The latest officially reported population of Belarus was 9,132,629 in 2024 vs 58,952,704 people in Italy in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Belarus' population is 9,011,944 people compared to 58,538,738 in Italy.
Population statistics:
- Italy's population is 6.5 times bigger than Belarus'.
- Belarus is ranked the 101st most populous country in the world, while Italy is the 26th.
- The countries together account for 0.82% of the world: 0.11% for Belarus vs 0.71% for Italy.
- For the last 10 years, Belarus has had an average growth rate of -0.3% per year vs -0.21% in Italy.
- Since 2006, the population of Belarus has decreased from 9.6M people to 9.01M (6.17% decline), while Italy has grown from 58.4M to 58.5M (0.24% growth).
- Both countries are in a period of decline and in 50 years are projected to lose 36.8% of the population in Belarus and 29.8% in Italy.
Belarus vs Italy: live population counter
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| Current population |
9011944
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58538738
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| Population rank | 101/197 | 26/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.11% | 0.71% |
| One net population change |
11.5 minutes
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16.7 minutes
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| One birth every |
8.02 minutes
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1.39 minutes
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| One death every |
4.29 minutes
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47.7 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
2.81 hours
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5.52 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -3,119 | +95,246 |
| Daily growth/decline | -125 | -86 |
| Annual growth/decline | -45,669 | -31,512 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.5% | -0.05% |
| Population growth rate rank | 187/197 | 171/197 |
Belarus and Italy: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 8,198,000 | 50,199,700 | - | - |
| 1961 | 8,271,216 | 50,536,350 | 0.89% | 0.67% |
| 1962 | 8,351,928 | 50,879,450 | 0.98% | 0.68% |
| 1963 | 8,437,232 | 51,252,000 | 1.02% | 0.73% |
| 1964 | 8,524,224 | 51,675,350 | 1.03% | 0.83% |
| 1965 | 8,610,000 | 52,112,350 | 1.01% | 0.85% |
| 1966 | 8,696,496 | 52,519,000 | 1% | 0.78% |
| 1967 | 8,785,648 | 52,900,500 | 1.03% | 0.73% |
| 1968 | 8,874,552 | 53,235,750 | 1.01% | 0.63% |
| 1969 | 8,960,304 | 53,537,950 | 0.97% | 0.57% |
| 1970 | 9,040,000 | 53,821,850 | 0.89% | 0.53% |
| 1971 | 9,115,576 | 54,073,490 | 0.84% | 0.47% |
| 1972 | 9,188,968 | 54,381,345 | 0.81% | 0.57% |
| 1973 | 9,257,272 | 54,751,406 | 0.74% | 0.68% |
| 1974 | 9,317,584 | 55,110,868 | 0.65% | 0.66% |
| 1975 | 9,367,000 | 55,441,001 | 0.53% | 0.6% |
| 1976 | 9,411,000 | 55,718,260 | 0.47% | 0.5% |
| 1977 | 9,463,000 | 55,955,411 | 0.55% | 0.43% |
| 1978 | 9,525,000 | 56,155,143 | 0.66% | 0.36% |
| 1979 | 9,584,000 | 56,317,749 | 0.62% | 0.29% |
| 1980 | 9,643,000 | 56,433,883 | 0.62% | 0.21% |
| 1981 | 9,710,000 | 56,501,675 | 0.69% | 0.12% |
| 1982 | 9,776,000 | 56,543,548 | 0.68% | 0.07% |
| 1983 | 9,843,000 | 56,564,074 | 0.69% | 0.04% |
| 1984 | 9,910,000 | 56,576,718 | 0.68% | 0.02% |
| 1985 | 9,975,000 | 56,593,071 | 0.66% | 0.03% |
| 1986 | 10,043,000 | 56,596,155 | 0.68% | 0.005% |
| 1987 | 10,111,000 | 56,601,931 | 0.68% | 0.01% |
| 1988 | 10,140,000 | 56,629,288 | 0.29% | 0.05% |
| 1989 | 10,170,000 | 56,671,781 | 0.3% | 0.08% |
| 1990 | 10,189,348 | 56,719,240 | 0.19% | 0.08% |
| 1991 | 10,194,050 | 56,758,521 | 0.05% | 0.07% |
| 1992 | 10,216,470 | 56,797,087 | 0.22% | 0.07% |
| 1993 | 10,239,050 | 56,831,821 | 0.22% | 0.06% |
| 1994 | 10,226,955 | 56,843,400 | -0.12% | 0.02% |
| 1995 | 10,193,831 | 56,844,303 | -0.32% | 0.002% |
| 1996 | 10,159,569 | 56,860,281 | -0.34% | 0.03% |
| 1997 | 10,117,433 | 56,890,372 | -0.41% | 0.05% |
