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Population in Belarus compared to the United States: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Belarus was 9,133,712 in 2024 vs 340,110,988 people in the United States in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Belarus' population is 9,074,112 people compared to 343,323,530 in the United States.

Population statistics:

  • The United States' population is 37.8 times bigger than Belarus'.
  • Belarus is ranked the 101st most populous country in the world, while the United States is the 3rd.
  • The countries together account for 4.26% of the world: 0.11% for Belarus vs 4.15% for the United States.
  • For the last 10 years, Belarus has had an average growth rate of -0.3% per year vs +0.67% in the United States.
  • Since 2005, the population of Belarus has decreased from 9.66M people to 9.07M (6.1% decline), while the United States has grown from 296M to 343M (16.2% growth).
  • The United States is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 415M people, while Belarus' population already peaked in 1993 at 10.2M people and is projected to decrease to 4.39M people by 2100.

Belarus vs United States: live population counter

Belarus United States
Current population
9074112
343323530
Population rank 101/197 3/197
Percent of world population 0.11% 4.15%
One net population change
11.8 minutes
6.07 seconds
One birth every
8.02 minutes
8.8 seconds
One death every
4.29 minutes
10.2 seconds
One migration net change every
2.81 hours
24.5 seconds
Annual migration change -3,119 +1,286,132
Daily growth/decline -122 +14,236
Annual growth/decline -44,586 +5,196,093
Annual growth/decline rate -0.49% +1.55%
Population growth rate rank 185/197 72/197

