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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Belarus	Romania	Belarus	Romania
1960	8,198,000	18,406,905	-	-
1961	8,271,216	18,555,250	0.89%	0.81%
1962	8,351,928	18,676,550	0.98%	0.65%
1963	8,437,232	18,797,850	1.02%	0.65%
1964	8,524,224	18,919,126	1.03%	0.65%
1965	8,610,000	19,031,576	1.01%	0.59%
1966	8,696,496	19,215,450	1%	0.97%
1967	8,785,648	19,534,242	1.03%	1.66%
1968	8,874,552	19,799,831	1.01%	1.36%
1969	8,960,304	20,009,141	0.97%	1.06%
1970	9,040,000	20,250,398	0.89%	1.21%
1971	9,115,576	20,461,567	0.84%	1.04%
1972	9,188,968	20,657,957	0.81%	0.96%
1973	9,257,272	20,835,681	0.74%	0.86%
1974	9,317,584	21,029,429	0.65%	0.93%
1975	9,367,000	21,293,583	0.53%	1.26%
1976	9,411,000	21,551,634	0.47%	1.21%
1977	9,463,000	21,756,096	0.55%	0.95%
1978	9,525,000	21,951,464	0.66%	0.9%
1979	9,584,000	22,090,488	0.62%	0.63%
1980	9,643,000	22,207,282	0.62%	0.53%
1981	9,710,000	22,353,070	0.69%	0.66%
1982	9,776,000	22,475,741	0.68%	0.55%
1983	9,843,000	22,560,478	0.69%	0.38%
1984	9,910,000	22,640,547	0.68%	0.35%
1985	9,975,000	22,732,999	0.66%	0.41%
1986	10,043,000	22,836,841	0.68%	0.46%
1987	10,111,000	22,949,430	0.68%	0.49%
1988	10,140,000	23,057,662	0.29%	0.47%
1989	10,170,000	23,161,458	0.3%	0.45%
1990	10,189,348	23,201,835	0.19%	0.17%
1991	10,194,050	23,001,155	0.05%	-0.86%
1992	10,216,470	22,794,284	0.22%	-0.9%
1993	10,239,050	22,763,280	0.22%	-0.14%
1994	10,226,955	22,730,211	-0.12%	-0.15%
1995	10,193,831	22,684,270	-0.32%	-0.2%
1996	10,159,569	22,619,004	-0.34%	-0.29%
1997	10,117,433	22,553,978	-0.41%	-0.29%
1998	10,071,963	22,507,344	-0.45%	-0.21%
1999	10,026,738	22,472,040	-0.45%	-0.16%
2000	9,979,610	22,442,971	-0.47%	-0.13%
2001	9,928,549	22,131,970	-0.51%	-1.39%
2002	9,865,548	21,730,496	-0.63%	-1.81%
2003	9,796,749	21,574,326	-0.7%	-0.72%
2004	9,730,146	21,451,748	-0.68%	-0.57%
2005	9,663,915	21,319,685	-0.68%	-0.62%
2006	9,604,924	21,193,760	-0.61%	-0.59%
2007	9,560,953	20,882,982	-0.46%	-1.47%
2008	9,527,985	20,537,875	-0.34%	-1.65%
2009	9,504,583	20,367,487	-0.25%	-0.83%
2010	9,483,836	20,246,871	-0.22%	-0.59%
2011	9,461,643	20,147,528	-0.23%	-0.49%
2012	9,446,836	20,058,035	-0.16%	-0.44%
2013	9,443,211	19,983,693	-0.04%	-0.37%
2014	9,448,515	19,908,979	0.06%	-0.37%
2015	9,461,076	19,815,616	0.13%	-0.47%
2016	9,469,379	19,702,267	0.09%	-0.57%
2017	9,458,989	19,588,715	-0.11%	-0.58%
2018	9,438,785	19,473,970	-0.21%	-0.59%
2019	9,419,758	19,371,648	-0.2%	-0.53%
2020	9,379,952	19,265,250	-0.42%	-0.55%
2021	9,302,585	19,122,059	-0.82%	-0.74%
2022	9,228,071	19,048,502	-0.8%	-0.38%
2023	9,178,298	19,061,062	-0.54%	0.07%
2024	9,132,629	19,051,804	-0.5%	-0.05%
2025	9,073,036	18,945,157	-0.65%	-0.56%
2026	9,011,944	18,836,893	-0.67%	-0.57%
2027	8,950,041	18,727,645	-0.69%	-0.58%
2028	8,887,762	18,617,757	-0.7%	-0.59%
2029	8,824,424	18,506,702	-0.71%	-0.6%
2030	8,760,466	18,394,947	-0.72%	-0.6%
2031	8,696,768	18,282,991	-0.73%	-0.61%
2032	8,633,068	18,170,681	-0.73%	-0.61%
2033	8,569,172	18,057,661	-0.74%	-0.62%
2034	8,505,555	17,943,814	-0.74%	-0.63%
2035	8,442,461	17,828,772	-0.74%	-0.64%
2036	8,379,897	17,712,177	-0.74%	-0.65%
2037	8,317,831	17,595,189	-0.74%	-0.66%
2038	8,255,917	17,477,597	-0.74%	-0.67%
2039	8,193,893	17,360,012	-0.75%	-0.67%
2040	8,132,083	17,242,939	-0.75%	-0.67%
2041	8,070,545	17,124,773	-0.76%	-0.69%
2042	8,009,602	17,006,515	-0.76%	-0.69%
2043	7,949,312	16,888,882	-0.75%	-0.69%
2044	7,889,014	16,770,593	-0.76%	-0.7%
2045	7,828,555	16,652,406	-0.77%	-0.7%
2046	7,767,902	16,534,847	-0.77%	-0.71%
2047	7,706,676	16,416,456	-0.79%	-0.72%
2048	7,644,179	16,297,099	-0.81%	-0.73%
2049	7,580,508	16,177,534	-0.83%	-0.73%
2050	7,516,034	16,058,209	-0.85%	-0.74%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Belarus decreased by 135,545 people (a 1.41% decline), while Romania lost 1,491,493 people (a 7.04% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Belarus lost -457,435 (a 4.83% decline), while Romania's population decreased by -865,374 (a 4.39% decline).

Belarus was ranked 82nd most populous country in 2006 and is 101st in 2026. Romania was ranked 51st in 2006 and ranked 70th 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 Romania will decrease by 14.8% to 16,058,209 people and rank change from 70th to 81st.