Population in Belarus compared to Estonia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Belarus and Estonia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Belarus	Estonia	Belarus	Estonia
1960	8,198,000	1,211,537	-	-
1961	8,271,216	1,225,077	0.89%	1.12%
1962	8,351,928	1,241,623	0.98%	1.35%
1963	8,437,232	1,258,857	1.02%	1.39%
1964	8,524,224	1,277,086	1.03%	1.45%
1965	8,610,000	1,294,566	1.01%	1.37%
1966	8,696,496	1,308,597	1%	1.08%
1967	8,785,648	1,318,946	1.03%	0.79%
1968	8,874,552	1,331,214	1.01%	0.93%
1969	8,960,304	1,345,249	0.97%	1.05%
1970	9,040,000	1,360,076	0.89%	1.1%
1971	9,115,576	1,376,955	0.84%	1.24%
1972	9,188,968	1,392,518	0.81%	1.13%
1973	9,257,272	1,405,951	0.74%	0.96%
1974	9,317,584	1,418,169	0.65%	0.87%
1975	9,367,000	1,429,352	0.53%	0.79%
1976	9,411,000	1,439,576	0.47%	0.72%
1977	9,463,000	1,450,211	0.55%	0.74%
1978	9,525,000	1,460,188	0.66%	0.69%
1979	9,584,000	1,468,333	0.62%	0.56%
1980	9,643,000	1,477,219	0.62%	0.61%
1981	9,710,000	1,487,666	0.69%	0.71%
1982	9,776,000	1,498,414	0.68%	0.72%
1983	9,843,000	1,508,745	0.69%	0.69%
1984	9,910,000	1,518,617	0.68%	0.65%
1985	9,975,000	1,528,781	0.66%	0.67%
1986	10,043,000	1,540,190	0.68%	0.75%
1987	10,111,000	1,552,221	0.68%	0.78%
1988	10,140,000	1,561,900	0.29%	0.62%
1989	10,170,000	1,568,131	0.3%	0.4%
1990	10,189,348	1,569,174	0.19%	0.07%
1991	10,194,050	1,561,314	0.05%	-0.5%
1992	10,216,470	1,533,091	0.22%	-1.81%
1993	10,239,050	1,494,128	0.22%	-2.54%
1994	10,226,955	1,462,514	-0.12%	-2.12%
1995	10,193,831	1,436,634	-0.32%	-1.77%
1996	10,159,569	1,415,594	-0.34%	-1.46%
1997	10,117,433	1,399,535	-0.41%	-1.13%
1998	10,071,963	1,386,156	-0.45%	-0.96%
1999	10,026,738	1,390,244	-0.45%	0.29%
2000	9,979,610	1,396,985	-0.47%	0.48%
2001	9,928,549	1,388,115	-0.51%	-0.63%
2002	9,865,548	1,379,350	-0.63%	-0.63%
2003	9,796,749	1,370,720	-0.7%	-0.63%
2004	9,730,146	1,362,550	-0.68%	-0.6%
2005	9,663,915	1,354,775	-0.68%	-0.57%
2006	9,604,924	1,346,810	-0.61%	-0.59%
2007	9,560,953	1,340,680	-0.46%	-0.46%
2008	9,527,985	1,337,090	-0.34%	-0.27%
2009	9,504,583	1,334,515	-0.25%	-0.19%
2010	9,483,836	1,331,475	-0.22%	-0.23%
2011	9,461,643	1,327,439	-0.23%	-0.3%
2012	9,446,836	1,322,696	-0.16%	-0.36%
2013	9,443,211	1,317,997	-0.04%	-0.36%
2014	9,448,515	1,314,545	0.06%	-0.26%
2015	9,461,076	1,315,407	0.13%	0.07%
2016	9,469,379	1,315,790	0.09%	0.03%
2017	9,458,989	1,317,384	-0.11%	0.12%
2018	9,438,785	1,321,977	-0.21%	0.35%
2019	9,419,758	1,326,898	-0.2%	0.37%
2020	9,379,952	1,329,522	-0.42%	0.2%
2021	9,302,585	1,330,932	-0.82%	0.11%
2022	9,228,071	1,348,840	-0.8%	1.35%
2023	9,178,298	1,370,286	-0.54%	1.59%
2024	9,133,712	1,371,986	-0.49%	0.12%
2025	9,074,112	1,355,535	-0.65%	-1.2%
2026	9,013,013	1,342,253	-0.67%	-0.98%
2027	8,951,103	1,335,097	-0.69%	-0.53%
2028	8,888,816	1,327,942	-0.7%	-0.54%
2029	8,825,470	1,320,819	-0.71%	-0.54%
2030	8,761,505	1,313,729	-0.72%	-0.54%
2031	8,697,799	1,306,620	-0.73%	-0.54%
2032	8,634,092	1,299,552	-0.73%	-0.54%
2033	8,570,188	1,292,576	-0.74%	-0.54%
2034	8,506,564	1,285,689	-0.74%	-0.53%
2035	8,443,463	1,278,930	-0.74%	-0.53%
2036	8,380,891	1,272,310	-0.74%	-0.52%
2037	8,318,818	1,265,820	-0.74%	-0.51%
2038	8,256,896	1,259,511	-0.74%	-0.5%
2039	8,194,864	1,253,315	-0.75%	-0.49%
2040	8,133,047	1,247,191	-0.75%	-0.49%
2041	8,071,502	1,241,077	-0.76%	-0.49%
2042	8,010,552	1,234,931	-0.76%	-0.5%
2043	7,950,255	1,228,790	-0.75%	-0.5%
2044	7,889,949	1,222,587	-0.76%	-0.5%
2045	7,829,484	1,216,327	-0.77%	-0.51%
2046	7,768,823	1,210,041	-0.77%	-0.52%
2047	7,707,590	1,203,693	-0.79%	-0.52%
2048	7,645,086	1,197,336	-0.81%	-0.53%
2049	7,581,407	1,190,841	-0.83%	-0.54%
2050	7,516,925	1,184,135	-0.85%	-0.56%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Belarus decreased by 202,839 people (a 2.1% decline), while Estonia lost 39,368 people (a 2.91% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Belarus lost -386,964 (a 4.09% decline), while Estonia's population increased by 40,128 (a 3.05% growth).

Belarus was ranked 82nd most populous country in 2005 and is 101st in 2025. Estonia was ranked 149th in 2005 and ranked 155th 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 Estonia will decrease by 12.6% to 1,184,135 people and rank change from 155th to 159th.