Urban population share in Belarus
79.5% of people in Belarus lived in urban areas in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.
Belarus, 2025
79.5%
Change from 2024
+0.3percentage points
World, 2025
57.8%
Position in 2025
60th of 217
Urban population share in Belarus over time
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% of total population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Belarus | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 79.5% | 57.8% |
| 2024 | 79.2% | 57.6% |
| 2023 | 78.8% | 57.3% |
| 2022 | 78.5% | 57.1% |
| 2021 | 78.1% | 56.8% |
| 2020 | 77.8% | 56.4% |
| 2019 | 77.5% | 56.1% |
| 2018 | 77.2% | 55.8% |
| 2017 | 77.0% | 55.3% |
| 2016 | 76.8% | 54.9% |
| 2015 | 76.6% | 54.4% |
| 2014 | 76.3% | 53.9% |
| 2013 | 75.9% | 53.4% |
| 2012 | 75.5% | 52.9% |
| 2011 | 75.1% | 52.5% |
| 2010 | 74.6% | 51.8% |
| 2009 | 74.2% | 51.4% |
| 2008 | 73.6% | 50.9% |
| 2007 | 73.1% | 50.4% |
| 2006 | 72.6% | 49.9% |
| 2005 | 72.0% | 49.4% |
| 2004 | 71.8% | 48.9% |
| 2003 | 71.3% | 48.4% |
| 2002 | 70.9% | 47.8% |
| 2001 | 70.3% | 47.3% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.3 percentage points from 79.2% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 76.6%, the figure has changed by +2.9 percentage points.
- Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Belarus has the 60th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 57.8%.
More for Belarus
All statistics for Belarus
Population on 1 January
9,475,174 people
2019 · Eurostat
Population by age and sex
9,475,174 people
2019 · Eurostat
Crude birth rate
9.3 per 1,000 people
2019 · Eurostat
Crude death rate
12.8 per 1,000 people
2019 · Eurostat
Total fertility rate
1.45 births per woman
2018 · Eurostat
Population aged 65 and over
15.2%
2019 · Eurostat