Demographic trends of the single-industry towns of Belarus in the 21st century

The comparative spatio-temporal analysis of the demographic development of the singleindustry towns of the Republic of Belarus in 2000-2016 is presented in the article. Based on the trend approach, the method of dynamic series, balance and cartographic methods, similarities and differences in the dynamics of the natural movement of the urban population of Belarus and the population of the single-industry towns are revealed. The peculiarities of the urban structure of the single-industry towns, trends in the population dynamics are revealed, their place in the structure of the urban settlement of Belarus is determined.