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Belarus vs Russia statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Belarus has a population of 9.13M (ranked 100/197), compared with 144M in Russia (ranked 9/197). Belarus' land area is 78,372 sq mi versus 6,323,145 sq mi for Russia (ranked 83rd vs. 1st).

By GDP, Belarus ranks 83/197 ($76B) and Russia ranks 11/197 ($2.17T). By GDP per capita, Belarus ranks 95/197 ($8,317), while Russia ranks 69/197 ($15,145).

Main facts and rankings

Belarus Russia
Population
9074112
142718132
Population rank 101/197 9/197
GDP
$76B
2024
$2.17T
2024
GDP rank 83/197 11/197
GDP per capita
$8,317
2024
$15,145
2024
GDP per capita rank 95/197 69/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$33,006
2024
$47,405
2024
Government debt
$33.7B
2024
$441B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
42.9%
2025
21.4%
2025
Government debt per person
$3,691
2024
$3,075
2024
Government debt per person rank 94/185 98/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$6,343
2025
$9,262
2025
Land area
78,372 sq mi
2025
6,323,145 sq mi
2025
Population density
116.5 ppl/mi²
2024
22.7 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.21
2023
1.41
2023
Median age
42 years
2024
40.9 years
2024
Life expectancy
74.8 years
2025
73.5 years
2025

Belarus and Russia: Comparison Charts

Belarus and Russia economies compared

GDP
Belarus

Russia
Year GDP
Belarus Russia
1988 - $554,828,660,436
1989 - $506,631,299,735
1990 $17,389,558,233 $517,014,446,228
1991 $18,404,907,975 $517,962,962,963
1992 $16,939,790,094 $460,290,556,901
1993 $16,275,073,527 $435,083,713,851
1994 $14,931,435,232 $395,077,301,248
1995 $13,972,683,274 $395,537,185,735
1996 $14,756,846,154 $391,724,890,744
1997 $14,130,585,516 $404,928,954,192
1998 $15,221,352,699 $270,955,486,862
1999 $12,138,243,081 $195,907,128,351
2000 $12,736,780,455 $259,710,142,197
2001 $12,354,820,144 $306,602,070,621
2002 $14,594,900,945 $345,470,494,418
2003 $17,825,444,724 $430,347,420,185
2004 $23,141,566,293 $591,016,690,732
2005 $30,210,091,837 $764,015,973,481
2006 $36,961,894,281 $989,932,071,353
2007 $45,275,711,996 $1,299,703,478,482
2008 $60,752,106,347 $1,660,848,058,303
2009 $50,873,167,326 $1,222,645,900,056
2010 $57,231,904,543 $1,524,916,715,224
2011 $61,762,382,328 $2,045,922,753,398
2012 $65,685,890,439 $2,208,293,553,878
2013 $75,527,558,966 $2,292,470,078,346
2014 $78,813,069,121 $2,059,241,589,895
2015 $56,454,769,845 $1,363,482,182,198
2016 $47,723,545,321 $1,276,786,350,881
2017 $54,725,405,751 $1,574,199,360,089
2018 $60,031,026,576 $1,657,328,773,461
2019 $64,410,170,653 $1,693,115,002,708
2020 $61,371,673,345 $1,493,075,894,362
2021 $69,673,747,132 $1,829,186,719,575
2022 $73,775,179,925 $2,291,612,121,335
2023 $72,478,760,370 $2,071,505,725,031
2024 $75,961,865,472 $2,173,835,806,672

