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People
9,612,632 (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 
88
0-14 years: 14.3% (male 707,550/female 667,560)
15-64 years: 71.3% (male 3,337,253/female 3,540,916)
65 years and over: 14.5% (male 446,746/female 948,508) (2010 est.)
total: 38.8 years
male: 35.8 years
female: 41.8 years (2010 est.)
-0.368% (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 221
9.76 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 198
13.81 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 19
0.38 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 65
urban population: 73% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 0% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)
at birth: 1.062 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.94 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.47 male(s)/female
total population: 0.87 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
total: 6.34 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 174
male: 7.34 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 5.27 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)
total population: 70.92 years
country comparison to the world: 139
male: 65.26 years
female: 76.93 years (2010 est.)
1.25 children born/woman (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 215
0.2% (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 94
13,000 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 91
1,100 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 69
noun: Belarusian(s)
adjective: Belarusian
Belarusian 81.2%, Russian 11.4%, Polish 3.9%, Ukrainian 2.4%, other 1.1% (1999 census)
Eastern Orthodox 80%, other (including Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, and Muslim) 20% (1997 est.)
Belarusian (official) 36.7%, Russian (official) 62.8%, other 0.5% (includes small Polish- and Ukrainian-speaking minorities) (1999 census)
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.6%
male: 99.8%
female: 99.4% (1999 census)
total: 15 years
male: 14 years
female: 15 years (2007)
5.2% of GDP (2007)
country comparison to the world: 56
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