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Belarus vs North Macedonia statistics compared

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Belarus has a population of 9.13M (ranked 100/197), compared with 1.79M in North Macedonia (ranked 150/197). Belarus' land area is 78,372 sq mi versus 9,737 sq mi for North Macedonia (ranked 83rd vs. 145th).

By GDP, Belarus ranks 83/197 ($76B) and North Macedonia ranks 138/197 ($16.7B). By GDP per capita, Belarus ranks 95/197 ($8,317), while North Macedonia ranks 88/197 ($9,310).

Main facts and rankings

Belarus North Macedonia
Population
9074112
1783115
Population rank 101/197 150/197
GDP
$76B
2024
$16.7B
2024
GDP rank 83/197 138/197
GDP per capita
$8,317
2024
$9,310
2024
GDP per capita rank 95/197 88/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$33,006
2024
$26,587
2024
Government debt
$33.7B
2024
$9.15B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
42.9%
2025
52.9%
2025
Government debt per person
$3,691
2024
$5,105
2024
Government debt per person rank 94/185 78/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$6,343
2025
$8,472
2025
Land area
78,372 sq mi
2025
9,737 sq mi
2025
Population density
116.5 ppl/mi²
2024
184 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.21
2023
1.5
2023
Median age
42 years
2024
41.6 years
2024
Life expectancy
74.8 years
2025
77.7 years
2025

Belarus and North Macedonia: Comparison Charts

Belarus and North Macedonia economies compared

GDP
Belarus

North Macedonia
Year GDP
Belarus North Macedonia
1990 $17,389,558,233 $4,699,646,643
1991 $18,404,907,975 $4,938,775,510
1992 $16,939,790,094 $2,436,849,342
1993 $16,275,073,527 $2,682,456,897
1994 $14,931,435,232 $3,559,608,640
1995 $13,972,683,274 $4,707,041,315
1996 $14,756,846,154 $4,642,021,256
1997 $14,130,585,516 $3,912,986,091
1998 $15,221,352,699 $3,765,745,023
1999 $12,138,243,081 $3,863,619,285
2000 $12,736,780,455 $3,772,859,034
2001 $12,354,820,144 $3,709,636,031
2002 $14,594,900,945 $4,018,365,747
2003 $17,825,444,724 $4,946,296,599
2004 $23,141,566,293 $5,682,784,472
2005 $30,210,091,837 $6,258,602,873
2006 $36,961,894,281 $6,861,226,972
2007 $45,275,711,996 $8,336,474,974
2008 $60,752,106,347 $9,909,552,435
2009 $50,873,167,326 $9,401,736,825
2010 $57,231,904,543 $9,407,170,321
2011 $61,762,382,328 $10,494,626,768
2012 $65,685,890,439 $9,745,261,301
2013 $75,527,558,966 $10,817,702,346
2014 $78,813,069,121 $11,362,265,253
2015 $56,454,769,845 $10,064,519,963
2016 $47,723,545,321 $10,672,467,073
2017 $54,725,405,751 $11,307,067,070
2018 $60,031,026,576 $12,683,068,114
2019 $64,410,170,653 $12,606,338,449
2020 $61,371,673,345 $12,361,036,914
2021 $69,673,747,132 $14,000,283,827
2022 $73,775,179,925 $13,932,436,550
2023 $72,478,760,370 $15,763,604,288
2024 $75,961,865,472 $16,685,236,492

Belarus and North Macedonia economies compared

GDP per capita
Belarus

North Macedonia
Year GDP per capita
Belarus North Macedonia
1990 $1,707 $2,277
1991 $1,805 $2,402
1992 $1,658 $1,199
1993 $1,590 $1,337
1994 $1,460 $1,786
1995 $1,371 $2,355
1996 $1,453 $2,307
1997 $1,397 $1,960
1998 $1,511 $1,876
1999 $1,211 $1,915
2000 $1,276 $1,862
2001 $1,244 $1,823
2002 $1,479 $1,989
2003 $1,820 $2,445
2004 $2,378 $2,819
2005 $3,126 $3,121
2006 $3,848 $3,440
2007 $4,735 $4,204
2008 $6,376 $5,026
2009 $5,352 $4,800
2010 $6,035 $4,833
2011 $6,528 $5,417
2012 $6,953 $5,050
2013 $7,998 $5,626
2014 $8,341 $5,925
2015 $5,967 $5,263
2016 $5,040 $5,598
2017 $5,786 $5,955
2018 $6,360 $6,714
2019 $6,838 $6,719
2020 $6,543 $6,660
2021 $7,490 $7,621
2022 $7,995 $7,606
2023 $7,897 $8,624
2024 $8,317 $9,310

