The latest officially reported population of Belarus was 9,132,629 in 2024 vs 462,721 people in Brunei in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Belarus' population is 9,011,944 people compared to 469,802 in Brunei.
Population statistics:
- Belarus' population is 19.2 times bigger than Brunei's.
- Belarus is ranked the 101st most populous country in the world, while Brunei is the 170th.
- The countries together account for 0.11% of the world: 0.11% for Belarus vs 0.006% for Brunei.
- For the last 10 years, Belarus has had an average growth rate of -0.3% per year vs +1.08% in Brunei.
- Since 2006, the population of Belarus has decreased from 9.6M people to 9.01M (6.17% decline), while Brunei has grown from 365K to 470K (28.8% growth).
- Brunei is projected to reach its peak in 2055 at 521K 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 Brunei: live population counter
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| Current population |
9011944
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469802
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| Population rank | 101/197 | 170/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.11% | 0.006% |
| One net population change |
11.5 minutes
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2.32 hours
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| One birth every |
8.02 minutes
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1.4 hours
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| One death every |
4.29 minutes
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3.65 hours
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| One migration net change every |
2.81 hours
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1.07 years
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| Annual migration change | -3,119 | +0 |
| Daily growth/decline | -125 | +10 |
| Annual growth/decline | -45,669 | +3,772 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.5% | +0.82% |
| Population growth rate rank | 187/197 | 115/197 |
Belarus and Brunei: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 8,198,000 | 88,347 | - | - |
| 1961 | 8,271,216 | 92,517 | 0.89% | 4.72% |
| 1962 | 8,351,928 | 96,719 | 0.98% | 4.54% |
| 1963 | 8,437,232 | 101,159 | 1.02% | 4.59% |
| 1964 | 8,524,224 | 105,922 | 1.03% | 4.71% |
| 1965 | 8,610,000 | 110,838 | 1.01% | 4.64% |
| 1966 | 8,696,496 | 115,874 | 1% | 4.54% |
| 1967 | 8,785,648 | 121,017 | 1.03% | 4.44% |
| 1968 | 8,874,552 | 126,222 | 1.01% | 4.3% |
| 1969 | 8,960,304 | 131,446 | 0.97% | 4.14% |
| 1970 | 9,040,000 | 135,138 | 0.89% | 2.81% |
| 1971 | 9,115,576 | 137,921 | 0.84% | 2.06% |
| 1972 | 9,188,968 | 142,189 | 0.81% | 3.09% |
| 1973 | 9,257,272 | 147,369 | 0.74% | 3.64% |
| 1974 | 9,317,584 | 152,656 | 0.65% | 3.59% |
| 1975 | 9,367,000 | 158,070 | 0.53% | 3.55% |
| 1976 | 9,411,000 | 163,607 | 0.47% | 3.5% |
| 1977 | 9,463,000 | 169,277 | 0.55% | 3.47% |
| 1978 | 9,525,000 | 174,884 | 0.66% | 3.31% |
| 1979 | 9,584,000 | 180,422 | 0.62% | 3.17% |
| 1980 | 9,643,000 | 186,111 | 0.62% | 3.15% |
| 1981 | 9,710,000 | 191,977 | 0.69% | 3.15% |
| 1982 | 9,776,000 | 198,165 | 0.68% | 3.22% |
| 1983 | 9,843,000 | 204,741 | 0.69% | 3.32% |
| 1984 | 9,910,000 | 211,661 | 0.68% | 3.38% |
| 1985 | 9,975,000 | 218,919 | 0.66% | 3.43% |
| 1986 | 10,043,000 | 226,495 | 0.68% | 3.46% |
| 1987 | 10,111,000 | 233,860 | 0.68% | 3.25% |
| 1988 | 10,140,000 | 240,913 | 0.29% | 3.02% |
| 1989 | 10,170,000 | 248,064 | 0.3% | 2.97% |
| 1990 | 10,189,348 | 255,292 | 0.19% | 2.91% |
| 1991 | 10,194,050 | 262,596 | 0.05% | 2.86% |
| 1992 | 10,216,470 | 269,839 | 0.22% | 2.76% |
| 1993 | 10,239,050 | 276,971 | 0.22% | 2.64% |
| 1994 | 10,226,955 | 284,091 | -0.12% | 2.57% |
| 1995 | 10,193,831 | 291,195 | -0.32% | 2.5% |
| 1996 | 10,159,569 | 298,276 | -0.34% | 2.43% |
| 1997 | 10,117,433 | 305,341 | -0.41% | 2.37% |
| 1998 | 10,071,963 | 312,385 | -0.45% | 2.31% |