Belarus and Russia economies compared

GDP per capita
Belarus

Russia
Year GDP per capita
Belarus Russia
1988 - $3,778
1989 - $3,430
1990 $1,707 $3,494
1991 $1,805 $3,490
1992 $1,658 $3,099
1993 $1,590 $2,931
1994 $1,460 $2,662
1995 $1,371 $2,666
1996 $1,453 $2,644
1997 $1,397 $2,738
1998 $1,511 $1,835
1999 $1,211 $1,331
2000 $1,276 $1,772
2001 $1,244 $2,100
2002 $1,479 $2,378
2003 $1,820 $2,975
2004 $2,378 $4,102
2005 $3,126 $5,323
2006 $3,848 $6,920
2007 $4,735 $9,101
2008 $6,376 $11,635
2009 $5,352 $8,563
2010 $6,035 $10,675
2011 $6,528 $14,305
2012 $6,953 $15,402
2013 $7,998 $15,941
2014 $8,341 $14,277
2015 $5,967 $9,427
2016 $5,040 $8,804
2017 $5,786 $10,835
2018 $6,360 $11,399
2019 $6,838 $11,640
2020 $6,543 $10,280
2021 $7,490 $12,637
2022 $7,995 $15,888
2023 $7,897 $14,403
2024 $8,317 $15,145

Belarus vs. Russia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Belarus

Russia
Year Life expectancy, years
Belarus Russia
1950 58.6 55.5
1951 59.4 55.3
1952 60.5 57.6
1953 61.5 58.8
1954 62.5 59.9
1955 63.5 62.1
1956 64.5 66.5
1957 65.4 66
1958 66.6 67.7
1959 68 67.4
1960 69.3 68.3
1961 70 68.6
1962 70.5 68.5
1963 70.8 69.1
1964 71.3 69.5
1965 71.6 69.3
1966 71.8 69.4
1967 71.9 69.2
1968 71.9 69.1
1969 71.7 68.6
1970 71.7 68.7
1971 71.6 68.9
1972 71.8 68.8
1973 71.7 68.9
1974 71.7 68.7
1975 71.4 68.3
1976 71.2 68.1
1977 71.1 67.9
1978 70.9 67.8
1979 70.8 67.6
1980 70.7 67.5
1981 70.8 67.6
1982 70.8 68.1
1983 70.7 68
1984 70.8 67.6
1985 71.2 68.3
1986 71.7 70
1987 71.9 70.1
1988 71.7 69.9
1989 71.5 69.7
1990 71.1 69.3
1991 70.7 69
1992 70.1 67.8
1993 69.5 65
1994 69 63.8
1995 68.8 64
1996 68.6 65.4
1997 68.5 66.6
1998 68.3 66.9
1999 68.4 65.6
2000 68.5 65
2001 68.4 65
2002 68.3 64.7
2003 68.4 64.7
2004 68.7 65.1
2005 69 65.2
2006 69.4 66.5
2007 70 67.5
2008 70.3 67.9
2009 70.4 68.7
2010 70.5 68.2
2011 71.1 69.7
2012 71.8 70.1
2013 72.7 70.6
2014 73.2 70.8
2015 73.8 71.3
2016 74.2 71.9
2017 74.4 72.8
2018 74.3 72.9
2019 74.3 73.1
2020 72.3 71.2
2021 72.2 69.8
2022 74.4 72.5
2023 74.4 73.2
2024 74.6 73.3
2025 74.8 73.5

Belarus and Russia population clocks and comparison

Population
Belarus

Russia
Year Population
Belarus Russia
1960 8,198,000 119,897,000
1961 8,271,216 121,236,000
1962 8,351,928 122,591,000
1963 8,437,232 123,960,000
1964 8,524,224 125,345,000
1965 8,610,000 126,745,000
1966 8,696,496 127,468,000
1967 8,785,648 128,196,000
1968 8,874,552 128,928,000
1969 8,960,304 129,664,000
1970 9,040,000 130,404,000
1971 9,115,576 131,155,000
1972 9,188,968 131,909,000
1973 9,257,272 132,669,000
1974 9,317,584 133,432,000
1975 9,367,000 134,200,000
1976 9,411,000 135,147,000
1977 9,463,000 136,100,000
1978 9,525,000 137,060,000
1979 9,584,000 138,027,000
1980 9,643,000 139,010,000
1981 9,710,000 139,941,000
1982 9,776,000 140,823,000
1983 9,843,000 141,668,000
1984 9,910,000 142,745,000
1985 9,975,000 143,858,000
1986 10,043,000 144,894,000
1987 10,111,000 145,908,000
1988 10,140,000 146,857,000
1989 10,170,000 147,721,000
1990 10,189,348 147,969,406
1991 10,194,050 148,394,216
1992 10,216,470 148,538,197
1993 10,239,050 148,458,777
1994 10,226,955 148,407,912
1995 10,193,831 148,375,787
1996 10,159,569 148,160,129
1997 10,117,433 147,915,361
1998 10,071,963 147,670,784
1999 10,026,738 147,214,776
2000 9,979,610 146,596,869
2001 9,928,549 145,976,482
2002 9,865,548 145,306,497
2003 9,796,749 144,648,618
2004 9,730,146 144,067,316
2005 9,663,915 143,518,814
2006 9,604,924 143,049,637
2007 9,560,953 142,805,114
2008 9,527,985 142,742,366
2009 9,504,583 142,785,348
2010 9,483,836 142,849,468
2011 9,461,643 143,018,195
2012 9,446,836 143,378,447
2013 9,443,211 143,805,638
2014 9,448,515 144,237,223
2015 9,461,076 144,640,716
2016 9,469,379 145,015,460
2017 9,458,989 145,293,260
2018 9,438,785 145,398,106
2019 9,419,758 145,453,291
2020 9,379,952 145,245,148
2021 9,302,585 144,746,762
2022 9,228,071 144,236,933
2023 9,178,298 143,826,130
2024 9,133,712 143,533,851

