9,413,505 (2022 est.)
noun: Belarusian(s)
adjective: Belarusian
Belarusian 83.7%, Russian 8.3%, Polish 3.1%, Ukrainian 1.7%, other 2.4%, unspecified 0.9% (2009 est.)
Russian (official) 70.2%, Belarusian (official) 23.4%, other 3.1% (includes small Polish- and Ukrainian-speaking minorities), unspecified 3.3% (2009 est.)
major-language sample(s):
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Orthodox 48.3%, Catholic 7.1%, other 3.5%, non-believers 41.1% (2011 est.)
0-14 years: 16.09% (male 784,231/female 740,373)
15-24 years: 9.59% (male 467,393/female 441,795)
25-54 years: 43.94% (male 2,058,648/female 2,105,910)
55-64 years: 14.45% (male 605,330/female 763,972)
65 years and over: 15.93% (male 493,055/female 1,017,211) (2020 est.)
total dependency ratio: 50.8
youth dependency ratio: 25.4
elderly dependency ratio: 25.4
potential support ratio: 3.9 (2021 est.)
total: 40.9 years
male: 38 years
female: 43.9 years (2020 est.)
-0.31% (2022 est.)
9.08 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)
12.88 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)
0.72 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.)
a fairly even distribution throughout most of the country, with urban areas attracting larger and denser populations
urban population: 80.7% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization: 0.28% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
2.049 million MINSK (capital) (2022)
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 0.98 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 0.79 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.35 male(s)/female
total population: 0.87 male(s)/female (2022 est.)
26.8 years (2019 est.)
2 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)
total: 3.27 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 3.72 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 2.79 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)
total population: 74.28 years
male: 68.9 years
female: 79.97 years (2022 est.)
1.51 children born/woman (2022 est.)
52.6% (2019)
improved: urban: 100% of population
rural: 99.6% of population
total: 99.9% of population
unimproved: urban: 0% of population
rural: 0.4% of population
total: 0.1% of population (2020 est.)
5.9% of GDP (2019)
4.54 physicians/1,000 population (2019)
10.8 beds/1,000 population (2014)
improved: urban: 99.9% of population
rural: 98.3% of population
total: 99.5% of population
unimproved: urban: 0.1% of population
rural: 1.7% of population
total: 0.5% of population (2020 est.)
0.5% (2021 est.)
24.5% (2016)
total: 10.57 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
beer: 2.26 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
wine: 0.98 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
spirits: 4.67 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
other alcohols: 2.66 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
total: 30.5% (2020 est.)
male: 47.4% (2020 est.)
female: 13.5% (2020 est.)
N/A
women married by age 15: 0.1%
women married by age 18: 4.7%
men married by age 18: 1.6% (2019 est.)
4.7% of GDP (2021 est.)
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.9%
male: 99.9%
female: 99.9% (2019)
total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 15 years (2021)
total: 12%
male: 13.8%
female: 10.1% (2020 est.)
NOTE: The information regarding Belarus on this page is re-published from the 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Belarus 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Belarus 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.
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