Belarus Demographics: Median age, Gender, Race, Religion

Median age history and projection chart in
Belarus vs World

Table

Year	Median age
	Belarus	World
1960	26.6	22.5
1961	26.9	22.5
1962	27.3	22.4
1963	27.6	22.2
1964	27.9	22
1965	28.2	21.8
1966	28.6	21.7
1967	28.9	21.6
1968	29.3	21.5
1969	29.7	21.5
1970	30.1	21.4
1971	30.4	21.4
1972	30.5	21.5
1973	30.5	21.5
1974	30.5	21.6
1975	30.4	21.7
1976	30.4	21.9
1977	30.6	22
1978	30.9	22.2
1979	31.1	22.3
1980	31.2	22.5
1981	31.2	22.6
1982	31.4	22.7
1983	31.5	22.9
1984	31.7	23
1985	31.9	23.2
1986	32.1	23.3
1987	32.4	23.4
1988	32.6	23.6
1989	32.8	23.8
1990	33	23.9
1991	33.3	24.1
1992	33.6	24.3
1993	33.9	24.5
1994	34.2	24.7
1995	34.6	25
1996	35	25.2
1997	35.4	25.4
1998	35.8	25.7
1999	36.1	25.9
2000	36.5	26.1
2001	36.8	26.3
2002	37.1	26.5
2003	37.4	26.7
2004	37.7	27
2005	38	27.2
2006	38.3	27.4
2007	38.5	27.6
2008	38.7	27.8
2009	38.8	28
2010	38.9	28.2
2011	39.1	28.4
2012	39.2	28.6
2013	39.3	28.9
2014	39.4	29.1
2015	39.5	29.3
2016	39.7	29.5
2017	39.8	29.8
2018	40	30
2019	40.3	30.3
2020	40.6	30.6
2021	40.9	30.8
2022	41.2	31
2023	41.6	31.3
2024	42	31.6
2025	42.3	31.9
2026	42.8	32.1
2027	43.2	32.3
2028	43.7	32.6
2029	44.1	32.8
2030	44.6	33
2031	45	33.2
2032	45.4	33.4
2033	45.9	33.6
2034	46.3	33.8
2035	46.7	34
2036	47.2	34.2
2037	47.5	34.4
2038	47.9	34.6
2039	48.2	34.8
2040	48.5	35
2041	48.8	35.2
2042	49	35.4
2043	49.2	35.6
2044	49.3	35.8
2045	49.3	36
2046	49.3	36.2
2047	49.2	36.4
2048	49.2	36.6
2049	49.1	36.8
2050	49.1	37.1

In 1960, the median age in Belarus was 26.6 years compared to the world's average of 22.5 years. As of 2024, the median age had increased to 42 years compared to the world's average of 31.6 years. Ranked 41st for median age 64 years ago (old to young), Belarus ranks 35th currently.

According to the United Nations projections, the median age in Belarus is expected to increase to around 49.1 years by 2050. The aging demographics forecast is based on previous years' birth rates and increasing life expectancy.

Belarus demographic pyramid: age and gender distribution

Table

Age range	Share of population
	Belarus
	Male	Female
0-4	2.12%	2.01%
5-9	3.04%	2.87%
10-14	3.22%	3.04%
15-19	2.76%	2.61%
20-24	2.45%	2.31%
25-29	2.61%	2.46%
30-34	3.56%	3.42%
35-39	4.24%	4.1%
40-44	3.91%	3.93%
45-49	3.42%	3.65%
50-54	3.15%	3.6%
55-59	2.96%	3.6%
60-64	3.16%	4.13%
65-69	2.58%	3.9%
70-74	1.71%	3.11%
75-79	0.92%	1.99%
80+	0.8%	2.67%

The chart above is a variation of the population pyramid and represents the age and gender structure. Belarus has low demographic potential with 38.5% of people in the 0-34 age group (ranked 167/196).

