Share of population in cities over 1 million — all countries

Share of population in cities over 1 million — Belarus

Share of population in cities over 1 million in Belarus in 2025 — 22.79%. Ranked 60 in the world out of 121. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 16.07 pp.

2025 22.79% +0.18 pp vs 2024
World rank 60of 121
Period maximum 22.79%2025
Period minimum 6.72%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of population in cities over 1 million — Belarus, 1960–2025010203019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 6.72%1962: 7.34%1964: 8%1966: 8.72%1968: 9.51%1970: 10.3%1972: 10.91%1974: 11.58%1976: 12.35%1978: 13.13%1980: 13.69%1982: 14.14%1984: 14.61%1986: 15.09%1988: 15.66%1990: 15.87%1992: 15.97%1994: 16.1%1996: 16.35%1998: 16.64%2000: 17.04%2002: 17.53%2004: 18.08%2006: 18.63%2008: 19.09%2010: 19.51%2012: 19.98%2014: 20.38%2016: 20.75%2018: 21.24%2020: 21.62%2022: 22.2%2024: 22.61%2025: 22.79%
Change over the period: +16.07 pp Annual average: 0.25 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Belarus 22.79%
World 25.29%
Eastern Europe computed 18.19%
Share of population in cities over 1 million — Belarus, by year Belarus All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 22.79 +0.18 pp
2024 22.61 +0.19 pp
2023 22.41 +0.21 pp
2022 22.2 +0.28 pp
2021 21.92 +0.3 pp
2020 21.62 +0.21 pp
2019 21.41 +0.17 pp
2018 21.24 +0.26 pp
2017 20.98 +0.23 pp
2016 20.75 +0.19 pp
2015 20.56 +0.18 pp
2014 20.38 +0.19 pp
2013 20.19 +0.21 pp
2012 19.98 +0.23 pp
2011 19.75 +0.24 pp
2010 19.51 +0.22 pp
2009 19.28 +0.2 pp
2008 19.09 +0.21 pp
2007 18.87 +0.24 pp
2006 18.63 +0.27 pp
2005 18.36 +0.28 pp
2004 18.08 +0.28 pp
2003 17.81 +0.27 pp
2002 17.53 +0.26 pp
2001 17.27 +0.23 pp
2000 17.04 +0.22 pp
1999 16.81 +0.17 pp
1998 16.64 +0.15 pp
1997 16.49 +0.14 pp
1996 16.35 +0.13 pp
1995 16.22 +0.12 pp
1994 16.1 +0.09 pp
1993 16.01 +0.04 pp
1992 15.97 +0.04 pp
1991 15.94 +0.06 pp
1990 15.87 +0.04 pp
1989 15.83 +0.18 pp
1988 15.66 +0.31 pp
1987 15.34 +0.25 pp
1986 15.09 +0.24 pp
1985 14.85 +0.24 pp
1984 14.61 +0.24 pp
1983 14.37 +0.23 pp
1982 14.14 +0.23 pp
1981 13.91 +0.22 pp
1980 13.69 +0.23 pp
1979 13.46 +0.32 pp
1978 13.13 +0.39 pp
1977 12.74 +0.39 pp
1976 12.35 +0.39 pp
1975 11.96 +0.37 pp
1974 11.58 +0.35 pp
1973 11.24 +0.33 pp
1972 10.91 +0.31 pp
1971 10.6 +0.3 pp
1970 10.3 +0.37 pp
1969 9.93 +0.42 pp
1968 9.51 +0.4 pp
1967 9.1 +0.38 pp
1966 8.72 +0.37 pp
1965 8.35 +0.35 pp
1964 8 +0.34 pp
1963 7.66 +0.32 pp
1962 7.34 +0.31 pp
1961 7.02 +0.3 pp
1960 6.72

Eastern Europe, 2025

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

About the indicator

The share of a country's population living in urban agglomerations larger than one million people. The indicator separates countries with the same level of urbanization: in some the urban population is spread across many mid-sized cities, in others it is concentrated in one or two agglomerations. The highest values come from small countries with a single dominant city, where the capital agglomeration holds more than half of the country.

Important: Countries without agglomerations of this size are absent from the series rather than entered as zero. The aggregate for a group of countries is therefore calculated only where coverage is sufficient: averaging the countries that do have million-plus cities would overstate the share.

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