Editing Demographics of Belarus (section)

== Vital statistics ==

For the historical figures on Belarusian provinces of the [[Russian Empire]] ([[Grodno Governorate|Grodno]], [[Vitebsk Governorate|Vitebsk]], [[Minsk Governorate|Minsk]], [[Mogilev Governorate|Mogilev]], [[Vilna Governorate|Vilna]]) with a Belarusian majority before 1917, see:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://istmat.info/node/21366|title=Статистический ежегодник Российской Империи (Издание ЦСК ) - Проект "Исторические Материалы"|website=istmat.info|access-date=2014-12-24|archive-date=2014-12-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216153942/http://istmat.info/node/21366|url-status=dead}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right;"
|-
! width="70pt" |Year
! width="70pt" |Average population (from 1990 onwards beginning of year)
! width="70pt" |Live births
! width="70pt" |Deaths
! width="70pt" |Natural change
! width="70pt" |Crude birth rate (per 1000)
! width="70pt" |Crude death rate (per 1000)
! width="70pt" |Natural change (per 1000)
! width="70pt" |Crude migration change (per 1000)
! width="70pt" |Crude population change (per 1000)
! width="70pt" |Total fertility rate
! width="80pt" |Abortions reported
|-
| style="text-align: left;"| 1950
|7,745,000
|197,200||62,000||135,200
|25.5||8.0||17.5 || style="color: red" | -14.5 || 2.6
| style="color: blue" |
|
|-
| style="text-align: left;"| 1951
|7,765,000
|198,200||61,200||137,000
|25.5||7.9||17.6 || style="color: red" | -23.3 || style="color: red" |  -5.7
| style="color: blue" |
|
|-
| style="text-align: left;"| 1952
|7,721,000
|191,100||64,200||126,900
|24.8||8.3||16.4 || style="color: red" | -20.4 || style="color: red" | -4.0
| style="color: blue" |
|
|-
| style="text-align: left;"| 1953
|7,690,000
|176,200||61,900||114,300
|22.9||8.0||14.9 || style="color: red" | -10.7 || 4.2
| style="color: blue" |
|
|-
| style="text-align: left;"| 1954
|7,722,000
|193,100||61,600||131,500
|25.0||8.0||17.0 || style="color: red" | -6.4 || 10.6
| style="color: blue" |
|
|-
| style="text-align: left;"| 1955
|7,804,000
|194,400||58,000||136,400
|24.9||7.4||17.5 || style="color: red" | -7.8 || 9.7
| style="color: blue" |
|
|-
| style="text-align: left;"| 1956
|7,880,000
|199,500||56,000||143,500
|25.3||7.1||18.2 || style="color: red" | -11.1 || 7.1
| style="color: blue" |
|
|-
| style="text-align: left;"| 1957
|7,936,000
|200,800||58,000||142,800
|25.3||7.3||18.0 || style="color: red" | -8.8 || 9.2
| style="color: blue" |
|
|-
| style="text-align: left;"| 1958
|8,009,000
| style="color: blue" |207,700
|53,700
| style="color: blue" |154,000
| style="color: blue" |25.9
|6.7
| style="color: blue" |19.2 
|  style="color: red" |-6.3 
|  style="color: blue" |12.9
| style="color: blue" |
|
|-
| style="text-align: left;"| 1959
|8,112,000
|204,600||62,600||142,000
|25.2||7.7||17.5 || style="color: red" | -7.9 ||9.6
| style="color: blue" |2.72
|
|-
| style="text-align: left;"| 1960
|8,190,000
|200,218
|54,037
|146,181
|24.4
|6.6
|17.8 || style="color: red" | -6.3 || 11.5
| style="color: blue" |2.69
|170,787
|-
| style="text-align: left;"| 1961
|8,284,000
|194,239
| style="color: blue" |53,682
|140,557
|23.4
|6.5