Age dependency chart

Table

Year	Age dependency ratio
	Belarus			World
	Total	Young	Old	Total	Young	Old
1960	61.5%	49.8%	11.7%	73.5%	64.9%	8.62%
1961	62.7%	50.8%	11.9%	73.8%	65.1%	8.67%
1962	62.9%	50.9%	12%	74.1%	65.4%	8.73%
1963	62.7%	50.6%	12.1%	74.9%	66.1%	8.79%
1964	62.3%	50%	12.3%	75.5%	66.6%	8.85%
1965	62.1%	49.4%	12.7%	75.8%	66.8%	8.93%
1966	61.9%	48.9%	13%	75.9%	66.9%	9%
1967	61.6%	48.3%	13.2%	75.9%	66.8%	9.07%
1968	61.4%	47.8%	13.6%	75.8%	66.6%	9.14%
1969	61%	47.1%	13.9%	75.7%	66.5%	9.2%
1970	60.1%	45.9%	14.2%	75.5%	66.2%	9.26%
1971	58.7%	44.3%	14.4%	75.2%	65.9%	9.33%
1972	57.4%	42.7%	14.6%	74.9%	65.6%	9.39%
1973	56%	41.2%	14.8%	74.6%	65.1%	9.46%
1974	54.8%	39.8%	15%	74.4%	64.9%	9.54%
1975	53.8%	38.5%	15.3%	74.2%	64.6%	9.64%
1976	52.9%	37.4%	15.5%	74%	64.3%	9.72%
1977	52.2%	36.4%	15.8%	73.5%	63.7%	9.79%
1978	51.5%	35.5%	16%	72.4%	62.5%	9.84%
1979	50.9%	34.9%	16%	71.3%	61.4%	9.88%
1980	50.3%	34.5%	15.8%	70.4%	60.5%	9.89%
1981	49.6%	34.1%	15.5%	69.5%	59.6%	9.85%
1982	48.9%	33.8%	15.1%	68.7%	58.9%	9.79%
1983	48.6%	33.8%	14.9%	67.9%	58.1%	9.72%
1984	48.6%	33.9%	14.7%	67%	57.3%	9.68%
1985	48.7%	34.1%	14.6%	66.3%	56.6%	9.68%
1986	48.8%	34.2%	14.6%	65.7%	55.9%	9.71%
1987	49.1%	34.3%	14.8%	65.2%	55.4%	9.75%
1988	49.7%	34.5%	15.2%	64.8%	54.9%	9.81%
1989	50.3%	34.8%	15.6%	64.4%	54.5%	9.89%
1990	50.9%	34.8%	16%	64.2%	54.3%	9.97%
1991	51.4%	34.8%	16.6%	64%	53.9%	10.1%
1992	51.8%	34.6%	17.1%	63.7%	53.6%	10.2%
1993	52.1%	34.3%	17.7%	63.5%	53.2%	10.3%
1994	52.2%	33.9%	18.3%	63.1%	52.7%	10.4%
1995	52.1%	33.2%	19%	62.7%	52.2%	10.5%
1996	51.7%	32.3%	19.4%	62.1%	51.5%	10.6%
1997	51.1%	31.3%	19.7%	61.5%	50.8%	10.7%
1998	49.9%	30%	19.9%	60.7%	50%	10.7%
1999	48.5%	28.6%	19.9%	60%	49.2%	10.8%
2000	47.4%	27.4%	19.9%	59.3%	48.4%	10.9%
2001	46.4%	26.3%	20.1%	58.5%	47.6%	11%
2002	45.6%	25.1%	20.4%	57.8%	46.7%	11.1%
2003	44.8%	24.1%	20.7%	57%	45.9%	11.1%
2004	44%	23.1%	20.9%	56.3%	45.1%	11.2%
2005	43.3%	22.3%	21.1%	55.6%	44.3%	11.3%
2006	42.8%	21.7%	21.1%	55%	43.6%	11.4%
2007	42.2%	21.2%	21%	54.5%	43.1%	11.4%
2008	41.5%	20.9%	20.5%	54.1%	42.6%	11.5%
2009	40.9%	20.8%	20%	53.8%	42.2%	11.6%
2010	40.4%	20.9%	19.6%	53.5%	41.9%	11.6%
2011	40.3%	21.1%	19.3%	53.4%	41.6%	11.8%
2012	40.9%	21.5%	19.4%	53.3%	41.4%	11.9%
2013	41.7%	22.1%	19.6%	53.4%	41.2%	12.1%
2014	42.7%	22.7%	20.1%	53.5%	41.1%	12.4%
2015	43.8%	23.3%	20.6%	53.6%	40.9%	12.7%
2016	44.9%	23.9%	21.1%	53.7%	40.7%	13%
2017	46%	24.4%	21.6%	53.9%	40.6%	13.3%
2018	46.9%	24.8%	22.1%	54.1%	40.4%	13.7%
2019	47.8%	25.1%	22.7%	54.2%	40.1%	14%
2020	48.8%	25.4%	23.4%	54.2%	39.8%	14.4%
2021	49.6%	25.5%	24%	54.2%	39.5%	14.7%
2022	50.3%	25.5%	24.8%	54%	39%	15%
2023	50.9%	25.2%	25.7%	53.9%	38.5%	15.4%
2024	51.4%	24.7%	26.8%	53.7%	38%	15.7%

Age dependency is the ratio of people not in the labor force (children under 15 and adults 64+) to people aged 15 to 64. Age dependency in Belarus increased from 44% to 51.4% between 2004 and 2024 with a increased share of children and an increased proportion of people aged 65+

