The latest officially reported population of Belarus was 9,132,629 in 2024 vs 1,408,975,000 people in China in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Belarus' population is 9,011,944 people compared to 1,402,614,510 in China.
Population statistics:
- China's population is 155.6 times bigger than Belarus'.
- Belarus is ranked the 101st most populous country in the world, while China is the 2nd.
- The countries together account for 17% of the world: 0.11% for Belarus vs 16.9% for China.
- For the last 10 years, Belarus has had an average growth rate of -0.3% per year vs +0.3% in China.
- Since 2006, the population of Belarus has decreased from 9.6M people to 9.01M (6.17% decline), while China has grown from 1.31B to 1.4B (6.99% growth).
- Both countries are in a period of decline and in 50 years are projected to lose 36.8% of the population in Belarus and 34.8% in China.
Belarus vs China: live population counter
Belarus
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China
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|---|---|---|
| Current population |
9011944
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1402614510
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| Population rank | 101/197 | 2/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.11% | 16.9% |
| One net population change |
11.5 minutes
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18.2 seconds
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| One birth every |
8.02 minutes
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3.5 seconds
|
| One death every |
4.29 minutes
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2.84 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
2.81 hours
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1.65 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -3,119 | -318,992 |
| Daily growth/decline | -125 | -4,753 |
| Annual growth/decline | -45,669 | -1,735,000 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.5% | -0.12% |
| Population growth rate rank | 187/197 | 174/197 |
Belarus and China: population history and growth rate by year chart
Belarus
Population
Growth rate
China
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Belarus
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China
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Belarus
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China
|
|
| 1960 | 8,198,000 | 667,070,000 | - | - |
| 1961 | 8,271,216 | 660,330,000 | 0.89% | -1.01% |
| 1962 | 8,351,928 | 665,770,000 | 0.98% | 0.82% |
| 1963 | 8,437,232 | 682,335,000 | 1.02% | 2.49% |
| 1964 | 8,524,224 | 698,355,000 | 1.03% | 2.35% |
| 1965 | 8,610,000 | 715,185,000 | 1.01% | 2.41% |
| 1966 | 8,696,496 | 735,400,000 | 1% | 2.83% |
| 1967 | 8,785,648 | 754,550,000 | 1.03% | 2.6% |
| 1968 | 8,874,552 | 774,510,000 | 1.01% | 2.65% |
| 1969 | 8,960,304 | 796,025,000 | 0.97% | 2.78% |
| 1970 | 9,040,000 | 818,315,000 | 0.89% | 2.8% |
| 1971 | 9,115,576 | 841,105,000 | 0.84% | 2.78% |
| 1972 | 9,188,968 | 862,030,000 | 0.81% | 2.49% |
| 1973 | 9,257,272 | 881,940,000 | 0.74% | 2.31% |
| 1974 | 9,317,584 | 900,350,000 | 0.65% | 2.09% |
| 1975 | 9,367,000 | 916,395,000 | 0.53% | 1.78% |
| 1976 | 9,411,000 | 930,685,000 | 0.47% | 1.56% |
| 1977 | 9,463,000 | 943,455,000 | 0.55% | 1.37% |
| 1978 | 9,525,000 | 956,165,000 | 0.66% | 1.35% |
| 1979 | 9,584,000 | 969,005,000 | 0.62% | 1.34% |
| 1980 | 9,643,000 | 981,235,000 | 0.62% | 1.26% |
| 1981 | 9,710,000 | 993,885,000 | 0.69% | 1.29% |
| 1982 | 9,776,000 | 1,008,630,000 | 0.68% | 1.48% |
| 1983 | 9,843,000 | 1,023,310,000 | 0.69% | 1.46% |
| 1984 | 9,910,000 | 1,036,825,000 | 0.68% | 1.32% |
| 1985 | 9,975,000 | 1,051,040,000 | 0.66% | 1.37% |
| 1986 | 10,043,000 | 1,066,790,000 | 0.68% | 1.5% |
| 1987 | 10,111,000 | 1,084,035,000 | 0.68% | 1.62% |
| 1988 | 10,140,000 | 1,101,630,000 | 0.29% | 1.62% |
| 1989 | 10,170,000 | 1,118,650,000 | 0.3% | 1.54% |
| 1990 | 10,189,348 | 1,135,185,000 | 0.19% | 1.48% |
| 1991 | 10,194,050 | 1,150,780,000 | 0.05% | 1.37% |
| 1992 | 10,216,470 | 1,164,970,000 | 0.22% | 1.23% |
| 1993 | 10,239,050 | 1,178,440,000 | 0.22% | 1.16% |
