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Belarus: cities by population

Belarus has a population of 9,485,386, with Minsk as its capital. The 50 largest of its 306 recorded towns and cities, ranked.

Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are GeoNames country data. Sources & method.

#	Place	Region	Population
1	Minsk	Minsk City	1,742,124
2	Homyel'	Homyel’ Voblasc’	501,193
3	Hrodna	Grodnenskaya	363,718
4	Vitebsk	Vitebsk	358,927
5	Mahilyow	Mogilev	352,896
6	Brest	Brest	347,138
7	Bobruysk	Mogilev	205,502
8	Baranovichi	Brest	170,039
9	Barysaw	Minsk	133,700
10	Pinsk	Brest	123,283
11	Mazyr	Homyel’ Voblasc’	104,517
12	Lida	Grodnenskaya	103,262
13	Orsha	Vitebsk	101,662
14	Soligorsk	Minsk	96,418
15	Novopolotsk	Vitebsk	95,370
16	Maladziečna	Minsk	87,339
17	Polotsk	Vitebsk	79,285
18	Zhlobin	Homyel’ Voblasc’	76,304
19	Rechytsa	Homyel’ Voblasc’	64,733
20	Horad Zhodzina	Minsk	62,983
21	Svetlogorsk	Homyel’ Voblasc’	61,812
22	Slutsk	Minsk	58,995
23	Kobryn	Brest	52,235
24	Slonim	Grodnenskaya	48,402
25	Vaukavysk	Grodnenskaya	41,020
26	Kalinkovichi	Homyel’ Voblasc’	36,656
27	Smarhoń	Grodnenskaya	35,072
28	Rahachow	Homyel’ Voblasc’	31,490
29	Dzyarzhynsk	Minsk	29,607
30	Osipovichi	Mogilev	28,745
31	Horki	Mogilev	28,626
32	Byaroza	Brest	27,986
33	Novogrudok	Grodnenskaya	27,624
34	Vileyka	Minsk	26,015
35	Smaliavičy	Minsk	24,402
36	Luninyets	Brest	23,396
37	Krychaw	Mogilev	22,973
38	Ivatsevichi	Brest	22,189
39	Mar’ina Gorka	Minsk	19,892
40	Fanipol	Minsk	19,006
41	Pruzhany	Brest	18,994
42	Pastavy	Vitebsk	18,450
43	Dobrush	Homyel’ Voblasc’	17,901
44	Hlybokaye	Vitebsk	17,807
45	Stowbtsy	Minsk	17,603
46	Lyepyel’	Vitebsk	17,400
47	Zaslawye	Minsk	17,166
48	Kalodzishchy	Minsk	17,000
49	Oshmyany	Grodnenskaya	16,804
50	Bykhov	Mogilev	16,296

Twenty years earlier: Belarus in the 2005 World Gazetteer — population then 9,755,025.