Belarus working age demographic chart

Table

Year	Working age population share
	Belarus	World
1960	61.9%	57.6%
1961	61.5%	57.5%
1962	61.4%	57.4%
1963	61.5%	57.2%
1964	61.6%	57%
1965	61.7%	56.9%
1966	61.8%	56.8%
1967	61.9%	56.9%
1968	62%	56.9%
1969	62.1%	56.9%
1970	62.5%	57%
1971	63%	57.1%
1972	63.5%	57.2%
1973	64.1%	57.3%
1974	64.6%	57.3%
1975	65%	57.4%
1976	65.4%	57.5%
1977	65.7%	57.7%
1978	66%	58%
1979	66.3%	58.4%
1980	66.5%	58.7%
1981	66.9%	59%
1982	67.2%	59.3%
1983	67.3%	59.6%
1984	67.3%	59.9%
1985	67.3%	60.1%
1986	67.2%	60.4%
1987	67.1%	60.5%
1988	66.8%	60.7%
1989	66.5%	60.8%
1990	66.3%	60.9%
1991	66.1%	61%
1992	65.9%	61.1%
1993	65.8%	61.2%
1994	65.7%	61.3%
1995	65.7%	61.5%
1996	65.9%	61.7%
1997	66.2%	61.9%
1998	66.7%	62.2%
1999	67.3%	62.5%
2000	67.9%	62.8%
2001	68.3%	63.1%
2002	68.7%	63.4%
2003	69.1%	63.7%
2004	69.4%	64%
2005	69.8%	64.3%
2006	70%	64.5%
2007	70.3%	64.7%
2008	70.7%	64.9%
2009	71%	65%
2010	71.2%	65.1%
2011	71.3%	65.2%
2012	71%	65.2%
2013	70.6%	65.2%
2014	70.1%	65.2%
2015	69.5%	65.1%
2016	69%	65.1%
2017	68.5%	65%
2018	68.1%	64.9%
2019	67.7%	64.9%
2020	67.2%	64.8%
2021	66.9%	64.9%
2022	66.5%	64.9%
2023	66.3%	65%
2024	66%	65.1%
2025	65.8%	65.2%
2026	65.7%	65.3%
2027	65.6%	65.4%
2028	65.6%	65.4%
2029	65.8%	65.4%
2030	66%	65.4%
2031	66.2%	65.4%
2032	66.4%	65.4%
2033	66.5%	65.4%
2034	66.5%	65.3%
2035	66.4%	65.2%
2036	66.3%	65%
2037	66.1%	64.9%
2038	65.8%	64.7%
2039	65.5%	64.6%
2040	65.1%	64.5%
2041	64.7%	64.4%
2042	64.3%	64.3%
2043	63.8%	64.2%
2044	63.4%	64.1%
2045	62.9%	63.9%
2046	62.3%	63.8%
2047	61.8%	63.7%
2048	61.1%	63.6%
2049	60.4%	63.4%
2050	59.8%	63.3%

The share of working-age demographics aged 15-64 in Belarus changed from 69.4% to 66% between 2004 and 2024.

Share of young population (0-14 years)

Table

Year	Share of population 0-14 years old
	Belarus	World
1960	30.8%	37.4%
1961	31.2%	37.5%
1962	31.2%	37.6%
1963	31.1%	37.8%
1964	30.8%	38%
1965	30.5%	38%
1966	30.2%	38%
1967	29.9%	38%
1968	29.6%	37.9%
1969	29.3%	37.8%
1970	28.7%	37.7%
1971	27.9%	37.6%
1972	27.2%	37.5%
1973	26.4%	37.3%
1974	25.7%	37.2%
1975	25%	37.1%
1976	24.4%	36.9%
1977	23.9%	36.7%
1978	23.5%	36.3%
1979	23.1%	35.9%
1980	22.9%	35.5%
1981	22.8%	35.2%
1982	22.7%	34.9%
1983	22.7%	34.6%
1984	22.8%	34.3%
1985	22.9%	34%
1986	23%	33.8%
1987	23%	33.6%
1988	23.1%	33.4%
1989	23.1%	33.2%
1990	23.1%	33%
1991	23%	32.9%
1992	22.8%	32.7%
1993	22.6%	32.5%
1994	22.2%	32.3%
1995	21.8%	32.1%
1996	21.3%	31.8%
1997	20.7%	31.5%
1998	20%	31.1%
1999	19.3%	30.8%
2000	18.6%	30.4%
2001	17.9%	30%
2002	17.3%	29.6%
2003	16.6%	29.2%
2004	16%	28.8%
2005	15.5%	28.5%
2006	15.2%	28.1%
2007	14.9%	27.9%
2008	14.8%	27.6%
2009	14.8%	27.5%
2010	14.8%	27.3%
2011	15%	27.1%
2012	15.3%	27%
2013	15.6%	26.9%
2014	15.9%	26.8%
2015	16.2%	26.6%
2016	16.5%	26.5%
2017	16.7%	26.4%
2018	16.9%	26.2%
2019	17%	26%
2020	17%	25.8%
2021	17.1%	25.6%
2022	17%	25.3%
2023	16.7%	25%
2024	16.3%	24.7%
2025	15.9%	24.4%
2026	15.5%	24.1%
2027	15%	23.8%
2028	14.4%	23.4%
2029	13.8%	23.1%
2030	13.2%	22.8%
2031	12.6%	22.6%
2032	12.1%	22.3%
2033	11.7%	22.1%
2034	11.5%	21.9%
2035	11.3%	21.7%
2036	11.1%	21.6%
2037	11%	21.5%
2038	11%	21.4%
2039	11.1%	21.3%
2040	11.2%	21.2%
2041	11.3%	21.1%
2042	11.5%	21%
2043	11.6%	21%
2044	11.8%	20.9%
2045	12%	20.8%
2046	12.2%	20.7%
2047	12.3%	20.7%
2048	12.5%	20.6%
2049	12.6%	20.5%
2050	12.7%	20.4%

