Belarus: 54.3k babies were born in 2025, 13% fewer than the UN expected just a year earlier
The UN's July 2024 projection expected 62.3k.
Source: UN World Population Prospects 1998–2024; national statisticsOpen on the chart →
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- 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