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People And SocietyNationality
Noun Belarusian(s)
Adjective Belarusian Ethnic groups
Belarusian 83.7%, Russian 8.3%, Polish 3.1%, Ukrainian 1.7%, other 3.2% (2009 census) Languages
Belarusian (official) 23.4%, Russian (official) 70.2%, other 6.4% (includes small Polish- and Ukrainian-speaking minorities) (1999 census) Religions
Eastern Orthodox 80%, other (including Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, and Muslim) 20% (1997 est.) Population World Ranking: 89
9,643,566 (July 2012 est.)
Age structure
0-14 years
14.2% (male 699,048/female 660,130) 15-64 years 71.7% (male 3,328,548/female 3,542,359) 65 years and over 14.1% (male 427,086/female 920,381) (2011 est.) Median age
Total 39.3 years
Male 36.3 years Female 42.3 years (2012 est.) Population growth rate World Ranking: 215
-0.362% (2012 est.)
Birth rate World Ranking: 196
9.73 births/1,000 population (2012 est.) Death rate World Ranking: 15
13.73 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.) Net migration rate World Ranking: 66
0.38 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.) Urbanization
Urban population 75% of total population (2010)
Rate of urbanization 0.1% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) Major cities - population
MINSK (capital) 1.837 million (2009) Sex ratio
At birth 1.06 male(s)/female
Under 15 years 1.06 male(s)/female 15-64 years 0.94 male(s)/female 65 years and over 0.46 male(s)/female Total population 0.87 male(s)/female (2011 est.) Maternal mortality rate World Ranking: 57
190 deaths/100,000 live births (2010) Infant mortality rate World Ranking: 172
Total 6.16 deaths/1,000 live births
Male 7.14 deaths/1,000 live births Female 5.11 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.) Life expectancy at birth World Ranking: 137
Total population 71.48 years
Male 65.88 years Female 77.42 years (2012 est.) Total fertility rate World Ranking: 194
1.45 children born/woman (2012 est.) Health expenditures World Ranking: 112
5.8% of GDP (2009)
Physicians density
4.869 physicians/1,000 population (2007) Hospital bed density
11.23 beds/1,000 population (2007) Hiv/aids - adult prevalence rate World Ranking: 89
0.3% (2009 est.)
Hiv/aids - people living with hiv/aids World Ranking: 82
17,000 (2009 est.)
Hiv/aids - deaths World Ranking: 69
Fewer than 1,000 (2009 est.)
Children under the age of 5 years underweight World Ranking: 117
1.3% (2005)
Education expenditures World Ranking: 84
4.5% of GDP (2009)
Literacy
Definition
Age 15 and over can read and write Total population 99.6%Male 99.8% Female 99.5% (2009 census) School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
Total 15 years
Male 14 years Female 15 years (2007)
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