Fertility rates in Belarus and Russia

Fertility rate
Belarus

Russia
Year Fertility rate
Belarus Russia
1960 2.67 2.52
1961 2.59 2.45
1962 2.5 2.36
1963 2.4 2.27
1964 2.31 2.18
1965 2.27 2.13
1966 2.29 2.1
1967 2.26 2.04
1968 2.22 1.99
1969 2.26 1.97
1970 2.31 1.99
1971 2.31 2.03
1972 2.28 2.04
1973 2.25 2.01
1974 2.21 2
1975 2.17 1.98
1976 2.12 1.97
1977 2.08 1.95
1978 2.06 1.92
1979 2.05 1.9
1980 2.03 1.89
1981 2.02 1.91
1982 2.05 2.04
1983 2.11 2.11
1984 2.11 2.06
1985 2.09 2.05
1986 2.09 2.15
1987 2.03 2.22
1988 2.03 2.12
1989 2.03 2.01
1990 1.91 1.89
1991 1.81 1.73
1992 1.76 1.55
1993 1.62 1.39
1994 1.53 1.4
1995 1.41 1.34
1996 1.34 1.27
1997 1.25 1.22
1998 1.3 1.23
1999 1.31 1.16
2000 1.32 1.2
2001 1.29 1.22
2002 1.24 1.29
2003 1.23 1.32
2004 1.23 1.34
2005 1.25 1.29
2006 1.34 1.31
2007 1.43 1.42
2008 1.49 1.5
2009 1.51 1.54
2010 1.49 1.57
2011 1.52 1.58
2012 1.62 1.69
2013 1.67 1.71
2014 1.7 1.75
2015 1.72 1.78
2016 1.73 1.76
2017 1.54 1.62
2018 1.45 1.58
2019 1.38 1.5
2020 1.37 1.51
2021 1.37 1.51
2022 1.33 1.42
2023 1.21 1.41

Belarus and Russia demographics compared

Median age
Belarus

Russia
Year Median age, years
Belarus Russia
1960 26.6 27.1
1961 26.9 27.4
1962 27.3 27.7
1963 27.6 28.1
1964 27.9 28.3
1965 28.2 28.6
1966 28.6 28.9
1967 28.9 29.2
1968 29.3 29.8
1969 29.7 30.3
1970 30.1 30.7
1971 30.4 31
1972 30.5 31.1
1973 30.5 31.1
1974 30.5 30.9
1975 30.4 30.7
1976 30.4 30.6
1977 30.6 30.9
1978 30.9 31
1979 31.1 31.1
1980 31.2 31.3
1981 31.2 31.4
1982 31.4 31.6
1983 31.5 31.7
1984 31.7 31.8
1985 31.9 32
1986 32.1 32.2
1987 32.4 32.4
1988 32.6 32.6
1989 32.8 32.9
1990 33 33.2
1991 33.3 33.6
1992 33.6 33.9
1993 33.9 34.4
1994 34.2 34.7
1995 34.6 35
1996 35 35.3
1997 35.4 35.7
1998 35.8 36
1999 36.1 36.3
2000 36.5 36.6
2001 36.8 36.8
2002 37.1 36.9
2003 37.4 37
2004 37.7 37.2
2005 38 37.4
2006 38.3 37.6
2007 38.5 37.7
2008 38.7 37.8
2009 38.8 37.9
2010 38.9 38
2011 39.1 38.1
2012 39.2 38.3
2013 39.3 38.4
2014 39.4 38.6
2015 39.5 38.7
2016 39.7 38.8
2017 39.8 39
2018 40 39.2
2019 40.3 39.4
2020 40.6 39.7
2021 40.9 39.9
2022 41.2 40.1
2023 41.6 40.5
2024 42 40.9

