Population in cities over 1 million — all countries

Population in cities over 1 million — Belarus

Population in cities over 1 million in Belarus in 2025 — 2,070,934 people. Ranked 87 in the world out of 121. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 276%.

2025 2.07M people +0.3% vs 2024
World rank 87of 121
Period maximum 2.07M people2025
Period minimum 550,710 people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population in cities over 1 million — Belarus, 1960–202501M2M3M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 550,710 people1962: 612,649 people1964: 681,653 people1966: 758,319 people1968: 843,731 people1970: 931,566 people1972: 1,002,827 people1974: 1,079,428 people1976: 1,161,999 people1978: 1,250,760 people1980: 1,319,711 people1982: 1,382,034 people1984: 1,447,393 people1986: 1,515,745 people1988: 1,587,427 people1990: 1,617,544 people1992: 1,631,945 people1994: 1,646,455 people1996: 1,661,114 people1998: 1,675,883 people2000: 1,700,376 people2002: 1,729,668 people2004: 1,759,505 people2006: 1,789,815 people2008: 1,818,556 people2010: 1,849,991 people2012: 1,887,537 people2014: 1,925,792 people2016: 1,964,877 people2018: 2,004,672 people2020: 2,028,104 people2022: 2,048,575 people2024: 2,064,733 people2025: 2,070,934 people
Change over the period: +1.52M (+276.05%) Average annual rate: 2.06 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Belarus 2.07M people
World computed 2.01B people
Europe & Central Asia computed 186M people
Eastern Europe computed 49.81M people
Upper-middle-income countries computed 837M people
Population in cities over 1 million — Belarus, by year Belarus All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 2.07M +6,201 +0.3%
2024 2.06M +7,476 +0.36%
2023 2.06M +8,682 +0.42%
2022 2.05M +9,753 +0.48%
2021 2.04M +10,718 +0.53%
2020 2.03M +11,427 +0.57%
2019 2.02M +12,005 +0.6%
2018 2M +19,997 +1.01%
2017 1.98M +19,798 +1.01%
2016 1.96M +19,654 +1.01%
2015 1.95M +19,431 +1.01%
2014 1.93M +19,237 +1.01%
2013 1.91M +19,018 +1.01%
2012 1.89M +18,880 +1.01%
2011 1.87M +18,666 +1.01%
2010 1.85M +17,281 +0.94%
2009 1.83M +14,154 +0.78%
2008 1.82M +14,084 +0.78%
2007 1.8M +14,657 +0.82%
2006 1.79M +15,230 +0.86%
2005 1.77M +15,080 +0.86%
2004 1.76M +14,993 +0.86%
2003 1.74M +14,844 +0.86%
2002 1.73M +14,719 +0.86%
2001 1.71M +14,573 +0.86%
2000 1.7M +14,489 +0.86%
1999 1.69M +10,004 +0.6%
1998 1.68M +7,406 +0.44%
1997 1.67M +7,363 +0.44%
1996 1.66M +7,351 +0.44%
1995 1.65M +7,308 +0.44%
1994 1.65M +7,276 +0.44%
1993 1.64M +7,234 +0.44%
1992 1.63M +7,221 +0.44%
1991 1.62M +7,180 +0.44%
1990 1.62M +7,148 +0.44%
1989 1.61M +22,969 +1.45%
1988 1.59M +36,280 +2.34%
1987 1.55M +35,402 +2.34%
1986 1.52M +34,594 +2.34%
1985 1.48M +33,758 +2.33%
1984 1.45M +33,080 +2.34%
1983 1.41M +32,279 +2.34%
1982 1.38M +31,542 +2.34%
1981 1.35M +30,781 +2.33%
1980 1.32M +30,161 +2.34%
1979 1.29M +38,790 +3.1%
1978 1.25M +45,228 +3.75%
1977 1.21M +43,533 +3.75%
1976 1.16M +42,074 +3.76%
1975 1.12M +40,497 +3.75%
1974 1.08M +39,032 +3.75%
1973 1.04M +37,569 +3.75%
1972 1M +36,312 +3.76%
1971 966,515 +34,949 +3.75%
1970 931,566 +41,685 +4.68%
1969 889,881 +46,150 +5.47%
1968 843,731 +43,875 +5.49%
1967 799,856 +41,537 +5.48%
1966 758,319 +39,381 +5.48%
1965 718,938 +37,285 +5.47%
1964 681,653 +35,446 +5.49%
1963 646,207 +33,558 +5.48%
1962 612,649 +31,816 +5.48%
1961 580,833 +30,123 +5.47%
1960 550,710

Eastern Europe, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The population of urban agglomerations with more than one million residents. The unit of count is the agglomeration, not the city within its administrative boundaries, and that is essential: along administrative lines many of the largest concentrations of people break up into dozens of municipalities. The indicator measures not urbanization as such but its concentration in large centers — a country can be highly urbanized without a single million-plus city.

Important: The table covers about 120 territories — the rest have no agglomerations of this size, and that is a zero, not a gap. Aggregates for groups of countries are therefore calculated at a lowered coverage threshold.

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