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Belarus vs Germany statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Belarus has a population of 9.13M (ranked 100/197), compared with 83.5M in Germany (ranked 19/197). Belarus' land area is 78,372 sq mi versus 134,916 sq mi for Germany (ranked 83rd vs. 63rd).

By GDP, Belarus ranks 83/197 ($76B) and Germany ranks 3/197 ($4.66T). By GDP per capita, Belarus ranks 95/197 ($8,317), while Germany ranks 18/197 ($55,800).

Main facts and rankings

Belarus Germany
Population
9074112
83039665
Population rank 101/197 19/197
GDP
$76B
2024
$4.66T
2024
GDP rank 83/197 3/197
GDP per capita
$8,317
2024
$55,800
2024
GDP per capita rank 95/197 18/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$33,006
2024
$72,300
2024
Government debt
$33.7B
2024
$2.98T
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
42.9%
2025
65.4%
2025
Government debt per person
$3,691
2024
$35,650
2024
Government debt per person rank 94/185 21/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$6,343
2025
$39,481
2025
Land area
78,372 sq mi
2025
134,916 sq mi
2025
Population density
116.5 ppl/mi²
2024
619 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.21
2023
1.39
2023
Median age
42 years
2024
46.3 years
2024
Life expectancy
74.8 years
2025
81.7 years
2025

Belarus and Germany: Comparison Charts

Belarus and Germany economies compared

GDP
Belarus

Germany
Year GDP
Belarus Germany
1960 - $84,619,845,881
1961 - $96,558,204,043
1962 - $105,895,435,234
1963 - $112,232,503,744
1964 - $123,330,404,665
1965 - $134,774,688,191
1966 - $143,304,275,684
1967 - $145,100,667,773
1968 - $156,527,292,653
1969 - $177,733,486,326
1970 - $216,629,229,947
1971 - $250,900,942,397
1972 - $300,899,944,795
1973 - $399,833,571,167
1974 - $446,934,971,657
1975 - $492,434,094,920
1976 - $521,658,712,133
1977 - $602,698,323,086
1978 - $743,182,891,918
1979 - $884,574,218,333
1980 - $953,772,499,462
1981 - $803,404,797,058
1982 - $779,421,633,755
1983 - $773,507,930,295
1984 - $727,767,760,979
1985 - $735,218,723,093
1986 - $1,050,092,624,516
1987 - $1,302,932,318,825
1988 - $1,406,367,016,372
1989 - $1,404,092,925,205
1990 $17,389,558,233 $1,778,162,195,860
1991 $18,404,907,975 $1,875,792,575,133
1992 $16,939,790,094 $2,141,377,582,968
1993 $16,275,073,527 $2,078,954,217,438
1994 $14,931,435,232 $2,215,282,632,277
1995 $13,972,683,274 $2,593,053,091,306
1996 $14,756,846,154 $2,506,576,553,158
1997 $14,130,585,516 $2,218,790,886,533
1998 $15,221,352,699 $2,247,760,364,566
1999 $12,138,243,081 $2,213,873,468,587
2000 $12,736,780,455 $1,966,980,701,145
2001 $12,354,820,144 $1,966,381,496,642
2002 $14,594,900,945 $2,102,350,798,306
2003 $17,825,444,724 $2,534,715,518,349
2004 $23,141,566,293 $2,852,317,768,062
2005 $30,210,091,837 $2,893,393,187,362
2006 $36,961,894,281 $3,046,308,753,671
2007 $45,275,711,996 $3,484,056,680,855
2008 $60,752,106,347 $3,808,786,022,313
2009 $50,873,167,326 $3,479,800,820,863
2010 $57,231,904,543 $3,468,154,343,000
2011 $61,762,382,328 $3,824,828,563,521
2012 $65,685,890,439 $3,597,896,500,945
2013 $75,527,558,966 $3,808,086,291,482
2014 $78,813,069,121 $3,965,800,686,310
2015 $56,454,769,845 $3,423,568,450,957
2016 $47,723,545,321 $3,537,784,107,981
2017 $54,725,405,751 $3,763,092,263,753
2018 $60,031,026,576 $4,052,008,447,224
2019 $64,410,170,653 $3,957,208,055,216
2020 $61,371,673,345 $3,940,142,541,354
2021 $69,673,747,132 $4,348,297,440,388
2022 $73,775,179,925 $4,163,596,357,879
2023 $72,478,760,370 $4,525,703,903,628
2024 $75,961,865,472 $4,659,929,336,891

