Natural Population's Growth Remains in Minsk

26.08.2010 17:48
Архив Редакция

Natural population's growth remains in the capital — birth rate exceeds the death rate. The chief of the head statistics office of Minsk, Zhanna Birich, reported that in H1 of this year in the capital there were born 10.302 babies. 8.879 Minsk dwellers died over the same period.

«Natural population’s increase has been registered in six districts, the highest is in Moskovsky and Frunzensky», Zhanna Birich said, Minsk-News informs.

As of July 1, the city’s population was 1.83 million people, increased by 3.7 thousand from January 1of this year due to natural and migratory growth.

The first comparison of census-2009 results with the results of previous years has not found any big changes in demographic picture. Major tendencies remain the same: predominance of female population over males, especially with increasing age, growing numbers of people living in unregistered marriage.

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