Vehicle registration plates of Belarus

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Republic of Belarus
BY-auto-number-1.png
Currently issued Belarus plate for passenger cars - pre-green BY letters.
CountryFlag of Belarus.svg Belarus
Country codeBY
Current series
Size520 mm × 110 mm
20.5 in × 4.3 in
Serial format1234 AB-5 (5 being the regional code)
Colour (front)Black on white (for standard non-EV plates)
Colour (rear)Black on white (for standard non-EV plates)

Belarusian vehicle registration plates are currently mainly composed of four digits – the vehicle identifier, two letters – the number plate series, and the region code – a final digit indicating the region of Belarus in which the vehicle was registered. The placement of the series letters varies for the weight class or type of the vehicle:

Contents

Car registration

The letters used for plate series are confined to those appearing in both the Belarusian Cyrillic and Latin alphabetsA, E, I, O, B, C, H, K, P, T, X.

Map of regions of Belarus with associated region codes Map of Belarussian license plate codes.png
Map of regions of Belarus with associated region codes

Following region codes are used:

( Belarusian : Брэсцкая вобласць, Russian : Брестская область)

( Belarusian : Віцебская вобласць, Russian : Витебская область)

( Belarusian : Гомельская вобласць, Russian : Гомельская область)

( Belarusian : Гродзенская вобласць, Russian : Гродненская область)

( Belarusian : Мінская вобласць, Russian : Минская область)

( Belarusian : Магілёўская вобласць, Russian : Могилёвская область)

( Belarusian : горад Мінск, Russian : город Минск)

*On 4 March 2025, the head of the State Traffic Police Viktar Ratchankow announced that all possible combinations of license plate numbers for region code 7 have been exhausted. Due to this, a reserve code "8" will be issued for vehicles registered in city of Minsk. [1]

The codes are assigned by alphabetic order of region names in Russian, with Minsk city outside of this order. It mostly coincides with the same order in Belarusian, except for Mahilioŭ Region preceding Minsk Region in the latter.

Occasionally, the digit 0 is used instead of region code to indicate that the vehicle is property of Ministry of Defense, State Border Committee or Internal Troops of Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Special plates

Diplomatic plates have the represented country or organization stated using the first 2 digits.

List of codes

First digitsCountry or organization
01Executive Committee of the Flag of the CIS.svg CIS
02Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia
03Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
04Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria
05Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
06Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary
07Flag of Germany.svg Germany
08Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia
09Flag of Israel.svg Israel
10Flag of India.svg India
11Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq
12Flag of Iran.svg Iran
13Flag of Italy.svg Italy
14Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan
15Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
16Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea
17Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba
18Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Kyrgyzstan
19Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia
20Flag of Libya.svg Libya
21Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania
22Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova
23Flag of Nepal.svg   Nepal
24Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
25Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
26Flag of Poland.svg Poland
27Flag of Russia.svg Russia
28Flag of Romania.svg Romania
29Flag of Vatican City (2023-present).svg Vatican
30Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia
31Flag of the United States.svg United States
32Flag of Tajikistan.svg Tajikistan
33Flag of Turkmenistan.svg Turkmenistan
34Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey
35Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine
36Flag of France.svg France
37Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic
38Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
39Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
40Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia
41Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia
42Flag of Japan.svg Japan
43 International Science and Technology Center
44Economic Court of the Flag of the CIS.svg CIS
45 Ministry of Foreign Affairs
46Flag of Palestine.svg Palestine
47Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan
48Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
49Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam
50Flag of Malta.svg Malta
51Flag of the United Nations.svg United Nations
52 World Bank
53 European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
54 Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
55Flag of the Red Cross.svg Red Cross
56 International Organization for Migration
57 International Monetary and Financial Committee
58Flag of the United Nations.svg International Monetary Fund
59Flag of Europe.svg European Union
60Flag of Syria (2025-).svg Syria
61Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela
62Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates
63Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka
64Flag of Mongolia.svg Mongolia
65Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
66Executive Committee of the Flag of the CIS.svg CIS
67Flag of Germany.svg Germany
68Flag of Russia.svg Russia
69Flag of the United States.svg United States
70Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus
71Flag of Libya.svg Libya
72Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland
73Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay
74Flag of Oman.svg Oman
75Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
76Flag of Peru.svg Peru
77Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain
78UNICEF.svg UNICEF
79Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic
80Flag of North Macedonia.svg North Macedonia
81Flag of Austria.svg Austria
82Flag of Finland.svg Finland
83Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan
84 Eurasian Development Bank
85Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia
86Flag of Spain.svg Spain

History

Plate seal (1992-1996) BY-Vehicle-Plate-Seal-1992.png
Plate seal (1992–1996)
Licence plate of Belarus, 1992-1996 Belarus licence plate 1992.png
Licence plate of Belarus, 1992–1996

Soviet-era registration plates for Belarus carried a pair of two-digit numbers followed by letters in Cyrillic (e.g. 12 34 MББ). Following independence, in 1992 the format of Belarusian registration plates became red characters — four digits and two letters on a white background — with the national crest (Pahonia) in the centre, separating the digits from the letters. After the controversial change of the symbols of Belarus in 1995, in 1996 it was replaced by a sticker with the inscription "BELARUS" surrounded by the folk motif found on the current official flag of Belarus.

TX used on registered vehicles driven in foreign countries.

SuffixRegion
БН Brest
BT Vitebsk
ГК Grodno
ГС Gomel
МБ Minsk (region)
МГ Mogilev
МИMinsk (city)
Plate seal (1996-2004) BY-Vehicle-Plate-Seal-1996.png
Plate seal (1996–2004)

Vehicles owned by foreign companies used black-on-yellow plates, and the numbers and letters appeared in a different order (e.g. M 1223).

Until 2004, the first letter of the plate series was used to indicate the region of the vehicle's registration, with the rest of the letters being taken from the series A, B, C, E, I, K, M, H, P, O, T, X:

References

  1. Begovsky, Artem (2025-03-09). "Номера на автомобили будут выдавать без привязки к региону" [Car numbers will be issued without ties to regions]. Onliner (in Belarusian). Archived from the original on 2025-04-06.