The latest officially reported population of Belarus was 9,133,712 in 2024 vs 10,388,805 people in Greece in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Belarus' population is 9,074,112 people compared to 10,276,140 in Greece.
Population statistics:
- Greece's population is 1.13 times bigger than Belarus'.
- Belarus is ranked the 101st most populous country in the world, while Greece is the 95th.
- The countries together account for 0.23% of the world: 0.11% for Belarus vs 0.12% for Greece.
- For the last 10 years, Belarus has had an average growth rate of -0.3% per year vs -0.49% in Greece.
- Since 2005, the population of Belarus has decreased from 9.66M people to 9.07M (6.1% decline), while Greece has declined from 11M to 10.3M (6.47% decline).
- Both countries are in a period of decline and in 50 years are projected to lose 36.5% of the population in Belarus and 26.8% in Greece.
Belarus vs Greece: live population counter
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| Current population |
9074112
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10276140
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| Population rank | 101/197 | 95/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.11% | 0.12% |
| One net population change |
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31.3 minutes
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| One birth every |
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| One death every |
4.29 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
2.81 hours
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| Annual migration change | -3,119 | -122,772 |
| Daily growth/decline | -122 | -46 |
| Annual growth/decline | -44,586 | -16,783 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.49% | -0.16% |
| Population growth rate rank | 185/197 | 175/197 |
Belarus and Greece: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 8,198,000 | 8,331,725 | - | - |
| 1961 | 8,271,216 | 8,398,050 | 0.89% | 0.8% |
| 1962 | 8,351,928 | 8,448,233 | 0.98% | 0.6% |
| 1963 | 8,437,232 | 8,479,625 | 1.02% | 0.37% |
| 1964 | 8,524,224 | 8,510,429 | 1.03% | 0.36% |
| 1965 | 8,610,000 | 8,550,333 | 1.01% | 0.47% |
| 1966 | 8,696,496 | 8,613,651 | 1% | 0.74% |
| 1967 | 8,785,648 | 8,684,088 | 1.03% | 0.82% |
| 1968 | 8,874,552 | 8,740,765 | 1.01% | 0.65% |
| 1969 | 8,960,304 | 8,772,764 | 0.97% | 0.37% |
| 1970 | 9,040,000 | 8,792,806 | 0.89% | 0.23% |
| 1971 | 9,115,576 | 8,831,036 | 0.84% | 0.43% |
| 1972 | 9,188,968 | 8,888,628 | 0.81% | 0.65% |
| 1973 | 9,257,272 | 8,929,086 | 0.74% | 0.46% |
| 1974 | 9,317,584 | 8,962,022 | 0.65% | 0.37% |
| 1975 | 9,367,000 | 9,046,541 | 0.53% | 0.94% |
| 1976 | 9,411,000 | 9,188,150 | 0.47% | 1.57% |
| 1977 | 9,463,000 | 9,308,479 | 0.55% | 1.31% |
| 1978 | 9,525,000 | 9,429,959 | 0.66% | 1.31% |
| 1979 | 9,584,000 | 9,548,258 | 0.62% | 1.25% |
| 1980 | 9,643,000 | 9,642,505 | 0.62% | 0.99% |
| 1981 | 9,710,000 | 9,729,350 | 0.69% | 0.9% |
| 1982 | 9,776,000 | 9,789,513 | 0.68% | 0.62% |
| 1983 | 9,843,000 | 9,846,627 | 0.69% | 0.58% |
| 1984 | 9,910,000 | 9,895,801 | 0.68% | 0.5% |
| 1985 | 9,975,000 | 9,934,300 | 0.66% | 0.39% |
| 1986 | 10,043,000 | 9,967,213 | 0.68% | 0.33% |
| 1987 | 10,111,000 | 10,000,595 | 0.68% | 0.33% |
| 1988 | 10,140,000 | 10,036,983 | 0.29% | 0.36% |
| 1989 | 10,170,000 | 10,089,498 | 0.3% | 0.52% |
| 1990 | 10,189,348 | 10,196,792 | 0.19% | 1.06% |
| 1991 | 10,194,050 | 10,319,927 | 0.05% | 1.21% |
| 1992 | 10,216,470 | 10,399,061 | 0.22% | 0.77% |
| 1993 | 10,239,050 | 10,460,415 | 0.22% | 0.59% |
| 1994 | 10,226,955 | 10,512,922 | -0.12% | 0.5% |
| 1995 | 10,193,831 | 10,562,153 | -0.32% | 0.47% |
| 1996 | 10,159,569 | 10,608,800 | -0.34% | 0.44% |
| 1997 | 10,117,433 | 10,661,259 | -0.41% | 0.49% |
| 1998 | 10,071,963 | 10,720,509 | -0.45% | 0.56% |
| 1999 | 10,026,738 | 10,761,698 | -0.45% | 0.38% |
| 2000 | 9,979,610 | 10,805,808 | -0.47% | 0.41% |
| 2001 | 9,928,549 | 10,862,132 | -0.51% | 0.52% |
