Country or area · Eastern Europe · Europe · UN WPP 2024

Belarus population

Belarus population now

8,921,965

A projection read at this second, not a count: the UN's totals for 1 January 2026 and 2027, joined by a straight line. 95% range for 31 December 2026: 8.8–9.0 million.

Mid-2023, UN estimate: 9,115,680

Year: 2026; projection · medium
Population, mid-2026: 8.93701 million; 95% range, 31 Dec: 8.8–9.0 million
Median age: 42.8
Aged 65+: 18.9%

Move through time, 1950–2100

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male female projection · one cell = 2,000 people

How to read this: one row for each age, newborns at the bottom; men on the left, women on the right.

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries

BLR · 1950–2100 · in brief

Belarus in numbers

Belarus had 9,115,680 people in mid-2023, the 100th-largest population of the 236 countries and areas the UN reports, and 0.11% of the world's people. That is 1.3 times its 1950 population of 7.1 million.

Its population peaked in 1993 at 10.2 million and has been falling since. The UN's medium projection has 4.4 million in 2100. The projection is uncertain: on 1 January 2100 the UN's 95% range runs from 2.6 million to 6.5 million.

Deaths have outnumbered births every year since 1993, and do so in every projected year to 2100.

The median age was 24.7 in 1950 and 41.5 in 2023; the projection has 54.5 in 2100. 17.1% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 35.8% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) peaked in 2001 at 6.8 million; in 2023 it was 6.0 million.

Among countries it ranks 100th in 2023, 114th in 2050 and 131st in 2100. It is overtaken by Sierra Leone in 2026, Switzerland in 2026 and Laos in 2033.

Population, mid-2023: 9,115,680
Rank by population, 2023: 100 of 236
Share of the world, 2023: 0.11%
Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023: −0.63% · −57,557 people
People per km² of land, 2023: 45
Land area, 2023: 202,983 km²
Births, 2023: 65,050
Deaths, 2023: 121,587
Net migration, 2023: −3,034
Children per woman, 2023: 1.21
Median age, 2023: 41.5 years
Life expectancy at birth, 2023: 74.4 years
In a city, 2025: 55 of every 100
Population, mid-1950: 7,127,594
Projected, mid-2050: 7,453,546
Projected, mid-2100: 4,350,962

BLR · 1950–2100 · total population

Population, 1950–2100

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estimate projection, up to the bottom of the 95% range 95% range medium projection. One column is one year's population, read on 1 January; the paper rules divide it into equal cells.

