Belarus Demographics Profile 2013

Population

9,643,566 (July 2012 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 15% (male 744,138/female 702,294)
15-24 years: 13% (male 642,861/female 610,169)
25-54 years: 45.6% (male 2,148,450/female 2,245,839)
55-64 years: 12.6% (male 531,434/female 678,940)
65 years and over: 13.9% (male 420,226/female 919,215) (2012 est.)

Median age

total: 39.3 years
male: 36.3 years
female: 42.3 years (2012 est.)

Population growth rate

-0.18% (2012 est.)

Birth rate

11.1 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)

Death rate

13.9 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.)

Net migration rate

0.38 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.)

Urbanization

urban population: 75% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 0.1% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)

Major cities - population

MINSK (capital) 1.837 million (2009)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.94 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.46 male(s)/female
total population: 0.87 male(s)/female (2011 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 3.7 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 4.1 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.2 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 71.48 years
male: 65.88 years
female: 77.42 years (2012 est.)

Total fertility rate

1.45 children born/woman (2012 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

0.3% (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

17,000 (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths

fewer than 1,000 (2009 est.)

Sanitation facility access

improved:
urban: 91% of population
rural: 97% of population
total: 93% of population
unimproved:
urban: 9% of population
rural: 3% of population
total: 7% of population

Nationality

noun: Belarusian(s)
adjective: Belarusian

Ethnic groups

Belarusian 83.7%, Russian 8.3%, Polish 3.1%, Ukrainian 1.7%, other 3.2% (2009 census)

Religions

Eastern Orthodox 80%, other (including Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, and Muslim) 20% (1997 est.)

Languages

Belarusian (official) 23.4%, Russian (official) 70.2%, other 6.4% (includes small Polish- and Ukrainian-speaking minorities) (1999 census)

Literacy

definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.6%
male: 99.8%
female: 99.5% (2009 census)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)

total: 15 years
male: 14 years
female: 15 years (2007)

Education expenditures

4.5% of GDP (2009)

Maternal mortality rate

190 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)

Children under the age of 5 years underweight

1.3% (2005)

Health expenditures

5.8% of GDP (2009)

Physicians density

4.869 physicians/1,000 population (2007)

Hospital bed density

11.23 beds/1,000 population (2007)