en/indicators/population.php |date=2008-12-03 }}, BelStat</ref> Originally a highly agrarian country with nearly 80% of its population in rural areas, Belarus has been undergoing a process of continuous [[urbanization]]. The rural population saw its share of the total population decrease from 70% in 1959 to less than 30% in the 2000s.<ref>''Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Belarus 2007'', BelStat, Minsk, 2007</ref>

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| y1= 7.75, 7.77, 7.72, 7.69, 7.72, 7.8, 7.88, 7.94, 8.01, 8.11, 8.19, 8.28, 8.39, 8.46, 8.52, 8.61, 8.71, 8.8, 8.88, 8.96, 9.04, 9.11, 9.18, 9.24, 9.31, 9.37, 9.41, 9.46,9.53, 9.59, 9.66, 9.73, 9.8, 9.87, 9.94, 10, 10.06, 10.11, 10.14, 10.17, 10.19, 10.19, 10.22, 10.24, 10.23, 10.19, 10.16, 10.12, 10.07, 10.03, 9.98, 9.93, 9.87, 9.8, 9.73, 9.66,9.6, 9.56, 9.53, 9.51, 9.48, 9.46, 9.45, 9.44, 9.45, 9.46, 9.47, 9.46, 9.44, 9.42, 9.38, 9.35
 
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| y1= 17.5,17.6,16.4,14.9,17.0,17.5,18.2,18.0,19.2,17.5,17.8,17.0,14.9,13.7,12.7,11.1,10.9,9.8,9.4,8.6,8.6,8.8,8.3,7.7,7.9,7.1,7.0,6.8,6.8,6.4,6.1,6.7,6.7,7.7,6.5,5.9,7.4,6.2,6.0,4.9,3.2,1.7,1.1,-1.1,-1.9,-3.2,-3.7,-4.7,-4.4,-4.9,-4.1,-4.9,-5.9,-5.6,-5.3,-5.3,-4.3,-3.1,-2.7,-2.7,-3.1,-2.7,-1.1,-0.8,-0.3,-0.1,-0.2,-1.8,-2.8,-3.5, -6.6

| y2= , -15.1, -22.1, -18.9, -12.9, -7,0,-8.6, -10.9, -10.1, -4.8, -8.3, -5.6, -2.8, -5,0, -5.5, -0.9, 0.8, 0.5, -0.8, 0.4, 0.4, -0.7, -1.1, -0.4, -0.7, -1.3, -2.3, -1.3, -0.3, 0.4, 0.9, 0.9, 0.7, -0.8, 0.2, 0.2, -1.5, -1,0, -2.7, -2.3, -1.4,-1.2, 1.1, 3.3, 0.7, 0,0, 0.3, 0.5, -0.1, 0.4,-0.6, -0.2, -0.5, -1.4, -1.6, -1.5, -1.8, -1.5, -0.7, 0.5, 0.7, 0.4, -0.4, 0.4, 0.9, 1.4, 1,0, 0.7, 0.6, 1.5, 2.3

| y1Title=Natural change (per 1000)
| y2Title=Crude migration change (per 1000)
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| x = 1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022

| y1= 2.72,2.69,2.66,2.57,2.46,2.36,2.27,2.28,2.26,2.23,2.18,2.30,2.34,2.36,2.29,2.24,2.20,2.16,2.11,2.08,2.05,2.04,2.08,2.02,2.09,2.14,2.09,2.10,2.04,2.03,2.03,1.91,1.81,1.76,1.62,1.53,1.41,1.34,1.25,1.30,1.31,1.32,1.29,1.24,1.23,1.23,1.25,1.34,1.43,1.49,1.51,1.49,1.52,1.62,1.67,1.70,1.72,1.73,1.54,1.45,1.38, 1.33, 1.29

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===Population===
:9,109,280 (2025 est.)<ref>{{Cite web |title= Population on January 1, 2025 by regions of the Republic of Belarus
|url=https://www.belstat.gov.by/ofitsialnaya-statistika/publications/izdania/public_bulletin/index_148167/ |date=2025 |publisher = Белстат |language=ru-RU}}</ref>
:''country comparison to the world:'' 98 <ref>{{Cite web |title= Belarus ranks 6th in population the CIS countries
|url=https://www.belta.by/society/view/belarus-zanimaet-6-e-mesto-po-chislennosti-naselenija-sredi-stran-sng-309467-2018 |date=2018-07-06 |publisher = БЕЛТА |language=ru-RU}}</ref>

===Age structure===
:0–14 years: 16.78% (male 791,170/female 414,450)
:15–24 years: 9.59% (male 404,500/female 375,750)
:25–54 years: 43.94% (male 2,058,648/female 2,105,910)
:55–64 years: 14.45% (male 605,330/female 763,972)
:65 years and over: 17.66% (male 327,300/female 355,163) (2022 est.)

