| Population |
10,310,520 (July 2004 est.) |
| Age structure |
0-14 years: 16.3% (male 859,219; female 823,839)
15-64 years: 69.2% (male 3,469,926; female 3,662,203)
65 years and over: 14.5% (male 496,204; female 999,129) (2004 est.) |
| Median age |
total: 36.9 years
male: 34.2 years
female: 39.5 years (2004 est.) |
| Population growth rate |
-0.11% (2004 est.) |
| Birth rate |
10.52 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Death rate |
14.1 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Net migration rate |
2.54 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 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 (2004 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate |
total: 13.62 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 12.47 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
male: 14.71 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Life expectancy at birth |
total population: 68.57 years
male: 62.79 years
female: 74.65 years (2004 est.) |
| Total fertility rate |
1.36 children born/woman (2004 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, Ukrainian, and other 7.4% |
| Religions |
Eastern Orthodox 80%, other (including Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, and Muslim) 20% (1997 est.) |
| Languages |
Belarusian, Russian, other |
| Literacy |
conventional long form: republic of belarus
conventional short form: belarus
local short form: none
former: belorussian (byelorussian) soviet socialist republic
local long form: respublika byelarus' |