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Belarus Russia
GNI, Atlas method
$75.2B
2024
$2.24T
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
41.3%
2025
37.6%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.95%
2023
4.16%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.8%
2023
5.86%
2023
Armed forces personnel
158,000
2020
1,454,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
+0.24%
2025
-1.01%
2025
Unemployment rate
3.46%
2023
2.43%
2024
Services, % of GDP
49.7%
2024
57.5%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
30.7%
2024
30.7%
2024
Economic freedom index
48.9
2025
51.6
2025
Income share by richest 10%
20.7%
2020
25.1%
2023
Income share by poorest 10%
4.5%
2020
3.1%
2023
Number of millionaires n/a
381,726
2024
Percentage of millionaires n/a
0.34%
2024
Number of billionaires n/a
140
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0.0001%
2025
Listed domestic companies
12
2024
194
2023
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$6.01B
2024
$650B
2023
Total reserves including gold
$8.91B
2024
$597B
2023
Personal remittances received
$1.38B
2024
$1.91B
2024
International tourist arrivals
3,598,000
2020
6,359,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
1.46%
2020
1.3%
2020
Banked people share
81.2%
2017
79.3%
2024

Energy

Belarus Russia
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
2,862 kg
2022
5,601 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$9.93
2022
$7.43
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
54.2 megatons
2023
2,070 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
5.9 tons
2023
14.4 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
86.6%
2022
89.5%
2022
Renewable energy use share
8.2%
2021
3.5%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
7.01%
2022
9.45%
2022
Net energy imports use share
77.1%
2022
-75.1%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita
3,903 kWh
2022
7,184 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
3.15%
2021
19.2%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0.94%
2022
17.3%
2022
Nuclear share
17.3%
2022
19.4%
2022
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Belarus Russia
% of world population
0.11%
2024
1.76%
2024
Annual migration change
-3,119
2024
-178,042
2024
Urban population
81.1%
2024
75.5%
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
5.4 ft
2025
Quality of life index
53.5
2025
48.5
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
33
2024
22
2024
Higher education index
63
2025
84
2025
Homicides per 100K people
2.33
2019
6.8
2021
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
7.6
2019
12
2019
Visa free countries
94
2025
125
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.9%
2019
99.9%
2021
English speaking
12%
2025
4.84%
2023
People using the Internet
94.3%
2024
94.4%
2024

Health

Belarus Russia
Government health expenditure per capita
$529
2022
$1,078
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$146.1
2022
$298.7
2022
Life expectancy
74.8 years
2025
73.5 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.16%
2022
0.05%
2008
Physicians per 1,000 people
4.47
2020
3.83
2020
Age at first childbirth
26.9 years
2021
25.2 years
2013
Maternal mortality per 100K births
1
2023
9
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
2.4
2023
4.5
2023
Obesity rate
22.1%
2022
24.8%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
5.1%
2024
5.9%
2024
Air quality index
70
2025
69
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
30.1%
2022
29.2%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
11.6 liters
2020
10.5 liters
2020

Territory

Belarus Russia
% of world land
0.14%
2025
11%
2025
Land area per capita
8,581 sq mi
2024
44,053 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
31,019 sq mi
2025
832,826 sq mi
2025
Forest area
34,020 sq mi
2025
3,147,937 sq mi
2025
Roads length n/a
981,326 mi
2023

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