Demographics of Belarus
| Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2022) |
| Date | 15 Apr 2024 |
There are 4.35 million males and 5.11 million females in Belarus. The percentage of the male population is 46%, compared to 54% of the female population. Belarus has 756k more females than males. The sex ratio in Belarus in 2024 will be 85.197 males per 100 females. Belarus has the 5th highest female-to-male ratio in the world.
| Year | Population | Growth (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 7,906,860 | -0.50 |
| 1955 | 7,976,356 | 0.69 |
| 1960 | 8,389,183 | 1.26 |
| 1965 | 8,854,528 | 0.79 |
| 1970 | 9,170,786 | 0.70 |
| 1975 | 9,500,738 | 0.66 |
| 1980 | 9,817,257 | 0.61 |
| 1985 | 10,133,211 | 0.62 |
| 1990 | 10,428,525 | 0.34 |
| 1995 | 10,461,696 | -0.21 |
| 2000 | 10,256,483 | -0.49 |
| 2005 | 9,935,163 | -0.65 |
| 2010 | 9,731,427 | -0.28 |
| 2015 | 9,700,609 | 0.09 |
| 2020 | 9,633,740 | -0.57 |
| 2021 | 9,578,167 | -0.59 |
| 2022 | 9,534,954 | -0.31 |
| 2023 | 9,498,238 | -0.46 |
| 2024 | 9,455,037 | -0.45 |
- Population
- Growth
| Year | Total | Crude(per 1000) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Death | Birth | Crude death | Crude birth | |
| 1950 | 114,067 | 169,536 | 14.339 | 21.311 |
| 1955 | 86,190 | 196,496 | 10.765 | 24.543 |
| 1960 | 65,165 | 205,048 | 7.751 | 24.389 |
| 1965 | 65,200 | 158,474 | 7.356 | 17.880 |
| 1970 | 72,768 | 149,444 | 7.927 | 16.281 |
| 1975 | 83,110 | 149,552 | 8.746 | 15.738 |
| 1980 | 96,004 | 160,474 | 9.776 | 16.340 |
| 1985 | 107,721 | 170,145 | 10.631 | 16.792 |
| 1990 | 117,128 | 148,091 | 11.238 | 14.208 |
| 1995 | 131,378 | 105,801 | 12.564 | 10.118 |
| 2000 | 138,003 | 98,533 | 13.448 | 9.601 |
| 2005 | 148,151 | 95,244 | 14.902 | 9.580 |
| 2010 | 144,325 | 112,104 | 14.835 | 11.523 |
| 2015 | 127,107 | 121,637 | 13.112 | 12.547 |
| 2020 | 159,349 | 91,163 | 16.553 | 9.470 |
| 2021 | 158,349 | 88,853 | 16.544 | 9.283 |
| 2022 | 147,458 | 87,252 | 15.490 | 9.165 |
| 2023 | 125,412 | 86,154 | 13.201 | 9.069 |
| 2024 | 124,767 | 84,358 | 13.195 | 8.922 |
- Total
- Crude
| Year | Population | Urban (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban | Rural | ||
| 1950 | 2,031,825 | 5,713,177 | 26.234 |
| 1955 | 2,251,572 | 5,551,965 | 28.853 |
| 1960 | 2,651,936 | 5,532,695 | 32.401 |
| 1965 | 3,266,902 | 5,301,552 | 38.127 |
| 1970 | 3,951,059 | 5,026,580 | 44.010 |
| 1975 | 4,715,704 | 4,601,251 | 50.614 |
| 1980 | 5,442,915 | 4,190,973 | 56.498 |
| 1985 | 6,162,405 | 3,803,749 | 61.833 |
| 1990 | 6,741,161 | 3,475,685 | 65.981 |
| 1995 | 6,889,223 | 3,253,085 | 67.926 |
| 2000 | 6,950,857 | 2,982,752 | 69.973 |
| 2005 | 6,961,538 | 2,660,005 | 72.354 |
| 2010 | 7,073,718 | 2,399,353 | 74.672 |
| 2015 | 7,321,167 | 2,164,605 | 77.181 |
| 2020 | 7,483,636 | 1,931,795 | 79.483 |
| 2021 | 7,509,150 | 1,887,900 | 79.910 |
| 2022 | 7,532,874 | 1,845,056 | 80.326 |
| 2023 | 7,554,508 | 1,803,173 | 80.731 |
| 2024 | 7,573,523 | 1,762,117 | 81.125 |
- Population
- Urbanization
| Age group | Male | Female | Total | M per 100 F | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Persons | Share (%) | ||||
| 00-04 | 223,148 | 212,374 | 435,522 | 4.61 | 105.073 |
| 05-09 | 273,252 | 260,813 | 534,064 | 5.65 | 104.769 |
| 10-14 | 297,236 | 285,269 | 582,504 | 6.16 | 104.195 |
| 15-19 | 263,748 | 253,468 | 517,216 | 5.47 | 104.056 |
| 20-24 | 235,905 | 228,849 | 464,753 | 4.92 | 103.083 |
| 25-29 | 229,157 | 228,954 | 458,111 | 4.85 | 100.089 |
| 30-34 | 300,344 | 314,853 | 615,196 | 6.51 | 95.392 |
| 35-39 | 385,305 | 404,804 | 790,110 | 8.36 | 95.183 |
| 40-44 | 368,423 | 394,356 | 762,779 | 8.07 | 93.424 |
| 45-49 | 324,454 | 353,320 | 677,774 | 7.17 | 91.830 |
| 50-54 | 295,742 | 339,190 | 634,932 | 6.72 | 87.191 |
| 55-59 | 270,673 | 324,168 | 594,841 | 6.29 | 83.498 |
| 60-64 | 294,728 | 375,038 | 669,766 | 7.08 | 78.586 |
| 65-69 | 254,637 | 370,793 | 625,430 | 6.61 | 68.674 |
| 70-74 | 168,713 | 296,747 | 465,459 | 4.92 | 56.854 |
| 75-79 | 90,458 | 199,730 | 290,188 | 3.07 | 45.290 |
| 80-84 | 40,535 | 116,513 | 157,048 | 1.66 | 34.790 |
| 85-89 | 24,316 | 97,784 | 122,099 | 1.29 | 24.867 |
| 90-94 | 7,130 | 36,816 | 43,946 | 0.46 | 19.367 |
| 95-99 | 1,594 | 10,309 | 11,903 | 0.13 | 15.462 |
| 100+ | 141 | 1,254 | 1,395 | 0.01 | 11.244 |
| Total | 4,349,639 | 5,105,402 | 9,455,036 | 85.197 | |
- Population pyramid
- Gender ratio