{"id":185525,"date":"2026-04-29T12:18:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T09:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/185525\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T14:55:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T11:55:43","slug":"birth-rates-halved-in-30-years-of-lukasenkas-rule-in-belarus","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/185525\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus’ birth rates halve under \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s rule"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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April 29, Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> 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<\/em>\u2019s analysis of the National Statistical Committee\u2019s (Bie\u0142stat) data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Births declined across all regions, with the steepest fall in the Viciebsk region, from 12,942 to 5,773, while the city of Minsk experienced the mildest decline, from 15,121 to 9,543.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarus\u2019 population fell by 11.3 percent or 1,154,323 people since January 1, 1995 to 9,056,080 on January 1 this year. All six Belarusian regions recorded population declines, with Viciebsk leading the trend and seeing its population fall by more than 25 percent: from 1,426,433 to 1,060,687.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bie\u0142stat\u2019s data does not take into account the mass emigration of people from Belarus for political and economic reasons after the 2020 political crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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