Belarus People:
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)
Median age:
total: 37.03 years
male: 34.32 years
female: 39.7 years (2005)
Population growth rate:
-0.09% (2005 est.)
Birth rate:
10.18 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 (2005)
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female (2005)
15-64 years: 0.95 male(s)/female (2005)
65 years and over: 0.5 male(s)/female (2005)
total population: 0.88 male(s)/female (2005)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 13.37 deaths
/
1,000 live births (2005 est.)
male: 14.3 deaths
/
1,000 live births
female: 12.39 deaths
/
1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total: 68.72 years (2005 est.)
male: 63.03 years
female: 74.69 years
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)
Religions:
Eastern Orthodox 80%, other (including Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, and Muslim) 20% (1997)
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)
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