Show the numbers: Belarus, 1950–2100

Belarus: population on 1 January, births, deaths, fertility and life expectancy, 1950–2100
Year	Kind	Population, 1 Jan	95% range	Births	Deaths	Children per woman	Life expectancy
1950	estimate	7,100,082		163,567	109,699	2.64	58.6
1951	estimate	7,155,107		169,682	103,688	2.66	59.4
1952	estimate	7,223,759		172,108	97,605	2.63	60.5
1953	estimate	7,305,455		174,550	92,558	2.60	61.5
1954	estimate	7,395,817		178,676	88,134	2.61	62.5
1955	estimate	7,501,961		183,898	84,514	2.63	63.5
1956	estimate	7,619,390		188,856	81,189	2.66	64.5
1957	estimate	7,746,373		194,030	78,355	2.69	65.4
1958	estimate	7,876,297		199,905	74,423	2.73	66.6
1959	estimate	8,011,881		205,336	69,700	2.76	68.0
1960	estimate	8,150,758		207,507	65,641	2.76	69.3
1961	estimate	8,265,238		201,348	64,174	2.67	70.0
1962	estimate	8,375,629		194,649	63,965	2.61	70.5
1963	estimate	8,473,332		181,457	64,059	2.48	70.8
1964	estimate	8,562,076		162,371	63,006	2.28	71.3
1965	estimate	8,643,601		153,828	63,192	2.23	71.6
1966	estimate	8,716,257		152,038	64,073	2.27	71.8
1967	estimate	8,789,683		146,068	65,518	2.25	71.9
1968	estimate	8,856,824		143,705	67,186	2.26	71.9
1969	estimate	8,925,832		140,132	69,768	2.23	71.7
1970	estimate	8,983,362		143,229	71,514	2.29	71.7
1971	estimate	9,046,431		146,227	73,779	2.31	71.6
1972	estimate	9,113,064		145,872	74,762	2.28	71.8
1973	estimate	9,176,203		143,303	76,926	2.21	71.7
1974	estimate	9,235,222		145,403	79,337	2.19	71.7
1975	estimate	9,296,135		145,194	82,601	2.13	71.4
1976	estimate	9,352,426		146,094	85,424	2.09	71.2
1977	estimate	9,407,746		147,421	88,091	2.06	71.1
1978	estimate	9,462,141		148,921	90,460	2.03	71.0
1979	estimate	9,509,469		149,028	92,952	2.00	70.8
1980	estimate	9,565,941		151,899	94,048	1.98	70.8
1981	estimate	9,640,400		155,950	95,663	1.99	70.8
1982	estimate	9,715,695		159,042	97,197	1.99	70.8
1983	estimate	9,780,870		172,027	99,733	2.13	70.7
1984	estimate	9,850,240		167,246	101,275	2.08	70.8
1985	estimate	9,913,148		163,617	100,757	2.04	71.2
1986	estimate	9,975,225		169,337	99,716	2.13	71.7
1987	estimate	10,033,351		160,789	99,822	2.06	72.0
1988	estimate	10,081,859		159,213	102,221	2.07	71.8
1989	estimate	10,133,415		149,576	104,483	1.98	71.5
1990	estimate	10,184,155		138,539	107,828	1.86	71.1
1991	estimate	10,188,366		128,414	111,499	1.75	70.7
1992	estimate	10,199,412		123,505	116,675	1.70	70.1
1993	estimate	10,235,711		113,992	122,435	1.58	69.5
1994	estimate	10,246,929		107,084	127,997	1.49	69.0
1995	estimate	10,213,445		98,583	131,026	1.37	68.8
1996	estimate	10,181,482		93,884	133,993	1.31	68.6
1997	estimate	10,146,573		87,721	135,902	1.22	68.5
1998	estimate	10,098,155		90,887	139,230	1.27	68.3
1999	estimate	10,063,002		89,675	139,270	1.26	68.4
2000	estimate	10,015,444		90,546	140,614	1.27	68.5
2001	estimate	9,967,182		88,659	142,421	1.24	68.4
2002	estimate	9,908,948		86,166	145,222	1.20	68.3
2003	estimate	9,837,951		85,838	144,589	1.19	68.4
2004	estimate	9,768,402		86,423	142,623	1.20	68.7
2005	estimate	9,701,780		88,443	140,876	1.22	69.0
