The latest officially reported population of Belarus was 9,133,712 in 2024 vs 5,380,257 people in Ireland in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Belarus' population is 9,074,112 people compared to 5,474,763 in Ireland.
Population statistics:
- Belarus' population is 1.66 times bigger than Ireland's.
- Belarus is ranked the 101st most populous country in the world, while Ireland is the 121st.
- The countries together account for 0.18% of the world: 0.11% for Belarus vs 0.07% for Ireland.
- For the last 10 years, Belarus has had an average growth rate of -0.3% per year vs +1.39% in Ireland.
- Since 2005, the population of Belarus has decreased from 9.66M people to 9.07M (6.1% decline), while Ireland has grown from 4.16M to 5.47M (31.6% growth).
- Ireland is projected to reach its peak in 2053 at 6.12M 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 Ireland: live population counter
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| Current population |
9074112
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5474763
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| Population rank | 101/197 | 121/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.11% | 0.07% |
| One net population change |
11.8 minutes
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7.23 minutes
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| One birth every |
8.02 minutes
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9.61 minutes
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| One death every |
4.29 minutes
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15 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
2.81 hours
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| Annual migration change | -3,119 | +39,059 |
| Daily growth/decline | -122 | +199 |
| Annual growth/decline | -44,586 | +72,657 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.49% | +1.37% |
| Population growth rate rank | 185/197 | 78/197 |
Belarus and Ireland: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 8,198,000 | 2,828,600 | - | - |
| 1961 | 8,271,216 | 2,824,400 | 0.89% | -0.15% |
| 1962 | 8,351,928 | 2,836,050 | 0.98% | 0.41% |
| 1963 | 8,437,232 | 2,852,650 | 1.02% | 0.59% |
| 1964 | 8,524,224 | 2,866,550 | 1.03% | 0.49% |
| 1965 | 8,610,000 | 2,877,300 | 1.01% | 0.38% |
| 1966 | 8,696,496 | 2,888,800 | 1% | 0.4% |
| 1967 | 8,785,648 | 2,902,450 | 1.03% | 0.47% |
| 1968 | 8,874,552 | 2,915,550 | 1.01% | 0.45% |
| 1969 | 8,960,304 | 2,932,650 | 0.97% | 0.59% |
| 1970 | 9,040,000 | 2,957,250 | 0.89% | 0.84% |
| 1971 | 9,115,576 | 2,992,050 | 0.84% | 1.18% |
| 1972 | 9,188,968 | 3,036,850 | 0.81% | 1.5% |
| 1973 | 9,257,272 | 3,085,950 | 0.74% | 1.62% |
| 1974 | 9,317,584 | 3,137,500 | 0.65% | 1.67% |
| 1975 | 9,367,000 | 3,189,550 | 0.53% | 1.66% |
| 1976 | 9,411,000 | 3,238,050 | 0.47% | 1.52% |
| 1977 | 9,463,000 | 3,282,200 | 0.55% | 1.36% |
| 1978 | 9,525,000 | 3,329,100 | 0.66% | 1.43% |
| 1979 | 9,584,000 | 3,373,750 | 0.62% | 1.34% |
| 1980 | 9,643,000 | 3,412,800 | 0.62% | 1.16% |
| 1981 | 9,710,000 | 3,453,000 | 0.69% | 1.18% |
| 1982 | 9,776,000 | 3,485,800 | 0.68% | 0.95% |
| 1983 | 9,843,000 | 3,510,600 | 0.69% | 0.71% |
| 1984 | 9,910,000 | 3,532,423 | 0.68% | 0.62% |
| 1985 | 9,975,000 | 3,538,082 | 0.66% | 0.16% |
| 1986 | 10,043,000 | 3,539,690 | 0.68% | 0.05% |
| 1987 | 10,111,000 | 3,540,057 | 0.68% | 0.01% |
| 1988 | 10,140,000 | 3,524,949 | 0.29% | -0.43% |
| 1989 | 10,170,000 | 3,511,009 | 0.3% | -0.4% |
| 1990 | 10,189,348 | 3,513,974 | 0.19% | 0.08% |
| 1991 | 10,194,050 | 3,534,235 | 0.05% | 0.58% |
| 1992 | 10,216,470 | 3,558,430 | 0.22% | 0.68% |
| 1993 | 10,239,050 | 3,576,261 | 0.22% | 0.5% |
| 1994 | 10,226,955 | 3,590,386 | -0.12% | 0.39% |
| 1995 | 10,193,831 | 3,608,841 | -0.32% | 0.51% |