Belarus and Germany economies compared

GDP per capita
Belarus

Germany
Year GDP per capita
Belarus Germany
1960 - $1,162
1961 - $1,316
1962 - $1,431
1963 - $1,502
1964 - $1,637
1965 - $1,774
1966 - $1,871
1967 - $1,886
1968 - $2,025
1969 - $2,281
1970 - $2,771
1971 - $3,204
1972 - $3,824
1973 - $5,065
1974 - $5,660
1975 - $6,259
1976 - $6,659
1977 - $7,711
1978 - $9,517
1979 - $11,322
1980 - $12,183
1981 - $10,246
1982 - $9,950
1983 - $9,900
1984 - $9,347
1985 - $9,464
1986 - $13,511
1987 - $16,739
1988 - $17,997
1989 - $17,829
1990 $1,707 $22,386
1991 $1,805 $23,443
1992 $1,658 $26,560
1993 $1,590 $25,617
1994 $1,460 $27,202
1995 $1,371 $31,747
1996 $1,453 $30,600
1997 $1,397 $27,047
1998 $1,511 $27,396
1999 $1,211 $26,965
2000 $1,276 $23,926
2001 $1,244 $23,878
2002 $1,479 $25,487
2003 $1,820 $30,711
2004 $2,378 $34,567
2005 $3,126 $35,084
2006 $3,848 $36,980
2007 $4,735 $42,351
2008 $6,376 $46,386
2009 $5,352 $42,487
2010 $6,035 $42,410
2011 $6,528 $47,647
2012 $6,953 $44,736
2013 $7,998 $47,220
2014 $8,341 $48,971
2015 $5,967 $41,911
2016 $5,040 $42,961
2017 $5,786 $45,527
2018 $6,360 $48,875
2019 $6,838 $47,624
2020 $6,543 $47,380
2021 $7,490 $52,266
2022 $7,995 $49,686
2023 $7,897 $53,940
2024 $8,317 $55,800

Belarus vs. Germany life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Belarus

Germany
Year Life expectancy, years
Belarus Germany
1950 58.6 66.8
1951 59.4 67.1
1952 60.5 67.5
1953 61.5 67.8
1954 62.5 68.1
1955 63.5 68.3
1956 64.5 68.6
1957 65.4 68.5
1958 66.6 69.2
1959 68 69.3
1960 69.3 69.3
1961 70 69.8
1962 70.5 70
1963 70.8 70.1
1964 71.3 70.6
1965 71.6 70.6
1966 71.8 70.7
1967 71.9 71
1968 71.9 70.6
1969 71.7 70.5
1970 71.7 70.7
1971 71.6 70.9
1972 71.8 71.1
1973 71.7 71.4
1974 71.7 71.7
1975 71.4 71.5
1976 71.2 72
1977 71.1 72.6
1978 70.9 72.6
1979 70.8 72.9
1980 70.7 73.1
1981 70.8 73.3
1982 70.8 73.6
1983 70.7 73.9
1984 70.8 74.4
1985 71.2 74.5
1986 71.7 74.7
1987 71.9 75.1
1988 71.7 75.3
1989 71.5 75.5
1990 71.1 75.3
1991 70.7 75.6
1992 70.1 76
1993 69.5 76.1
1994 69 76.4
1995 68.8 76.6
1996 68.6 76.8
1997 68.5 77.2
1998 68.3 77.6
1999 68.4 77.8
2000 68.5 78.1
2001 68.4 78.4
2002 68.3 78.5
2003 68.4 78.5
2004 68.7 79.1
2005 69 79.3
2006 69.4 79.6
2007 70 79.7
2008 70.3 79.8
2009 70.4 79.9
2010 70.5 80.1
2011 71.1 80.4
2012 71.8 80.5
2013 72.7 80.5
2014 73.2 80.9
2015 73.8 80.6
2016 74.2 80.8
2017 74.4 80.9
2018 74.3 80.9
2019 74.3 81.2
2020 72.3 81
2021 72.2 81.1
2022 74.4 80.6
2023 74.4 81.4
2024 74.6 81.5
2025 74.8 81.7

