NUCLEAR POWER IN BELARUS AND WORLDWIDE
More than 100,000 babies have been born in Belarus every year since 2007.
2007 - 103,600 newborn babies
2008 - 107,900
2009 - 109,300
2010 - 108,100
2011 - 109,400
2012 - 115,900
2013 - 118,000
2014 - 118,700
2015 - 119,500
2016 - 117,800
General fertility rate* in Belarus:
2007 – 10.7 per mille
2008 - 11.1
2009 - 11.5
2010 - 11.4
2011 - 11.5
2012 - 12.2
2013 – 12.5
2014 – 12.5
2015 - 12.5
2016 - 12.4
Belarus has a record low infant mortality rate - about 3 per mille. The survival rate among extremely low birth weight infants (from 600g to 1kg) and low weight infants (1-1.5kg) is around 80%. This is the best showing among post-Soviet states and many European countries.
* The ratio of the number of births in a calendar year to the average population; measured in ppm, i.e. per 1,000 population.
Source: Belarus' Health Ministry, Belarusian Statistics Committee
