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Republic of Belarus
President: Alyaksandr Lukashenka (1994)
Prime Minister: Syarhei Linh (1996)
Area: 80,200 sq. mi. (207,600 sq. km)
Population (1999 est.): 10,401,784 (average annual rate of natural increase: –0.40%) (in 1989: Belarussian, 77.9%; Russian, 13.2%; Polish, 4.1%; Ukrainian, 2.9%; Jewish, 1.1%); birth rate: 9.7/1000; infant mortality rate: 14.4/1000; density per sq. mi.: 130
Capital (1992 est.): Mensk (Minsk), 1,666,000
Other large cities (1992 est.): Gomel, 517,300; Vitebsk, 373,000; Mogilyov, 364,000; Grodno, 291,800; Brest, 284,000; Bobruysk, 224,000
Monetary unit: Belarussian ruble
Language: Belarussian (White Russian)
Ethnicity/race: Belarussian 77.9%, Russian 13.2%, Polish 4.1%, Ukrainian 2.9%, other 1.9%
Religion: Orthodoxy is predominant
Literacy rate: 100%
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (1998 est.): $53.7 billion; $5,200 per capita. Real growth rate: 7%. Inflation: 182%. Unemployment: 2.3% officially registered unemployed (December 1998); large number of underemployed workers. Arable land: 29%. Agriculture: grain, potatoes, vegetables, sugar beets, flax; beef, milk. Labor force: 4.3 million (1998); industry and construction, 40%; agriculture and forestry, 19%; services, 41% (1997 est.). Industry: tractors, metal-cutting machine tools, off-highway dump trucks up to 110-metric-ton load capacity, wheel-type earth movers for construction and mining, eight-wheel-drive, high-flotation trucks with cargo capacity of 25 metric tons for use in tundra and roadless areas, equipment for animal husbandry and livestock feeding, motorcycles, television sets, chemical fibers, fertilizer, linen fabric, wool fabric, radios, refrigerators, other consumer goods. Exports: $7 billion (f.o.b., 1998): machinery and transport equipment, chemicals, foodstuffs. Imports: $8.5 billion (c.i.f., 1998): fuel, natural gas, industrial raw materials, textiles, sugar, foodstuffs. Major trading partners: Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Germany.