2006	estimate	9,633,897		94,726	138,145	1.30	69.4
2007	estimate	9,582,175		101,207	135,279	1.39	70.0
2008	estimate	9,544,092		105,086	134,062	1.45	70.3
2009	estimate	9,514,624		107,158	135,344	1.48	70.4
2010	estimate	9,500,050		106,778	135,663	1.48	70.5
2011	estimate	9,481,453		109,637	132,766	1.52	71.1
2012	estimate	9,464,017		115,932	128,718	1.62	71.8
2013	estimate	9,462,136		118,179	124,091	1.67	72.7
2014	estimate	9,466,770		118,739	121,845	1.70	73.3
2015	estimate	9,478,645		119,028	119,820	1.73	73.8
2016	estimate	9,495,941		117,118	119,136	1.73	74.2
2017	estimate	9,502,186		102,953	119,101	1.55	74.4
2018	estimate	9,489,393		94,468	121,806	1.46	74.3
2019	estimate	9,470,669		87,652	124,184	1.39	74.3
2020	estimate	9,400,170		83,089	147,592	1.37	72.3
2021	estimate	9,301,718		79,787	146,534	1.37	72.2
2022	estimate	9,201,012		73,954	121,504	1.33	74.4
2023	estimate	9,145,462		65,050	121,587	1.21	74.4
2024	estimate	9,085,898		63,679	118,967	1.22	74.6
2025	projection	9,027,494	9.0–9.1 million	62,332	119,093	1.23	74.8
2026	projection	8,967,712	8.9–9.0 million	61,280	119,042	1.23	75.0
2027	projection	8,906,324	8.8–9.0 million	60,242	118,913	1.24	75.2
2028	projection	8,844,928	8.7–9.0 million	59,582	118,801	1.25	75.3
2029	projection	8,782,793	8.6–8.9 million	58,971	118,824	1.25	75.5
2030	projection	8,719,324	8.5–8.9 million	58,735	118,802	1.26	75.7
2031	projection	8,655,941	8.4–8.9 million	58,780	118,922	1.27	75.8
2032	projection	8,592,975	8.4–8.8 million	58,895	119,105	1.28	76.0
2033	projection	8,529,609	8.3–8.8 million	59,228	119,435	1.28	76.2
2034	projection	8,466,243	8.2–8.8 million	59,889	119,787	1.29	76.3
2035	projection	8,403,429	8.1–8.7 million	60,581	120,168	1.30	76.5
2036	projection	8,341,112	8.0–8.7 million	61,447	120,678	1.31	76.7
2037	projection	8,279,340	7.9–8.7 million	62,179	121,299	1.31	76.8
2038	projection	8,218,020	7.8–8.7 million	63,039	121,840	1.32	77.0
2039	projection	8,156,536	7.7–8.6 million	63,776	122,303	1.32	77.2
2040	projection	8,094,999	7.6–8.6 million	64,586	122,842	1.33	77.3
2041	projection	8,033,933	7.5–8.6 million	65,252	123,138	1.34	77.5
2042	projection	7,972,956	7.4–8.5 million	65,890	123,438	1.34	77.7
2043	projection	7,913,064	7.3–8.5 million	66,215	123,639	1.35	77.8
2044	projection	7,853,362	7.2–8.5 million	66,140	123,678	1.35	78.0
2045	projection	7,793,481	7.1–8.5 million	65,749	123,495	1.36	78.2
2046	projection	7,733,451	7.0–8.4 million	65,016	123,250	1.36	78.3
2047	projection	7,673,192	7.0–8.4 million	63,790	122,892	1.37	78.5
2048	projection	7,612,013	6.9–8.4 million	62,207	122,471	1.37	78.7
2049	projection	7,549,232	6.8–8.4 million	60,419	121,820	1.38	78.8
2050	projection	7,485,739	6.7–8.3 million	58,430	121,116	1.38	79.0
2051	projection	7,421,353	6.6–8.3 million	56,262	120,401	1.39	79.1
2052	projection	7,355,798	6.5–8.3 million	54,004	119,521	1.39	79.3
2053	projection	7,288,566	6.4–8.2 million	51,831	118,570	1.39	79.5
2054	projection	7,220,004	6.4–8.2 million	49,790	117,727	1.40	79.6
2055	projection	7,150,329	6.3–8.1 million	47,832	116,782	1.40	79.8
