Rural population share — all countries

Rural population share — Belarus

Rural population share in Belarus in 2025 — 20.5%. Ranked 158 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 46.8 pp.

2025 20.5% −0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank 158of 217
Period maximum 67.3%1960
Period minimum 20.5%2025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Belarus, 1960–202502040608019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 67.3%1962: 65.1%1964: 63%1966: 60.9%1968: 58.5%1970: 56%1972: 53.4%1974: 50.6%1976: 48%1978: 45.6%1980: 43.4%1982: 41.3%1984: 39.2%1986: 37.2%1988: 35.1%1990: 33.6%1992: 32.7%1994: 32.2%1996: 31.7%1998: 31%2000: 30.1%2002: 29.1%2004: 28.2%2006: 27.4%2008: 26.4%2010: 25.4%2012: 24.5%2014: 23.7%2016: 23.2%2018: 22.8%2020: 22.2%2022: 21.5%2024: 20.8%2025: 20.5%
Change over the period: −46.8 pp Annual average: -0.72 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Belarus

Belarus 20.5%
World 42.2%
Eastern Europe computed 29.9%
Rural population share — Belarus, by year Belarus All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 20.5 −0.3 pp
2024 20.8 −0.3 pp
2023 21.2 −0.3 pp
2022 21.5 −0.3 pp
2021 21.9 −0.3 pp
2020 22.2 −0.3 pp
2019 22.5 −0.2 pp
2018 22.8 −0.2 pp
2017 23 −0.2 pp
2016 23.2 −0.2 pp
2015 23.4 −0.3 pp
2014 23.7 −0.4 pp
2013 24.1 −0.4 pp
2012 24.5 −0.5 pp
2011 24.9 −0.5 pp
2010 25.4 −0.4 pp
2009 25.8 −0.6 pp
2008 26.4 −0.5 pp
2007 26.9 −0.5 pp
2006 27.4 −0.6 pp
2005 28 −0.3 pp
2004 28.2 −0.5 pp
2003 28.7 −0.4 pp
2002 29.1 −0.6 pp
2001 29.7 −0.4 pp
2000 30.1 −0.4 pp
1999 30.5 −0.5 pp
1998 31 −0.4 pp
1997 31.4 −0.3 pp
1996 31.7 −0.3 pp
1995 32 −0.3 pp
1994 32.2 −0.2 pp
1993 32.5 −0.2 pp
1992 32.7 −0.3 pp
1991 33 −0.6 pp
1990 33.6 −0.6 pp
1989 34.2 −0.9 pp
1988 35.1 −1.1 pp
1987 36.2 −1 pp
1986 37.2 −1 pp
1985 38.2 −1 pp
1984 39.2 −1.1 pp
1983 40.3 −1.1 pp
1982 41.3 −1 pp
1981 42.4 −1.1 pp
1980 43.4 −1.2 pp
1979 44.6 −1 pp
1978 45.6 −1.2 pp
1977 46.8 −1.2 pp
1976 48 −1.3 pp
1975 49.3 −1.3 pp
1974 50.6 −1.4 pp
1973 52 −1.4 pp
1972 53.4 −1.4 pp
1971 54.8 −1.2 pp
1970 56 −1.3 pp
1969 57.3 −1.3 pp
1968 58.5 −1.2 pp
1967 59.8 −1.1 pp
1966 60.9 −1.1 pp
1965 62 −1 pp
1964 63 −1 pp
1963 64.1 −1 pp
1962 65.1 −1 pp
1961 66.1 −1.2 pp
1960 67.3

About the indicator

The share of population living outside urban settlements, as a percent of the total. It is computed as the difference between total and urban population, and therefore inherits every particularity of national definitions of urban areas.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.