| 1994 | 10,226,955 | 1,191,835,000 | -0.12% | 1.14% |
| 1995 | 10,193,831 | 1,204,855,000 | -0.32% | 1.09% |
| 1996 | 10,159,569 | 1,217,550,000 | -0.34% | 1.05% |
| 1997 | 10,117,433 | 1,230,075,000 | -0.41% | 1.03% |
| 1998 | 10,071,963 | 1,241,935,000 | -0.45% | 0.96% |
| 1999 | 10,026,738 | 1,252,735,000 | -0.45% | 0.87% |
| 2000 | 9,979,610 | 1,262,645,000 | -0.47% | 0.79% |
| 2001 | 9,928,549 | 1,271,850,000 | -0.51% | 0.73% |
| 2002 | 9,865,548 | 1,280,400,000 | -0.63% | 0.67% |
| 2003 | 9,796,749 | 1,288,400,000 | -0.7% | 0.62% |
| 2004 | 9,730,146 | 1,296,075,000 | -0.68% | 0.6% |
| 2005 | 9,663,915 | 1,303,720,000 | -0.68% | 0.59% |
| 2006 | 9,604,924 | 1,311,020,000 | -0.61% | 0.56% |
| 2007 | 9,560,953 | 1,317,885,000 | -0.46% | 0.52% |
| 2008 | 9,527,985 | 1,324,655,000 | -0.34% | 0.51% |
| 2009 | 9,504,583 | 1,331,260,000 | -0.25% | 0.5% |
| 2010 | 9,483,836 | 1,337,705,000 | -0.22% | 0.48% |
| 2011 | 9,461,643 | 1,345,035,000 | -0.23% | 0.55% |
| 2012 | 9,446,836 | 1,354,190,000 | -0.16% | 0.68% |
| 2013 | 9,443,211 | 1,363,240,000 | -0.04% | 0.67% |
| 2014 | 9,448,515 | 1,371,860,000 | 0.06% | 0.63% |
| 2015 | 9,461,076 | 1,379,860,000 | 0.13% | 0.58% |
| 2016 | 9,469,379 | 1,387,790,000 | 0.09% | 0.57% |
| 2017 | 9,458,989 | 1,396,215,000 | -0.11% | 0.61% |
| 2018 | 9,438,785 | 1,402,760,000 | -0.21% | 0.47% |
| 2019 | 9,419,758 | 1,407,745,000 | -0.2% | 0.36% |
| 2020 | 9,379,952 | 1,411,100,000 | -0.42% | 0.24% |
| 2021 | 9,302,585 | 1,412,360,000 | -0.82% | 0.09% |
| 2022 | 9,228,071 | 1,412,175,000 | -0.8% | -0.01% |
| 2023 | 9,178,298 | 1,410,710,000 | -0.54% | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 9,132,629 | 1,408,975,000 | -0.5% | -0.12% |
| 2025 | 9,073,036 | 1,405,773,318 | -0.65% | -0.23% |
| 2026 | 9,011,944 | 1,402,614,510 | -0.67% | -0.22% |
| 2027 | 8,950,041 | 1,399,403,406 | -0.69% | -0.23% |
| 2028 | 8,887,762 | 1,395,886,569 | -0.7% | -0.25% |
| 2029 | 8,824,424 | 1,392,060,666 | -0.71% | -0.27% |
| 2030 | 8,760,466 | 1,387,961,846 | -0.72% | -0.29% |
| 2031 | 8,696,768 | 1,383,588,794 | -0.73% | -0.32% |
| 2032 | 8,633,068 | 1,378,934,346 | -0.73% | -0.34% |
| 2033 | 8,569,172 | 1,374,007,012 | -0.74% | -0.36% |
| 2034 | 8,505,555 | 1,368,825,481 | -0.74% | -0.38% |
| 2035 | 8,442,461 | 1,363,415,793 | -0.74% | -0.4% |
| 2036 | 8,379,897 | 1,357,772,486 | -0.74% | -0.41% |
| 2037 | 8,317,831 | 1,351,902,859 | -0.74% | -0.43% |
| 2038 | 8,255,917 | 1,345,840,038 | -0.74% | -0.45% |
| 2039 | 8,193,893 | 1,339,558,174 | -0.75% | -0.47% |
| 2040 | 8,132,083 | 1,333,028,062 | -0.75% | -0.49% |
| 2041 | 8,070,545 | 1,326,251,398 | -0.76% | -0.51% |
| 2042 | 8,009,602 | 1,319,222,019 | -0.76% | -0.53% |
| 2043 | 7,949,312 | 1,311,956,934 | -0.75% | -0.55% |
| 2044 | 7,889,014 | 1,304,437,340 | -0.76% | -0.57% |
| 2045 | 7,828,555 | 1,296,592,737 | -0.77% | -0.6% |
| 2046 | 7,767,902 | 1,288,357,014 | -0.77% | -0.64% |
| 2047 | 7,706,676 | 1,279,723,262 | -0.79% | -0.67% |
| 2048 | 7,644,179 | 1,270,661,954 | -0.81% | -0.71% |
| 2049 | 7,580,508 | 1,261,120,581 | -0.83% | -0.75% |
| 2050 | 7,516,034 | 1,251,102,086 | -0.85% | -0.79% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Belarus decreased by 135,545 people (a 1.41% decline), while China gained 76,770,000 people (a 5.86% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Belarus lost -457,435 (a 4.83% decline), while China's population increased by 14,824,510 (a 1.07% growth).
Belarus was ranked 82nd most populous country in 2006 and is 101st in 2026. China was ranked 1st in 2006 and ranked 2nd 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 China will decrease by 10.8% to 1,251,102,086 people and will still be ranked 2nd.
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Population differences between Belarus and China
|
Belarus
|
China
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 75 years | 79 years |
| Average age | 41.7 years | 40.5 years |
| Median age | 42 years | 40.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 46.6:53.4 | 50.9:49.1 |
| Fertility rate | 1.21 births per woman | 1 births per woman |
| Population density | 116.5 ppl/mi² | 389 ppl/mi² |
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