What is the difference in population by world region between Belarus and Finland?

250,100 people, with Finland ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Belarus and Finland?

318 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2100.

Where does this data come from?

HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population by world region. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Belarus vs Finland: Population by world region

Belarus

4.35 million people

in 2100

Finland

4.60 million people

in 2100

Belarus rank

131st

Finland rank

130th

Population by world region over time

Belarus
Finland

How they compare

Finland currently reports 4.60 million people against 4.35 million people in Belarus, a difference of 250,100 people.

That makes Finland's figure about 1.1 times Belarus's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 318 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Belarus ahead.

Belarus ranks 131st and Finland ranks 130th of 238 countries.

Across the 48 decades both report, Belarus averaged higher in 46 and Finland in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Belarus	Finland	Difference	Ahead
1000s	192,000 people	74,000 people	118,000 people	Belarus
1100s	288,000 people	86,000 people	202,000 people	Belarus
1200s	432,000 people	98,000 people	334,000 people	Belarus
1300s	432,000 people	110,000 people	322,000 people	Belarus
1400s	432,000 people	100,000 people	332,000 people	Belarus
1500s	576,000 people	100,000 people	476,000 people	Belarus
1600s	720,000 people	200,000 people	520,000 people	Belarus
1700s	960,000 people	400,119 people	559,881 people	Belarus
1710s	1.13 million people	437,513 people	696,797 people	Belarus
1720s	1.23 million people	478,402 people	750,428 people	Belarus
1730s	1.33 million people	523,113 people	808,127 people	Belarus
1740s	1.44 million people	572,002 people	870,168 people	Belarus
1750s	1.56 million people	625,460 people	936,890 people	Belarus
1760s	1.69 million people	683,914 people	1.01 million people	Belarus
1770s	1.83 million people	747,832 people	1.09 million people	Belarus
1780s	1.99 million people	817,722 people	1.17 million people	Belarus
1790s	2.15 million people	894,145 people	1.26 million people	Belarus
1800s	2.36 million people	872,564 people	1.48 million people	Belarus
1810s	2.36 million people	1.06 million people	1.30 million people	Belarus
1820s	2.46 million people	1.25 million people	1.20 million people	Belarus
1830s	2.69 million people	1.40 million people	1.29 million people	Belarus
1840s	2.95 million people	1.52 million people	1.42 million people	Belarus
1850s	3.23 million people	1.68 million people	1.56 million people	Belarus
1860s	3.56 million people	1.74 million people	1.81 million people	Belarus
1870s	3.91 million people	1.88 million people	2.03 million people	Belarus
1880s	4.30 million people	2.18 million people	2.12 million people	Belarus
1890s	4.73 million people	2.49 million people	2.25 million people	Belarus
1900s	5.21 million people	2.77 million people	2.44 million people	Belarus
1910s	5.73 million people	3.02 million people	2.71 million people	Belarus
1920s	6.28 million people	3.27 million people	3.01 million people	Belarus
1930s	6.88 million people	3.55 million people	3.33 million people	Belarus
1940s	7.54 million people	3.83 million people	3.71 million people	Belarus
1950s	7.55 million people	4.21 million people	3.34 million people	Belarus
1960s	8.62 million people	4.55 million people	4.07 million people	Belarus
1970s	9.29 million people	4.69 million people	4.60 million people	Belarus
1980s	9.90 million people	4.88 million people	5.02 million people	Belarus
1990s	10.17 million people	5.09 million people	5.08 million people	Belarus
2000s	9.72 million people	5.25 million people	4.48 million people	Belarus
2010s	9.48 million people	5.46 million people	4.02 million people	Belarus
2020s	9.03 million people	5.59 million people	3.44 million people	Belarus
2030s	8.41 million people	5.54 million people	2.86 million people	Belarus
2040s	7.79 million people	5.42 million people	2.37 million people	Belarus
2050s	7.15 million people	5.28 million people	1.86 million people	Belarus
2060s	6.43 million people	5.13 million people	1.30 million people	Belarus
2070s	5.75 million people	5.00 million people	755,751 people	Belarus
2080s	5.15 million people	4.84 million people	310,877 people	Belarus
2090s	4.63 million people	4.69 million people	58,465 people	Finland
2100s	4.35 million people	4.60 million people	250,100 people	Finland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population by world region, Belarus or Finland?: Finland, at 4.60 million people against 4.35 million people in Belarus as of 2100.
What is the difference in population by world region between Belarus and Finland?: 250,100 people, with Finland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Belarus and Finland?: 318 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2100.
How do Belarus and Finland rank globally for population by world region?: Belarus ranks 131st and Finland ranks 130th of 238 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population by world region. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Population by world region
Unit: people
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 69,174 data points, 1000–2100
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2100, based on data and estimates from different sources.