Migration role in democratic development of Belarus and its regions

The article considers the role of internal and external migration of population in stabilization of the demographic situation in Belarus and its regions. It shows that in the past decade there are observed positive demographic dynamics in the republic on the whole. How-ever, most of the Belarus regions are characterized by natural decrease of population and negative net migration. This especially concerns small towns and rural settlements. The authors come to a conclusion that despite the positive trends in the demographic development of the past decade, the depopulation in Belarus will have a long-term character caused by the cardinal changes in the population reproduction parameters.