2056	projection	7,079,228	6.2–8.1 million	46,137	115,855	1.40	79.9
2057	projection	7,007,467	6.0–8.0 million	44,591	115,005	1.41	80.1
2058	projection	6,935,224	5.9–8.0 million	43,400	114,189	1.41	80.2
2059	projection	6,862,909	5.9–7.9 million	42,397	113,474	1.41	80.4
2060	projection	6,790,182	5.8–7.9 million	41,638	112,919	1.41	80.5
2061	projection	6,717,390	5.6–7.8 million	41,126	112,347	1.42	80.7
2062	projection	6,645,004	5.6–7.8 million	40,774	111,859	1.42	80.8
2063	projection	6,572,666	5.5–7.7 million	40,681	111,354	1.42	81.0
2064	projection	6,500,450	5.4–7.7 million	40,659	110,937	1.42	81.1
2065	projection	6,428,588	5.3–7.7 million	40,747	110,542	1.42	81.3
2066	projection	6,357,119	5.2–7.6 million	41,029	110,234	1.43	81.4
2067	projection	6,286,180	5.1–7.6 million	41,319	109,891	1.43	81.6
2068	projection	6,215,994	5.0–7.5 million	41,657	109,497	1.44	81.7
2069	projection	6,146,849	4.9–7.5 million	41,944	109,049	1.44	81.9
2070	projection	6,078,331	4.8–7.4 million	42,259	108,607	1.44	82.0
2071	projection	6,010,640	4.7–7.4 million	42,507	108,165	1.44	82.2
2072	projection	5,943,459	4.6–7.4 million	42,671	107,500	1.45	82.3
2073	projection	5,877,442	4.5–7.3 million	42,766	106,814	1.45	82.4
2074	projection	5,812,003	4.4–7.3 million	42,750	105,978	1.45	82.6
2075	projection	5,747,583	4.3–7.3 million	42,615	104,965	1.45	82.7
2076	projection	5,683,971	4.3–7.2 million	42,344	103,816	1.45	82.8
2077	projection	5,621,185	4.2–7.2 million	41,873	102,612	1.45	83.0
2078	projection	5,558,966	4.1–7.1 million	41,360	101,175	1.46	83.1
2079	projection	5,497,845	4.0–7.1 million	40,670	99,642	1.46	83.2
2080	projection	5,437,482	4.0–7.1 million	39,896	98,003	1.46	83.3
2081	projection	5,377,884	3.9–7.0 million	39,085	96,111	1.46	83.5
2082	projection	5,319,370	3.8–7.0 million	38,169	94,300	1.46	83.6
2083	projection	5,261,792	3.8–7.0 million	37,190	92,301	1.46	83.8
2084	projection	5,205,231	3.7–7.0 million	36,186	90,455	1.46	83.9
2085	projection	5,149,563	3.6–6.9 million	35,193	88,676	1.47	84.0
2086	projection	5,094,717	3.6–6.9 million	34,225	86,948	1.47	84.1
2087	projection	5,040,815	3.5–6.9 million	33,365	85,344	1.47	84.3
2088	projection	4,987,635	3.4–6.8 million	32,513	83,842	1.47	84.4
2089	projection	4,935,273	3.3–6.8 million	31,718	82,515	1.47	84.5
2090	projection	4,883,314	3.3–6.7 million	31,074	81,331	1.47	84.7
2091	projection	4,831,813	3.2–6.7 million	30,500	80,449	1.47	84.8
2092	projection	4,780,781	3.1–6.7 million	30,013	79,724	1.47	84.9
2093	projection	4,729,925	3.1–6.7 million	29,655	79,162	1.47	85.0
2094	projection	4,679,052	3.0–6.6 million	29,394	78,735	1.48	85.1
2095	projection	4,628,481	3.0–6.6 million	29,211	78,544	1.48	85.3
2096	projection	4,577,942	2.9–6.6 million	29,068	78,427	1.48	85.4
2097	projection	4,527,649	2.8–6.6 million	28,975	78,402	1.48	85.5
2098	projection	4,477,242	2.8–6.5 million	28,960	78,362	1.48	85.6
2099	projection	4,426,805	2.7–6.5 million	29,003	78,371	1.48	85.7
2100	projection	4,376,126	2.6–6.5 million	29,060	78,344	1.49	85.9

