Belarus
Urban population in Belarus
Urban population in Belarus: 21.6% in 1950 and 79.5% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 79.5%
- Since 1950
- +57.9 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 65 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 87.4%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 87.4% in 2050.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Belarus |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 79.5 |
| 2024 | 79.2 |
| 2023 | 78.8 |
| 2022 | 78.5 |
| 2021 | 78.1 |
| 2020 | 77.8 |
| 2019 | 77.5 |
| 2018 | 77.2 |
| 2017 | 77 |
| 2016 | 76.9 |
| 2015 | 76.6 |
| 2014 | 76.3 |
| 2013 | 76 |
| 2012 | 75.5 |
| 2011 | 75.1 |
| 2010 | 74.6 |
| 2009 | 74.2 |
| 2008 | 73.6 |
| 2007 | 73.1 |
| 2006 | 72.6 |
| 2005 | 72 |
| 2004 | 71.8 |
| 2003 | 71.3 |
| 2002 | 70.9 |
| 2001 | 70.3 |
| 2000 | 69.9 |
| 1999 | 69.5 |
| 1998 | 69 |
| 1997 | 68.6 |
| 1996 | 68.3 |
| 1995 | 68 |
| 1994 | 67.8 |
| 1993 | 67.5 |
| 1992 | 67.3 |
| 1991 | 67 |
| 1990 | 66.4 |
| 1989 | 65.8 |
| 1988 | 64.9 |
| 1987 | 63.8 |
| 1986 | 62.8 |
| 1985 | 61.8 |
| 1984 | 60.8 |
| 1983 | 59.7 |
| 1982 | 58.7 |
| 1981 | 57.6 |
| 1980 | 56.6 |
| 1979 | 55.4 |
| 1978 | 54.4 |
| 1977 | 53.2 |
| 1976 | 52 |
| 1975 | 50.7 |
| 1974 | 49.4 |
| 1973 | 48 |
| 1972 | 46.6 |
| 1971 | 45.2 |
| 1970 | 44 |
| 1969 | 42.7 |
| 1968 | 41.5 |
| 1967 | 40.2 |
| 1966 | 39.1 |
| 1965 | 38 |
| 1964 | 37 |
| 1963 | 36 |
| 1962 | 34.9 |
| 1961 | 33.9 |
| 1960 | 32.7 |
| 1959 | 31.4 |
| 1958 | 29.9 |
| 1957 | 28.4 |
| 1956 | 27.4 |
| 1955 | 26.8 |
| 1954 | 26.3 |
| 1953 | 25.3 |
| 1952 | 24.2 |
| 1951 | 22.9 |
| 1950 | 21.6 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Belarus |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 79.8 |
| 2027 | 80.2 |
| 2028 | 80.5 |
| 2029 | 80.8 |
| 2030 | 81.2 |
| 2031 | 81.5 |
| 2032 | 81.8 |
| 2033 | 82.2 |
| 2034 | 82.5 |
| 2035 | 82.8 |
| 2036 | 83.1 |
| 2037 | 83.5 |
| 2038 | 83.8 |
| 2039 | 84.1 |
| 2040 | 84.4 |
| 2041 | 84.7 |
| 2042 | 85 |
| 2043 | 85.4 |
| 2044 | 85.7 |
| 2045 | 86 |
| 2046 | 86.3 |
| 2047 | 86.6 |
| 2048 | 86.9 |
| 2049 | 87.2 |
| 2050 | 87.4 |
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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- Military spending2.4% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$1.83B in 2025
- Military spending per person$215 in 2025
- Military share of state spending5.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel158,000 people in 2020
- National power0.14% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers3.17% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports466 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports1 million TIV in 2025