The population of Belarus as of July 1 was 9,467.9 thousand people
August 10, Minsk /Elena Prus - BELTA/. According to operational data, the population of Belarus as of July 1 this year amounted to 9 million 467.9 thousand people, the National Statistical Committee informed a BELTA correspondent.
Compared to January 1 this year, the country's population decreased by 13.3 thousand people. The population reduction is due to the excess of deaths over births by 18,667 people, with a positive migration growth of 5,390 people (in January-June, 8,378 people arrived in Belarus, and 2,988 departed).
The population increased in six months only in Minsk - from 1 million 864.1 thousand people on January 1, 2011, to 1 million 868 thousand people on July 1. In the other regions of the republic, the population decreased in January-June. As a result, as of July 1, the Gomel region had 1 million 432.3 thousand people, the Minsk region - 1 million 409 thousand, the Brest region - 1 million 393.1 thousand, the Vitebsk region - 1 million 217.3 thousand, the Mogilev region - 1 million 84.2 thousand, and the Grodno region - 1 million 64 thousand people.
In Belarus, 50,801 children were born in January-June this year - 2,100 children less compared to January-June 2010. The general birth rate for six months in the republic as a whole was 10.8 per 1000 inhabitants (in the same period last year it was 11.2). Among the regions of the country, the highest indicator this year is in the Brest region (11.8), and the lowest is in the Vitebsk region (9.6).
In January-June, 69,468 people died - 822 more compared to January-June 2010. The general mortality rate for six months in the republic was 14.8 per 1000 population (in the corresponding period last year it was 14.5). Among the regions of the country, the highest indicator this year is in the Vitebsk region (16.9), and the lowest is in Minsk (9.9).
Infant mortality (children under 1 year of age) decreased from 4.2 per 1000 births in January-June 2010 to 3.8 per mille in January-June 2011.-0-