Belarus and Germany population clocks and comparison

Population
Belarus

Germany
Year Population
Belarus Germany
1960 8,198,000 72,814,900
1961 8,271,216 73,377,632
1962 8,351,928 74,025,784
1963 8,437,232 74,714,353
1964 8,524,224 75,318,337
1965 8,610,000 75,963,695
1966 8,696,496 76,600,311
1967 8,785,648 76,951,336
1968 8,874,552 77,294,314
1969 8,960,304 77,909,682
1970 9,040,000 78,169,289
1971 9,115,576 78,312,842
1972 9,188,968 78,688,452
1973 9,257,272 78,936,666
1974 9,317,584 78,967,433
1975 9,367,000 78,673,554
1976 9,411,000 78,336,950
1977 9,463,000 78,159,814
1978 9,525,000 78,091,820
1979 9,584,000 78,126,350
1980 9,643,000 78,288,576
1981 9,710,000 78,407,907
1982 9,776,000 78,333,366
1983 9,843,000 78,128,282
1984 9,910,000 77,858,685
1985 9,975,000 77,684,873
1986 10,043,000 77,720,436
1987 10,111,000 77,839,920
1988 10,140,000 78,144,619
1989 10,170,000 78,751,283
1990 10,189,348 79,433,029
1991 10,194,050 80,013,896
1992 10,216,470 80,624,598
1993 10,239,050 81,156,363
1994 10,226,955 81,438,348
1995 10,193,831 81,678,051
1996 10,159,569 81,914,831
1997 10,117,433 82,034,771
1998 10,071,963 82,047,195
1999 10,026,738 82,100,243
2000 9,979,610 82,211,508
2001 9,928,549 82,349,925
2002 9,865,548 82,488,495
2003 9,796,749 82,534,176
2004 9,730,146 82,516,260
2005 9,663,915 82,469,422
2006 9,604,924 82,376,451
2007 9,560,953 82,266,372
2008 9,527,985 82,110,097
2009 9,504,583 81,902,307
2010 9,483,836 81,776,930
2011 9,461,643 80,274,983
2012 9,446,836 80,425,823
2013 9,443,211 80,645,605
2014 9,448,515 80,982,500
2015 9,461,076 81,686,611
2016 9,469,379 82,348,669
2017 9,458,989 82,657,002
2018 9,438,785 82,905,782
2019 9,419,758 83,092,962
2020 9,379,952 83,160,871
2021 9,302,585 83,196,078
2022 9,228,071 83,797,985
2023 9,178,298 83,901,923
2024 9,133,712 83,510,950

Fertility rates in Belarus and Germany

Fertility rate
Belarus

Germany
Year Fertility rate
Belarus Germany
1960 2.67 2.37
1961 2.59 2.45
1962 2.5 2.44
1963 2.4 2.51
1964 2.31 2.54
1965 2.27 2.5
1966 2.29 2.53
1967 2.26 2.48
1968 2.22 2.38
1969 2.26 2.21
1970 2.31 2.03
1971 2.31 1.92
1972 2.28 1.71
1973 2.25 1.54
1974 2.21 1.51
1975 2.17 1.45
1976 2.12 1.45
1977 2.08 1.4
1978 2.06 1.38
1979 2.05 1.38
1980 2.03 1.44
1981 2.02 1.43
1982 2.05 1.41
1983 2.11 1.33
1984 2.11 1.29
1985 2.09 1.37
1986 2.09 1.43
1987 2.03 1.43
1988 2.03 1.46
1989 2.03 1.42
1990 1.91 1.45
1991 1.81 1.33
1992 1.76 1.29
1993 1.62 1.28
1994 1.53 1.24
1995 1.41 1.25
1996 1.34 1.3
1997 1.25 1.35
1998 1.3 1.36
1999 1.31 1.36
2000 1.32 1.38
2001 1.29 1.35
2002 1.24 1.34
2003 1.23 1.34
2004 1.23 1.36
2005 1.25 1.34
2006 1.34 1.33
2007 1.43 1.37
2008 1.49 1.38
2009 1.51 1.36
2010 1.49 1.39
2011 1.52 1.39
2012 1.62 1.41
2013 1.67 1.42
2014 1.7 1.47
2015 1.72 1.5
2016 1.73 1.6
2017 1.54 1.57
2018 1.45 1.57
2019 1.38 1.54
2020 1.37 1.53
2021 1.37 1.58
2022 1.33 1.46
2023 1.21 1.39

