Country comparison
Belarus vs Russia
Russia is 82× the size of Belarus. Russia has 16× the population of Belarus. Russia has 1.7× the GDP per capita of Belarus.
Side by side
| Belarus | Category | Russia |
|---|---|---|
| 207,629 km² | Area (2024) Russia: 82× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 17,125,190 km² more |
| 9.1 million | Population (2025) Russia: 16× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 144 million more |
| 45 people/km² | Population density (2024) Belarus: 5.1× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 9 people/km² |
| US$ 10,279 | GDP per capita (2025) Russia: 1.7× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | US$ 17,547 more |
| 74.4 years more | Life expectancy (2024) World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 73.4 years |
| 94% | Internet users (2024) World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 94% more |
| 40.5 years | Median age (2023) Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0) | 39.5 years |
| 1.22 births per woman | Fertility rate (2024) Russia: 1.2× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 1.42 births per woman |
| 5.9 t less | CO₂ emissions per capita (2024) Russia: 2.4× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 14 t |
| 22 | Castles, fortresses and palaces Russia: 2.3× more Wikidata (CC0 1.0) | 51 more |
| – | Ghost stories | 1 |
| – | UFO cases | 10 |
| 7 | VPN providers with servers in the country Russia: 2.1× more VPN Map (Ominuvo) (CC BY 4.0) | 15 |
| Russian, Belarusian | Official languages Shared language: Russian Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3) | Russian |
| Belarusian ruble (BYN) | Currency ISO 4217 | Russian ruble (RUB) |
| Type C, F · 220 V | Plugs and voltage Shared plug types: C, F | Type C, F · 220 V |
| UTC+3 | Time zone of the capital Same time IANA tz database (public domain) | UTC+3 |
Values link to the country pages in the Ominuvo series maps. Area: World Bank data (indicator AG.SRF.TOTL.K2: land and inland water, source FAO, CC BY 4.0); “approx.” – no such data for the country: area of the map outline (Natural Earth 1:50m), accurate to about 3%.
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Source: World Bank – Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2), FAO (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – WDI: UN World Population Prospects (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – FAO population estimates, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – World Population Prospects, United Nations (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union… (CC BY 4.0), Our World in Data – UN, World Population Prospects (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint… (CC BY 4.0), Wikidata (CC0 1.0), VPN Map (Ominuvo) (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3), ISO 4217, IANA tz database (public domain), Natural Earth (public domain). Data from the Ominuvo series maps (index of 2026-11-01); details and licences on the map pages.