General info

Entity:
Belarus
Capital:
Minsk
Population (2009-07-01):
9,648,533 (CIA)
Area:
207,600 sq.km.
Country code:
by
Region:
Eastern Europe

Belarus

Administrative units

voblastcapitalarea (sq.km.)population
1999-02-16
census
population
2008-01-01
estimate
population
2009-01-01
estimate
source: Ministry of Statistics and Analysis, Belarus.
Brest regionBrest32,8001,485,1001,434,1001,433,100
Vitebsk regionVitebsk40,1001,377,2001,269,3001,265,300
Gomel regionHomel40,4001,545,1001,466,5001,464,500
Grodno regionHrodna25,0001,185,2001,104,7001,102,800
Mogilev regionMogilev29,1001,213,5001,126,4001,123,100
Minsk regionMinsk40,2003,239,1001,457,9001,454,000
Minsk City-  1,821,9001,829,100
total 207,60010,045,2379,680,8009,671,900

Main cities

namepopulation
1999-01-01
estimate
population
1999-02-16
census
population
2009-01-01
estimate
Minsk1,725,1001,677,1001,829,100
Homyel503,700475,500488,100
Mahilyow371,300356,500372,000
Vitebsk358,700340,700347,500
Hrodna308,900301,600338,200
Brest300,400286,400318,000
Babruysk228,000..219,000
Baranovichi173,800..168,900
Barysaw153,500..150,000
Pinsk133,500..131,200
Orsha124,300..122,200
Mazyr110,000..112,200
Salihorsk101,700..101,400
Novopolotsk....101,000
Molodechno....97,600
Lida99,600..95,800
source: Ministry of Statistics and Analysis, Belarus.
source: 1999 census - Embassy of the Rep. of Belarus in the UK.