The latest officially reported population of Belarus was 9,133,712 in 2024 vs 41,288,599 people in Canada in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Belarus' population is 9,074,112 people compared to 41,972,421 in Canada.
Population statistics:
- Canada's population is 4.63 times bigger than Belarus'.
- Belarus is ranked the 101st most populous country in the world, while Canada is the 38th.
- The countries together account for 0.62% of the world: 0.11% for Belarus vs 0.51% for Canada.
- For the last 10 years, Belarus has had an average growth rate of -0.3% per year vs +1.5% in Canada.
- Since 2005, the population of Belarus has decreased from 9.66M people to 9.07M (6.1% decline), while Canada has grown from 32.2M to 42M (30.2% growth).
- Canada is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 55.7M 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 Canada: live population counter
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| Current population |
9074112
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41972421
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| Population rank | 101/197 | 38/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.11% | 0.51% |
| One net population change |
11.8 minutes
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26.2 seconds
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| One birth every |
8.02 minutes
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1.49 minutes
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| One death every |
4.29 minutes
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1.62 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
2.81 hours
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1.43 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -3,119 | +368,599 |
| Daily growth/decline | -122 | +3,302 |
| Annual growth/decline | -44,586 | +1,205,115 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.49% | +3.01% |
| Population growth rate rank | 185/197 | 15/197 |
Belarus and Canada: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 8,198,000 | 17,909,356 | - | - |
| 1961 | 8,271,216 | 18,271,000 | 0.89% | 2.02% |
| 1962 | 8,351,928 | 18,614,000 | 0.98% | 1.88% |
| 1963 | 8,437,232 | 18,964,000 | 1.02% | 1.88% |
| 1964 | 8,524,224 | 19,325,000 | 1.03% | 1.9% |
| 1965 | 8,610,000 | 19,678,000 | 1.01% | 1.83% |
| 1966 | 8,696,496 | 20,048,000 | 1% | 1.88% |
| 1967 | 8,785,648 | 20,412,000 | 1.03% | 1.82% |
| 1968 | 8,874,552 | 20,744,000 | 1.01% | 1.63% |
| 1969 | 8,960,304 | 21,028,000 | 0.97% | 1.37% |
| 1970 | 9,040,000 | 21,324,000 | 0.89% | 1.41% |
| 1971 | 9,115,576 | 21,962,032 | 0.84% | 2.99% |
| 1972 | 9,188,968 | 22,218,463 | 0.81% | 1.17% |
| 1973 | 9,257,272 | 22,491,777 | 0.74% | 1.23% |
| 1974 | 9,317,584 | 22,807,969 | 0.65% | 1.41% |
| 1975 | 9,367,000 | 23,143,275 | 0.53% | 1.47% |
| 1976 | 9,411,000 | 23,449,808 | 0.47% | 1.32% |
| 1977 | 9,463,000 | 23,725,843 | 0.55% | 1.18% |
| 1978 | 9,525,000 | 23,963,203 | 0.66% | 1% |
| 1979 | 9,584,000 | 24,201,544 | 0.62% | 0.99% |
| 1980 | 9,643,000 | 24,515,667 | 0.62% | 1.3% |
| 1981 | 9,710,000 | 24,819,915 | 0.69% | 1.24% |
| 1982 | 9,776,000 | 25,116,942 | 0.68% | 1.2% |
| 1983 | 9,843,000 | 25,366,451 | 0.69% | 0.99% |
| 1984 | 9,910,000 | 25,607,053 | 0.68% | 0.95% |
| 1985 | 9,975,000 | 25,842,116 | 0.66% | 0.92% |
| 1986 | 10,043,000 | 26,100,278 | 0.68% | 1% |
| 1987 | 10,111,000 | 26,446,601 | 0.68% | 1.33% |
| 1988 | 10,140,000 | 26,791,747 | 0.29% | 1.31% |
| 1989 | 10,170,000 | 27,276,781 | 0.3% | 1.81% |
| 1990 | 10,189,348 | 27,691,138 | 0.19% | 1.52% |
| 1991 | 10,194,050 | 28,037,420 | 0.05% | 1.25% |
| 1992 | 10,216,470 | 28,371,264 | 0.22% | 1.19% |
| 1993 | 10,239,050 | 28,684,764 | 0.22% | 1.1% |
| 1994 | 10,226,955 | 29,000,663 | -0.12% | 1.1% |
| 1995 | 10,193,831 | 29,302,311 | -0.32% | 1.04% |
