Belarus - Urban population

Urban population

The value for Urban population in Belarus was 7,455,467 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 7,455,467 in 2020 and a minimum value of 2,656,234 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 2,656,234
1961 2,772,677
1962 2,895,029
1963 3,022,385
1964 3,153,963
1965 3,282,735
1966 3,415,027
1967 3,551,335
1968 3,690,749
1969 3,831,426
1970 3,978,504
1971 4,133,823
1972 4,290,972
1973 4,447,749
1974 4,602,886
1975 4,741,013
1976 4,877,627
1977 5,019,081
1978 5,167,027
1979 5,309,728
1980 5,448,102
1981 5,591,406
1982 5,734,993
1983 5,879,814
1984 6,025,280
1985 6,167,842
1986 6,312,729
1987 6,457,896
1988 6,578,021
1989 6,669,994
1990 6,723,034
1991 6,766,199
1992 6,821,128
1993 6,876,034
1994 6,907,388
1995 6,924,262
1996 6,939,798
1997 6,949,361
1998 6,956,101
1999 6,966,778
2000 6,983,033
2001 6,995,457
2002 6,998,521
2003 6,996,348
2004 6,994,710
2005 6,992,229
2006 6,993,921
2007 7,005,597
2008 7,024,602
2009 7,049,739
2010 7,081,770
2011 7,114,020
2012 7,150,971
2013 7,195,632
2014 7,246,350
2015 7,302,153
2016 7,354,014
2017 7,390,686
2018 7,418,413
2019 7,445,754
2020 7,455,467

Urban population (% of total population)

Urban population (% of total population) in Belarus was 79.48 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 79.48 in 2020, while its lowest value was 32.40 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. The data are collected and smoothed by United Nations Population Division.

Source: United Nations Population Division. World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 32.40
1961 33.52
1962 34.66
1963 35.82
1964 37.00
1965 38.13
1966 39.27
1967 40.42
1968 41.59
1969 42.76
1970 44.01
1971 45.35
1972 46.70
1973 48.05
1974 49.40
1975 50.61
1976 51.83
1977 53.04
1978 54.25
1979 55.40
1980 56.50
1981 57.58
1982 58.66
1983 59.74
1984 60.80
1985 61.83
1986 62.86
1987 63.87
1988 64.87
1989 65.59
1990 65.98
1991 66.37
1992 66.77
1993 67.16
1994 67.54
1995 67.93
1996 68.31
1997 68.69
1998 69.06
1999 69.48
2000 69.97
2001 70.46
2002 70.94
2003 71.42
2004 71.89
2005 72.35
2006 72.82
2007 73.27
2008 73.73
2009 74.17
2010 74.67
2011 75.19
2012 75.70
2013 76.20
2014 76.69
2015 77.18
2016 77.66
2017 78.13
2018 78.60
2019 79.04
2020 79.48

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization