Belarus
National Demographics
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
9,452,113 1
Immigrants as % of Population
11.3% 2
Homicides
2.33 per 100,000 people (global median: 5.8) 3
Level of Public Corruption
37 (100 is very clean, 0 is highly corrupt) 4
Fertility Rate
1.50 live births per woman 5
Under-Five Mortality Rate
3.00 deaths per 1,000 live births 5
Life Expectancy at Birth
72 years 5
Adult Literacy Rate
99.62% 6
Male Youth Literacy Rate (15-24 years)
100% 5
Female Youth Literacy Rate (15-24 years)
100% 5
GDP per Capita
US$6,698 5
Population Living Below US$2.15 per Day
0.0% 7
Gender Gap Ranking based on economy, health, education, and politics
41 (146 is the lowest ranked country; 1 is the highest ranked country) 8
Religious Freedom: Government Restrictions Index (GRI)
6.2 - High
Religious Freedom: Social Hostilities Index (SHI)
0.4 - Low
Catholic Demographics
These statistics are derived from the Vatican's official publication, Statistical Yearbook of the Church 2022 (Vatican City: Librera Editrice Vaticana, 2024). The numbers may differ from data reported by other sources on this site.
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
15.28
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
5,620
Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
100
First Communions per Year
4,369
Confirmations per Year
1,868
Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
0
Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
0
Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education
57
Church Marriages per Year
1,551
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
1,001
Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
247
Catholics per Priest
2,899
Mission Stations (no resident priests)
0
Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
1