Belarus (Byelorussia) April 17, 2020 Belarus , Brest , Brest-Litovsk , Byelorussia , CIS , dictatorship , Dniepr , Eastern Europe , Europe , forest , human rights , landlocked country , Minsk , Niémen , nuclear , nuclear catastrophe , oblast , plaine , Pripiat , radioactivité , Raion , Soviet Union , Svislotch , Tchernobyl , USSR , Vitebsk , voblast , Беларусь , Белоруссия , Мінск , Минск Official name Republic of Belarus Name in local language Рэспубліка Беларусь (be) ; Республика Беларусь (ru) Continent Europe Subcontinent Europe (outside the European Union) Population (ranking: 98e ) 9,408,405 inhabitants (2020) Population growth -0.71 % / year Area 207,605 km² Density 45.32 inhabitants / km² GDP (ranking: 81e )59.662 billions $USD (2018) GDP/capita (ranking ) 6,290 $USD (2018) GDP growth 3.00 % / year (2018) Life expectancy (ranking ) 74.60 years (2018) Birth rate 9.30 ‰ (2019) Fertility rate 1.62 children / woman (2014) Death rate (ranking ) 12.80 ‰ (2019) Infant mortality rate (ranking ) 2.40 ‰ (2019) Literacy rate 99.84 % (2015) Official languages Belarusian, Russian Currency Belarusian ruble (BYN) HDI (ranking: 74e )0.817 / 1 (2018) EPI (ranking )64.98 (2018) Government Unitary presidential republic (dictatorship in fact) Head of State President Alexander Lukashenko National Day 27 July (State Sovereignty Declaration of 1990) ISO Codes BY, BLR Demonym Belarusian Tourists (ranking ) 2,000,000 people (2017)
Byelorussia , also called Belarus (by the United Nations in particular), is a country of Eastern Europe, without access to the sea , bordered to the west by Poland , to the north by Latvia and Lithuania , to the east by Russia and south by Ukraine .
Minsk, capitale of Belarus. Photo: Vadim Sazanovich Place of the Independance, Minsk, Belarus. Photo: Zedlik Lake Strusta, Belarus. Photo: Zedlik Urban areas (2020) Urban areas Population Minsk 2,645,500 inhabitants Homiel (Homieĺ/Gomel) 535,229 inhabitants Moguilev (Mahilioŭ) 380,440 inhabitants Grodno (Hrodna) 373,547 inhabitants Vitebsk (Viciebsk) 369,933 inhabitants Brest (formerly Brest-Litovsk) 350,616 inhabitants Babrujsk 217,940 inhabitants Barysaw (Barysaŭ) 180,100 inhabitants Baranavichy (Baranavičy) 179,439 inhabitants Mazyr 150,103 inhabitants Pinsk 138,202 inhabitants Orsha (Orša) 115,938 inhabitants Salihorsk 106,627 inhabitants Novopolotsk (Navapołack) 102,288 inhabitants Lida 101,165 inhabitants
Administrative divisions Regions (Voblasts) Population Area Brest 1,386,982 inhabitants 32,786 km² Homiel 1,422,941 inhabitants 40,370 km² Hrodna 1,050,125 inhabitants 25,127 km² Mahiliow 1,067,645 inhabitants 29,068 km² Minsk (Ville) 1,959,781 inhabitants 349 km² Minsk (Région) 1,417,303 inhabitants 39,854 km² Vitebsk 1,193,587 inhabitants 40,051 km²
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