The latest officially reported population of Belarus was 9,133,712 in 2024 vs 132,059,767 people in Ethiopia in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Belarus' population is 9,074,112 people compared to 138,227,398 in Ethiopia.
Population statistics:
- Ethiopia's population is 15.2 times bigger than Belarus'.
- Belarus is ranked the 101st most populous country in the world, while Ethiopia is the 10th.
- The countries together account for 1.78% of the world: 0.11% for Belarus vs 1.67% for Ethiopia.
- For the last 10 years, Belarus has had an average growth rate of -0.3% per year vs +2.71% in Ethiopia.
- Since 2005, the population of Belarus has decreased from 9.66M people to 9.07M (6.1% decline), while Ethiopia has grown from 78.4M to 138M (76.4% growth).
- Ethiopia is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 367M 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 Ethiopia: live population counter
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| Current population |
9074112
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138227398
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| Population rank | 101/197 | 10/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.11% | 1.67% |
| One net population change |
11.8 minutes
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9.36 seconds
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| One birth every |
8.02 minutes
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7.68 seconds
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| One death every |
4.29 minutes
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41.1 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
2.81 hours
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17.5 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -3,119 | +30,069 |
| Daily growth/decline | -122 | +9,228 |
| Annual growth/decline | -44,586 | +3,368,075 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.49% | +2.62% |
| Population growth rate rank | 185/197 | 26/197 |
Belarus and Ethiopia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 8,198,000 | 21,376,693 | - | - |
| 1961 | 8,271,216 | 21,906,102 | 0.89% | 2.48% |
| 1962 | 8,351,928 | 22,465,126 | 0.98% | 2.55% |
| 1963 | 8,437,232 | 23,051,637 | 1.02% | 2.61% |
| 1964 | 8,524,224 | 23,666,548 | 1.03% | 2.67% |
| 1965 | 8,610,000 | 24,310,612 | 1.01% | 2.72% |
| 1966 | 8,696,496 | 24,952,689 | 1% | 2.64% |
| 1967 | 8,785,648 | 25,620,276 | 1.03% | 2.68% |
| 1968 | 8,874,552 | 26,337,930 | 1.01% | 2.8% |
| 1969 | 8,960,304 | 27,072,571 | 0.97% | 2.79% |
| 1970 | 9,040,000 | 27,829,128 | 0.89% | 2.79% |
| 1971 | 9,115,576 | 28,600,106 | 0.84% | 2.77% |
| 1972 | 9,188,968 | 29,374,608 | 0.81% | 2.71% |
| 1973 | 9,257,272 | 30,166,785 | 0.74% | 2.7% |
| 1974 | 9,317,584 | 30,957,273 | 0.65% | 2.62% |
| 1975 | 9,367,000 | 31,723,252 | 0.53% | 2.47% |
| 1976 | 9,411,000 | 32,534,418 | 0.47% | 2.56% |
| 1977 | 9,463,000 | 33,167,272 | 0.55% | 1.95% |
| 1978 | 9,525,000 | 33,734,592 | 0.66% | 1.71% |
| 1979 | 9,584,000 | 34,238,652 | 0.62% | 1.49% |
| 1980 | 9,643,000 | 34,428,514 | 0.62% | 0.55% |
| 1981 | 9,710,000 | 35,304,012 | 0.69% | 2.54% |
| 1982 | 9,776,000 | 36,701,290 | 0.68% | 3.96% |
| 1983 | 9,843,000 | 37,740,817 | 0.69% | 2.83% |
| 1984 | 9,910,000 | 38,735,722 | 0.68% | 2.64% |
| 1985 | 9,975,000 | 39,842,136 | 0.66% | 2.86% |
| 1986 | 10,043,000 | 41,037,656 | 0.68% | 3% |
| 1987 | 10,111,000 | 42,460,039 | 0.68% | 3.47% |
| 1988 | 10,140,000 | 44,150,825 | 0.29% | 3.98% |
| 1989 | 10,170,000 | 45,879,690 | 0.3% | 3.92% |
| 1990 | 10,189,348 | 47,609,755 | 0.19% | 3.77% |
| 1991 | 10,194,050 | 49,717,198 | 0.05% | 4.43% |
| 1992 | 10,216,470 | 51,853,747 | 0.22% | 4.3% |
| 1993 | 10,239,050 | 53,708,891 | 0.22% | 3.58% |
| 1994 | 10,226,955 | 55,611,508 | -0.12% | 3.54% |
| 1995 | 10,193,831 | 57,537,335 | -0.32% | 3.46% |
