The latest officially reported population of Belarus was 9,132,629 in 2024 vs 11,858,610 people in Belgium in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Belarus' population is 9,011,944 people compared to 11,895,018 in Belgium.
Population statistics:
- Belgium's population is 1.32 times bigger than Belarus'.
- Belarus is ranked the 101st most populous country in the world, while Belgium is the 83rd.
- The countries together account for 0.25% of the world: 0.11% for Belarus vs 0.14% for Belgium.
- For the last 10 years, Belarus has had an average growth rate of -0.3% per year vs +0.55% in Belgium.
- Since 2006, the population of Belarus has decreased from 9.6M people to 9.01M (6.17% decline), while Belgium has grown from 10.5M to 11.9M (12.8% growth).
- Belgium is projected to reach its peak in 2044 at 12M people, while Belarus' population already peaked in 1993 at 10.2M people and is projected to decrease to 4.39M people by 2100.
Belarus vs Belgium: live population counter
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| Current population |
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11895018
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| Population rank | 101/197 | 83/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.11% | 0.14% |
| One net population change |
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6.68 minutes
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| One birth every |
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| One death every |
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| One migration net change every |
2.81 hours
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| Annual migration change | -3,119 | +36,243 |
| Daily growth/decline | -125 | +216 |
| Annual growth/decline | -45,669 | +78,664 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.5% | +0.67% |
| Population growth rate rank | 187/197 | 120/197 |
Belarus and Belgium: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 8,198,000 | 9,153,489 | - | - |
| 1961 | 8,271,216 | 9,183,948 | 0.89% | 0.33% |
| 1962 | 8,351,928 | 9,220,578 | 0.98% | 0.4% |
| 1963 | 8,437,232 | 9,289,770 | 1.02% | 0.75% |
| 1964 | 8,524,224 | 9,378,113 | 1.03% | 0.95% |
| 1965 | 8,610,000 | 9,463,667 | 1.01% | 0.91% |
| 1966 | 8,696,496 | 9,527,807 | 1% | 0.68% |
| 1967 | 8,785,648 | 9,580,991 | 1.03% | 0.56% |
| 1968 | 8,874,552 | 9,618,756 | 1.01% | 0.39% |
| 1969 | 8,960,304 | 9,646,032 | 0.97% | 0.28% |
| 1970 | 9,040,000 | 9,655,549 | 0.89% | 0.1% |
| 1971 | 9,115,576 | 9,673,162 | 0.84% | 0.18% |
| 1972 | 9,188,968 | 9,711,115 | 0.81% | 0.39% |
| 1973 | 9,257,272 | 9,741,720 | 0.74% | 0.32% |
| 1974 | 9,317,584 | 9,772,419 | 0.65% | 0.32% |
| 1975 | 9,367,000 | 9,800,700 | 0.53% | 0.29% |
| 1976 | 9,411,000 | 9,818,227 | 0.47% | 0.18% |
| 1977 | 9,463,000 | 9,830,358 | 0.55% | 0.12% |
| 1978 | 9,525,000 | 9,839,534 | 0.66% | 0.09% |
| 1979 | 9,584,000 | 9,848,382 | 0.62% | 0.09% |
| 1980 | 9,643,000 | 9,859,242 | 0.62% | 0.11% |
| 1981 | 9,710,000 | 9,858,982 | 0.69% | -0.003% |
| 1982 | 9,776,000 | 9,856,303 | 0.68% | -0.03% |
| 1983 | 9,843,000 | 9,855,520 | 0.69% | -0.008% |
| 1984 | 9,910,000 | 9,855,372 | 0.68% | -0.002% |
| 1985 | 9,975,000 | 9,858,308 | 0.66% | 0.03% |
| 1986 | 10,043,000 | 9,861,823 | 0.68% | 0.04% |
| 1987 | 10,111,000 | 9,870,234 | 0.68% | 0.09% |
| 1988 | 10,140,000 | 9,901,664 | 0.29% | 0.32% |
| 1989 | 10,170,000 | 9,937,697 | 0.3% | 0.36% |
| 1990 | 10,189,348 | 9,967,379 | 0.19% | 0.3% |
| 1991 | 10,194,050 | 10,004,486 | 0.05% | 0.37% |
| 1992 | 10,216,470 | 10,045,158 | 0.22% | 0.41% |
| 1993 | 10,239,050 | 10,084,475 | 0.22% | 0.39% |
| 1994 | 10,226,955 | 10,115,603 | -0.12% | 0.31% |
| 1995 | 10,193,831 | 10,136,811 | -0.32% | 0.21% |
| 1996 | 10,159,569 | 10,156,637 | -0.34% | 0.2% |
| 1997 | 10,117,433 | 10,181,245 | -0.41% | 0.24% |
