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🇧🇾 Belarus

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3BLR
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2BY
UN M49 numeric112
IOC codeBLR
Official nameRepublic of Belarus
Native name(s)bel: official: Рэспубліка Беларусь; common: Белару́сь; rus: official: Республика Беларусь; common: Беларусь
Alt spellingsBY, Bielaruś, Republic of Belarus, Белоруссия, Республика Белоруссия
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionEurope
SubregionEastern Europe
UN regional groupEastern European Group
CapitalMinsk
Area (km²)207,600
Lat / Lng53.0000, 28.0000
LandlockedYes
Borders (ISO3)LVA, LTU, POL, RUS, UKR
Top-level domain.by
Calling coderoot: +3; suffixes: 75

Demographics

Population (World Bank)9,085,991 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)74.365 (2024)
Languagesbel: Belarusian; rus: Russian
Demonymseng: f: Belarusian; m: Belarusian; fra: f: Biélorusse; m: Biélorusse
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)93,397,215,864.198 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)10,279.255 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)3.38 (2025)
CurrenciesBYN: name: Belarusian ruble; symbol: Br

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
19507,127,595
19517,189,433
19527,264,607
19537,350,636
19547,448,889
19557,560,676
19567,682,882
19577,811,335
19587,944,089
19598,081,319
19608,207,998
19618,320,433
19628,424,480
19638,517,704
19648,602,838
19658,679,929
19668,752,970
19678,823,254
19688,891,328
19698,954,597
19709,014,897
19719,079,747
19729,144,633
19739,205,712
19749,265,678
19759,324,281
19769,380,086
19779,434,943
19789,485,805
19799,537,705
19809,603,171
19819,678,048
19829,748,282
19839,815,555
19849,881,694
19859,944,186
198610,004,288
198710,057,605
198810,107,637
198910,158,785
199010,186,261
199110,193,889
199210,217,561
199310,241,320
199410,230,187
199510,197,463
199610,164,028
199710,122,364
199810,080,578
199910,039,223
20009,991,313
20019,938,065
20029,873,450
20039,803,176
20049,735,091
20059,667,838
20069,608,036
20079,563,133
20089,529,358
20099,507,337
20109,490,752
20119,472,735
20129,463,076
20139,464,453
20149,472,708
20159,487,293
20169,499,064
20179,495,790
20189,480,031
20199,435,419
20209,350,944
20219,251,365
20229,173,237
20239,115,680

Full raw record (JSON)

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