An introduction in facts and figures to this landlocked country in the north-east of Europe
Republic of Belarus
Alexander Lukashenko (1994 - present )
Sergei Rumas (2018 - present)
207,600 km²
Population – 9.491,8 million (on 1 January 2018)
Regional centres of Belarus (on 1 January 2018):
Belarusian |
83.7% |
(Source: 2009 census) |
Belarusian and Russian
Independence Day, 3 July
Belarusian rouble (Br)
GDP (2017) Br105.2 billion; per capita: Br11.1 thousand
Commodity structure of export (2017):
Commodity structure of import (2017):
8582 thousands hectares (on 1 January 2016)
Areas of speciality in agriculture: grain, potatoes, vegetables, sugar beet, flax, meat and dairy industry
4.35 million (2017)
Breakdown of employed population by type of economic activity (2016):
33.7 thousand unemployed (2017)
Number of mobile communication subscribers – 11.4 million.
Penetration of LTE-powered mobile communication services – 60%. At present the services are available in Minsk and all the oblast capitals as well as major district capitals across the country.
Number of fixed telephony subscribers – 47.5 phones per 100 residents.
Number of Internet service subscribers and users – over 11 million, including over 3 million of fixed broadband Internet access subscribers. According to the International Telecommunication Union, in 2016 Belarus was ranked 23rd by the number of broadband subscribers.
International bandwidth – 1,110Gbps.
According to a research by the International Bureau of the Universal Postal Union, the Republic of Belarus is ranked 3rd among 87 countries in the development of digital postal services.
Railways – 5480 km, including 1215 km of electric track
Highways – 102,000 km, including paved roads 88,200 km
Oil pipelines – 2,983 km
Gas pipelines – 7,837 km