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GeographyLocation: Eastern Europe, east of Poland
Area: Land boundaries: total 3,098 km, Latvia 141 km, Lithuania 502 km, Poland 605 km, Russia959 km, Ukraine 891 km Coastline: 0 km
PeoplePopulation: 10,437,418 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 0.3% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 12.98 births/1,000 population Death rate: 11.23 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: 1.27 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 18.6 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 1.87 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: Byelorussian 77.9%, Russian 13.2%, Polish 4.1%, Ukrainian 2.9%, other1.9% Religions: Eastern Orthodox, other Languages: Byelorussian, Russian, other
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1989)
Government
Names:
Type: republic Capital: Minsk Independence: 25 August 1991 (from Soviet Union) Constitution: adopted 15 March 1994; replaces constitution of April 1978
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $53.4 billion National product real growth rate: -20% National product per capita: $5,130 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 29% Unemployment rate: 1.4% officially registered unemployed
Electricity:
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| The volunteer staff of the 1996 Olympic Games totaled 50,152. They worked an estimated 850,000 shifts. |