|17.0 || style="color: red" | -4.8 || 12.2
| style="color: blue" |2.66
|178,290
|-
| style="text-align: left;"| 1962
|8,385,000
|185,302
|60,676
|124,626
|22.1
|7.2
|14.9 || style="color: red" | -6.3 || 8.7
| style="color: blue" |2.57
|185,554
|-
| style="text-align: left;"| 1963
|8,458,000
|173,889
|58,291
|115,598
|20.6
|6.9
|13.7 || style="color: red" | -6.5 || 7.2
| style="color: blue" |2.46
|191,137
|-
| style="text-align: left;"| 1964
|8,519,000
|161,794
|53,967
|107,827
|19.0
| style="color: blue" |6.3
|12.7 || style="color: red" | -2.4 || 10.3
| style="color: blue" |2.36
|200,534

|-
| style="text-align: left;"| 1965
|8,607,000
|153,865
|58,156
|95,709
|17.9
|6.8 
|11.1 || 0.8 || 11.9
| style="color: blue" |2.27
|205,999
|-
| style="text-align: left;"| 1966
|8,709,000
|153,414
|58,265
|95,149
|17.6
|6.7
|10.9 || style="color: red" |  -0.5 || 10.4
| style="color: blue" |2.28
|203,430
|-
| style="text-align: left;"| 1967
|8,800,000
|147,501
|61,263
|86,238
|16.8
|7.0
|9.8 ||  style="color: red" | -1.1 || 8.8
| style="color: blue" |2.26
|203,722
|-
| style="text-align: left;"| 1968
|8,877,000
|146,095
|62,354
|83,741
|16.5
|7.0
|9.4 || style="color: red" | -0.4 || 9.0
| style="color: blue" |2.23
|198,955
|-
| style="text-align: left;"| 1969
|8,957,000
|142,652
|65,912
|76,740
|15.9
|7.4
|8.6 || 0.4 || 9.0
| style="color: blue" |2.18
|191,637
|-
| style="text-align: left;"| 1970
|9,038,000
|146,676
|68,974
|77,702
|16.2
|7.6
|8.6 ||  style="color: red" | -0.4 || 8.2
| style="color: blue" |2.30
|187,935
|-
| style="text-align: left;"| 1971
|9,112,000
|149,135
|68,511
|80,624
|16.4
|7.5
|8.8 || style="color: red" | -1.6 || 7.2
| style="color: blue" |2.34
|190,169
|-
| style="text-align: left;"| 1972
|9,178,000
|147,813
|71,866
|75,947
|16.1
|7.8
|8.3 ||  style="color: red" |-1.0 || 7.3
| style="color: blue" |2.36
|185,101
|-
| style="text-align: left;"| 1973
|9,245,000
|144,729
|73,927
|70,802
|15.7
|8.0
|7.7 || style="color: red" | -0.5 || 7.2
| style="color: blue" |2.29
|193,503
|-
| style="text-align: left;"| 1974
|9,312,000
|146,876
|73,181
|73,695
|15.8
|7.9
|7.9 || style="color: red" | -2.0 || 5.9
| style="color: blue" |2.24
|194,247
|-
| style="text-align: left;"| 1975
|9,367,000
|146,517
|79,701
|66,816
|15.6
|8.5
|7.1 ||  style="color: red" |-1.5 || 5.5
| style="color: blue" |2.20
|194,710
|-
| style="text-align: left;"| 1976
|9,411,000
|147,912
|82,400
|65,512
|15.7
|8.8
|7.0 ||  style="color: red" |-1.5 || 5.5
| style="color: blue" |2.16
|199,121
|-
| style="text-align: left;"| 1977
|9,463,000
|148,963
|84,565
|64,398
|15.7
|8.9
|6.8 || style="color: red" | -0.2 || 6.6
| style="color: blue" |2.11
|202,146
|-
| style="text-align: left;"| 1978
|9,525,000
|151,053
|86,612
|64,441
|15.9
|9.1
|6.8 ||  0.0 || 6.8
|2.08
|201,619
|-
| style="text-align: left;"| 1979
|9,590,000
|151,800
|90,837
|60,963
|15.8
|9.5
|6.4 || 0.7 || 7.1
|2.05
|203,446
|-
| style="text-align: left;"| 1980
|9,658,000
|154,432
|95,514
|58,918
|16.0
|9.9
|6.1 || 1.6 || 7.7
|2.04
|201,852
|-
| style="text-align: left;"| 1981
|9,732,000
|157,899
|93,136
|64,763
|16.2
|9.6
|6.7 || 0.7 || 7.4
|2.08
|202,340
|-
| style="text-align: left;"| 1982
|9,804,000
|159,364
|93,840
|65,524
|16.3
|9.6
