Location: Eastern Europe, east of Poland
Area:
total area:
207,600 sq km
land area:
207,600 sq km
comparative area:
slightly smaller than Kansas
Land boundaries:
total 3,098 km ;
Latvia 141 km, Lithuania 502 km, Poland 605 km,
Russia959 km, Ukraine 891 km
Coastline: 0 km
Population: 10,437,418 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
22% (female 1,126,062; male 1,166,439)
15-64 years:
65% (female 3,494,891; male 3,293,196)
65 years and over:
13% (female 913,508; male 443,322)
Population growth rate: 0.3% (1995 est.)
Birth rate: 12.98 births/1,000 population
Death rate: 11.23 deaths/1,000 population
Net migration rate: 1.27 migrant(s)/1,000 population
Infant mortality rate: 18.6 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
71.03 years
male:
66.36 years
female:
75.93 years
Total fertility rate: 1.87 children born/woman
Ethnic divisions:
Byelorussian 77.9%, Russian 13.2%,
Polish 4.1%, Ukrainian 2.9%, other1.9%
Religions: Eastern Orthodox, other
Languages: Byelorussian, Russian, other
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1989)
total population:
97%
male:
99%
female:
96%
Names:
conventional long form:
Republic of Belarus
conventional short form:
Belarus
Type: republic
Capital: Minsk
Independence: 25 August 1991 (from Soviet Union)
Constitution:
adopted 15 March 1994;
replaces constitution of April 1978
National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $53.4 billion
National product real growth rate: -20%
National product per capita: $5,130
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 29%
Unemployment rate: 1.4% officially registered unemployed
Electricity:
capacity:
7,010,000 kW
production:
31.4 billion kWh
consumption per capita:
3,010 kWh
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