Belarus vs. North Macedonia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Belarus

North Macedonia
Year Life expectancy, years
Belarus North Macedonia
1950 58.6 50.6
1951 59.4 48.5
1952 60.5 52.5
1953 61.5 53.2
1954 62.5 55.7
1955 63.5 55.4
1956 64.5 58.5
1957 65.4 55.7
1958 66.6 60.3
1959 68 59.5
1960 69.3 60.5
1961 70 61.8
1962 70.5 59.3
1963 70.8 61.4
1964 71.3 61.5
1965 71.6 62.6
1966 71.8 63.5
1967 71.9 63.8
1968 71.9 64.6
1969 71.7 64
1970 71.7 65
1971 71.6 65.2
1972 71.8 65.6
1973 71.7 67.1
1974 71.7 67.1
1975 71.4 67.3
1976 71.2 67.9
1977 71.1 68.2
1978 70.9 69.1
1979 70.8 69.2
1980 70.7 69.1
1981 70.8 69.4
1982 70.8 69.8
1983 70.7 69.7
1984 70.8 70.2
1985 71.2 70.2
1986 71.7 70.3
1987 71.9 70.4
1988 71.7 70.5
1989 71.5 71.1
1990 71.1 71.3
1991 70.7 71.8
1992 70.1 71.3
1993 69.5 71.7
1994 69 71.5
1995 68.8 72
1996 68.6 71.9
1997 68.5 71.9
1998 68.3 71.8
1999 68.4 72.3
2000 68.5 72.6
2001 68.4 73
2002 68.3 72.7
2003 68.4 73
2004 68.7 73.4
2005 69 73.6
2006 69.4 73.8
2007 70 73.7
2008 70.3 74.4
2009 70.4 74.5
2010 70.5 75
2011 71.1 75.1
2012 71.8 75
2013 72.7 75.6
2014 73.2 75.6
2015 73.8 75.6
2016 74.2 75.6
2017 74.4 76.2
2018 74.3 76.9
2019 74.3 76.8
2020 72.3 74.5
2021 72.2 73.3
2022 74.4 76.6
2023 74.4 77.4
2024 74.6 77.5
2025 74.8 77.7

Belarus and North Macedonia population clocks and comparison

Population
Belarus

North Macedonia
Year Population
Belarus North Macedonia
1960 8,198,000 1,435,059
1961 8,271,216 1,455,171
1962 8,351,928 1,471,745
1963 8,437,232 1,488,737
1964 8,524,224 1,510,900
1965 8,610,000 1,533,466
1966 8,696,496 1,557,349
1967 8,785,648 1,582,492
1968 8,874,552 1,608,930
1969 8,960,304 1,636,345
1970 9,040,000 1,664,208
1971 9,115,576 1,691,216
1972 9,188,968 1,717,395
1973 9,257,272 1,743,816
1974 9,317,584 1,770,545
1975 9,367,000 1,797,972
1976 9,411,000 1,825,830
1977 9,463,000 1,853,138
1978 9,525,000 1,879,847
1979 9,584,000 1,906,523
1980 9,643,000 1,933,038
1981 9,710,000 1,959,065
1982 9,776,000 1,978,956
1983 9,843,000 1,991,901
1984 9,910,000 2,003,399
1985 9,975,000 2,014,331
1986 10,043,000 2,024,732
1987 10,111,000 2,035,157
1988 10,140,000 2,045,737
1989 10,170,000 2,055,649
1990 10,189,348 2,063,689
1991 10,194,050 2,055,994
1992 10,216,470 2,032,523
1993 10,239,050 2,006,854
1994 10,226,955 1,992,666
1995 10,193,831 1,998,534
1996 10,159,569 2,012,553
1997 10,117,433 1,996,869
1998 10,071,963 2,007,523
1999 10,026,738 2,017,142
2000 9,979,610 2,026,350
2001 9,928,549 2,034,882
2002 9,865,548 2,020,157
2003 9,796,749 2,022,725
2004 9,730,146 2,016,186
2005 9,663,915 2,005,330
2006 9,604,924 1,994,287
2007 9,560,953 1,982,933
2008 9,527,985 1,971,493
2009 9,504,583 1,958,782
2010 9,483,836 1,946,298
2011 9,461,643 1,937,398
2012 9,446,836 1,929,821
2013 9,443,211 1,922,716
2014 9,448,515 1,917,557
2015 9,461,076 1,912,430
2016 9,469,379 1,906,313
2017 9,458,989 1,898,657
2018 9,438,785 1,889,051
2019 9,419,758 1,876,262
2020 9,379,952 1,856,124
2021 9,302,585 1,837,114
2022 9,228,071 1,831,712
2023 9,178,298 1,827,816
2024 9,133,712 1,792,179

