The latest officially reported population of Belarus was 9,132,629 in 2024 vs 10,905,028 people in the Czech Republic in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Belarus' population is 9,011,944 people compared to 10,693,675 in the Czech Republic.
Population statistics:
- The Czech Republic's population is 1.19 times bigger than Belarus'.
- Belarus is ranked the 101st most populous country in the world, while the Czech Republic is the 91st.
- The countries together account for 0.24% of the world: 0.11% for Belarus vs 0.13% for the Czech Republic.
- For the last 10 years, Belarus has had an average growth rate of -0.3% per year vs +0.34% in the Czech Republic.
- Since 2006, the population of Belarus has decreased from 9.6M people to 9.01M (6.17% decline), while the Czech Republic has grown from 10.2M to 10.7M (4.44% 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 16.9% in the Czech Republic.
Belarus vs Czech Republic: live population counter
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| Current population |
9011944
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10693675
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| Population rank | 101/197 | 91/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| One net population change |
11.5 minutes
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12.8 minutes
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| One birth every |
8.02 minutes
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5.76 minutes
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| One death every |
4.29 minutes
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4.65 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
2.81 hours
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| Annual migration change | -3,119 | -86,169 |
| Daily growth/decline | -125 | +112 |
| Annual growth/decline | -45,669 | +40,986 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.5% | +0.38% |
| Population growth rate rank | 187/197 | 142/197 |
Belarus and the Czech Republic: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 8,198,000 | 9,602,006 | - | - |
| 1961 | 8,271,216 | 9,586,651 | 0.89% | -0.16% |
| 1962 | 8,351,928 | 9,624,660 | 0.98% | 0.4% |
| 1963 | 8,437,232 | 9,670,685 | 1.02% | 0.48% |
| 1964 | 8,524,224 | 9,727,804 | 1.03% | 0.59% |
| 1965 | 8,610,000 | 9,779,358 | 1.01% | 0.53% |
| 1966 | 8,696,496 | 9,821,040 | 1% | 0.43% |
| 1967 | 8,785,648 | 9,852,899 | 1.03% | 0.32% |
| 1968 | 8,874,552 | 9,876,346 | 1.01% | 0.24% |
| 1969 | 8,960,304 | 9,896,580 | 0.97% | 0.2% |
| 1970 | 9,040,000 | 9,858,071 | 0.89% | -0.39% |
| 1971 | 9,115,576 | 9,826,815 | 0.84% | -0.32% |
| 1972 | 9,188,968 | 9,867,632 | 0.81% | 0.42% |
| 1973 | 9,257,272 | 9,922,266 | 0.74% | 0.55% |
| 1974 | 9,317,584 | 9,988,459 | 0.65% | 0.67% |
| 1975 | 9,367,000 | 10,058,620 | 0.53% | 0.7% |
| 1976 | 9,411,000 | 10,125,939 | 0.47% | 0.67% |
| 1977 | 9,463,000 | 10,186,755 | 0.55% | 0.6% |
| 1978 | 9,525,000 | 10,242,098 | 0.66% | 0.54% |
| 1979 | 9,584,000 | 10,292,341 | 0.62% | 0.49% |
| 1980 | 9,643,000 | 10,304,193 | 0.62% | 0.12% |
| 1981 | 9,710,000 | 10,300,591 | 0.69% | -0.03% |
| 1982 | 9,776,000 | 10,314,826 | 0.68% | 0.14% |
| 1983 | 9,843,000 | 10,323,856 | 0.69% | 0.09% |
| 1984 | 9,910,000 | 10,330,213 | 0.68% | 0.06% |
| 1985 | 9,975,000 | 10,337,118 | 0.66% | 0.07% |
| 1986 | 10,043,000 | 10,342,227 | 0.68% | 0.05% |
| 1987 | 10,111,000 | 10,347,318 | 0.68% | 0.05% |
| 1988 | 10,140,000 | 10,355,276 | 0.29% | 0.08% |
| 1989 | 10,170,000 | 10,361,068 | 0.3% | 0.06% |
| 1990 | 10,189,348 | 10,333,355 | 0.19% | -0.27% |
| 1991 | 10,194,050 | 10,308,578 | 0.05% | -0.24% |
| 1992 | 10,216,470 | 10,319,123 | 0.22% | 0.1% |
| 1993 | 10,239,050 | 10,329,855 | 0.22% | 0.1% |
| 1994 | 10,226,955 | 10,333,587 | -0.12% | 0.04% |
| 1995 | 10,193,831 | 10,327,253 | -0.32% | -0.06% |
| 1996 | 10,159,569 | 10,315,241 | -0.34% | -0.12% |
| 1997 | 10,117,433 | 10,304,131 | -0.41% | -0.11% |
| 1998 | 10,071,963 | 10,294,373 | -0.45% | -0.09% |