|6.7 || 0.2 || 6.9
|2.02
|198,011
|-
| style="text-align: left;"| 1983
|9,872,000
|173,510
|97,849
|75,661
|17.6
|9.9
|7.7 || style="color: red" | -1.0 || 6.7
|2.09
|207,461
|-
| style="text-align: left;"| 1984
|9,938,000
|168,749
|104,274
|64,475
|17.0
|10.5
|6.5 || style="color: red" |  -0.4 || 6.1
| style="color: blue" |2.14
|210,844
|-
| style="text-align: left;"| 1985
|9,999,000
|165,034
|105,690
|59,344
|16.6
|10.6
|5.9 || 0.0 || 5.9
|2.09
|200,888
|-
| style="text-align: left;"| 1986
|10,058,000
|171,611
|97,276
|74,335
|17.1
|9.7
|7.4 || style="color: red" | -2.1 ||| 5.3
| style="color: blue" |2.10
|171,114
|-
| style="text-align: left;"| 1987
|10,111,000
|162,937
|99,921
|63,016
|16.2
|9.9
|6.2 ||  style="color: red" |-2.9 || 3.3
|2.04
|163,761
|-
| style="text-align: left;"| 1988
|10,144,000
|163,193
|102,671
|60,522
|16.1
|10.1
|6.0 || style="color: red" | -3.3 || 2.7
|2.03
|140,921
|-
| style="text-align: left;"| 1989
|10,171,000
|153,449
|103,479
|49,970
|15.1
|10.2
|4.9 ||  style="color: red" |-3.1 || 1.8
|2.03
|256,041
|-
| style="text-align: left;"| 1990 <ref>[http://dataportal.belstat.gov.by/Indicators/Preview?key=144299 database Belstat.gov, visited 17 December 2023]</ref>
|10,188,942
|142,167
|109,582
|32,585
|14.0
|10.8
|3.2 ||  style="color: red" |-3.1 || 0.1
|1.91
| style="color: red" |260,839
|-
| style="text-align: left;"| 1991
|10,189,753
|132,045
|114,650
|17,395
|13.0
|11.2
|1.7 ||  style="color: red" |-0.9 || 0.8
|1.81
|241,138
|-
| style="text-align: left;"| 1992
|10,198,346
|127,971
|116,674
|11,297
|12.5
|11.4
|1.1 ||style="color: blue" | 2.5 ||3.6
|1.76
|240,387
|-
| style="text-align: left;"| 1993
| 10,234,593
|117,384
|128,544
| style="color: red" | -11,160
|11.5
|12.6
| style="color: red" | -1.1 ||  2.0 || 0.9
|1.62
|217,957
|-
| style="text-align: left;"| 1994
|style="color: blue" |10,243,506
|110,599
|130,003
| style="color: red" | -19,404
|10.8
|12.7
| style="color: red" | -1.9 ||  style="color: red" | -1.3 || style="color: red" | -3.2
|1.53
|212,533
|-
| style="text-align: left;"| 1995
|10,210,403
|101,144
|133,775
| style="color: red" | -32,631
|9.9
|13.1
| style="color: red" | -3.2 || 0 || style="color: red" | -3.2
|1.41
|193,280
|-
| style="text-align: left;"| 1996
|10,177,258
|95,798
|133,422
| style="color: red" | -37,624
|9.4
|13.1
| style="color: red" | -3.7 || 0.2 ||  style="color: red" |-3.5
|1.34
|174,098
|-
| style="text-align: left;"| 1997
|10,141,880
|89,586
|136,653
| style="color: red" | -47,067
|8.9
|13.5
| style="color: red" | -4.7 ||  style="color: red" | -0.1 || style="color: red" | -4.8
|1.25
|152,660
|-
| style="text-align: left;"| 1998
|10,092,986
|92,645
|137,296
| style="color: red" | -44,651
|9.2
|13.6
| style="color: red" | -4.4 || 0.2 || style="color: red" | -4.2
|1.30
|145,339
|-
| style="text-align: left;"| 1999
|10,050,940
|92,975
|142,027
| style="color: red" | -49,052
|9.3
|14.2
| style="color: red" | -4.9 || 0.1 || style="color: red" | -4.8
|1.31
|135,829
|-
| style="text-align: left;"| 2000
|10,002,535
|93,691
|134,867
| style="color: red" | -41,176
|9.4
|13.5
| style="color: red" | -4.1 ||  style="color: red" |-0.5 || style="color: red" | -4.6
|1.32
|121,895
|-
| style="text-align: left;"| 2001