| 1996 | 10,159,569 | 59,467,635 | -0.34% | 3.35% |
| 1997 | 10,117,433 | 61,404,539 | -0.41% | 3.26% |
| 1998 | 10,071,963 | 63,363,524 | -0.45% | 3.19% |
| 1999 | 10,026,738 | 65,374,561 | -0.45% | 3.17% |
| 2000 | 9,979,610 | 67,411,494 | -0.47% | 3.12% |
| 2001 | 9,928,549 | 69,487,762 | -0.51% | 3.08% |
| 2002 | 9,865,548 | 71,635,517 | -0.63% | 3.09% |
| 2003 | 9,796,749 | 73,832,663 | -0.7% | 3.07% |
| 2004 | 9,730,146 | 76,077,206 | -0.68% | 3.04% |
| 2005 | 9,663,915 | 78,367,470 | -0.68% | 3.01% |
| 2006 | 9,604,924 | 80,703,490 | -0.61% | 2.98% |
| 2007 | 9,560,953 | 83,103,217 | -0.46% | 2.97% |
| 2008 | 9,527,985 | 85,543,668 | -0.34% | 2.94% |
| 2009 | 9,504,583 | 88,007,636 | -0.25% | 2.88% |
| 2010 | 9,483,836 | 90,538,514 | -0.22% | 2.88% |
| 2011 | 9,461,643 | 93,149,970 | -0.23% | 2.88% |
| 2012 | 9,446,836 | 95,798,767 | -0.16% | 2.84% |
| 2013 | 9,443,211 | 98,438,751 | -0.04% | 2.76% |
| 2014 | 9,448,515 | 101,115,610 | 0.06% | 2.72% |
| 2015 | 9,461,076 | 103,867,135 | 0.13% | 2.72% |
| 2016 | 9,469,379 | 106,718,162 | 0.09% | 2.74% |
| 2017 | 9,458,989 | 109,666,481 | -0.11% | 2.76% |
| 2018 | 9,438,785 | 112,664,152 | -0.21% | 2.73% |
| 2019 | 9,419,758 | 115,737,383 | -0.2% | 2.73% |
| 2020 | 9,379,952 | 118,917,671 | -0.42% | 2.75% |
| 2021 | 9,302,585 | 122,138,588 | -0.82% | 2.71% |
| 2022 | 9,228,071 | 125,384,287 | -0.8% | 2.66% |
| 2023 | 9,178,298 | 128,691,692 | -0.54% | 2.64% |
| 2024 | 9,133,712 | 132,059,767 | -0.49% | 2.62% |
| 2025 | 9,074,112 | 135,472,043 | -0.65% | 2.58% |
| 2026 | 9,013,013 | 138,902,180 | -0.67% | 2.53% |
| 2027 | 8,951,103 | 142,364,798 | -0.69% | 2.49% |
| 2028 | 8,888,816 | 145,841,255 | -0.7% | 2.44% |
| 2029 | 8,825,470 | 149,336,056 | -0.71% | 2.4% |
| 2030 | 8,761,505 | 152,855,352 | -0.72% | 2.36% |
| 2031 | 8,697,799 | 156,382,425 | -0.73% | 2.31% |
| 2032 | 8,634,092 | 159,923,895 | -0.73% | 2.26% |
| 2033 | 8,570,188 | 163,453,311 | -0.74% | 2.21% |
| 2034 | 8,506,564 | 166,978,790 | -0.74% | 2.16% |
| 2035 | 8,443,463 | 170,532,952 | -0.74% | 2.13% |
| 2036 | 8,380,891 | 174,097,772 | -0.74% | 2.09% |
| 2037 | 8,318,818 | 177,661,132 | -0.74% | 2.05% |
| 2038 | 8,256,896 | 181,235,892 | -0.74% | 2.01% |
| 2039 | 8,194,864 | 184,835,102 | -0.75% | 1.99% |
| 2040 | 8,133,047 | 188,450,900 | -0.75% | 1.96% |
| 2041 | 8,071,502 | 192,068,629 | -0.76% | 1.92% |
| 2042 | 8,010,552 | 195,695,295 | -0.76% | 1.89% |
| 2043 | 7,950,255 | 199,347,978 | -0.75% | 1.87% |
| 2044 | 7,889,949 | 203,014,368 | -0.76% | 1.84% |
| 2045 | 7,829,484 | 206,673,625 | -0.77% | 1.8% |
| 2046 | 7,768,823 | 210,337,847 | -0.77% | 1.77% |
| 2047 | 7,707,590 | 214,023,504 | -0.79% | 1.75% |
| 2048 | 7,645,086 | 217,710,204 | -0.81% | 1.72% |
| 2049 | 7,581,407 | 221,377,329 | -0.83% | 1.68% |
| 2050 | 7,516,925 | 225,021,865 | -0.85% | 1.65% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Belarus decreased by 202,839 people (a 2.1% decline), while Ethiopia gained 25,499,665 people (a 32.5% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Belarus lost -386,964 (a 4.09% decline), while Ethiopia's population increased by 34,360,263 (a 33.1% growth).
Belarus was ranked 82nd most populous country in 2005 and is 101st in 2025. Ethiopia was ranked 16th in 2005 and ranked 10th 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 Ethiopia will increase by 62.8% to 225,021,865 people and rank change from 10th to 7th.
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Population differences between Belarus and Ethiopia
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| Life expectancy | 74.8 years | 67.9 years |
| Average age | 41.7 years | 23.8 years |
| Median age | 42 years | 19.9 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 46.6:53.4 | 50.1:49.9 |
| Fertility rate | 1.21 births per woman | 3.99 births per woman |
| Population density | 116.5 ppl/mi² | 303 ppl/mi² |
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