| 1999 | 10,026,738 | 10,283,860 | -0.45% | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 9,979,610 | 10,255,063 | -0.47% | -0.28% |
| 2001 | 9,928,549 | 10,216,605 | -0.51% | -0.38% |
| 2002 | 9,865,548 | 10,196,916 | -0.63% | -0.19% |
| 2003 | 9,796,749 | 10,193,998 | -0.7% | -0.03% |
| 2004 | 9,730,146 | 10,197,101 | -0.68% | 0.03% |
| 2005 | 9,663,915 | 10,211,216 | -0.68% | 0.14% |
| 2006 | 9,604,924 | 10,238,905 | -0.61% | 0.27% |
| 2007 | 9,560,953 | 10,298,828 | -0.46% | 0.59% |
| 2008 | 9,527,985 | 10,384,603 | -0.34% | 0.83% |
| 2009 | 9,504,583 | 10,443,936 | -0.25% | 0.57% |
| 2010 | 9,483,836 | 10,474,410 | -0.22% | 0.29% |
| 2011 | 9,461,643 | 10,496,088 | -0.23% | 0.21% |
| 2012 | 9,446,836 | 10,510,785 | -0.16% | 0.14% |
| 2013 | 9,443,211 | 10,514,272 | -0.04% | 0.03% |
| 2014 | 9,448,515 | 10,525,347 | 0.06% | 0.11% |
| 2015 | 9,461,076 | 10,546,059 | 0.13% | 0.2% |
| 2016 | 9,469,379 | 10,566,332 | 0.09% | 0.19% |
| 2017 | 9,458,989 | 10,594,438 | -0.11% | 0.27% |
| 2018 | 9,438,785 | 10,629,928 | -0.21% | 0.33% |
| 2019 | 9,419,758 | 10,671,870 | -0.2% | 0.39% |
| 2020 | 9,379,952 | 10,697,858 | -0.42% | 0.24% |
| 2021 | 9,302,585 | 10,505,772 | -0.82% | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 9,228,071 | 10,672,118 | -0.8% | 1.58% |
| 2023 | 9,178,298 | 10,864,042 | -0.54% | 1.8% |
| 2024 | 9,132,629 | 10,905,028 | -0.5% | 0.38% |
| 2025 | 9,073,036 | 10,776,416 | -0.65% | -1.18% |
| 2026 | 9,011,944 | 10,693,675 | -0.67% | -0.77% |
| 2027 | 8,950,041 | 10,671,253 | -0.69% | -0.21% |
| 2028 | 8,887,762 | 10,646,226 | -0.7% | -0.23% |
| 2029 | 8,824,424 | 10,618,626 | -0.71% | -0.26% |
| 2030 | 8,760,466 | 10,589,369 | -0.72% | -0.28% |
| 2031 | 8,696,768 | 10,558,740 | -0.73% | -0.29% |
| 2032 | 8,633,068 | 10,526,900 | -0.73% | -0.3% |
| 2033 | 8,569,172 | 10,494,205 | -0.74% | -0.31% |
| 2034 | 8,505,555 | 10,461,074 | -0.74% | -0.32% |
| 2035 | 8,442,461 | 10,427,719 | -0.74% | -0.32% |
| 2036 | 8,379,897 | 10,394,629 | -0.74% | -0.32% |
| 2037 | 8,317,831 | 10,361,705 | -0.74% | -0.32% |
| 2038 | 8,255,917 | 10,329,234 | -0.74% | -0.31% |
| 2039 | 8,193,893 | 10,297,472 | -0.75% | -0.31% |
| 2040 | 8,132,083 | 10,266,491 | -0.75% | -0.3% |
| 2041 | 8,070,545 | 10,236,267 | -0.76% | -0.29% |
| 2042 | 8,009,602 | 10,206,686 | -0.76% | -0.29% |
| 2043 | 7,949,312 | 10,177,983 | -0.75% | -0.28% |
| 2044 | 7,889,014 | 10,149,892 | -0.76% | -0.28% |
| 2045 | 7,828,555 | 10,122,112 | -0.77% | -0.27% |
| 2046 | 7,767,902 | 10,094,194 | -0.77% | -0.28% |
| 2047 | 7,706,676 | 10,066,226 | -0.79% | -0.28% |
| 2048 | 7,644,179 | 10,038,170 | -0.81% | -0.28% |
| 2049 | 7,580,508 | 10,009,782 | -0.83% | -0.28% |
| 2050 | 7,516,034 | 9,980,370 | -0.85% | -0.29% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Belarus decreased by 135,545 people (a 1.41% decline), while the Czech Republic gained 327,427 people (a 3.2% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Belarus lost -457,435 (a 4.83% decline), while the Czech Republic's population increased by 127,343 (a 1.21% growth).
Belarus was ranked 82nd most populous country in 2006 and is 101st in 2026. The Czech Republic was ranked 80th in 2006 and ranked 91st 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 the Czech Republic will decrease by 6.67% to 9,980,370 people and rank change from 91st to 98th.
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 |
| Prague | 1.4M |
| Brno | 403K |
| Liberec | 108K |
| Zlin | 74.7K |
| Most | 63.5K |
| Opava | 55.1K |
| Jihlava | 54.6K |
| Frydek-Mistek | 53.6K |
| Teplice | 50.9K |
| Karlovy Vary | 49.1K |
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Population differences between Belarus and the Czech Republic
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| Life expectancy | 75 years | 80.3 years |
| Average age | 41.7 years | 43 years |
| Median age | 42 years | 44.1 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 46.6:53.4 | 49.3:50.7 |
| Fertility rate | 1.21 births per woman | 1.45 births per woman |
| Population density | 116.5 ppl/mi² | 366 ppl/mi² |
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