1. ForecastsBelarus

   Belarus: all 12 UN projections since 1998 expected more births

   The UN's 1998 projection expected 90.9k births a year on average for 2020–2025; the outcome was 69.3k (−24%). The latest checked one: the UN's 2022 projection expected 82.8k births for 2025; the outcome was 54.3k (−34%).

   Source: UN World Population Prospects 1998–2024; national statisticsOpen on the chart →

More findings

• Belarus: an older population than the UK
• Belarus: more deaths than births
• Goals to cut infant mortality: 4 of 10 came true on time. Turkey promised below 5 per 1,000 by 2023 and had 9.8
• Goals to lengthen lives: 7 of 13 came true on time. Sri Lanka expected 80 years by 2016 and had 76.1
• Belarus: women outlive men by 9.6 years, 1.8 times the world average
• Belarus: the UN's 2022 projection did not expect births this low even by 2100

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