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Contents
 Demographic data from the CIA World Factbook
Demographic data from the CIA World Factbook - Contents
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 est.)
Median age
- Total: 37.03 years
- Male: 34.32 years
- Female: 39.7 years (2005 est.)
Population growth rate
- -0.09% (2005 est.)
Birth rate
- 10.83 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
- Under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
- 15-64 years: 0.95 male(s)/female
- 65 years and over: 0.5 male(s)/female
- Total population: 0.88 male(s)/female (2005 est.)
Infant mortality rate
- Total: 13.37 deaths/1,000 live births
- Male: 14.3 deaths/1,000 live births
- Female: 12.39 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.)
Life expectancy at birth
- Total population: 68.72 years
- Male: 63.03 years
- Female: 74.69 years (2005 est.)
Total fertility rate
- 1.39 children born/woman (2005 est.)
HIV/AIDS
- Adult prevalence rate: 0.3% (2001 est.)
- People living with HIV/AIDS: 15,000 (2001 est.)
- 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 census)
Prior to World War II, Jews were the second largest ethnic group in what is today Belarus, and comprised more than 50 percent of the population in cities and towns. By 1989, Jews accounted for only 1.1% of the population, mainly due to the Holocaust WWII and emigration from the Soviet Union to nations such as the United States and Israel.
Religions
In 1997, 80% of the religious population belong to the Eastern Orthodox Church, while other religions, such as Islam, Catholicism, Protestant Christianity, and Judaism, make up the other 20 percent. During the times of the Soviet Union the majority of population was atheistic, and this situation did not change significantly with the dissolution of the Soviet Union, although the number of people declaring themselves religious grows. Also, many atheists associate themselves with Eastern Orthodoxy referring to cultural associations, rather than religious ones.
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 est.)
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