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Photos of Belarus

A panel on the World War II Monument in Victory Square in Minsk, Belarus. An eternal flame burns at the base of the memorial that was constructed in 1954 to commemorate the country's war dead.

Introduction

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Geography

Area

comparison ranking: total 86

People and Society

Languages

Russian audio sample:

Age structure

2024 population pyramid:
This is the population pyramid for Belarus. A population pyramid illustrates the age and sex structure of a country's population and may provide insights about political and social stability, as well as economic development. The population is distributed along the horizontal axis, with males shown on the left and females on the right. The male and female populations are broken down into 5-year age groups represented as horizontal bars along the vertical axis, with the youngest age groups at the bottom and the oldest at the top. The shape of the population pyramid gradually evolves over time based on fertility, mortality, and international migration trends. <br/><br/>For additional information, please see the entry for Population pyramid on the Definitions and Notes page.

Median age

comparison ranking: total 46

Population growth rate

comparison ranking: 216

Birth rate

comparison ranking: 210

Death rate

comparison ranking: 10

Net migration rate

comparison ranking: 67

Maternal mortality ratio

comparison ranking: 194

Infant mortality rate

comparison ranking: total 219

Total fertility rate

comparison ranking: 208

Tobacco use

comparison ranking: total 36

Environment

Government

Economy

Real GDP growth rate

comparison ranking: 77

Real GDP per capita

comparison ranking: 82

Labor force

comparison ranking: 89

Unemployment rate

comparison ranking: 55

Public debt

comparison ranking: 160

Taxes and other revenues

comparison ranking: 107

Current account balance

comparison ranking: 146

Exports

comparison ranking: 68

Imports

comparison ranking: 67

Debt - external

comparison ranking: 36

Energy

Communications

Transportation

Airports

comparison ranking: 92

Heliports

comparison ranking: 110

Merchant marine

comparison ranking: total 171

Military and Security

Transnational Issues