Show the numbers: Belarus, mid-2026, by single year of age

Belarus: population by single year of age, mid-2026
Age	Male	Female
0	31,678	29,924
1	32,241	30,458
2	32,915	31,101
3	35,531	33,582
4	39,151	37,004
5	41,233	38,968
6	43,019	40,660
7	45,877	43,472
8	50,160	47,540
9	56,658	53,481
10	61,049	57,426
11	61,376	57,555
12	61,111	57,430
13	60,489	57,030
14	58,268	55,046
15	56,020	52,892
16	55,789	52,468
17	55,256	51,982
18	53,238	50,165
19	49,700	46,948
20	46,166	43,923
21	44,136	41,986
22	43,213	40,840
23	43,189	40,826
24	43,656	41,223
25	44,666	42,240
26	45,317	42,947
27	45,521	42,680
28	44,802	42,089
29	45,030	42,808
30	48,280	45,512
31	52,203	49,192
32	55,634	53,144
33	60,356	58,819
34	65,080	63,384
35	68,348	65,445
36	71,984	69,018
37	75,552	72,660
38	76,508	73,750
39	77,042	74,662
40	76,738	74,970
41	75,416	74,558
42	75,892	75,654
43	72,831	73,350
44	68,504	69,652
45	66,982	68,612
46	65,626	67,716
47	63,674	66,846
48	61,725	66,094
49	60,538	65,290
50	59,726	65,288
51	58,544	65,179
52	57,070	64,476
53	56,542	64,822
54	56,148	65,523
55	54,895	65,131
56	53,201	63,489
57	51,983	62,744
58	51,448	63,128
59	51,126	63,775
60	51,392	65,126
61	52,171	67,447
62	53,562	69,743
63	54,260	71,697
64	54,306	74,267
65	54,242	75,795
66	52,692	75,411
67	50,093	74,540
68	46,678	71,964
69	42,699	68,040
70	39,240	65,209
71	36,256	62,520
72	31,984	57,814
73	28,844	54,534
74	27,394	53,317
75	25,108	51,034
76	23,974	50,494
77	21,180	46,436
78	17,368	39,744
79	14,058	33,138
80	9,808	24,276
81	7,580	20,192
82	6,306	18,115
83	5,828	17,852
84	6,588	21,130
85	6,452	21,768
86	5,834	20,804
87	5,107	19,487
88	4,280	16,825
89	3,379	13,502
90	2,432	10,178
91	1,618	6,980
92	1,096	4,803
93	880	3,910
94	658	2,809
95	476	1,909
96	330	1,269
97	213	759
98	130	435
99	68	228
100+	65	254

BLR · 1950–2100 · every age, every year

Belarus, every age in every year

Each column is a year and each row an age; the denser the ink in a cell, the more people. Everyone born in the same year climbs one 45° diagonal, so famines, baby booms and migration show up as streaks. Select a cell to follow its generation.

BLR · ages 15–64

Who does the work in Belarus

Belarus had the most working-age people it is ever expected to have in 2001: 6,787,830 people aged 15–64, against 6,040,300 in 2023.

100 aged 15–64

25 children

26 aged 65+

aged 15–64 children under 15 aged 65 and over

How to read this: the orange squares are 100 people aged 15–64 in 2023, and the rows below are how many children (teal) and how many people aged 65 or older (violet) lived alongside them.

Fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 in 32 years: 1981–1988 and 1998–2021.

fewer than 50 dependants per 100 the same, projected 50 or more

How to read this: one stripe a year from 1950 to 2100. A stripe takes colour in a year when fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people of working age, and stays grey otherwise; hatching means the year is projected.

How every country compares

BLR · arrivals minus departures

Who arrives in Belarus, and who leaves

In 2020–2025 Belarus loses 13,317 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 20–24, at 2,509 a year more leaving than arriving.

one square = 500 people a year

020406080+

more arrive than leave more leave than arrive

How to read this: left to right is age, from babies to 100. Blue squares above the line are ages at which more people arrive than leave; orange squares below it, ages at which more leave than arrive. These are the UN's projection for 2020–2025. There is no record of migration by age before 2020.

Across the counted years, 1950 to 2023, its biggest single-year gain was 29,477 (1992); its biggest loss, 33,954 (2019).

In 2024, 1,054,604 people living in Belarus had been born in another country, 12 of every 100 people there, against 12 in 1990.

How migration works everywhere

BLR · births by the mother's age · 1950–2100

Who has the babies in Belarus

Of every 100 babies born in Belarus in 2023, 3 had a mother under 20, 78 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 19 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 4 under 20 and 14 aged 35 or older.

1950
4 · 82 · 14

2023
3 · 78 · 19

2050 · projected
1 · 69 · 30

The mother's age: under 20 20 to 34 35 or older projected

How to read this: each block is 100 babies born in that year, one square each, coloured by how old the mother was. The numbers under a block are the three groups, youngest mothers first.

