The latest officially reported population of Belarus was 9,133,712 in 2024 vs 462,721 people in Brunei in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Belarus' population is 9,074,112 people compared to 469,088 in Brunei.
Population statistics:
- Belarus' population is 19.3 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 0.12% 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 2005, the population of Belarus has decreased from 9.66M people to 9.07M (6.1% decline), while Brunei has grown from 359K to 469K (30.7% 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 |
9074112
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469088
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| Population rank | 101/197 | 170/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.11% | 0.006% |
| One net population change |
11.8 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 | -122 | +10 |
| Annual growth/decline | -44,586 | +3,772 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.49% | +0.82% |
| Population growth rate rank | 185/197 | 116/197 |
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 | 9,133,712 | 462,721 | -0.49% | 0.82% |
| 2025 | 9,074,112 | 466,324 | -0.65% | 0.78% |
| 2026 | 9,013,013 | 469,766 | -0.67% | 0.74% |
| 2027 | 8,951,103 | 473,148 | -0.69% | 0.72% |
| 2028 | 8,888,816 | 476,428 | -0.7% | 0.69% |
| 2029 | 8,825,470 | 479,491 | -0.71% | 0.64% |
| 2030 | 8,761,505 | 482,438 | -0.72% | 0.61% |
| 2031 | 8,697,799 | 485,308 | -0.73% | 0.59% |
| 2032 | 8,634,092 | 487,943 | -0.73% | 0.54% |
| 2033 | 8,570,188 | 490,424 | -0.74% | 0.51% |
| 2034 | 8,506,564 | 492,887 | -0.74% | 0.5% |
| 2035 | 8,443,463 | 495,286 | -0.74% | 0.49% |
| 2036 | 8,380,891 | 497,544 | -0.74% | 0.46% |
| 2037 | 8,318,818 | 499,693 | -0.74% | 0.43% |
| 2038 | 8,256,896 | 501,910 | -0.74% | 0.44% |
| 2039 | 8,194,864 | 504,061 | -0.75% | 0.43% |
| 2040 | 8,133,047 | 505,968 | -0.75% | 0.38% |
| 2041 | 8,071,502 | 507,800 | -0.76% | 0.36% |
| 2042 | 8,010,552 | 509,531 | -0.76% | 0.34% |
| 2043 | 7,950,255 | 511,124 | -0.75% | 0.31% |
| 2044 | 7,889,949 | 512,586 | -0.76% | 0.29% |
| 2045 | 7,829,484 | 514,047 | -0.77% | 0.29% |
| 2046 | 7,768,823 | 515,409 | -0.77% | 0.26% |
| 2047 | 7,707,590 | 516,596 | -0.79% | 0.23% |
| 2048 | 7,645,086 | 517,693 | -0.81% | 0.21% |
| 2049 | 7,581,407 | 518,684 | -0.83% | 0.19% |
| 2050 | 7,516,925 | 519,542 | -0.85% | 0.17% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Belarus decreased by 202,839 people (a 2.1% decline), while Brunei gained 63,296 people (a 17.6% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Belarus lost -386,964 (a 4.09% decline), while Brunei's population increased by 46,876 (a 11.1% growth).
Belarus was ranked 82nd most populous country in 2005 and is 101st in 2025. Brunei was ranked 169th in 2005 and ranked 170th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Belarus' population will shrink by 17.2% to 7,516,925 people with a rank change from 101st to 114th. The population of Brunei will increase by 10.8% 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 | 74.8 years | 75.7 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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