| 2002 | 9,865,548 | 10,902,022 | -0.63% | 0.37% |
| 2003 | 9,796,749 | 10,928,070 | -0.7% | 0.24% |
| 2004 | 9,730,146 | 10,955,141 | -0.68% | 0.25% |
| 2005 | 9,663,915 | 10,987,314 | -0.68% | 0.29% |
| 2006 | 9,604,924 | 11,020,362 | -0.61% | 0.3% |
| 2007 | 9,560,953 | 11,048,473 | -0.46% | 0.26% |
| 2008 | 9,527,985 | 11,077,841 | -0.34% | 0.27% |
| 2009 | 9,504,583 | 11,107,017 | -0.25% | 0.26% |
| 2010 | 9,483,836 | 11,121,341 | -0.22% | 0.13% |
| 2011 | 9,461,643 | 11,104,899 | -0.23% | -0.15% |
| 2012 | 9,446,836 | 11,045,011 | -0.16% | -0.54% |
| 2013 | 9,443,211 | 10,965,211 | -0.04% | -0.72% |
| 2014 | 9,448,515 | 10,892,413 | 0.06% | -0.66% |
| 2015 | 9,461,076 | 10,820,883 | 0.13% | -0.66% |
| 2016 | 9,469,379 | 10,775,971 | 0.09% | -0.42% |
| 2017 | 9,458,989 | 10,754,679 | -0.11% | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 9,438,785 | 10,732,882 | -0.21% | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 9,419,758 | 10,721,582 | -0.2% | -0.11% |
| 2020 | 9,379,952 | 10,698,599 | -0.42% | -0.21% |
| 2021 | 9,302,585 | 10,569,207 | -0.82% | -1.21% |
| 2022 | 9,228,071 | 10,436,882 | -0.8% | -1.25% |
| 2023 | 9,178,298 | 10,405,588 | -0.54% | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 9,133,712 | 10,388,805 | -0.49% | -0.16% |
| 2025 | 9,074,112 | 10,276,140 | -0.65% | -1.08% |
| 2026 | 9,013,013 | 10,232,997 | -0.67% | -0.42% |
| 2027 | 8,951,103 | 10,188,386 | -0.69% | -0.44% |
| 2028 | 8,888,816 | 10,143,203 | -0.7% | -0.44% |
| 2029 | 8,825,470 | 10,097,603 | -0.71% | -0.45% |
| 2030 | 8,761,505 | 10,051,921 | -0.72% | -0.45% |
| 2031 | 8,697,799 | 10,006,045 | -0.73% | -0.46% |
| 2032 | 8,634,092 | 9,959,048 | -0.73% | -0.47% |
| 2033 | 8,570,188 | 9,911,765 | -0.74% | -0.47% |
| 2034 | 8,506,564 | 9,865,342 | -0.74% | -0.47% |
| 2035 | 8,443,463 | 9,818,783 | -0.74% | -0.47% |
| 2036 | 8,380,891 | 9,772,426 | -0.74% | -0.47% |
| 2037 | 8,318,818 | 9,726,502 | -0.74% | -0.47% |
| 2038 | 8,256,896 | 9,680,639 | -0.74% | -0.47% |
| 2039 | 8,194,864 | 9,635,315 | -0.75% | -0.47% |
| 2040 | 8,133,047 | 9,590,401 | -0.75% | -0.47% |
| 2041 | 8,071,502 | 9,545,637 | -0.76% | -0.47% |
| 2042 | 8,010,552 | 9,501,568 | -0.76% | -0.46% |
| 2043 | 7,950,255 | 9,457,398 | -0.75% | -0.46% |
| 2044 | 7,889,949 | 9,411,943 | -0.76% | -0.48% |
| 2045 | 7,829,484 | 9,365,737 | -0.77% | -0.49% |
| 2046 | 7,768,823 | 9,319,023 | -0.77% | -0.5% |
| 2047 | 7,707,590 | 9,269,970 | -0.79% | -0.53% |
| 2048 | 7,645,086 | 9,218,699 | -0.81% | -0.55% |
| 2049 | 7,581,407 | 9,165,668 | -0.83% | -0.58% |
| 2050 | 7,516,925 | 9,111,122 | -0.85% | -0.6% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Belarus decreased by 202,839 people (a 2.1% decline), while Greece lost 166,431 people (a 1.51% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Belarus lost -386,964 (a 4.09% decline), while Greece's population decreased by -544,743 (a 5.03% decline).
Belarus was ranked 82nd most populous country in 2005 and is 101st in 2025. Greece was ranked 74th in 2005 and ranked 95th 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 Greece will decrease by 11.3% to 9,111,122 people and rank change from 95th to 106th.
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 |
| Athens | 643K |
| Crete | 623K |
| Thessaloniki | 310K |
| Piraeus | 168K |
| Larissa | 146K |
| Peristeri | 134K |
| Glyfada | 89.6K |
| Nikaia | 88.1K |
| Nea Smyrni | 72.9K |
| Palaio Faliro | 64.9K |
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Population differences between Belarus and Greece
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| Life expectancy | 74.8 years | 82.2 years |
| Average age | 41.7 years | 45.5 years |
| Median age | 42 years | 47.3 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 46.6:53.4 | 48.4:51.6 |
| Fertility rate | 1.21 births per woman | 1.32 births per woman |
| Population density | 116.5 ppl/mi² | 208.7 ppl/mi² |
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