Demographics of Belarus

Demographics of Belarus
Population9,155,978 (2024)[1]
Fertility rateDecrease1.38 (2022)
Age structure
0–14 years16.9% (male 821,285/female 772,360)
15–64 years67.7% (male 3,053,618/female 3,314,835)
65 and over15.4% (male 479,740/female 971,608) (2019 census)
Sex ratio
Total0.87 male(s)/female (2014)
At birth1.06 male(s)/female
Under 151.06 male(s)/female
15–64 years0.94 male(s)/female
65 and over0.46 male(s)/female
Nationality
Nationalitynoun: Belarusian(s) adjective: Belarusian
Major ethnicBelarusians
Language
SpokenBelarusian, Russian
Belarus: Population and rural population 1913–2008 (beginning of year). Source: official statistics from BelStat.
Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1897 6,673,000—    
1914 6,899,100+0.20%
1926 4,983,240−2.67%
1939 5,568,994+0.86%
1951 7,781,100+2.83%
1959 8,055,700+0.43%
1970 8,992,200+1.00%
1979 9,532,500+0.65%
1989 10,151,800+0.63%
1999 10,045,200−0.11%
2009 9,503,800−0.55%
2019 9,413,446−0.10%
2021 9,349,645−0.34%
2024 9,155,978−0.70%
Source:[2][3]

The demographics of Belarus is about the demographic features of the population of Belarus, including population growth, population density, ethnicity, education level, health, economic status, religious affiliations, and other aspects of the population.

  1. ^ "Численность населения на 1 января 2024 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2023 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа" (PDF). belstat.gov.by.
  2. ^ "Belarus: historical demographical data of the whole country". Populstat. Archived from the original on 14 April 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  3. ^ https://www.belstat.gov.by/upload/iblock/210/uaj9375ey0b16oxtxqm0bmkycb45i04g.pdf [bare URL PDF]