General info

Entity:
Belarus
Capital:
Minsk
Population (2008-07-01):
9,685,768 (CIA)
Area:
207,600 sq.km.
Country code:
by
Region:
Eastern Europe

Belarus

Administrative units

voblast capital area (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 region Brest 32,800 1,485,100 1,434,100 1,433,100
Vitebsk region Vitebsk 40,100 1,377,200 1,269,300 1,265,300
Gomel region Homel 40,400 1,545,100 1,466,500 1,464,500
Grodno region Hrodna 25,000 1,185,200 1,104,700 1,102,800
Mogilev region Mogilev 29,100 1,213,500 1,126,400 1,123,100
Minsk region Minsk 40,200 3,239,100 1,457,900 1,454,000
Minsk City -     1,821,900 1,829,100
total   207,600 10,045,237 9,680,800 9,671,900

Main cities

name population
1999-01-01
estimate		 population
1999-02-16
census		 population
2009-01-01
estimate
Minsk 1,725,100 1,677,100 1,829,100
Homyel 503,700 475,500 488,100
Mahilyow 371,300 356,500 372,000
Vitebsk 358,700 340,700 347,500
Hrodna 308,900 301,600 338,200
Brest 300,400 286,400 318,000
Babruysk 228,000 .. 219,000
Baranovichi 173,800 .. 168,900
Barysaw 153,500 .. 150,000
Pinsk 133,500 .. 131,200
Orsha 124,300 .. 122,200
Mazyr 110,000 .. 112,200
Salihorsk 101,700 .. 101,400
Novopolotsk .. .. 101,000
Molodechno .. .. 97,600
Lida 99,600 .. 95,800
source: Ministry of Statistics and Analysis, Belarus.
source: 1999 census - Embassy of the Rep. of Belarus in the UK.