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Belarus — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Belarus, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
-0.51%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -157.6% since 1961
Population growth for Belarus was -0.51% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 1.03% in 1964. The lowest was -0.83% in 2021 (about 1.6× the latest value).
Belarus ranks 200 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 92%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 0.30%, so Belarus sits below it. It peaked in 1964 and has fallen 150% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 485%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
-0.51%
First (1961)
0.89%
Change
-157.6%
Highest
1.03%
in 1964
Lowest
-0.83%
in 2021
Average
0.16%
Annual growth (CAGR)
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Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | -0.51% |
| 2024 | -0.5% |
| 2023 | -0.54% |
| 2022 | -0.8% |
| 2021 | -0.83% |
| 2020 | -0.42% |
| 2019 | -0.2% |
| 2018 | -0.21% |
| 2017 | -0.11% |
| 2016 | 0.09% |
| 2015 | 0.13% |
| 2014 | 0.06% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.