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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Belarus	France	Belarus	France
1960	8,198,000	47,412,964	-	-
1961	8,271,216	47,905,982	0.89%	1.04%
1962	8,351,928	48,389,516	0.98%	1.01%
1963	8,437,232	48,877,567	1.02%	1.01%
1964	8,524,224	49,401,492	1.03%	1.07%
1965	8,610,000	49,877,725	1.01%	0.96%
1966	8,696,496	50,311,637	1%	0.87%
1967	8,785,648	50,722,791	1.03%	0.82%
1968	8,874,552	51,112,980	1.01%	0.77%
1969	8,960,304	51,536,014	0.97%	0.83%
1970	9,040,000	52,007,169	0.89%	0.91%
1971	9,115,576	52,499,553	0.84%	0.95%
1972	9,188,968	52,962,356	0.81%	0.88%
1973	9,257,272	53,392,161	0.74%	0.81%
1974	9,317,584	53,746,571	0.65%	0.66%
1975	9,367,000	54,002,853	0.53%	0.48%
1976	9,411,000	54,232,383	0.47%	0.43%
1977	9,463,000	54,486,467	0.55%	0.47%
1978	9,525,000	54,734,030	0.66%	0.45%
1979	9,584,000	54,979,851	0.62%	0.45%
1980	9,643,000	55,274,184	0.62%	0.54%
1981	9,710,000	55,603,353	0.69%	0.6%
1982	9,776,000	55,806,789	0.68%	0.37%
1983	9,843,000	56,108,330	0.69%	0.54%
1984	9,910,000	56,383,085	0.68%	0.49%
1985	9,975,000	56,665,619	0.66%	0.5%
1986	10,043,000	56,956,002	0.68%	0.51%
1987	10,111,000	57,266,167	0.68%	0.54%
1988	10,140,000	57,598,186	0.29%	0.58%
1989	10,170,000	57,943,062	0.3%	0.6%
1990	10,189,348	58,261,012	0.19%	0.55%
1991	10,194,050	58,554,242	0.05%	0.5%
1992	10,216,470	58,846,584	0.22%	0.5%
1993	10,239,050	59,103,094	0.22%	0.44%
1994	10,226,955	59,324,863	-0.12%	0.38%
1995	10,193,831	59,541,294	-0.32%	0.36%
1996	10,159,569	59,754,504	-0.34%	0.36%
1997	10,117,433	59,968,066	-0.41%	0.36%
1998	10,071,963	60,190,684	-0.45%	0.37%
1999	10,026,738	60,501,986	-0.45%	0.52%
2000	9,979,610	60,918,661	-0.47%	0.69%
2001	9,928,549	61,364,377	-0.51%	0.73%
2002	9,865,548	61,812,142	-0.63%	0.73%
2003	9,796,749	62,249,855	-0.7%	0.71%
2004	9,730,146	62,707,588	-0.68%	0.74%
2005	9,663,915	63,180,854	-0.68%	0.75%
2006	9,604,924	63,622,342	-0.61%	0.7%
2007	9,560,953	64,016,890	-0.46%	0.62%
2008	9,527,985	64,375,116	-0.34%	0.56%
2009	9,504,583	64,706,436	-0.25%	0.51%
2010	9,483,836	65,026,211	-0.22%	0.49%
2011	9,461,643	65,340,830	-0.23%	0.48%
2012	9,446,836	65,657,659	-0.16%	0.48%
2013	9,443,211	65,997,932	-0.04%	0.52%
2014	9,448,515	66,312,067	0.06%	0.48%
2015	9,461,076	66,548,272	0.13%	0.36%
2016	9,469,379	66,724,104	0.09%	0.26%
2017	9,458,989	66,918,020	-0.11%	0.29%
2018	9,438,785	67,158,348	-0.21%	0.36%
2019	9,419,758	67,382,061	-0.2%	0.33%
2020	9,379,952	67,601,110	-0.42%	0.33%
2021	9,302,585	67,842,811	-0.82%	0.36%
2022	9,228,071	68,065,015	-0.8%	0.33%
2023	9,178,298	68,287,487	-0.54%	0.33%
2024	9,133,712	68,516,699	-0.49%	0.34%
2025	9,074,112	68,621,995	-0.65%	0.15%
2026	9,013,013	68,720,416	-0.67%	0.14%
2027	8,951,103	68,814,997	-0.69%	0.14%
2028	8,888,816	68,908,044	-0.7%	0.14%
2029	8,825,470	69,000,393	-0.71%	0.13%
2030	8,761,505	69,092,395	-0.72%	0.13%
2031	8,697,799	69,182,139	-0.73%	0.13%
2032	8,634,092	69,271,844	-0.73%	0.13%
2033	8,570,188	69,361,763	-0.74%	0.13%
2034	8,506,564	69,453,221	-0.74%	0.13%
2035	8,443,463	69,545,666	-0.74%	0.13%
2036	8,380,891	69,635,631	-0.74%	0.13%
2037	8,318,818	69,723,960	-0.74%	0.13%
2038	8,256,896	69,807,163	-0.74%	0.12%
2039	8,194,864	69,880,758	-0.75%	0.11%
2040	8,133,047	69,948,192	-0.75%	0.1%
2041	8,071,502	70,013,748	-0.76%	0.09%
2042	8,010,552	70,076,842	-0.76%	0.09%
2043	7,950,255	70,130,305	-0.75%	0.08%
2044	7,889,949	70,172,822	-0.76%	0.06%
2045	7,829,484	70,207,698	-0.77%	0.05%
2046	7,768,823	70,232,113	-0.77%	0.03%
2047	7,707,590	70,246,945	-0.79%	0.02%
2048	7,645,086	70,253,351	-0.81%	0.009%
2049	7,581,407	70,249,312	-0.83%	-0.006%
2050	7,516,925	70,237,272	-0.85%	-0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Belarus decreased by 202,839 people (a 2.1% decline), while France gained 3,367,418 people (a 5.33% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Belarus lost -386,964 (a 4.09% decline), while France's population increased by 2,152,782 (a 3.23% growth).

Belarus was ranked 82nd most populous country in 2005 and is 101st in 2025. France was ranked 20th in 2005 and ranked 23rd 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 France will increase by 2.24% to 70,237,272 people and rank change from 23rd to 30th.