The population of Belarus as of August 1 was 9,467.6 thousand people

August 26, Minsk /Elena Prus - BELTA/. According to operational data, the population of Belarus as of August 1 this year amounted to 9 million 467.6 thousand people, the National Statistical Committee informed a BELTA correspondent.

Compared to January 1 this year, the country's population decreased by 13.6 thousand people. The population decline is due to the excess of deaths over births by almost 20 thousand people, with a positive migration growth of 6 thousand 131 people (in January-July, 9 thousand 772 people arrived in Belarus, and 3 thousand 641 departed).

The population increased over seven months only in Minsk - from 1 million 864.1 thousand people on January 1 this year to 1 million 867.2 thousand people on August 1. In the other regions of the republic, the number of residents decreased in January-July. As a result, as of August 1, the Gomel region had 1 million 432.3 thousand people, the Minsk region - 1 million 409.4 thousand, the Brest region - 1 million 393.6 thousand, the Vitebsk region - 1 million 217.1 thousand, the Mogilev region - 1 million 83.9 thousand, the Grodno region - 1 million 64.1 thousand people.

In January-July this year, 60 thousand 430 babies were born in Belarus - 2 thousand 87 fewer compared to January-July 2010. The general birth rate for seven months in the republic as a whole was 11 per 1000 inhabitants (in the same period last year it was 11.3 per mille). Among the regions of the country, the highest rate this year is in the Brest region (12.1 per mille), and the lowest is in the Vitebsk region (9.7).

In January-July, 80 thousand 202 people died - 67 fewer compared to January-July 2010. The general mortality rate for seven months in the republic was 14.6 per 1000 population (in the corresponding period last year it was 14.5). Among the regions of the country, the highest rate this year is in the Vitebsk region (16.6), and the lowest is in Minsk (9.8).

Infant mortality (children under 1 year of age) decreased from 4.0 per 1000 births in January-July 2010 to 3.8 per mille in January-July 2011.-0-