Fertility rates in Belarus and North Macedonia

Fertility rate
Belarus

North Macedonia
Year Fertility rate
Belarus North Macedonia
1960 2.67 3.83
1961 2.59 3.62
1962 2.5 3.5
1963 2.4 3.62
1964 2.31 3.56
1965 2.27 3.52
1966 2.29 3.43
1967 2.26 3.33
1968 2.22 3.22
1969 2.26 3.1
1970 2.31 3.01
1971 2.31 2.93
1972 2.28 2.87
1973 2.25 2.72
1974 2.21 2.7
1975 2.17 2.69
1976 2.12 2.62
1977 2.08 2.49
1978 2.06 2.42
1979 2.05 2.4
1980 2.03 2.36
1981 2.02 2.29
1982 2.05 2.29
1983 2.11 2.25
1984 2.11 2.24
1985 2.09 2.25
1986 2.09 2.25
1987 2.03 2.32
1988 2.03 2.32
1989 2.03 2.25
1990 1.91 2.27
1991 1.81 2.31
1992 1.76 2.28
1993 1.62 2.26
1994 1.53 2.23
1995 1.41 2.13
1996 1.34 2.06
1997 1.25 1.92
1998 1.3 1.89
1999 1.31 1.77
2000 1.32 1.86
2001 1.29 1.73
2002 1.24 1.79
2003 1.23 1.75
2004 1.23 1.52
2005 1.25 1.5
2006 1.34 1.46
2007 1.43 1.46
2008 1.49 1.47
2009 1.51 1.5
2010 1.49 1.6
2011 1.52 1.46
2012 1.62 1.5
2013 1.67 1.5
2014 1.7 1.5
2015 1.72 1.49
2016 1.73 1.5
2017 1.54 1.43
2018 1.45 1.42
2019 1.38 1.34
2020 1.37 1.31
2021 1.37 1.6
2022 1.33 1.6
2023 1.21 1.5