| 1999 | 10,026,738 | 319,411 | -0.45% | 2.25% |
| 2000 | 9,979,610 | 326,424 | -0.47% | 2.2% |
| 2001 | 9,928,549 | 333,345 | -0.51% | 2.12% |
| 2002 | 9,865,548 | 340,099 | -0.63% | 2.03% |
| 2003 | 9,796,749 | 346,637 | -0.7% | 1.92% |
| 2004 | 9,730,146 | 352,911 | -0.68% | 1.81% |
| 2005 | 9,663,915 | 358,916 | -0.68% | 1.7% |
| 2006 | 9,604,924 | 364,663 | -0.61% | 1.6% |
| 2007 | 9,560,953 | 370,873 | -0.46% | 1.7% |
| 2008 | 9,527,985 | 377,793 | -0.34% | 1.87% |
| 2009 | 9,504,583 | 384,952 | -0.25% | 1.89% |
| 2010 | 9,483,836 | 392,332 | -0.22% | 1.92% |
| 2011 | 9,461,643 | 399,389 | -0.23% | 1.8% |
| 2012 | 9,446,836 | 405,557 | -0.16% | 1.54% |
| 2013 | 9,443,211 | 411,202 | -0.04% | 1.39% |
| 2014 | 9,448,515 | 416,750 | 0.06% | 1.35% |
| 2015 | 9,461,076 | 422,212 | 0.13% | 1.31% |
| 2016 | 9,469,379 | 427,564 | 0.09% | 1.27% |
| 2017 | 9,458,989 | 432,772 | -0.11% | 1.22% |
| 2018 | 9,438,785 | 437,810 | -0.21% | 1.16% |
| 2019 | 9,419,758 | 442,680 | -0.2% | 1.11% |
| 2020 | 9,379,952 | 447,404 | -0.42% | 1.07% |
| 2021 | 9,302,585 | 451,721 | -0.82% | 0.96% |
| 2022 | 9,228,071 | 455,370 | -0.8% | 0.81% |
| 2023 | 9,178,298 | 458,949 | -0.54% | 0.79% |
| 2024 | 9,132,629 | 462,721 | -0.5% | 0.82% |
| 2025 | 9,073,036 | 466,324 | -0.65% | 0.78% |
| 2026 | 9,011,944 | 469,766 | -0.67% | 0.74% |
| 2027 | 8,950,041 | 473,148 | -0.69% | 0.72% |
| 2028 | 8,887,762 | 476,428 | -0.7% | 0.69% |
| 2029 | 8,824,424 | 479,491 | -0.71% | 0.64% |
| 2030 | 8,760,466 | 482,438 | -0.72% | 0.61% |
| 2031 | 8,696,768 | 485,308 | -0.73% | 0.59% |
| 2032 | 8,633,068 | 487,943 | -0.73% | 0.54% |
| 2033 | 8,569,172 | 490,424 | -0.74% | 0.51% |
| 2034 | 8,505,555 | 492,887 | -0.74% | 0.5% |
| 2035 | 8,442,461 | 495,286 | -0.74% | 0.49% |
| 2036 | 8,379,897 | 497,544 | -0.74% | 0.46% |
| 2037 | 8,317,831 | 499,693 | -0.74% | 0.43% |
| 2038 | 8,255,917 | 501,910 | -0.74% | 0.44% |
| 2039 | 8,193,893 | 504,061 | -0.75% | 0.43% |
| 2040 | 8,132,083 | 505,968 | -0.75% | 0.38% |
| 2041 | 8,070,545 | 507,800 | -0.76% | 0.36% |
| 2042 | 8,009,602 | 509,531 | -0.76% | 0.34% |
| 2043 | 7,949,312 | 511,124 | -0.75% | 0.31% |
| 2044 | 7,889,014 | 512,586 | -0.76% | 0.29% |
| 2045 | 7,828,555 | 514,047 | -0.77% | 0.29% |
| 2046 | 7,767,902 | 515,409 | -0.77% | 0.26% |
| 2047 | 7,706,676 | 516,596 | -0.79% | 0.23% |
| 2048 | 7,644,179 | 517,693 | -0.81% | 0.21% |
| 2049 | 7,580,508 | 518,684 | -0.83% | 0.19% |
| 2050 | 7,516,034 | 519,542 | -0.85% | 0.17% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Belarus decreased by 135,545 people (a 1.41% decline), while Brunei gained 62,901 people (a 17.2% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Belarus lost -457,435 (a 4.83% decline), while Brunei's population increased by 42,238 (a 9.88% growth).
Belarus was ranked 82nd most populous country in 2006 and is 101st in 2026. Brunei was ranked 169th in 2006 and ranked 170th 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 Brunei will increase by 10.6% to 519,542 people and rank change from 170th to 171st.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Minsk | 2M |
| Gomel | 501K |
| Grodno | 364K |
| Vitebsk | 359K |
| Mogilev | 353K |
| Brest | 346K |
| Babruysk | 206K |
| Baranavichy | 171K |
| Barysaw | 135K |
| Pinsk | 124K |
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| City | Population |
| Kuala Belait | 70K |
| Bandar Seri Begawan | 50K |
| Seria | 13.1K |
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Population differences between Belarus and Brunei
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| Life expectancy | 75 years | 75.8 years |
| Average age | 41.7 years | 33.9 years |
| Median age | 42 years | 33.2 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 46.6:53.4 | 53.1:46.9 |
| Fertility rate | 1.21 births per woman | 1.75 births per woman |
| Population density | 116.5 ppl/mi² | 227.4 ppl/mi² |
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