|9,956,684
|91,720
|140,299
| style="color: red" | -48,579
|9.2
|14.1
| style="color: red" | -4.9 || style="color: red" | -0.8 || style="color: red" | -5.7
|1.29
|101,402
|-
| style="text-align: left;"| 2002
|9,900,414
|88,743
|146,655
| style="color: red" | -57,912
|9.0
|14.9
| style="color: red" | -5.9 ||  style="color: red" |-1.1 ||  style="color: red" |-7.0 
|1.24
|89,895
|-
| style="text-align: left;"| 2003
|9,830,681
|88,512
|143,200
| style="color: red" | -54,688
|9.0
|14.6
| style="color: red" | -5.6 || style="color: red" | -1.3 || style="color: red" | -6.9
| style="color: red" |1.23
| style="color: blue" |80,174
|-
| style="text-align: left;"| 2004
|9,762,817
|88,943
|140,064
| style="color: red" | -51,121
|9.1
|14.4
| style="color: red" | -5.3 ||  style="color: red" |-1.6 || style="color: red" | -6.9
|1.23
| style="color: blue" |71,700
|-
| style="text-align: left;"| 2005
|9,697,475
|90,508
|141,857
| style="color: red" | -51,349
|9.4
|14.7
| style="color: red" | -5.3 ||  style="color: red" |-1.5 || style="color: red" | -6.9
|1.25
| style="color: blue" |64,655
|-
| style="text-align: left;"| 2006
|9,630,354
|96,721
|138,426
| style="color: red" | -41,705
|10.1
|14.4
| style="color: red" | -4.3 || style="color: red" | -1.0 || style="color: red" | -5.3
|1.34
| style="color: blue" |58,516
|-
| style="text-align: left;"| 2007
|9,579,493
|103,626
|132,993
| style="color: red" | -29,367
|10.8
|13.9
| style="color: red" | -3.1 || style="color: red" | -0.8 || style="color: red" | -3.9
|1.43
| style="color: blue" |46,287
|-
| style="text-align: left;"| 2008
|9,542,412
|107,876||133,879|| style="color: red" |-26,003
|11.3||14.1|| style="color: red" |-2.7 ||  style="color: red" |-0.3 || style="color: red" | -3.0
|1.49
| style="color: blue" |42,197
|-
| style="text-align: left;"| 2009
|9,513,557
|109,263||135,097|| style="color: red" |-25,834
|11.5||14.2|| style="color: red" |-2.7 || 0.8 || style="color: red" |-1.9
|1.51
| style="color: blue" |35,967
|-
| style="text-align: left;"| 2010
|9,495,608
|108,050||137,132|| style="color: red" |-29,082
|11.4||14.5|| style="color: red" |-3.1 || 0.6 ||  style="color: red" |-2.5
|1.49
| style="color: blue" |33,262
|-
| style="text-align: left;"| 2011
|9,472,064
|109,147||135,090|| style="color: red" |-25,943
|11.5||14.3|| style="color: red" |-2.7 || 0.5 || style="color: red" | -2.2
|1.52
| style="color: blue" |32,031
|-
| style="text-align: left;"| 2012
|9,451,221
|115,893||126,531|| style="color: red" |-10,638
|12.3||13.4|| style="color: red" |-1.1 || 0.2 ||  style="color: red" |-0.9
|1.62
| style="color: blue" |28,628
|-
| style="text-align: left;"| 2013
|9,442,450
|117,997||125,326|| style="color: red" |-7,329
|12.5||13.3|| style="color: red" |-0.8 || 1.0 || 0.2
|1.67
| style="color: blue" |31,206
|-
| style="text-align: left;"| 2014
|9,443,972
|118,534||121,542|| style="color: red" |-3,008
|12.5||12.9|| style="color: red" |-0.3 || 1.3 || 1.0
|1.70
| style="color: blue" |29,797
|-
| style="text-align: left;"| 2015
|9,453,058
|119,028||120,026|| style="color: red" |-998
|12.6||12.7|| style="color: red" |-0.1 || 1.8 || 1.7
|1.72
| style="color: blue" |29,217
|-
| style="text-align: left;"| 2016
|9,469,400