| 1998 | 10,071,963 | 56,906,744 | -0.45% | 0.03% |
| 1999 | 10,026,738 | 56,916,317 | -0.45% | 0.02% |
| 2000 | 9,979,610 | 56,942,108 | -0.47% | 0.05% |
| 2001 | 9,928,549 | 56,976,981 | -0.51% | 0.06% |
| 2002 | 9,865,548 | 57,089,824 | -0.63% | 0.2% |
| 2003 | 9,796,749 | 57,399,184 | -0.7% | 0.54% |
| 2004 | 9,730,146 | 57,828,179 | -0.68% | 0.75% |
| 2005 | 9,663,915 | 58,166,682 | -0.68% | 0.59% |
| 2006 | 9,604,924 | 58,399,861 | -0.61% | 0.4% |
| 2007 | 9,560,953 | 58,756,247 | -0.46% | 0.61% |
| 2008 | 9,527,985 | 59,211,181 | -0.34% | 0.77% |
| 2009 | 9,504,583 | 59,555,454 | -0.25% | 0.58% |
| 2010 | 9,483,836 | 59,819,407 | -0.22% | 0.44% |
| 2011 | 9,461,643 | 60,026,841 | -0.23% | 0.35% |
| 2012 | 9,446,836 | 60,191,247 | -0.16% | 0.27% |
| 2013 | 9,443,211 | 60,311,613 | -0.04% | 0.2% |
| 2014 | 9,448,515 | 60,320,707 | 0.06% | 0.02% |
| 2015 | 9,461,076 | 60,229,605 | 0.13% | -0.15% |
| 2016 | 9,469,379 | 60,115,223 | 0.09% | -0.19% |
| 2017 | 9,458,989 | 60,002,252 | -0.11% | -0.19% |
| 2018 | 9,438,785 | 60,148,658 | -0.21% | 0.24% |
| 2019 | 9,419,758 | 59,729,081 | -0.2% | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 9,379,952 | 59,438,851 | -0.42% | -0.49% |
| 2021 | 9,302,585 | 59,133,173 | -0.82% | -0.51% |
| 2022 | 9,228,071 | 59,013,667 | -0.8% | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 9,178,298 | 58,984,216 | -0.54% | -0.05% |
| 2024 | 9,132,629 | 58,952,704 | -0.5% | -0.05% |
| 2025 | 9,073,036 | 58,757,388 | -0.65% | -0.33% |
| 2026 | 9,011,944 | 58,538,738 | -0.67% | -0.37% |
| 2027 | 8,950,041 | 58,302,912 | -0.69% | -0.4% |
| 2028 | 8,887,762 | 58,061,557 | -0.7% | -0.41% |
| 2029 | 8,824,424 | 57,818,364 | -0.71% | -0.42% |
| 2030 | 8,760,466 | 57,565,087 | -0.72% | -0.44% |
| 2031 | 8,696,768 | 57,300,892 | -0.73% | -0.46% |
| 2032 | 8,633,068 | 57,038,998 | -0.73% | -0.46% |
| 2033 | 8,569,172 | 56,780,656 | -0.74% | -0.45% |
| 2034 | 8,505,555 | 56,516,874 | -0.74% | -0.46% |
| 2035 | 8,442,461 | 56,247,746 | -0.74% | -0.48% |
| 2036 | 8,379,897 | 55,978,207 | -0.74% | -0.48% |
| 2037 | 8,317,831 | 55,705,993 | -0.74% | -0.49% |
| 2038 | 8,255,917 | 55,429,408 | -0.74% | -0.5% |
| 2039 | 8,193,893 | 55,146,340 | -0.75% | -0.51% |
| 2040 | 8,132,083 | 54,858,102 | -0.75% | -0.52% |
| 2041 | 8,070,545 | 54,570,785 | -0.76% | -0.52% |
| 2042 | 8,009,602 | 54,276,735 | -0.76% | -0.54% |
| 2043 | 7,949,312 | 53,966,605 | -0.75% | -0.57% |
| 2044 | 7,889,014 | 53,649,281 | -0.76% | -0.59% |
| 2045 | 7,828,555 | 53,327,530 | -0.77% | -0.6% |
| 2046 | 7,767,902 | 52,995,336 | -0.77% | -0.62% |
| 2047 | 7,706,676 | 52,650,393 | -0.79% | -0.65% |
| 2048 | 7,644,179 | 52,294,685 | -0.81% | -0.68% |
| 2049 | 7,580,508 | 51,929,700 | -0.83% | -0.7% |
| 2050 | 7,516,034 | 51,549,925 | -0.85% | -0.73% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Belarus decreased by 135,545 people (a 1.41% decline), while Italy gained 1,715,362 people (a 2.94% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Belarus lost -457,435 (a 4.83% decline), while Italy's population decreased by -1,576,485 (a 2.62% decline).
Belarus was ranked 82nd most populous country in 2006 and is 101st in 2026. Italy was ranked 23rd in 2006 and ranked 26th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Belarus' population will shrink by 16.6% to 7,516,034 people with a rank change from 101st to 114th. The population of Italy will decrease by 11.9% to 51,549,925 people and rank change from 26th to 40th.
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Population differences between Belarus and Italy
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| Life expectancy | 75 years | 84.2 years |
| Average age | 41.7 years | 46.5 years |
| Median age | 42 years | 48.8 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 46.6:53.4 | 48.9:51.1 |
| Fertility rate | 1.21 births per woman | 1.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 116.5 ppl/mi² | 516 ppl/mi² |
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