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Belarus - Europe



Population  PopulationTop of page
InhabitantsLife expectancy
9,724,723 (July 2007 est.)total population: 70.05 years
male: 64.31 years
female: 76.14 years (2007 est.)
Ethnic groupsReligions
Belarusian 81.2%, Russian 11.4%, Polish 3.9%, Ukrainian 2.4%, other 1.1% (1999 census)Eastern Orthodox 80%, other (including Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, and Muslim) 20% (1997 est.)
LanguagesLiteracy
Belarusian, Russian, otherdefinition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.6%
male: 99.8%
female: 99.5% (2003 est.)


Government  GovernmentTop of page
Government typeCapital
republic in name, although in fact a dictatorship Minsk
IndependanceNational day
25 August 1991 (from Soviet Union)Independence Day, 3 July (1944); note - 3 July 1944 was the date Minsk was liberated from German troops, 25 August 1991 was the date of independence from the Soviet Union
ConstitutionLegal system
15 March 1994; revised by national referendum of 24 November 1996 giving the presidency greatly expanded powers and became effective 27 November 1996; revised again 17 October 2004 removing presidential term limitsbased on civil law system


Economy  EconomyTop of page
GDP (purchasing power parity)Growth rate
$28.56 billion (2006 est.)8.3% (2006 est.)
GDP per inhabitantUnemployment rate
$7,800 (2006 est.)1.6% officially registered unemployed; large number of underemployed workers (2005)
Population below poverty lineInflation rate
27.1% (2003 est.)9.5% (2006 est.)
ExportsImports
$19.61 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)$21.12 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)
Reserves of foreign exchange and goldCurrency
$1.329 billion (2006 est.)Belarusian ruble (BYB/BYR)
Military expenditures
1.4% (2005 est.)


Geography  GeographyTop of page
LocationArea
Eastern Europe, east of Poland 207,600 sq km
ClimateNatural resources
cold winters, cool and moist summers; transitional between continental and maritimeforests, peat deposits, small quantities of oil and natural gas, granite, dolomitic limestone, marl, chalk, sand, gravel, clay


Communication  CommunicationTop of page
CellularsInternet code
4.098 million (2005).by
Internet hostsInternet users
33,641 (2006)3.394 million (2005)


Transportation  TransportationTop of page
AirportsRailways (in km)
86 (2006)5,512 km
Roadways (in km)Pipelines (in km)
93,310 km gas 5,223 km; oil 2,321 km; refined products 1,686 km (2006)