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Mahilioŭ, 
Belarus
380,951 people lived in Mahilioŭ in 2025. It is the 1493rd largest of the world's 12,138 cities, and the 3rd largest in Belarus.
That figure counts the whole built-up area, not the area Mahilioŭ governs, so it may be far from the number the city publishes about itself. How the UN measures a city.
Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries
People · every five years · 1975 to 2050
How Mahilioŭ grew
For every 10 people in Mahilioŭ in 1975, there were 14.6 in 2025.
On the UN's projection it will have 357,967 people in 2050.
projected (after 2025) · how sure the UN is: high moderate low
How to read this: each column is one of the UN's five-yearly estimates, 1975 through 2050, and taller means more people. Where a column is hatched the year has not happened yet. The strip under the columns is the UN's own confidence in each figure, palest where it is least sure; where it is blank the city was not on the list at all.
People · your family's years · 1975 to 2050
Mahilioŭ through your family’s years
Put in the years your family were born. You’ll see how many people lived in Mahilioŭ in each of those years, and when each of them turned 30.
Belarus · every city · 2025
Where it is
How to read this: Belarus and its 15 cities in 2025, each a dot whose area is its number of people (the largest is Minsk). Mahilioŭ is ringed, in colour; the other cities are grey. Neighbouring countries are outlines.
Area and built-up land · km²
How much land it covers
In 2025, Mahilioŭ covered 72 km², and buildings, roads and other built-up land covered 15 km² of it. That is 40 m² of built-up land for each person, about a square 6 by 6 metres. Since 1975, its built-up land has grown by 77%, and its people have grown by 46%.
How to read this: the outer pale square stands for all the land the city covers, and the solid square inside it for the part with buildings, roads and the like on it. All three squares share a scale, so you can compare them by eye. A hatched one is a year the UN has projected.
Of every 100 people in Belarus
Its share of Belarus
Of every 100 people in Belarus in 2025, 4 lived in Mahilioŭ, which is 380,951 people.
How to read this: 100 squares, one for every 100th person in Belarus; the coloured squares live in Mahilioŭ. The grey rest live in other cities, in towns or in the countryside.
Ranked by people · 2025
Cities of a similar size
In the world, 2025
- 1489 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Spain381,670
- 1490 Changji/Sanji China381,391
- 1491 Kas Sudan381,286
- 1492 Bandar Abbas Iran381,008
- 1493 Mahilioŭ380,951
- 1494 Dongyang China380,793
- 1495 Mbale City Uganda380,565
- 1496 KUNDULUN Nigeria380,118
- 1497 Al-Asafra Egypt379,559
In Belarus, 2025
- 254 Minsk1,950,680
- 1048 Homel529,882
- 1493 Mahilioŭ380,951
- 1522 Hrodna374,464
- 1546 Brest369,414
- 1582 Vitsebsk361,484
How to read this: names are in order of size, the leading number being each city's rank among all 12,138 in 2025; the bars share a scale within a list. A jump in the ranks means a city under 300,000 people, which is not given a page here.
Apparatus
Sources and method
The figures for Mahilioŭ are the UN's own, at five-year steps: an estimate for each of 1975 to 2025, then projection to 2050. Projected years are drawn hatched, and the UN publishes no range of uncertainty for a city. What a city means here, how the UN measures one, and why that number can differ from the one Mahilioŭ publishes about itself: how the figures here are put together.
Sources: UN WUP 2025 · Natural Earth · flag-icons. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →
Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries