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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Belarus	Russia	Belarus	Russia
1960	8,198,000	119,897,000	-	-
1961	8,271,216	121,236,000	0.89%	1.12%
1962	8,351,928	122,591,000	0.98%	1.12%
1963	8,437,232	123,960,000	1.02%	1.12%
1964	8,524,224	125,345,000	1.03%	1.12%
1965	8,610,000	126,745,000	1.01%	1.12%
1966	8,696,496	127,468,000	1%	0.57%
1967	8,785,648	128,196,000	1.03%	0.57%
1968	8,874,552	128,928,000	1.01%	0.57%
1969	8,960,304	129,664,000	0.97%	0.57%
1970	9,040,000	130,404,000	0.89%	0.57%
1971	9,115,576	131,155,000	0.84%	0.58%
1972	9,188,968	131,909,000	0.81%	0.57%
1973	9,257,272	132,669,000	0.74%	0.58%
1974	9,317,584	133,432,000	0.65%	0.58%
1975	9,367,000	134,200,000	0.53%	0.58%
1976	9,411,000	135,147,000	0.47%	0.71%
1977	9,463,000	136,100,000	0.55%	0.71%
1978	9,525,000	137,060,000	0.66%	0.71%
1979	9,584,000	138,027,000	0.62%	0.71%
1980	9,643,000	139,010,000	0.62%	0.71%
1981	9,710,000	139,941,000	0.69%	0.67%
1982	9,776,000	140,823,000	0.68%	0.63%
1983	9,843,000	141,668,000	0.69%	0.6%
1984	9,910,000	142,745,000	0.68%	0.76%
1985	9,975,000	143,858,000	0.66%	0.78%
1986	10,043,000	144,894,000	0.68%	0.72%
1987	10,111,000	145,908,000	0.68%	0.7%
1988	10,140,000	146,857,000	0.29%	0.65%
1989	10,170,000	147,721,000	0.3%	0.59%
1990	10,189,348	147,969,406	0.19%	0.17%
1991	10,194,050	148,394,216	0.05%	0.29%
1992	10,216,470	148,538,197	0.22%	0.1%
1993	10,239,050	148,458,777	0.22%	-0.05%
1994	10,226,955	148,407,912	-0.12%	-0.03%
1995	10,193,831	148,375,787	-0.32%	-0.02%
1996	10,159,569	148,160,129	-0.34%	-0.15%
1997	10,117,433	147,915,361	-0.41%	-0.17%
1998	10,071,963	147,670,784	-0.45%	-0.17%
1999	10,026,738	147,214,776	-0.45%	-0.31%
2000	9,979,610	146,596,869	-0.47%	-0.42%
2001	9,928,549	145,976,482	-0.51%	-0.42%
2002	9,865,548	145,306,497	-0.63%	-0.46%
2003	9,796,749	144,648,618	-0.7%	-0.45%
2004	9,730,146	144,067,316	-0.68%	-0.4%
2005	9,663,915	143,518,814	-0.68%	-0.38%
2006	9,604,924	143,049,637	-0.61%	-0.33%
2007	9,560,953	142,805,114	-0.46%	-0.17%
2008	9,527,985	142,742,366	-0.34%	-0.04%
2009	9,504,583	142,785,348	-0.25%	0.03%
2010	9,483,836	142,849,468	-0.22%	0.04%
2011	9,461,643	143,018,195	-0.23%	0.12%
2012	9,446,836	143,378,447	-0.16%	0.25%
2013	9,443,211	143,805,638	-0.04%	0.3%
2014	9,448,515	144,237,223	0.06%	0.3%
2015	9,461,076	144,640,716	0.13%	0.28%
2016	9,469,379	145,015,460	0.09%	0.26%
2017	9,458,989	145,293,260	-0.11%	0.19%
2018	9,438,785	145,398,106	-0.21%	0.07%
2019	9,419,758	145,453,291	-0.2%	0.04%
2020	9,379,952	145,245,148	-0.42%	-0.14%
2021	9,302,585	144,746,762	-0.82%	-0.34%
2022	9,228,071	144,236,933	-0.8%	-0.35%
2023	9,178,298	143,826,130	-0.54%	-0.28%
2024	9,132,629	143,533,851	-0.5%	-0.2%
2025	9,073,036	142,718,132	-0.65%	-0.57%
2026	9,011,944	142,120,553	-0.67%	-0.42%
2027	8,950,041	141,773,330	-0.69%	-0.24%
2028	8,887,762	141,402,326	-0.7%	-0.26%
2029	8,824,424	141,021,009	-0.71%	-0.27%
2030	8,760,466	140,628,883	-0.72%	-0.28%
2031	8,696,768	140,218,596	-0.73%	-0.29%
2032	8,633,068	139,807,207	-0.73%	-0.29%
2033	8,569,172	139,414,947	-0.74%	-0.28%
2034	8,505,555	139,034,543	-0.74%	-0.27%
2035	8,442,461	138,666,694	-0.74%	-0.26%
2036	8,379,897	138,311,757	-0.74%	-0.26%
2037	8,317,831	137,968,177	-0.74%	-0.25%
2038	8,255,917	137,643,032	-0.74%	-0.24%
2039	8,193,893	137,336,299	-0.75%	-0.22%
2040	8,132,083	137,053,347	-0.75%	-0.21%
2041	8,070,545	136,795,588	-0.76%	-0.19%
2042	8,009,602	136,558,692	-0.76%	-0.17%
2043	7,949,312	136,335,849	-0.75%	-0.16%
2044	7,889,014	136,124,845	-0.76%	-0.15%
2045	7,828,555	135,933,758	-0.77%	-0.14%
2046	7,767,902	135,756,848	-0.77%	-0.13%
2047	7,706,676	135,574,181	-0.79%	-0.13%
2048	7,644,179	135,372,557	-0.81%	-0.15%
2049	7,580,508	135,156,911	-0.83%	-0.16%
2050	7,516,034	134,923,391	-0.85%	-0.17%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Belarus decreased by 135,545 people (a 1.41% decline), while Russia gained 1,965,823 people (a 1.37% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Belarus lost -457,435 (a 4.83% decline), while Russia's population decreased by -2,894,907 (a 2% decline).

Belarus was ranked 82nd most populous country in 2006 and is 101st in 2026. Russia was ranked 9th in 2006 and still ranked 9th 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 Russia will decrease by 5.06% to 134,923,391 people and rank change from 9th to 13th.