| 1998 | 10,071,963 | 10,203,008 | -0.45% | 0.21% |
| 1999 | 10,026,738 | 10,226,419 | -0.45% | 0.23% |
| 2000 | 9,979,610 | 10,251,250 | -0.47% | 0.24% |
| 2001 | 9,928,549 | 10,286,570 | -0.51% | 0.34% |
| 2002 | 9,865,548 | 10,332,785 | -0.63% | 0.45% |
| 2003 | 9,796,749 | 10,376,133 | -0.7% | 0.42% |
| 2004 | 9,730,146 | 10,421,137 | -0.68% | 0.43% |
| 2005 | 9,663,915 | 10,478,617 | -0.68% | 0.55% |
| 2006 | 9,604,924 | 10,547,958 | -0.61% | 0.66% |
| 2007 | 9,560,953 | 10,625,700 | -0.46% | 0.74% |
| 2008 | 9,527,985 | 10,709,973 | -0.34% | 0.79% |
| 2009 | 9,504,583 | 10,796,493 | -0.25% | 0.81% |
| 2010 | 9,483,836 | 10,895,586 | -0.22% | 0.92% |
| 2011 | 9,461,643 | 11,038,264 | -0.23% | 1.31% |
| 2012 | 9,446,836 | 11,106,932 | -0.16% | 0.62% |
| 2013 | 9,443,211 | 11,159,407 | -0.04% | 0.47% |
| 2014 | 9,448,515 | 11,209,057 | 0.06% | 0.44% |
| 2015 | 9,461,076 | 11,274,196 | 0.13% | 0.58% |
| 2016 | 9,469,379 | 11,331,422 | 0.09% | 0.51% |
| 2017 | 9,458,989 | 11,375,158 | -0.11% | 0.39% |
| 2018 | 9,438,785 | 11,427,054 | -0.21% | 0.46% |
| 2019 | 9,419,758 | 11,488,980 | -0.2% | 0.54% |
| 2020 | 9,379,952 | 11,538,604 | -0.42% | 0.43% |
| 2021 | 9,302,585 | 11,586,195 | -0.82% | 0.41% |
| 2022 | 9,228,071 | 11,680,210 | -0.8% | 0.81% |
| 2023 | 9,178,298 | 11,779,946 | -0.54% | 0.85% |
| 2024 | 9,132,629 | 11,858,610 | -0.5% | 0.67% |
| 2025 | 9,073,036 | 11,878,653 | -0.65% | 0.17% |
| 2026 | 9,011,944 | 11,894,864 | -0.67% | 0.14% |
| 2027 | 8,950,041 | 11,909,001 | -0.69% | 0.12% |
| 2028 | 8,887,762 | 11,922,115 | -0.7% | 0.11% |
| 2029 | 8,824,424 | 11,934,272 | -0.71% | 0.1% |
| 2030 | 8,760,466 | 11,944,861 | -0.72% | 0.09% |
| 2031 | 8,696,768 | 11,953,823 | -0.73% | 0.08% |
| 2032 | 8,633,068 | 11,962,020 | -0.73% | 0.07% |
| 2033 | 8,569,172 | 11,970,216 | -0.74% | 0.07% |
| 2034 | 8,505,555 | 11,977,922 | -0.74% | 0.06% |
| 2035 | 8,442,461 | 11,984,704 | -0.74% | 0.06% |
| 2036 | 8,379,897 | 11,991,147 | -0.74% | 0.05% |
| 2037 | 8,317,831 | 11,997,789 | -0.74% | 0.06% |
| 2038 | 8,255,917 | 12,004,230 | -0.74% | 0.05% |
| 2039 | 8,193,893 | 12,009,488 | -0.75% | 0.04% |
| 2040 | 8,132,083 | 12,013,619 | -0.75% | 0.03% |
| 2041 | 8,070,545 | 12,017,411 | -0.76% | 0.03% |
| 2042 | 8,009,602 | 12,020,456 | -0.76% | 0.03% |
| 2043 | 7,949,312 | 12,022,156 | -0.75% | 0.01% |
| 2044 | 7,889,014 | 12,023,061 | -0.76% | 0.008% |
| 2045 | 7,828,555 | 12,022,487 | -0.77% | -0.005% |
| 2046 | 7,767,902 | 12,020,034 | -0.77% | -0.02% |
| 2047 | 7,706,676 | 12,015,998 | -0.79% | -0.03% |
| 2048 | 7,644,179 | 12,010,009 | -0.81% | -0.05% |
| 2049 | 7,580,508 | 12,001,950 | -0.83% | -0.07% |
| 2050 | 7,516,034 | 11,992,103 | -0.85% | -0.08% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Belarus decreased by 135,545 people (a 1.41% decline), while Belgium gained 783,464 people (a 7.43% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Belarus lost -457,435 (a 4.83% decline), while Belgium's population increased by 563,596 (a 4.97% growth).
Belarus was ranked 82nd most populous country in 2006 and is 101st in 2026. Belgium was ranked 77th in 2006 and ranked 83rd now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Belarus' population will shrink by 16.6% to 7,516,034 people with a rank change from 101st to 114th. The population of Belgium will increase by 0.82% to 11,992,103 people and rank change from 83rd to 92nd.
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Population differences between Belarus and Belgium
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| Life expectancy | 75 years | 82.6 years |
| Average age | 41.7 years | 42.5 years |
| Median age | 42 years | 42.7 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 46.6:53.4 | 49.3:50.7 |
| Fertility rate | 1.21 births per woman | 1.47 births per woman |
| Population density | 116.5 ppl/mi² | 1,007 ppl/mi² |
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