Urban population growth in Belarus

The urban population of Belarus changed by -0.08% in 2025.

Measure: Urban population growth Unit: Annual % change Data: 1961 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Belarus, 2025 -0.08% Annual % change
Change from 2024 −0.02percentage points 2024: -0.07%
World, 2025 1.36% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 188th of 217 See the full ranking

Urban population growth in Belarus over time

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Annual % change. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Urban population growth (annual % change), 2001 to 2025
Period BelarusWorld
2025 -0.08% 1.36%
2024 -0.07% 1.40%
2023 -0.11% 1.35%
2022 -0.37% 1.33%
2021 -0.39% 1.48%
2020 0.01% 1.52%
2019 0.11% 1.74%
2018 0.04% 1.85%
2017 0.12% 1.90%
2016 0.37% 2.02%
2015 0.51% 2.14%
2014 0.57% 2.09%
2013 0.52% 2.20%
2012 0.47% 2.13%
2011 0.45% 2.56%
2010 0.26% 1.97%
2009 0.62% 2.22%
2008 0.28% 2.19%
2007 0.20% 2.34%
2006 0.19% 2.31%
2005 -0.31% 2.27%
2004 -0.04% 2.32%
2003 -0.10% 2.41%
2002 0.16% 2.41%
2001 0.05% 2.33%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.02 percentage points from -0.07% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 0.51%, the figure has changed by −0.59 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Belarus has the 188th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 1.36%.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Urbanization Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.URB.GROW · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2025 for Belarus
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Urbanization Prospects