Belarus Cities by Population 2025

Belarus Overview

Belarus has 1 cities with more than a million people, 16 cities with between 100,000 and 1 million people, and 70 cities with between 10,000 and 100,000 people. The largest city in Belarus is Minsk, with a population of 1,742,124 people.

Belarus has about 9.45 million people, making it the 96th-most populous nation in the world. Unfortunately, Belarus is one of several countries seeing a gradual decline in its population, losing about 0.03% of its total population per year. Belarus’s largest city is Minsk, which is also the capital. Minsk has about 1.98 million residents, making it the 11th-most populous city in Europe. Gomel is the second-largest city in Belarus with 489,392 people, followed by Mogilev with 361,779 people.

About 79% of Belarus is urban, and its urbanization rate is about 0.21% per year. Despite its population decline, Belarus is becoming increasingly urban, while its rural population is shrinking. Between 2001 and 2014, Belarus’s urban population grew by 3.26%, and its rural population declined by 23.4%.