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Belarus

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Belarus is a country. The capital city is Minsk, located in the Eastern Europe region of Europe. It has a land area of 202,990 km², a population of 9,178,298 people and uses the currency Belarusian rubel. The President is Alexander Lukashenko.

Key facts

currency: Belarusian rubel
capital city: Minsk
region: Eastern Europe
continent: Europe
land area: 202,990 km²
population: 9,178,298 people
political leader: Alexander Lukashenko (President)

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central government debt: 33.24 % of GDP
expense: 28.71 % of GDP
GDP: 71,857,382,745.61 current US$
inflation: 5.00 annual %
self-employed workers: 4.54 % of total employment
tax revenue: 12.81 % of GDP
unemployment: 3.46 % of total labor force
vulnerable employment: 4.01 % of total employment
armed forces personnel: 158,000 people
democracy score: 3.13
democracy type: Authoritarian
individuals using the Internet: 91.50 % of population
military expenditure: 1.80 % of GDP
net migration: -3,034 people
press freedom: 1.51
proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 40.00 %
birth rate: 9.16 per 1,000 people
death rate: 15.49 per 1,000 people
health expenditure per capita: 468.00 current US$
health expenditure: 6.57 % of GDP
incidence of HIV: 0.11 per 1,000 uninfected population
hospital beds: 9.69 per 1,000 people
life expectancy at birth: 73
suicide mortality rate: 21.20 per 100,000 population
agricultural land: 81,740.00 km²
alternative and nuclear energy: 0.05 % of total energy use
carbon dioxide emissions (CO2): 54.18 Mt of CO2 equivalent
access to electricity: 100.00 % of population
electricity production from coal sources: 0.00 % of total
electricity production from natural gas sources: 97.87 % of total
electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 0.31 % of total
electricity production from nuclear sources: 0.00 % of total
electricity production from oil sources: 1.06 % of total
electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 0.50 % of total
net energy imports: 86.78 % of energy use
fertility rate: 1.50 births per woman
forest area: 87,966 km²
fossil fuel energy consumption: 92.44 % of total
greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6): 84.28 Mt of CO2 equivalent
median age: 36.60
methane emissions: 21.01 Mt of CO2 equivalent
nitrous oxide emissions: 9.43 Mt of CO2 equivalent
female population: 4,900,868 people
male population: 4,277,430 people
renewable energy consumption: 8.20 % of total final energy consumption
rural land area: 201,456.00 km²
rural population: 1,768,566 people
urban land area: 2,882.60 km²
urban population: 7,409,732 people
urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 0.00 % of total population

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