Babies born, 2023: 65,050
Average age when women have a baby: 28.7 years; 29.0 in 1950
Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19: 9; 16 in 1950

Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100

Babies born in Belarus by the mother's age
Mother's age	1950	1975	2000	2023	2050 projected	2100 projected
10–14	3	7	28	6	3	2
15–19	6,198	11,498	10,169	1,942	593	394
20–24	54,408	61,353	37,536	12,690	4,233	3,181
25–29	54,122	40,738	25,395	18,338	13,346	8,544
30–34	25,572	16,164	12,033	19,518	22,580	10,094
35–39	17,100	12,399	4,465	10,435	14,456	5,389
40–44	5,612	2,766	882	1,945	3,012	1,326
45–49	521	269	38	158	204	128
50–54	31	0	0	18	3	2
All babies	163,567	145,194	90,546	65,050	58,430	29,060

The UN's births for each year, split by the mother's age in the UN's own proportions.

BLR · healthy years · 2021

Years in good health in Belarus

A baby born in Belarus in 2021 could expect 73.1 years of life, 63.7 of them in full health (95% range 63.1–64.5). That leaves 9.4 years in less than full health, close to the world's 9.5.

Women

66.8 in full health, 11.3 not: 78.1 years

Men

60.5 in full health, 7.6 not: 68.1 years

a year in full health a year in less than full health

How to read this: each square is a year of life, each row ten years; filled squares are years in full health, rounded to whole years.

Women: 66.8 healthy years of 78.1. Men: 60.5 of 68.1. In 2019, before the pandemic, the healthy years were 65.4.

BLR · forced from home · end of 2025

Displacement in Belarus

At the end of 2025, Belarus was hosting 42,264 people who had crossed a border into it, about 5 of every 1,000 people living there.

hosted from abroad42,264
Belarus nationals abroad27,581

stayed inside their own country crossed a border

How to read this: one square stands for 1,000 people, so the rows can be compared with one another. The last row is people from Belarus living in another country, wherever they are.

In 2025, 2,282 people asked for asylum in Belarus for the first time; 4,196 people from Belarus asked for asylum in another country. Of every 100 people from Belarus whose claims were decided that year, 69 were given protection. Who asks for asylum, and who is given it

How the world's displacement is counted

BLR · of every 100 people

How people live in Belarus

Of every 100 people in Belarus in 2025, 55 lived in a city, 20 in a town or suburb and 25 in the countryside.

cities towns and suburbs rural areas

Nearly everyone has electricity at home (2024). 5.7 of every 100 do not use the internet (2024).

How to read this: 100 squares, one for every 100th person, coloured by where they live, as the key says. The same rule is used in every country.

How the world's people live

BLR · adults 25 and over · 2020

How far people in Belarus went in school

Almost every adult in Belarus went to school: of every 100 in 2020, 93 finished upper secondary or went further.

3 finished primary 4 finished lower secondary 67 finished upper secondary 26 studied after school

Its people aged 15 to 64 were most numerous in 2020, the first year counted, and are never as many again in the middle projection; nor are the ones who finished upper secondary.

How to read this: the row is the adults (25 and over) shrunk to 100 people, coloured by how far each went in school, least schooling on the left. The Wittgenstein Centre's count, 2020.

How far the world's people went in school

BLR · cities · 2025

Cities in Belarus

Belarus had 15 cities in 2025, home to 5.0 million people. The largest, Minsk, holds 22 of every 100 people in Belarus.

Minsk1,950,680
Homel529,882
Mahilioŭ380,951
Hrodna374,464
Brest369,414
Vitsebsk361,484
Babruysk179,129
Baranavichy178,071
Haleva155,919
Zhodzina113,248

How to read this: one bar for each of the 10 largest cities, 2025, all on the same scale. "City" here means the built-up area the UN measures, not the boundary the city draws itself.

All the world's cities

Apparatus

Sources and method

Every figure on this page comes from the UN's World Population Prospects 2024: the annual country tables (estimates to 2023, projections with 95% intervals from 2024), and the population by single year of age and sex for the pyramid.

The censuses, surveys and registers behind the UN's estimates for Belarus are listed, source by source, on the UN's own data sources page.

Sources: UN WPP 2024 · World Bank · UNHCR · country code lists · UN WUP 2025 · Wittgenstein Centre · WHO GHO · flag-icons · Natural Earth. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →

Checked before it was drawn

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries The pyramid for every year was checked against the published total. What that stamp counts, and what every page here has to pass before it can be built: how this site checks its figures.