The current population of Belarus is 9,074,112 people, as of 2025 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 9,133,712 in 2024.
Population facts:
- For the last 20 years, Belarus has had an average decline rate of -0.31% per year.
- Belarus is ranked 101/197 by population and was ranked 82nd in 2005.
- The UN estimates that Belarus' population is going to decline by -17.2% to 7.52M people by 2050.
- Belarus' population peaked in 1993 at 10.2M people and has been in decline since.
- Since 2005, population has decreased from 9.66M people to 9.07M (-6.1% decline in 20 years).
- Belarus accounts for 0.11% of the world's population.
Belarus population clock
Belarus
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World
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|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
9074112
|
8266870341
|
| Population rank | 101/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 0.11% | N/A |
| One net population change |
11.8 minutes
|
0.41 seconds
|
| One birth every |
8.02 minutes
|
0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
4.29 minutes
|
0.52 seconds
|
| Daily growth/decline | -122 | +211,178 |
| Annual growth/decline | -44,586 | +77,079,845 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.49% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 185/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
2.81 hours
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | -3,119 | N/A |
Belarus population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 8,198,000 | - |
| 1961 | 8,271,216 | 0.89% |
| 1962 | 8,351,928 | 0.98% |
| 1963 | 8,437,232 | 1.02% |
| 1964 | 8,524,224 | 1.03% |
| 1965 | 8,610,000 | 1.01% |
| 1966 | 8,696,496 | 1% |
| 1967 | 8,785,648 | 1.03% |
| 1968 | 8,874,552 | 1.01% |
| 1969 | 8,960,304 | 0.97% |
| 1970 | 9,040,000 | 0.89% |
| 1971 | 9,115,576 | 0.84% |
| 1972 | 9,188,968 | 0.81% |
| 1973 | 9,257,272 | 0.74% |
| 1974 | 9,317,584 | 0.65% |
| 1975 | 9,367,000 | 0.53% |
| 1976 | 9,411,000 | 0.47% |
| 1977 | 9,463,000 | 0.55% |
| 1978 | 9,525,000 | 0.66% |
| 1979 | 9,584,000 | 0.62% |
| 1980 | 9,643,000 | 0.62% |
| 1981 | 9,710,000 | 0.69% |
| 1982 | 9,776,000 | 0.68% |
| 1983 | 9,843,000 | 0.69% |
| 1984 | 9,910,000 | 0.68% |
| 1985 | 9,975,000 | 0.66% |
| 1986 | 10,043,000 | 0.68% |
| 1987 | 10,111,000 | 0.68% |
| 1988 | 10,140,000 | 0.29% |
| 1989 | 10,170,000 | 0.3% |
| 1990 | 10,189,348 | 0.19% |
| 1991 | 10,194,050 | 0.05% |
| 1992 | 10,216,470 | 0.22% |
| 1993 | 10,239,050 | 0.22% |
| 1994 | 10,226,955 | -0.12% |
| 1995 | 10,193,831 | -0.32% |
| 1996 | 10,159,569 | -0.34% |
| 1997 | 10,117,433 | -0.41% |
| 1998 | 10,071,963 | -0.45% |
| 1999 | 10,026,738 | -0.45% |
| 2000 | 9,979,610 | -0.47% |
| 2001 | 9,928,549 | -0.51% |
| 2002 | 9,865,548 | -0.63% |
| 2003 | 9,796,749 | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 9,730,146 | -0.68% |
| 2005 | 9,663,915 | -0.68% |
| 2006 | 9,604,924 | -0.61% |
| 2007 | 9,560,953 | -0.46% |
| 2008 | 9,527,985 | -0.34% |
| 2009 | 9,504,583 | -0.25% |
| 2010 | 9,483,836 | -0.22% |
| 2011 | 9,461,643 | -0.23% |
| 2012 | 9,446,836 | -0.16% |
| 2013 | 9,443,211 | -0.04% |
| 2014 | 9,448,515 | 0.06% |
| 2015 | 9,461,076 | 0.13% |
| 2016 | 9,469,379 | 0.09% |
| 2017 | 9,458,989 | -0.11% |
| 2018 | 9,438,785 | -0.21% |
| 2019 | 9,419,758 | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 9,379,952 | -0.42% |
| 2021 | 9,302,585 | -0.82% |
| 2022 | 9,228,071 | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 9,178,298 | -0.54% |
| 2024 | 9,133,712 | -0.49% |
| 2025 | 9,074,112 | -0.65% |
| 2026 | 9,013,013 | -0.67% |
| 2027 | 8,951,103 | -0.69% |
| 2028 | 8,888,816 | -0.7% |
| 2029 | 8,825,470 | -0.71% |
| 2030 | 8,761,505 | -0.72% |
| 2031 | 8,697,799 | -0.73% |
| 2032 | 8,634,092 | -0.73% |
| 2033 | 8,570,188 | -0.74% |
| 2034 | 8,506,564 | -0.74% |
| 2035 | 8,443,463 | -0.74% |
| 2036 | 8,380,891 | -0.74% |
| 2037 | 8,318,818 | -0.74% |
| 2038 | 8,256,896 | -0.74% |
| 2039 | 8,194,864 | -0.75% |
| 2040 | 8,133,047 | -0.75% |
| 2041 | 8,071,502 | -0.76% |
| 2042 | 8,010,552 | -0.76% |
| 2043 | 7,950,255 | -0.75% |
| 2044 | 7,889,949 | -0.76% |
| 2045 | 7,829,484 | -0.77% |
| 2046 | 7,768,823 | -0.77% |
| 2047 | 7,707,590 | -0.79% |
| 2048 | 7,645,086 | -0.81% |
| 2049 | 7,581,407 | -0.83% |
| 2050 | 7,516,925 | -0.85% |
Belarus has a population of 9.07M as of 2025, compared to 9.46M in 2015, 9.66M in 2005, and 10.2M in 1995.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to decrease by an average of 0.41% per year. Belarus is ranked 179th out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2045) Belarus will have 7,829,484 people (-13.7% decline) with a rank change from 101st to 112th.
By the year 2100, Belarus' population is projected to decline by 51.6% to 4.39M people.
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Belarus population statistics
|
Belarus
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 74.8 years | 73.5 years |
| Average age | 41.7 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 42 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 46.6:53.4 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 1.21 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 116.5 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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