Belarus vs Israel: Has the population peaked?

Belarus

9.12 million people

in 2023

Israel

9.26 million people

in 2023

Belarus rank

99th

Israel rank

97th

Has the population peaked? over time

Israel currently reports 9.26 million people against 9.12 million people in Belarus, a difference of 140,630 people.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Belarus ahead.

Belarus ranks 99th and Israel ranks 97th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Has the population peaked?
Unit: people
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The total population, measured on 1 July of the year shown.