In Vitebsk region on September 1, living 1 209 000 800. This is almost four and a half thousand less than at the beginning of the year.

According to estimates of the National Statistics Committee, in the Vitebsk region demographic regression largest and most rapid. For example, in the Brest region's population in the eight months of 2012 have not changed, in Gomel - fell for a thousand people, in Grodno region - about 1,300 people, Mogilev - minus 2800 in the Minsk region - minus five hundredth Positive dynamics was observed only in the capital (3 800 people).

Total population of Belarus from the beginning of the year decreased by 6.2 thousand people, and as of September 1 9 million 459 thousand people.

In January-August 2012 in the Vitebsk region born 8495 children, have died - 12 523. The birth rate (10.5 births per one thousand population) in our region is the lowest in the country. A pointer mortality (15.5 deaths per thousand) - the highest.

It is significant that the first eight months of this year compared with the same period in 2011, Belarus decreased by 9.3% the number of marriages and divorces increased by 12%. In January-August 2012 in a thousand marriages had 568 divorces. Last year during the same period there were 460 divorces per thousand married.