| 1996 | 10,159,569 | 29,610,218 | -0.34% | 1.05% |
| 1997 | 10,117,433 | 29,905,948 | -0.41% | 1% |
| 1998 | 10,071,963 | 30,155,173 | -0.45% | 0.83% |
| 1999 | 10,026,738 | 30,401,286 | -0.45% | 0.82% |
| 2000 | 9,979,610 | 30,685,730 | -0.47% | 0.94% |
| 2001 | 9,928,549 | 31,020,855 | -0.51% | 1.09% |
| 2002 | 9,865,548 | 31,359,199 | -0.63% | 1.09% |
| 2003 | 9,796,749 | 31,642,461 | -0.7% | 0.9% |
| 2004 | 9,730,146 | 31,938,807 | -0.68% | 0.94% |
| 2005 | 9,663,915 | 32,242,732 | -0.68% | 0.95% |
| 2006 | 9,604,924 | 32,571,193 | -0.61% | 1.02% |
| 2007 | 9,560,953 | 32,888,886 | -0.46% | 0.98% |
| 2008 | 9,527,985 | 33,247,298 | -0.34% | 1.09% |
| 2009 | 9,504,583 | 33,630,069 | -0.25% | 1.15% |
| 2010 | 9,483,836 | 34,005,902 | -0.22% | 1.12% |
| 2011 | 9,461,643 | 34,339,221 | -0.23% | 0.98% |
| 2012 | 9,446,836 | 34,713,395 | -0.16% | 1.09% |
| 2013 | 9,443,211 | 35,080,992 | -0.04% | 1.06% |
| 2014 | 9,448,515 | 35,434,066 | 0.06% | 1.01% |
| 2015 | 9,461,076 | 35,704,498 | 0.13% | 0.76% |
| 2016 | 9,469,379 | 36,110,803 | 0.09% | 1.14% |
| 2017 | 9,458,989 | 36,545,075 | -0.11% | 1.2% |
| 2018 | 9,438,785 | 37,072,620 | -0.21% | 1.44% |
| 2019 | 9,419,758 | 37,618,495 | -0.2% | 1.47% |
| 2020 | 9,379,952 | 38,028,638 | -0.42% | 1.09% |
| 2021 | 9,302,585 | 38,239,864 | -0.82% | 0.56% |
| 2022 | 9,228,071 | 38,935,934 | -0.8% | 1.82% |
| 2023 | 9,178,298 | 40,083,484 | -0.54% | 2.95% |
| 2024 | 9,133,712 | 41,288,599 | -0.49% | 3.01% |
| 2025 | 9,074,112 | 41,687,850 | -0.65% | 0.97% |
| 2026 | 9,013,013 | 42,042,113 | -0.67% | 0.85% |
| 2027 | 8,951,103 | 42,368,857 | -0.69% | 0.78% |
| 2028 | 8,888,816 | 42,683,927 | -0.7% | 0.74% |
| 2029 | 8,825,470 | 42,986,030 | -0.71% | 0.71% |
| 2030 | 8,761,505 | 43,276,190 | -0.72% | 0.68% |
| 2031 | 8,697,799 | 43,559,839 | -0.73% | 0.66% |
| 2032 | 8,634,092 | 43,833,228 | -0.73% | 0.63% |
| 2033 | 8,570,188 | 44,089,067 | -0.74% | 0.58% |
| 2034 | 8,506,564 | 44,336,794 | -0.74% | 0.56% |
| 2035 | 8,443,463 | 44,574,481 | -0.74% | 0.54% |
| 2036 | 8,380,891 | 44,802,196 | -0.74% | 0.51% |
| 2037 | 8,318,818 | 45,029,252 | -0.74% | 0.51% |
| 2038 | 8,256,896 | 45,250,482 | -0.74% | 0.49% |
| 2039 | 8,194,864 | 45,461,809 | -0.75% | 0.47% |
| 2040 | 8,133,047 | 45,661,339 | -0.75% | 0.44% |
| 2041 | 8,071,502 | 45,855,081 | -0.76% | 0.42% |
| 2042 | 8,010,552 | 46,046,286 | -0.76% | 0.42% |
| 2043 | 7,950,255 | 46,232,447 | -0.75% | 0.4% |
| 2044 | 7,889,949 | 46,413,908 | -0.76% | 0.39% |
| 2045 | 7,829,484 | 46,594,973 | -0.77% | 0.39% |
| 2046 | 7,768,823 | 46,768,120 | -0.77% | 0.37% |
| 2047 | 7,707,590 | 46,930,946 | -0.79% | 0.35% |
| 2048 | 7,645,086 | 47,092,745 | -0.81% | 0.34% |
| 2049 | 7,581,407 | 47,246,217 | -0.83% | 0.33% |
| 2050 | 7,516,925 | 47,396,788 | -0.85% | 0.32% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Belarus decreased by 202,839 people (a 2.1% decline), while Canada gained 3,461,766 people (a 10.7% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Belarus lost -386,964 (a 4.09% decline), while Canada's population increased by 6,267,923 (a 17.6% growth).
Belarus was ranked 82nd most populous country in 2005 and is 101st in 2025. Canada was ranked 35th in 2005 and ranked 38th 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 Canada will increase by 12.9% to 47,396,788 people and rank change from 38th to 45th.
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Population differences between Belarus and Canada
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| Life expectancy | 74.8 years | 82.9 years |
| Average age | 41.7 years | 42.1 years |
| Median age | 42 years | 41.5 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 46.6:53.4 | 49.7:50.3 |
| Fertility rate | 1.21 births per woman | 1.26 births per woman |
| Population density | 116.5 ppl/mi² | 12.2 ppl/mi² |
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