Population in Belarus compared to New Zealand: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Belarus and New Zealand: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Belarus	New Zealand	Belarus	New Zealand
1960	8,198,000	2,371,800	-	-
1961	8,271,216	2,419,700	0.89%	2.02%
1962	8,351,928	2,482,000	0.98%	2.57%
1963	8,437,232	2,531,800	1.02%	2.01%
1964	8,524,224	2,585,400	1.03%	2.12%
1965	8,610,000	2,628,400	1.01%	1.66%
1966	8,696,496	2,675,900	1%	1.81%
1967	8,785,648	2,724,100	1.03%	1.8%
1968	8,874,552	2,748,100	1.01%	0.88%
1969	8,960,304	2,772,800	0.97%	0.9%
1970	9,040,000	2,810,700	0.89%	1.37%
1971	9,115,576	2,853,000	0.84%	1.5%
1972	9,188,968	2,903,900	0.81%	1.78%
1973	9,257,272	2,961,300	0.74%	1.98%
1974	9,317,584	3,023,700	0.65%	2.11%
1975	9,367,000	3,083,100	0.53%	1.96%
1976	9,411,000	3,110,500	0.47%	0.89%
1977	9,463,000	3,120,200	0.55%	0.31%
1978	9,525,000	3,121,200	0.66%	0.03%
1979	9,584,000	3,109,000	0.62%	-0.39%
1980	9,643,000	3,112,900	0.62%	0.13%
1981	9,710,000	3,124,900	0.69%	0.39%
1982	9,776,000	3,156,100	0.68%	1%
1983	9,843,000	3,199,300	0.69%	1.37%
1984	9,910,000	3,227,100	0.68%	0.87%
1985	9,975,000	3,247,100	0.66%	0.62%
1986	10,043,000	3,246,300	0.68%	-0.02%
1987	10,111,000	3,274,400	0.68%	0.87%
1988	10,140,000	3,283,400	0.29%	0.27%
1989	10,170,000	3,299,200	0.3%	0.48%
1990	10,189,348	3,329,800	0.19%	0.93%
1991	10,194,050	3,495,100	0.05%	4.96%
1992	10,216,470	3,531,700	0.22%	1.05%
1993	10,239,050	3,572,200	0.22%	1.15%
1994	10,226,955	3,620,000	-0.12%	1.34%
1995	10,193,831	3,673,400	-0.32%	1.48%
1996	10,159,569	3,732,000	-0.34%	1.6%
1997	10,117,433	3,781,300	-0.41%	1.32%
1998	10,071,963	3,815,000	-0.45%	0.89%
1999	10,026,738	3,835,100	-0.45%	0.53%
2000	9,979,610	3,857,700	-0.47%	0.59%
2001	9,928,549	3,880,500	-0.51%	0.59%
2002	9,865,548	3,948,500	-0.63%	1.75%
2003	9,796,749	4,027,200	-0.7%	1.99%
2004	9,730,146	4,087,500	-0.68%	1.5%
2005	9,663,915	4,133,900	-0.68%	1.14%
2006	9,604,924	4,184,600	-0.61%	1.23%
2007	9,560,953	4,223,800	-0.46%	0.94%
2008	9,527,985	4,259,800	-0.34%	0.85%
2009	9,504,583	4,302,600	-0.25%	1%
2010	9,483,836	4,350,700	-0.22%	1.12%
2011	9,461,643	4,384,000	-0.23%	0.77%
2012	9,446,836	4,408,100	-0.16%	0.55%
2013	9,443,211	4,442,100	-0.04%	0.77%
2014	9,448,515	4,516,500	0.06%	1.67%
2015	9,461,076	4,609,400	0.13%	2.06%
2016	9,469,379	4,714,100	0.09%	2.27%
2017	9,458,989	4,813,600	-0.11%	2.11%
2018	9,438,785	4,900,600	-0.21%	1.81%
2019	9,419,758	4,970,300	-0.2%	1.42%
2020	9,379,952	5,072,400	-0.42%	2.05%
2021	9,302,585	5,084,600	-0.82%	0.24%
2022	9,228,071	5,081,700	-0.8%	-0.06%
2023	9,178,298	5,200,000	-0.54%	2.33%
2024	9,132,629	5,287,500	-0.5%	1.68%
2025	9,073,036	5,325,989	-0.65%	0.73%
2026	9,011,944	5,362,071	-0.67%	0.68%
2027	8,950,041	5,395,933	-0.69%	0.63%
2028	8,887,762	5,427,327	-0.7%	0.58%
2029	8,824,424	5,456,502	-0.71%	0.54%
2030	8,760,466	5,483,630	-0.72%	0.5%
2031	8,696,768	5,509,118	-0.73%	0.46%
2032	8,633,068	5,533,087	-0.73%	0.44%
2033	8,569,172	5,555,912	-0.74%	0.41%
2034	8,505,555	5,577,658	-0.74%	0.39%
2035	8,442,461	5,598,481	-0.74%	0.37%
2036	8,379,897	5,618,949	-0.74%	0.37%
2037	8,317,831	5,638,796	-0.74%	0.35%
2038	8,255,917	5,658,606	-0.74%	0.35%
2039	8,193,893	5,677,983	-0.75%	0.34%
2040	8,132,083	5,696,537	-0.75%	0.33%
2041	8,070,545	5,715,286	-0.76%	0.33%
2042	8,009,602	5,733,881	-0.76%	0.33%
2043	7,949,312	5,750,997	-0.75%	0.3%
2044	7,889,014	5,766,545	-0.76%	0.27%
2045	7,828,555	5,780,970	-0.77%	0.25%
2046	7,767,902	5,794,046	-0.77%	0.23%
2047	7,706,676	5,805,663	-0.79%	0.2%
2048	7,644,179	5,816,692	-0.81%	0.19%
2049	7,580,508	5,826,512	-0.83%	0.17%
2050	7,516,034	5,836,471	-0.85%	0.17%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Belarus decreased by 135,545 people (a 1.41% decline), while New Zealand gained 529,500 people (a 12.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Belarus lost -457,435 (a 4.83% decline), while New Zealand's population increased by 648,341 (a 13.8% growth).

Belarus was ranked 82nd most populous country in 2006 and is 101st in 2026. New Zealand was ranked 122nd in 2006 and ranked 125th 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 New Zealand will increase by 8.84% to 5,836,471 people and rank change from 125th to 122nd.