Country's codes
International phone code for Belarus: +375
Standard EAN-13 (country barcode): 481
Olympic country code: BLR
Useful country information
Population (2021): 9.34 million (growth rate: -0.19%); life expectancy: 72.15
Capital and largest city (2017): Mensk (Minsk), 1.975 million
Minsk: Capital City Profile
Other large cities: Gomel, 502,200; Mogilyov, 374,000; Vitebsk, 355,800; Grodno, 314,100; Brest, 306,300; Bobruysk, 228,100
Monetary unit: Belorussian ruble
National Name: Respublika Byelarus'
Languages: Belarusian (official) 23.4%, Russian (official) 70.2%, other 3.1% (includes small Polish- and Ukrainian-speaking minorities), unspecified 3.3% (2009 est.)
Ethnicity/race: Belarusian 83.7%, Russian 8.3%, Polish 3.1%, Ukrainian 1.7%, other 2.4%, unspecified 0.9% (2009 est.)
Religion: Eastern Orthodox 80%, other (including Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, and Muslim) 20% (1997 est.)
National Holiday: Independence Day, July 3
Literacy rate: 99.6% (2009 est.)
Background:
Potatoes, tractors, and being one of the poorest countries in Europe by total wealth. Belarus is known as the last country in Europe run by a dictator (Alexander Lukashenko).
Belarus is the country with the lowest unemployment rate in Europe, and no, it is NOT part of Russia. But, the predominantly spoken language is Russian, not Belarusian. They have five Nobel Laureates in Belarus, and two Israeli presidents were born in the country, which is now Belarus, Chaim Weizmann and Shimon Peres. Also born in Belarus was the artist Marc Chagall.
About 40% of the country is forested; Białowieża Forest is one of the last and largest remaining parts of the immense primeval forest that once stretched across the European plain. Most Belarusians are hospitable and friendly people. There is a vivid gambling industry (only in Minsk)
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