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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Belarus	Sweden	Belarus	Sweden
1960	8,198,000	7,484,656	-	-
1961	8,271,216	7,519,998	0.89%	0.47%
1962	8,351,928	7,561,588	0.98%	0.55%
1963	8,437,232	7,604,328	1.02%	0.57%
1964	8,524,224	7,661,354	1.03%	0.75%
1965	8,610,000	7,733,853	1.01%	0.95%
1966	8,696,496	7,807,797	1%	0.96%
1967	8,785,648	7,867,931	1.03%	0.77%
1968	8,874,552	7,912,273	1.01%	0.56%
1969	8,960,304	7,968,072	0.97%	0.71%
1970	9,040,000	8,042,801	0.89%	0.94%
1971	9,115,576	8,098,334	0.84%	0.69%
1972	9,188,968	8,122,300	0.81%	0.3%
1973	9,257,272	8,136,312	0.74%	0.17%
1974	9,317,584	8,159,955	0.65%	0.29%
1975	9,367,000	8,192,437	0.53%	0.4%
1976	9,411,000	8,222,286	0.47%	0.36%
1977	9,463,000	8,251,540	0.55%	0.36%
1978	9,525,000	8,275,599	0.66%	0.29%
1979	9,584,000	8,293,678	0.62%	0.22%
1980	9,643,000	8,310,531	0.62%	0.2%
1981	9,710,000	8,320,503	0.69%	0.12%
1982	9,776,000	8,325,263	0.68%	0.06%
1983	9,843,000	8,329,033	0.69%	0.05%
1984	9,910,000	8,336,605	0.68%	0.09%
1985	9,975,000	8,350,386	0.66%	0.17%
1986	10,043,000	8,369,829	0.68%	0.23%
1987	10,111,000	8,397,804	0.68%	0.33%
1988	10,140,000	8,436,489	0.29%	0.46%
1989	10,170,000	8,492,964	0.3%	0.67%
1990	10,189,348	8,558,835	0.19%	0.78%
1991	10,194,050	8,617,375	0.05%	0.68%
1992	10,216,470	8,668,067	0.22%	0.59%
1993	10,239,050	8,718,561	0.22%	0.58%
1994	10,226,955	8,780,745	-0.12%	0.71%
1995	10,193,831	8,826,939	-0.32%	0.53%
1996	10,159,569	8,840,998	-0.34%	0.16%
1997	10,117,433	8,846,062	-0.41%	0.06%
1998	10,071,963	8,850,974	-0.45%	0.06%
1999	10,026,738	8,857,874	-0.45%	0.08%
2000	9,979,610	8,872,109	-0.47%	0.16%
2001	9,928,549	8,895,960	-0.51%	0.27%
2002	9,865,548	8,924,958	-0.63%	0.33%
2003	9,796,749	8,958,229	-0.7%	0.37%
2004	9,730,146	8,993,531	-0.68%	0.39%
2005	9,663,915	9,029,572	-0.68%	0.4%
2006	9,604,924	9,080,505	-0.61%	0.56%
2007	9,560,953	9,148,092	-0.46%	0.74%
2008	9,527,985	9,219,637	-0.34%	0.78%
2009	9,504,583	9,298,515	-0.25%	0.86%
2010	9,483,836	9,378,126	-0.22%	0.86%
2011	9,461,643	9,449,213	-0.23%	0.76%
2012	9,446,836	9,519,374	-0.16%	0.74%
2013	9,443,211	9,600,379	-0.04%	0.85%
2014	9,448,515	9,696,110	0.06%	1%
2015	9,461,076	9,799,186	0.13%	1.06%
2016	9,469,379	9,923,085	0.09%	1.26%
2017	9,458,989	10,057,698	-0.11%	1.36%
2018	9,438,785	10,175,214	-0.21%	1.17%
2019	9,419,758	10,278,887	-0.2%	1.02%
2020	9,379,952	10,353,442	-0.42%	0.73%
2021	9,302,585	10,415,811	-0.82%	0.6%
2022	9,228,071	10,486,941	-0.8%	0.68%
2023	9,178,298	10,536,632	-0.54%	0.47%
2024	9,133,712	10,569,709	-0.49%	0.31%
2025	9,074,112	10,619,177	-0.65%	0.47%
2026	9,013,013	10,663,427	-0.67%	0.42%
2027	8,951,103	10,703,497	-0.69%	0.38%
2028	8,888,816	10,740,420	-0.7%	0.34%
2029	8,825,470	10,773,692	-0.71%	0.31%
2030	8,761,505	10,803,699	-0.72%	0.28%
2031	8,697,799	10,830,583	-0.73%	0.25%
2032	8,634,092	10,855,855	-0.73%	0.23%
2033	8,570,188	10,880,544	-0.74%	0.23%
2034	8,506,564	10,903,924	-0.74%	0.21%
2035	8,443,463	10,926,433	-0.74%	0.21%
2036	8,380,891	10,949,062	-0.74%	0.21%
2037	8,318,818	10,971,259	-0.74%	0.2%
2038	8,256,896	10,993,203	-0.74%	0.2%
2039	8,194,864	11,015,926	-0.75%	0.21%
2040	8,133,047	11,039,663	-0.75%	0.22%
2041	8,071,502	11,063,604	-0.76%	0.22%
2042	8,010,552	11,088,299	-0.76%	0.22%
2043	7,950,255	11,113,927	-0.75%	0.23%
2044	7,889,949	11,139,125	-0.76%	0.23%
2045	7,829,484	11,163,492	-0.77%	0.22%
2046	7,768,823	11,186,803	-0.77%	0.21%
2047	7,707,590	11,209,183	-0.79%	0.2%
2048	7,645,086	11,230,526	-0.81%	0.19%
2049	7,581,407	11,250,663	-0.83%	0.18%
2050	7,516,925	11,269,877	-0.85%	0.17%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Belarus decreased by 202,839 people (a 2.1% decline), while Sweden gained 769,614 people (a 8.52% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Belarus lost -386,964 (a 4.09% decline), while Sweden's population increased by 855,536 (a 8.73% growth).

Belarus was ranked 82nd most populous country in 2005 and is 101st in 2025. Sweden was ranked 88th in 2005 and ranked 93rd 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 Sweden will increase by 5.77% to 11,269,877 people and will still be ranked 93rd.