Belarus vs Russia

Belarus vs Russia: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 79.5% in Belarus and 75.3% in Russia, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Belarus, by 4.2 percentage points, or 1.06 times that in Russia.

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% of people · UN

Belarus vs Russia: Urban populationUrban population in 2025: 79.5% in Belarus and 75.3% in Russia, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Belarus, by 4.2 percentage points, or 1.06 times that in Russia.
BelarusRussiaUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

  • Belarus has been higher since 2008, when it overtook Russia.
  • In 2025, Belarus ranked 65 and Russia ranked 80 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Belarus at 87.4% and Russia at 81% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

YearBelarusRussia
202579.575.3
202479.275.1
202378.875
202278.574.9
202178.174.8
202077.874.7
201977.574.6
201877.274.5
20177774.5
201676.974.4
201576.674.3
201476.374.2
20137674.1
201275.574
201175.173.9
201074.673.7
200974.273.5
200873.673.5
200773.173.4
200672.673.2
20057273.2
200471.873.3
200371.373.4
200270.973.3
200170.373.2
200069.973.2
199969.573
19986973.2
199768.673.1
199668.373.1
19956872.9
199467.873
199367.573.1
199267.373.4
19916773.7
199066.473.7
198965.873.6
198864.973.2
198763.872.9
198662.872.5
198561.872
198460.871.6
198359.771.3
198258.770.9
198157.670.3
198056.669.9
197955.469.3
197854.468.8
197753.268.2
19765267.7
197550.766.9
197449.466.1
19734865.1
197246.664.2
197145.263.2
19704462.6
196942.761.8
196841.560.9
196740.260.1
196639.159.2
19653858.3
19643757.6
19633656.8
196234.955.9
196133.955.1
196032.754.1
195931.453
195829.951.8
195728.450.8
195627.449.9
195526.848.9
195426.348.1
195325.347.2
195224.246.4
195122.945.6
195021.644.7
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
YearBelarusRussia
202679.875.4
202780.275.6
202880.575.7
202980.875.9
203081.276.1
203181.576.2
203281.876.4
203382.276.6
203482.576.8
203582.877
203683.177.3
203783.577.5
203883.877.7
203984.178
204084.478.2
204184.778.5
20428578.7
204385.479
204485.779.3
20458679.5
204686.379.8
204786.680.1
204886.980.4
204987.280.7
205087.481

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
  • Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
  • The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
  • Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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