===Median age===
:''Total:'' 40.9 years
:''Male:'' 39.5 years
:''Female:'' 43.9 years (2022 est.)

===Sex ratio===
:At birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
:0–14 years: 87.266 male(s)/female
:15–24 years: 87.266 male(s)/female
:25–54 years: 0.98 male(s)/female
:55–64 years: 0.79 male(s)/female
:65 years and over: 0.48 male(s)/female
:Total population: 87.266 male(s)/female (2024 est.)

{|class="whitetable" style="text-align:center"
 |+ Population change in Belarus, 1970 – 2010<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pop-stat.mashke.org/belarus-division.htm|title=Division of Belarus|website=pop-stat.mashke.org}}</ref>
 | width="32%"|[[File:BelarusPopChange1970-1989.PNG|center|250px]]
 | width="2%"|
 | width="32%"|[[File:BelarusPopulationChange1970-2009.PNG|center|250px]]
 | width="2%"|
 | width="32%"|[[File:BelarusPopulationChange1999-2009.png|center|250px]]
 |-
 |1970–1989
 |
 |1970–2010
 |
 |1999–2010
 |}

=== Life expectancy at birth ===
[[File:Life expectancy in Belarus.svg|thumb|300px|[[Life expectancy]] in Belarus since 1900]]
[[File:Life expectancy by WBG -Belarus -diff.png|thumb|300px|Life expectancy in Belarus since 1960 by gender]]
[[File:Average life expectancy at birth in Belarus (2018, en).png|thumb|right|300px|Average life expectancy at birth in Belarus (2018)]]

:''Total population:'' 72.15 years
:''country comparison to the world:'' 138
:''Male:'' 66.53 years
:''Female:'' 78.1 years (2014 est.)

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Period
!Life expectancy in<br />Years
|-
|1950–1955
|60.71
|-
|1955–1960
|{{increase}} 66.32
|-
|1960–1965
|{{increase}} 69.11
|-
|1965–1970
|{{increase}} 70.37
|-
|1970–1975
|{{increase}} 70.51
|-
|1975–1980
|{{decrease}} 70.41
|-
|1980–1985
|{{decrease}} 70.14
|-
|1985–1990
|{{increase}} 71.35
|-
|1990–1995
|{{decrease}} 69.44
|-
|1995–2000
|{{decrease}} 67.42
|-
|2000–2005
|{{increase}} 67.83
|-
|2005–2010
|{{increase}} 69.25
|-
|2010–2015
|{{increase}} 72.15
|}

===Total fertility rate (TFR) in Belarus by region and year===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Region<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016 |title=Demographic Data |url=http://demdata.belstat.gov.by/Search.html |access-date=2018-06-23 |website=demdata.belstat.gov.by |archive-date=2021-04-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210404121722/http://demdata.belstat.gov.by/Search.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> !! 2017 !! 2016!! 2015 !! 2010 !! 2005
|-
| '''Belarus (total)''' || 1.54 || 1.73 || 1.72 || 1.49 || 1.25
|-
| [[Minsk]] ||1.06 || 1.21 || 1.24 || 1.25 || 1.08
|-
| [[Vitebsk Oblast]] || 1.45 || 1.63 || 1.62 || 1.42 || 1.19
|-
| [[Mogilev Oblast]] || 1.65 || 1.85 || 1.83 || 1.49 || 1.25
|-
| [[Gomel Region|Gomel Oblast]] || 1.72 || 1.93 || 1.89 || 1.55 || 1.28
|-
| [[Grodno Region|Grodno Oblast]] || 1.75 || 2.03 || 1.96 || 1.63 || 1.30
|-
| [[Brest Oblast]] || 1.89 || 2.10 || 2.06 || 1.73 || 1.45
|-
| [[Minsk Oblast]] || 1.94 || 2.16 || 2.18 || 1.72 || 1.37
|}<gallery>
Birth rate in Belarus, 2019.png|Birth rate (by district, 2019)
Death rate in Belarus, 2019.png|Mortality rate (by district, 2019)
Natural population change in Belarus, 2019.png|Rate of natural increase (by district, 2019)
</gallery>

=== Infant mortality rate ===
:''Total:'' 4.0 {{DecreasePositive}} deaths/1,000 live births for 429 death. (2010)
:''Total:'' 3.9 {{DecreasePositive}} deaths/1,000 live births for 422 death. (2011)
:''Total:'' 3.4 {{DecreasePositive}} deaths/1,000 live births for 386 death. (2012)
:''Total:'' 3.5 {{IncreaseNegative}} deaths/1,000 live births for 407 death. (2013)
:''Total:'' 3.5 {{steady}} deaths/1,000 live births for 415 death. (2014)

:''Total:'' 3.5 {{DecreasePositive}} deaths/1,000 live births for 321 death. (January–September 2014)
:''Total:'' 3.2 {{IncreasePositive}} deaths/1,000 live births for 283 death. (January–September 2015)