Country page · Europe & Central Asia
If you were born in Belarus
1 in 2,100 babies · 0.05% of births · about 63,884 a year
Right now, about 0.05% of the world's babies are born in Belarus — 1 in 2,100, or roughly 63,884 a year and 175 a day. Life expectancy there is 74.4 years.
How the 1 in 2,100 is calculated
This number is not based on population. It uses births: Belarus has about 63,884 births a year, and the world has about 134,147,481. Divide one by the other and you get 0.05% — 1 in 2,100. Using population instead would understate young countries and overstate ageing ones, so every draw is weighted by births.
Life in Belarus, in numbers
| Indicator | Value | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy women 79.2 · men 69.7 | 74.4 years | 83rd highest of 172 countries |
| Chance of dying before 5 2.3 / 1,000 | 0.2% | 4th lowest of 170 countries |
| Chance of dying before 1 1.8 / 1,000 | 0.2% | 3rd lowest of 170 countries |
| Mothers who die giving birth per 100,000 births | 1 | 2nd lowest of 170 countries |
| Children per woman | 1.22 | 16th lowest of 172 countries |
| Expected years of schooling | 15.4 years | 44th highest of 168 countries |
| Tertiary enrollment | 70.1% | 45th highest of 168 countries |
| Income per person (PPP) GDP per capita, PPP | $34,716 | 56th highest of 170 countries |
| Income inequality closer to 0 = more equal | 24.40 | 155th highest of 157 countries |
| People living in cities | 79.5% | 40th highest of 172 countries |
| People working in farming | 9.5% | 64th lowest of 171 countries |
| People using the internet | 94.3% | 27th highest of 172 countries |
| Homicide per 100,000 people | 2.4 | 81st lowest of 155 countries |
| Health costs paid out of pocket share of health spending | 28.5% | 84th lowest of 168 countries |
| Adults living with HIV | — | — |
| People who smoke | 29.2% | — |
How to read these numbers
Income is shown in purchasing-power-parity dollars, so it compares what money buys locally rather than market exchange rates. The under-5 rate is the share of babies who die before their fifth birthday; the maternal mortality ratio is per 100,000 live births. A Gini index closer to 0 means a more equal income distribution, and a higher number means a more unequal one.
Each indicator uses the most recent year with a non-empty value, which can differ by country; the rank compares this country with the other 171 in the dataset, not with every country on Earth. Where a value is missing, the page shows a dash rather than an estimate.
Belarus compared with Europe & Central Asia
Life expectancy in Belarus is 74.4 years, against a Europe & Central Asia average of 78.6. The under-5 death rate is 0.2%, versus 0.7% across the region. Income per person is $34,716, against $53,288 regionally; expected schooling is 15.4 years against 15.9. 79.5% of people live in cities, against 67.9% in the region.
| Indicator | Belarus | Europe & Central Asia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 74.4 years old | 78.6 years old | 73.3 years old |
| Under-5 deaths | 0.2% | 0.7% | 2.6% |
| Income per person (PPP) | $34,716 | $53,288 | $30,311 |
| Expected schooling | 15.4 years | 15.9 years | 13.0 years |
| People in cities | 79.5% | 67.9% | 61.6% |
What a life there looks like
Put those numbers together and you get a life: about 74.4 years on average, with roughly 2.3 of every 1,000 babies dying before their fifth birthday. A child can expect 15.4 years of school, and income per person is around $34,716. These are averages — every life still lands somewhere on the distribution.
If you play as someone born in Belarus
The game draws Belarus in about 1 of every 2,100 births. From there the life runs year by year: 74.4 years of life expectancy on average, a 0.2% chance of dying before five, and an income of about $34,716 per person. Choices move the odds; the starting statistics do not.
Nearby and similar countries
- Chance of being born in Greece — 1 in 1,952
- Chance of being born in Serbia — 1 in 2,226
- Chance of being born in Austria — 1 in 1,734
- All 172 countries
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Source: World Bank World Development Indicators, with UN World Population Prospects 2024 and UN IGME for births and mortality. Values are the most recent non-empty year for each indicator; the year is noted where it differs. Page updated Oct 24, 2026.