Belarus and North Macedonia demographics compared

Median age
Belarus

North Macedonia
Year Median age, years
Belarus North Macedonia
1960 26.6 21.8
1961 26.9 21.8
1962 27.3 21.9
1963 27.6 21.9
1964 27.9 21.9
1965 28.2 21.9
1966 28.6 22
1967 28.9 22.2
1968 29.3 22.4
1969 29.7 22.6
1970 30.1 22.8
1971 30.4 23.1
1972 30.5 23.3
1973 30.5 23.6
1974 30.5 23.9
1975 30.4 24.2
1976 30.4 24.5
1977 30.6 24.8
1978 30.9 25.2
1979 31.1 25.5
1980 31.2 25.9
1981 31.2 26.2
1982 31.4 26.5
1983 31.5 26.8
1984 31.7 27.2
1985 31.9 27.5
1986 32.1 27.8
1987 32.4 28
1988 32.6 28.3
1989 32.8 28.6
1990 33 28.9
1991 33.3 29.2
1992 33.6 29.6
1993 33.9 29.9
1994 34.2 30.3
1995 34.6 30.5
1996 35 30.8
1997 35.4 31
1998 35.8 31.2
1999 36.1 31.5
2000 36.5 31.9
2001 36.8 32.2
2002 37.1 32.6
2003 37.4 32.8
2004 37.7 33.2
2005 38 33.5
2006 38.3 33.9
2007 38.5 34.3
2008 38.7 34.7
2009 38.8 35.1
2010 38.9 35.5
2011 39.1 36
2012 39.2 36.4
2013 39.3 36.9
2014 39.4 37.3
2015 39.5 37.8
2016 39.7 38.3
2017 39.8 38.8
2018 40 39.4
2019 40.3 39.9
2020 40.6 40.3
2021 40.9 40.7
2022 41.2 40.9
2023 41.6 41.3
2024 42 41.6

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Belarus North Macedonia
GNI, Atlas method
$75.2B
2024
$15B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
41.3%
2025
39.1%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.95%
2023
3.3%
2002
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.8%
2023
1.7%
2023
Armed forces personnel
158,000
2020
16,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
+0.24%
2025
-5.04%
2025
Unemployment rate
3.46%
2023
12.3%
2024
Services, % of GDP
49.7%
2024
59.2%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
30.7%
2024
22.7%
2024
Economic freedom index
48.9
2025
63.2
2025
Income share by richest 10%
20.7%
2020
22.9%
2019
Income share by poorest 10%
4.5%
2020
1.9%
2019
Listed domestic companies
12
2024
n/a
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$6.01B
2024
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$8.91B
2024
$5.25B
2024
Personal remittances received
$1.38B
2024
$458M
2024
International tourist arrivals
3,598,000
2020
118,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
1.46%
2020
3.52%
2020
Banked people share
81.2%
2017
84.3%
2024

Energy

Belarus North Macedonia
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
2,862 kg
2022
1,450 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$9.93
2022
$16.8
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
54.2 megatons
2023
8.76 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
5.9 tons
2023
4.79 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
86.6%
2022
82.2%
2022
Renewable energy use share
8.2%
2021
19.5%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
7.01%
2022
7.2%
2023
Net energy imports use share
77.1%
2022
63.8%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
3,903 kWh
2022
3,320 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
3.15%
2021
31%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0.94%
2022
23.6%
2023
Nuclear share
17.3%
2022
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Belarus North Macedonia
% of world population
0.11%
2024
0.02%
2024
Annual migration change
-3,119
2024
-5,728
2024
Urban population
81.1%
2024
59.9%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.86 ft
2025
5.79 ft
2025
Average female height
5.48 ft
2025
5.28 ft
2025
Quality of life index
53.5
2025
57.5
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
33
2024
40
2024
Higher education index
63
2025
63
2025
Homicides per 100K people
2.33
2019
1.53
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
7.6
2019
5.1
2019
Visa free countries
94
2025
132
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.9%
2019
97.6%
2012
English speaking
12%
2025
5%
2025
People using the Internet
94.3%
2024
87.2%
2023

Health

Belarus North Macedonia
Government health expenditure per capita
$529
2022
$562
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$146.1
2022
$225.9
2022
Life expectancy
74.8 years
2025
77.7 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.16%
2022
0.002%
2018
Physicians per 1,000 people
4.47
2020
2.96
2020
Age at first childbirth
26.9 years
2021
27.4 years
2022
Maternal mortality per 100K births
1
2023
3
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
2.4
2023
3.3
2023
Obesity rate
22.1%
2022
28.4%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
5.1%
2024
7.4%
2024
Air quality index
70
2025
32
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
30.1%
2022
n/a
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
11.6 liters
2020
4.36 liters
2020

Territory

Belarus North Macedonia
% of world land
0.14%
2025
0.02%
2025
Land area per capita
8,581 sq mi
2024
5,433 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
31,019 sq mi
2025
4,830 sq mi
2025
Forest area
34,020 sq mi
2025
3,867 sq mi
2025
Roads length n/a
8,812 mi
2017

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