Belarus's population fell from 10.2M in 1996 to 9.09M in 2025.
Belarus · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Belarus's population growth fell from -0.3 % in 1996 to -0.5 % in 2025.
Belarus's population density fell from 50.4 in 1994 to 45.2 in 2023.
Belarus's population, female (% of total) rose from 53.2 % in 1996 to 53.4 % in 2025.
Belarus's urbanisation rose from 68.3 % in 1996 to 79.5 % in 2025.
Belarus's urban population rose from 6.94M in 1996 to 7.22M in 2025.
Belarus's rural population fell from 3.22M in 1996 to 1.86M in 2025.
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- Fertilityup +0.7 %197th of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −1.5 %202nd of 217
- Death rate, crudedown −1.5 %11th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −4.9 %54th of 217
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- Median ageup +0.3 yrs42nd of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.4 pts168th of 217
- Working age (15–64)down −0.2 pts77th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.6 pts47th of 217
- Age dependency ratioup +0.5 pts141st of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +1.0 pts49th of 217
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- Net migrationup +3.2 %129th of 217
- Migrant stockup +0.2 pts74th of 216
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- Refugees hostedup +8.5 %67th of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.2 yrs114th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.2 yrs99th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.2 yrs129th of 217