|117,779||119,379|| style="color: red" |-1,600
|12.4||12.6|| style="color: red" |-0.2 || 0.2|| 0.0
|1.73
| style="color: blue" |27,467
|-
| style="text-align: left;"| 2017
|9,469,093
|102,556||119,311|| style="color: red" |-16,755
|10.8||12.6|| style="color: red" |-1.8 || style="color: red" |  -0.4 ||  style="color: red" |-2.2
|1.54
|
|-
| style="text-align: left;"| 2018
|9,448,312
|94,042||120,053|| style="color: red" |-26,011
|10.0||12.7|| style="color: red" |-2.8 || 0.8 ||  style="color: red" |-2.0
|1.45
|
|-
| style="text-align: left;"| 2019
|9,429,257
|87,602||120,470|| style="color: red" |-32,868
|9.3||12.8|| style="color: red" |-3.5 || 1.5 ||  style="color: red" |-2.0
|1.38
|
|-
| style="text-align: left;"| 2020
|9,410,259
|82,022
|144,536
| style="color: red" | -62,514
|8.7
|15.4
|style="color: red" | -6.7 || 0.1 ||  style="color: red" |-6.6
|1.33
|
|-
| style="text-align: left;"| 2021
|9,349,645
|76,151
| style="color: red" |173,853
| style="color: red" | -97,702
|8.1
|18.6
|style="color: red" | -10.5|| 0.0 || style="color: red" | -10.1 
|1.29
|
|-
|style="text-align: left;"| 2022
|9,255,524
|67,396
|130,064
| style="color: red" | -61,417
|7.3
|13.9
| style="color: red" | -6.6|| 0.0 || style="color: red" | -6.4
|
|
|-
| style="text-align: left;"|2023
|9,200,617
|64,605
|119,823
| style="color: red" | -55,218
| 7.0
| 13.0
| style="color: red" | -6.0|| 1.2 || style="color: red" | -4.8
|
|
|-
| style="text-align: left;"|2024
|9,155,978
|58,993
|115,124
| style="color: red" | -56,131
| style="color: red" | 6.4
| 12.6
| style="color: red" | -6.2|| 1.1|| style="color: red" | -5.1
|
|
|-
| style="text-align: left;"|2025
|9,109,280
|}
=== Current vital statistics ===
{{Update|section|date=May 2025}}
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.belstat.gov.by/ofitsialnaya-statistika/publications/izdania/public_bulletin/|title=Бюллетени|website=www.belstat.gov.by}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"  style="text-align:center;"
|+
|-
! Period
! Live births
! Deaths
! Natural increase
|-
| '''January - December 2023'''
| 64,605
| 119,823
| -55,218
|-
| '''January - December 2024'''
| 58,993
| 115,124
| -56,131
|-
| '''Difference'''
| {{decrease}} -5,612 (-8.69%)
| {{DecreasePositive}} -4,699 (-3.92%)
| {{decrease}} -913
|}

BelStat does not provide official birth data recently. However, according to BelStat the number of inhabitants age 0-4 has declined from 550,147 in January 1st, 2019 to 388,693 in January 1st, 2024, a 29.3% decline in five years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dataportal.belstat.gov.by/Indicators/Preview?key=144299|title=10101100003 Population at the beginning of year|website=www.belstat.gov.by}}</ref>

===Structure of the population===

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{| class="wikitable"
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! width="80pt"|Age Group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80pt"|Female
! width="80pt"|Total
! width="80pt"|%
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| align="right" | Total
| align="right" | 4 351 473
| align="right" | 5 061 973 
| align="right" | 9 413 446
| align="right" | 100
|-
| align="right" | 0–4