The share of children aged 0-14 in Belarus increased from 16% to 16.3% between 2004 and 2024 due to changes in birth rates.

Share of old population (65+)

Table

Year	Share of population 65+ years old
	Belarus	World
1960	7.24%	4.97%
1961	7.34%	4.99%
1962	7.36%	5.01%
1963	7.45%	5.02%
1964	7.58%	5.04%
1965	7.81%	5.08%
1966	8.05%	5.12%
1967	8.2%	5.16%
1968	8.41%	5.2%
1969	8.63%	5.24%
1970	8.87%	5.28%
1971	9.08%	5.32%
1972	9.29%	5.37%
1973	9.5%	5.42%
1974	9.7%	5.47%
1975	9.95%	5.53%
1976	10.2%	5.59%
1977	10.4%	5.65%
1978	10.5%	5.71%
1979	10.6%	5.77%
1980	10.5%	5.81%
1981	10.4%	5.81%
1982	10.1%	5.8%
1983	9.99%	5.79%
1984	9.91%	5.8%
1985	9.84%	5.82%
1986	9.81%	5.86%
1987	9.91%	5.91%
1988	10.1%	5.95%
1989	10.4%	6.01%
1990	10.6%	6.07%
1991	10.9%	6.14%
1992	11.3%	6.21%
1993	11.7%	6.29%
1994	12.1%	6.37%
1995	12.5%	6.45%
1996	12.8%	6.53%
1997	13.1%	6.61%
1998	13.3%	6.68%
1999	13.4%	6.76%
2000	13.5%	6.84%
2001	13.8%	6.92%
2002	14%	7.01%
2003	14.3%	7.1%
2004	14.5%	7.18%
2005	14.7%	7.26%
2006	14.8%	7.34%
2007	14.8%	7.41%
2008	14.5%	7.47%
2009	14.2%	7.52%
2010	13.9%	7.58%
2011	13.7%	7.66%
2012	13.7%	7.78%
2013	13.8%	7.92%
2014	14.1%	8.08%
2015	14.3%	8.26%
2016	14.5%	8.45%
2017	14.8%	8.65%
2018	15.1%	8.88%
2019	15.4%	9.1%
2020	15.7%	9.33%
2021	16.1%	9.53%
2022	16.5%	9.74%
2023	17.1%	9.98%
2024	17.7%	10.2%
2025	18.3%	10.4%
2026	18.9%	10.6%
2027	19.5%	10.8%
2028	20%	11.1%
2029	20.4%	11.5%
2030	20.8%	11.7%
2031	21.2%	12%
2032	21.5%	12.3%
2033	21.8%	12.6%
2034	22%	12.8%
2035	22.3%	13.1%
2036	22.6%	13.4%
2037	22.9%	13.7%
2038	23.2%	13.9%
2039	23.4%	14.1%
2040	23.7%	14.3%
2041	24%	14.5%
2042	24.2%	14.7%
2043	24.5%	14.9%
2044	24.8%	15%
2045	25.2%	15.2%
2046	25.5%	15.4%
2047	25.9%	15.7%
2048	26.4%	15.9%
2049	26.9%	16.1%
2050	27.5%	16.3%

The share of older people aged 65 and over in Belarus increased from 14.5% to 17.7% between 2004 and 2024 due to changes in life expectancy.