Belarus and Germany demographics compared

Median age
Belarus

Germany
Year Median age, years
Belarus Germany
1960 26.6 34.7
1961 26.9 34.7
1962 27.3 34.7
1963 27.6 34.6
1964 27.9 34.5
1965 28.2 34.4
1966 28.6 34.4
1967 28.9 34.3
1968 29.3 34.2
1969 29.7 34.1
1970 30.1 34.3
1971 30.4 34.4
1972 30.5 34.6
1973 30.5 34.7
1974 30.5 35
1975 30.4 35.5
1976 30.4 35.8
1977 30.6 36.1
1978 30.9 36.3
1979 31.1 36.4
1980 31.2 36.5
1981 31.2 36.5
1982 31.4 36.6
1983 31.5 36.7
1984 31.7 37
1985 31.9 37.1
1986 32.1 37.2
1987 32.4 37.4
1988 32.6 37.6
1989 32.8 37.6
1990 33 37.6
1991 33.3 37.7
1992 33.6 37.8
1993 33.9 37.9
1994 34.2 38.1
1995 34.6 38.4
1996 35 38.6
1997 35.4 38.9
1998 35.8 39.3
1999 36.1 39.7
2000 36.5 40
2001 36.8 40.4
2002 37.1 40.8
2003 37.4 41.2
2004 37.7 41.6
2005 38 42
2006 38.3 42.5
2007 38.5 43.1
2008 38.7 43.5
2009 38.8 43.9
2010 38.9 44.2
2011 39.1 44.6
2012 39.2 45.1
2013 39.3 45.5
2014 39.4 45.7
2015 39.5 45.7
2016 39.7 45.7
2017 39.8 45.8
2018 40 45.8
2019 40.3 45.8
2020 40.6 45.8
2021 40.9 45.9
2022 41.2 46
2023 41.6 46.2
2024 42 46.3

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Belarus Germany
GNI, Atlas method
$75.2B
2024
$4.59T
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
41.3%
2025
49.9%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.95%
2023
5.24%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.8%
2023
1.52%
2023
Armed forces personnel
158,000
2020
183,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
+0.24%
2025
-2.95%
2025
Unemployment rate
3.46%
2023
3.37%
2024
Services, % of GDP
49.7%
2024
63.9%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
30.7%
2024
25.8%
2024
Economic freedom index
48.9
2025
71.6
2025
Income share by richest 10%
20.7%
2020
25%
2020
Income share by poorest 10%
4.5%
2020
2.9%
2020
Number of millionaires n/a
2,820,819
2024
Percentage of millionaires n/a
4.14%
2024
Number of billionaires n/a
171
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0.0003%
2025
Listed domestic companies
12
2024
435
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$6.01B
2024
$2.04T
2024
Total reserves including gold
$8.91B
2024
$378B
2024
Personal remittances received
$1.38B
2024
$21.2B
2024
International tourist arrivals
3,598,000
2020
12,449,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
1.46%
2020
3.47%
2019
Banked people share
81.2%
2017
98.3%
2024

Energy

Belarus Germany
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
2,862 kg
2022
2,907 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$9.93
2022
$23.6
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
54.2 megatons
2023
583 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
5.9 tons
2023
6.95 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
86.6%
2022
77.6%
2023
Renewable energy use share
8.2%
2021
17.6%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
7.01%
2022
9.15%
2023
Net energy imports use share
77.1%
2022
70.5%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
3,903 kWh
2022
5,904 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
3.15%
2021
39.8%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0.94%
2022
4.95%
2023
Nuclear share
17.3%
2022
1.41%
2023
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Belarus Germany
% of world population
0.11%
2024
1.03%
2024
Annual migration change
-3,119
2024
+36,954
2024
Urban population
81.1%
2024
77.9%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.86 ft
2025
5.92 ft
2025
Average female height
5.48 ft
2025
5.45 ft
2025
Quality of life index
53.5
2025
91.1
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
33
2024
75
2024
Higher education index
63
2025
93
2025
Homicides per 100K people
2.33
2019
0.82
2022
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
7.6
2019
3.8
2019
Visa free countries
94
2025
175
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.9%
2019
99%
2003
English speaking
12%
2025
56.3%
2023
People using the Internet
94.3%
2024
93.5%
2024

Health

Belarus Germany
Government health expenditure per capita
$529
2022
$6,233
2023
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$146.1
2022
$703
2023
Life expectancy
74.8 years
2025
81.7 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.16%
2022
n/a
Physicians per 1,000 people
4.47
2020
4.52
2021
Age at first childbirth
26.9 years
2021
29.8 years
2023
Maternal mortality per 100K births
1
2023
4
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
2.4
2023
3.7
2023
Obesity rate
22.1%
2022
21%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
5.1%
2024
7.8%
2024
Air quality index
70
2025
76
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
30.1%
2022
21.3%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
11.6 liters
2020
11.8 liters
2020

Territory

Belarus Germany
% of world land
0.14%
2025
0.23%
2025
Land area per capita
8,581 sq mi
2024
1,616 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
31,019 sq mi
2025
64,039 sq mi
2025
Forest area
34,020 sq mi
2025
44,089 sq mi
2025
Roads length n/a
515,738 mi
2022

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