| 1996 | 10,159,569 | 3,637,510 | -0.34% | 0.79% |
| 1997 | 10,117,433 | 3,674,171 | -0.41% | 1.01% |
| 1998 | 10,071,963 | 3,712,696 | -0.45% | 1.05% |
| 1999 | 10,026,738 | 3,754,786 | -0.45% | 1.13% |
| 2000 | 9,979,610 | 3,805,174 | -0.47% | 1.34% |
| 2001 | 9,928,549 | 3,866,243 | -0.51% | 1.6% |
| 2002 | 9,865,548 | 3,931,947 | -0.63% | 1.7% |
| 2003 | 9,796,749 | 3,996,521 | -0.7% | 1.64% |
| 2004 | 9,730,146 | 4,070,262 | -0.68% | 1.85% |
| 2005 | 9,663,915 | 4,159,914 | -0.68% | 2.2% |
| 2006 | 9,604,924 | 4,273,591 | -0.61% | 2.73% |
| 2007 | 9,560,953 | 4,398,942 | -0.46% | 2.93% |
| 2008 | 9,527,985 | 4,489,544 | -0.34% | 2.06% |
| 2009 | 9,504,583 | 4,535,375 | -0.25% | 1.02% |
| 2010 | 9,483,836 | 4,560,155 | -0.22% | 0.55% |
| 2011 | 9,461,643 | 4,580,084 | -0.23% | 0.44% |
| 2012 | 9,446,836 | 4,599,533 | -0.16% | 0.42% |
| 2013 | 9,443,211 | 4,623,816 | -0.04% | 0.53% |
| 2014 | 9,448,515 | 4,657,740 | 0.06% | 0.73% |
| 2015 | 9,461,076 | 4,701,957 | 0.13% | 0.95% |
| 2016 | 9,469,379 | 4,762,722 | 0.09% | 1.29% |
| 2017 | 9,458,989 | 4,827,445 | -0.11% | 1.36% |
| 2018 | 9,438,785 | 4,898,022 | -0.21% | 1.46% |
| 2019 | 9,419,758 | 4,976,456 | -0.2% | 1.6% |
| 2020 | 9,379,952 | 5,039,747 | -0.42% | 1.27% |
| 2021 | 9,302,585 | 5,110,585 | -0.82% | 1.41% |
| 2022 | 9,228,071 | 5,212,836 | -0.8% | 2% |
| 2023 | 9,178,298 | 5,307,600 | -0.54% | 1.82% |
| 2024 | 9,133,712 | 5,380,257 | -0.49% | 1.37% |
| 2025 | 9,074,112 | 5,434,538 | -0.65% | 1.01% |
| 2026 | 9,013,013 | 5,484,615 | -0.67% | 0.92% |
| 2027 | 8,951,103 | 5,531,657 | -0.69% | 0.86% |
| 2028 | 8,888,816 | 5,576,425 | -0.7% | 0.81% |
| 2029 | 8,825,470 | 5,618,258 | -0.71% | 0.75% |
| 2030 | 8,761,505 | 5,656,768 | -0.72% | 0.69% |
| 2031 | 8,697,799 | 5,693,185 | -0.73% | 0.64% |
| 2032 | 8,634,092 | 5,728,435 | -0.73% | 0.62% |
| 2033 | 8,570,188 | 5,761,833 | -0.74% | 0.58% |
| 2034 | 8,506,564 | 5,793,145 | -0.74% | 0.54% |
| 2035 | 8,443,463 | 5,822,398 | -0.74% | 0.5% |
| 2036 | 8,380,891 | 5,850,388 | -0.74% | 0.48% |
| 2037 | 8,318,818 | 5,878,309 | -0.74% | 0.48% |
| 2038 | 8,256,896 | 5,905,728 | -0.74% | 0.47% |
| 2039 | 8,194,864 | 5,931,438 | -0.75% | 0.44% |
| 2040 | 8,133,047 | 5,956,212 | -0.75% | 0.42% |
| 2041 | 8,071,502 | 5,980,704 | -0.76% | 0.41% |
| 2042 | 8,010,552 | 6,002,968 | -0.76% | 0.37% |
| 2043 | 7,950,255 | 6,022,662 | -0.75% | 0.33% |
| 2044 | 7,889,949 | 6,041,053 | -0.76% | 0.31% |
| 2045 | 7,829,484 | 6,057,952 | -0.77% | 0.28% |
| 2046 | 7,768,823 | 6,072,174 | -0.77% | 0.23% |
| 2047 | 7,707,590 | 6,084,484 | -0.79% | 0.2% |
| 2048 | 7,645,086 | 6,096,077 | -0.81% | 0.19% |
| 2049 | 7,581,407 | 6,105,740 | -0.83% | 0.16% |
| 2050 | 7,516,925 | 6,112,322 | -0.85% | 0.11% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Belarus decreased by 202,839 people (a 2.1% decline), while Ireland gained 542,043 people (a 13% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Belarus lost -386,964 (a 4.09% decline), while Ireland's population increased by 772,806 (a 16.4% growth).
Belarus was ranked 82nd most populous country in 2005 and is 101st in 2025. Ireland was ranked 121st in 2005 and still ranked 121st 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 Ireland will increase by 11.6% to 6,112,322 people and rank change from 121st to 120th.
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Population differences between Belarus and Ireland
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| Life expectancy | 74.8 years | 82.7 years |
| Average age | 41.7 years | 39.4 years |
| Median age | 42 years | 39.7 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 46.6:53.4 | 49.5:50.5 |
| Fertility rate | 1.21 births per woman | 1.5 births per woman |
| Population density | 116.5 ppl/mi² | 202.3 ppl/mi² |
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