Belarus and the United States: population history and growth rate by year chart

Belarus
Population

Growth rate
United States
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Belarus United States Belarus United States
1900 - 76,094,000 - -
1901 - 77,584,000 - 1.96%
1902 - 79,163,000 - 2.04%
1903 - 80,632,000 - 1.86%
1904 - 82,166,000 - 1.9%
1905 - 83,822,000 - 2.02%
1906 - 85,450,000 - 1.94%
1907 - 87,008,000 - 1.82%
1908 - 88,710,000 - 1.96%
1909 - 90,490,000 - 2.01%
1910 - 92,407,000 - 2.12%
1911 - 93,863,000 - 1.58%
1912 - 95,335,000 - 1.57%
1913 - 97,225,000 - 1.98%
1914 - 99,111,000 - 1.94%
1915 - 100,546,000 - 1.45%
1916 - 101,961,000 - 1.41%
1917 - 103,268,000 - 1.28%
1918 - 103,208,000 - -0.06%
1919 - 104,514,000 - 1.27%
1920 - 106,461,000 - 1.86%
1921 - 108,538,000 - 1.95%
1922 - 110,049,000 - 1.39%
1923 - 111,947,000 - 1.72%
1924 - 114,109,000 - 1.93%
1925 - 115,829,000 - 1.51%
1926 - 117,397,000 - 1.35%
1927 - 119,035,000 - 1.4%
1928 - 120,509,000 - 1.24%
1929 - 121,767,000 - 1.04%
1930 - 123,076,741 - 1.08%
1931 - 124,039,648 - 0.78%
1932 - 124,840,471 - 0.65%
1933 - 125,578,763 - 0.59%
1934 - 126,373,773 - 0.63%
1935 - 127,250,232 - 0.69%
1936 - 128,053,180 - 0.63%
1937 - 128,824,829 - 0.6%
1938 - 129,824,939 - 0.78%
1939 - 130,879,718 - 0.81%
1940 - 132,122,446 - 0.95%
1941 - 133,402,471 - 0.97%
1942 - 134,859,553 - 1.09%
1943 - 136,739,353 - 1.39%
1944 - 138,397,345 - 1.21%
1945 - 139,928,165 - 1.11%
1946 - 141,388,566 - 1.04%
1947 - 144,126,071 - 1.94%
1948 - 146,631,302 - 1.74%
1949 - 149,188,130 - 1.74%
1950 - 152,271,417 - 2.07%
1951 - 154,877,889 - 1.71%
1952 - 157,552,740 - 1.73%
1953 - 160,184,192 - 1.67%
1954 - 163,025,854 - 1.77%
1955 - 165,931,202 - 1.78%
1956 - 168,903,031 - 1.79%
1957 - 171,984,130 - 1.82%
1958 - 174,881,904 - 1.68%
1959 - 177,829,628 - 1.69%
1960 8,198,000 180,671,158 - 1.6%
1961 8,271,216 183,691,481 0.89% 1.67%
1962 8,351,928 186,537,737 0.98% 1.55%
1963 8,437,232 189,241,798 1.02% 1.45%
1964 8,524,224 191,888,791 1.03% 1.4%
1965 8,610,000 194,302,963 1.01% 1.26%
1966 8,696,496 196,560,338 1% 1.16%
1967 8,785,648 198,712,056 1.03% 1.09%
1968 8,874,552 200,706,052 1.01% 1%
1969 8,960,304 202,676,946 0.97% 0.98%
1970 9,040,000 205,052,174 0.89% 1.17%
1971 9,115,576 207,660,677 0.84% 1.27%
1972 9,188,968 209,896,021 0.81% 1.08%
1973 9,257,272 211,908,788 0.74% 0.96%
1974 9,317,584 213,853,928 0.65% 0.92%
1975 9,367,000 215,973,199 0.53% 0.99%
1976 9,411,000 218,035,164 0.47% 0.95%
1977 9,463,000 220,239,425 0.55% 1.01%
1978 9,525,000 222,584,545 0.66% 1.06%
1979 9,584,000 225,055,487 0.62% 1.11%
1980 9,643,000 226,542,250 0.62% 0.66%
1981 9,710,000 229,465,744 0.69% 1.29%
1982 9,776,000 231,664,432 0.68% 0.96%
1983 9,843,000 233,792,014 0.69% 0.92%
1984 9,910,000 235,824,908 0.68% 0.87%
1985 9,975,000 237,923,734 0.66% 0.89%
1986 10,043,000 240,132,831 0.68% 0.93%
1987 10,111,000 242,288,936 0.68% 0.9%
1988 10,140,000 244,499,004 0.29% 0.91%
1989 10,170,000 246,819,222 0.3% 0.95%
1990 10,189,348 250,131,894 0.19% 1.34%
1991 10,194,050 253,492,503 0.05% 1.34%
1992 10,216,470 256,894,189 0.22% 1.34%
1993 10,239,050 260,255,352 0.22% 1.31%
1994 10,226,955 263,435,673 -0.12% 1.22%
1995 10,193,831 266,557,091 -0.32% 1.18%
1996 10,159,569 269,667,391 -0.34% 1.17%
1997 10,117,433 272,911,760 -0.41% 1.2%
1998 10,071,963 276,115,288 -0.45% 1.17%
1999 10,026,738 279,294,713 -0.45% 1.15%
2000 9,979,610 282,162,411 -0.47% 1.03%
2001 9,928,549 284,968,955 -0.51% 0.99%
2002 9,865,548 287,625,193 -0.63% 0.93%
2003 9,796,749 290,107,933 -0.7% 0.86%
2004 9,730,146 292,805,298 -0.68% 0.93%
2005 9,663,915 295,516,599 -0.68% 0.93%
2006 9,604,924 298,379,912 -0.61% 0.97%
2007 9,560,953 301,231,207 -0.46% 0.96%
2008 9,527,985 304,093,966 -0.34% 0.95%
2009 9,504,583 306,771,529 -0.25% 0.88%
2010 9,483,836 309,327,143 -0.22% 0.83%
2011 9,461,643 311,583,481 -0.23% 0.73%
2012 9,446,836 313,877,662 -0.16% 0.74%
2013 9,443,211 316,059,947 -0.04% 0.7%
2014 9,448,515 318,386,329 0.06% 0.74%
2015 9,461,076 320,738,994 0.13% 0.74%
2016 9,469,379 323,071,755 0.09% 0.73%
2017 9,458,989 325,122,128 -0.11% 0.63%
2018 9,438,785 326,838,199 -0.21% 0.53%
2019 9,419,758 328,329,953 -0.2% 0.46%
2020 9,379,952 331,526,933 -0.42% 0.97%
2021 9,302,585 331,893,745 -0.82% 0.11%
2022 9,228,071 333,271,411 -0.8% 0.42%
2023 9,178,298 334,914,895 -0.54% 0.49%
2024 9,133,712 340,110,988 -0.49% 1.55%
2025 9,074,112 341,931,772 -0.65% 0.54%
2026 9,013,013 343,664,369 -0.67% 0.51%
2027 8,951,103 345,331,185 -0.69% 0.49%
2028 8,888,816 346,981,137 -0.7% 0.48%
2029 8,825,470 348,601,982 -0.71% 0.47%
2030 8,761,505 350,176,974 -0.72% 0.45%
2031 8,697,799 351,725,612 -0.73% 0.44%
2032 8,634,092 353,249,060 -0.73% 0.43%
2033 8,570,188 354,749,644 -0.74% 0.42%
2034 8,506,564 356,234,239 -0.74% 0.42%
2035 8,443,463 357,694,316 -0.74% 0.41%
2036 8,380,891 359,119,002 -0.74% 0.4%
2037 8,318,818 360,517,853 -0.74% 0.39%
2038 8,256,896 361,895,407 -0.74% 0.38%
2039 8,194,864 363,229,908 -0.75% 0.37%
2040 8,133,047 364,512,364 -0.75% 0.35%
2041 8,071,502 365,753,139 -0.76% 0.34%
2042 8,010,552 366,969,419 -0.76% 0.33%
2043 7,950,255 368,146,925 -0.75% 0.32%
2044 7,889,949 369,258,123 -0.76% 0.3%
2045 7,829,484 370,318,770 -0.77% 0.29%
2046 7,768,823 371,328,255 -0.77% 0.27%
2047 7,707,590 372,299,116 -0.79% 0.26%
2048 7,645,086 373,230,539 -0.81% 0.25%
2049 7,581,407 374,119,803 -0.83% 0.24%
2050 7,516,925 374,986,259 -0.85% 0.23%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Belarus decreased by 202,839 people (a 2.1% decline), while the United States gained 25,222,395 people (a 8.54% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Belarus lost -386,964 (a 4.09% decline), while the United States' population increased by 22,584,536 (a 7.04% growth).

Belarus was ranked 82nd most populous country in 2005 and is 101st in 2025. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2005 and still ranked 3rd 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 the United States will increase by 9.22% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.

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