OREANDA-NEWS. February 13, 2012. Belarus’ population was at 9,465,400 people as of January 1, 2012, a decline by 15,800 from January 1, 2011, the National Statistics Committee said in a report.

In January-December 2011, 109,364 babies were born in Belarus, an increase by 1,314 from January-December 2010, and 135,099 people died, down by 2,033 year-on-year.

Natural population loss was at 25,735 in January-December 2011, down from 29,082 in January-December 2010.

Birth rate amounted to 11.5 per 1,000 in 2011, unchanged year on year. Death rate totalled 14.3 per 1,000. Death rate among children under one year of age was at 3.9 per 1,000, down from 4 in 2010.

According to the committee, net migration inflow in the period amounted to 14,433 people.

The number of registered marriages increased 12.7% in 2011 to 86,785 and the number of divorces went up 5.3% to 38,584. There were 445 divorces per 1,000 marriages in 2011, compared with 476 in 2010.