Gomel · Population

Question: What is the population of Gomel? Answer: Gomel (Гомель), Belarus (capital: Homel') - last known population is ≈ 1 424 000 (year 2015). This was 14.996% of total Belarus population. In this year, Gomel population density was 35.2 p/km². If population growth rate would be same as in period 2009-2015 (-0.19%/year), Gomel population in 2026 would be: 1 393 753*.

Population history ^[1]

Annual population change

[1979-1989] +0.46 %/year
[1989-1999] -0.79 %/year
[1999-2009] -0.7 %/year
[2009-2015] -0.19 %/year

Location

GPS coordinates: 52.441176, 30.987846

Gomel on city and population density map

City density ^[2] • population density ^[3] • Legend (Click on marker to hide it)

Sources, Notices

1979c, 1989c, 1999c, 2009c, 2015e. Legend: e-estimate, c-census, o-other, ..
* Unofficial, calculated population.
** In some cases boundaries changes also influence the comparability of the population data. Data is provided "as is" without warranty or any representation of accuracy, timeliness or completeness. Terms of use.
[1] Sources
• National Statistical Committee of the Republic of Belarus
• Recensements de 1959, 1970, 1979 [archive], sur www.webgeo.ru
• pop-stat.mashke.org Y1959, 1970 some missing data
• Huizinga. Internationaal aardrijkskundig woordenboek, 1958
• Wikipedia Few missing population data for largest cities
[2] City density map, generated by population.city using data provided to us by 1km.net website. Every circle is city with population over 5000. Link
[3] Population density map generated by instructions from daysleeperrr on reddig. Link1. Used data source is the Gridded Population of the World (GPW), v3 online at the the Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) at Columbia University. Link2. Additional urban land cover: Extracted from Global Land Cover Characteristics Data Base Version 2.0 and Binary MOD12Q1 data on shadedrelief.com. Link3 (PNG,0.5Mb).