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
See also