| align="right" | 270 610
| align="right" | 255 488
| align="right" | 526 098
| align="right" | 5.59
|-
| align="right" | 5–9
| align="right" | 288 068  
| align="right" | 273 160
| align="right" | 561 228
| align="right" | 5.96
|-
| align="right" | 10–14
| align="right" | 259 437
| align="right" | 246 882
| align="right" | 506 319 
| align="right" | 5.38
|-
| align="right" | 15–19
| align="right" | 234 423
| align="right" | 221 344
| align="right" | 455 767
| align="right" | 4.84
|-
| align="right" | 20–24
| align="right" | 228 635
| align="right" | 219 413
| align="right" | 448 048
| align="right" | 4.76
|-
| align="right" | 25–29
| align="right" | 305 775
| align="right" | 310 546
| align="right" | 616 321
| align="right" | 6.55
|-
| align="right" | 30–34
| align="right" | 388 316
| align="right" | 392 937
| align="right" | 781 253
| align="right" | 8.30
|-
| align="right" | 35–39
| align="right" | 367 695
| align="right" | 381 356
| align="right" | 749 051
| align="right" | 7.96
|-
| align="right" | 40–44
| align="right" | 325 233
| align="right" | 345 140
| align="right" | 670 373
| align="right" | 7.12
|-
| align="right" | 45–49
| align="right" | 302 148
| align="right" | 337 685
| align="right" | 639 833
| align="right" | 6.80
|-
| align="right" | 50–54
| align="right" | 289 385
| align="right" | 333 961
| align="right" | 623 346
| align="right" | 6.62
|-
| align="right" | 55–59
| align="right" | 319 173
| align="right" | 385 127
| align="right" | 704 300
| align="right" | 7.48
|-
| align="right" | 60–64
| align="right" | 292 835
| align="right" | 387 326
| align="right" | 680 161
| align="right" | 7.23
|-
| align="right" | 65-69
| align="right" | 202 723
| align="right" | 310 845
| align="right" | 513 568
| align="right" | 5.46
|-
| align="right" | 70-74
| align="right" | 123 837
| align="right" | 219 468
| align="right" | 343 305
| align="right" | 3.65
|-
| align="right" | 75-79
| align="right" | 67 798
| align="right" | 160 061
| align="right" | 227 859
| align="right" | 2.42
|-
| align="right" | 80-84
| align="right" | 55 715
| align="right" | 164 022
| align="right" | 219 737
| align="right" | 2.33
|-
| align="right" | 85-89
| align="right" | 21 467
| align="right" | 80 001 
| align="right" | 101 468
| align="right" | 1.08
|-
| align="right" | 90-94
| align="right" | 7 173
| align="right" | 31 583
| align="right" | 38 756
| align="right" | 0.41
|-
| align="right" | 95-99
| align="right" | 966
| align="right" | 5 300 
| align="right" | 6 266
| align="right" | 0.07
|-
| align="right" | 100+
| align="right" | 61
| align="right" | 328
| align="right" | 389 
| align="right" | <0.01
|-
! width="50"|Age group 
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80"|Female
! width="80"|Total
! width="50"|Percent
|-
| align="right" | 0–14
| align="right" | 818 115
| align="right" | 775 530
| align="right" | 1 593 645
| align="right" | 16.93
|-
| align="right" | 15–64
| align="right" | 3 053 618
| align="right" | 3 314 835
| align="right" | 6 368 453
| align="right" | 67.65
|-
| align="right" | 65+
| align="right" | 479 740
| align="right" | 971 608
| align="right" | 1 451 348
| align="right" | 15.42
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