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location:
eastern europe. east of poland
geographic coordinates:
53 00 n. 28 00 e
map references:
europe
area:
total: 207.600 sq km land: 207.600 sq km water: 0 sq km
area - comparative:
slightly smaller than kansas
land boundaries:
total: 2.900 km border countries: latvia 141 km. lithuania 502 km. poland 407 km. russia 959 km. ukraine 891 km
coastline:
0 km (landlocked)
maritime claims:
none (landlocked)
climate:
cold winters. cool and moist summers; transitional between continental and maritime
terrain:
generally flat and contains much marshland
elevation extremes:
lowest point: nyoman river 90 m highest point: dzyarzhynskaya hara 346 m
natural resources:
forests. peat deposits. small quantities of oil and natural gas. granite. dolomitic limestone. marl. chalk. sand. gravel. clay
land use:
arable land: 29.55% permanent crops: 0.6% other: 69.85% (2001)
irrigated land:
1.150 sq km (1998 est.)
natural hazards:
na
environment - current issues:
soil pollution from pesticide use; southern part of the country contaminated with fallout from 1986 nuclear reactor accident at chornobyl' in northern ukraine
environment - international agreements:
party to: air pollution. air pollution-nitrogen oxides. air pollution-sulfur 85. biodiversity. climate change. desertification. endangered species. environmental modification. hazardous wastes. marine dumping. ozone layer protection. ship pollution. wetlands signed. but not ratified: law of the sea
geography - note:
landlocked; glacial scouring accounts for the flatness of belarusian terrain and for its 11.000 lakes; the country is geologically well endowed with extensive deposits of granite. dolomitic limestone. marl. chalk. sand. gravel. and clay
population:
10.300.483 (july 2005 est.)
age structure:
0-14 years: 16% (male 839.292/female 804.738) 15-64 years: 69.5% (male 3.481.432/female 3.672.991) 65 years and over: 14.6% (male 498.717/female 1.003.313) (2005 est.)
median age:
total: 37.03 years male: 34.32 years female: 39.7 years (2005 est.)
population growth rate:
-0.09% (2005 est.)
birth rate:
10.83 births/1.000 population (2005 est.)
death rate:
14.15 deaths/1.000 population (2005 est.)
net migration rate:
2.42 migrant(s)/1.000 population (2005 est.)
sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.95 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.5 male(s)/female total population: 0.88 male(s)/female (2005 est.)
infant mortality rate:
total: 13.37 deaths/1.000 live births male: 14.3 deaths/1.000 live births female: 12.39 deaths/1.000 live births (2005 est.)
life expectancy at birth:
total population: 68.72 years male: 63.03 years female: 74.69 years (2005 est.)
total fertility rate:
1.39 children born/woman (2005 est.)
hiv/aids - adult prevalence rate:
0.3% (2001 est.)
hiv/aids - people living with hiv/aids:
15.000 (2001 est.)
hiv/aids - deaths:
1.000 (2001 est.)
nationality:
noun: belarusian(s) adjective: belarusian
ethnic groups:
belarusian 81.2%. russian 11.4%. polish 3.9%. ukrainian 2.4%. other 1.1% (1999 census)
religions:
eastern orthodox 80%. other (including roman catholic. protestant. jewish. and muslim) 20% (1997 est.)
languages:
belarusian. russian. other
literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.6% male: 99.8% female: 99.5% (2003 est.)
country name:
conventional long form: republic of belarus conventional short form: belarus local long form: respublika byelarus' local short form: none former: belorussian (byelorussian) soviet socialist republic
government type:
republic in name. although in fact a dictatorship
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