| Belarus :
Geographic coordinates
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53 00 N, 28 00 E
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| Belarus :
Population growth rate
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-0.368% (2010 est.)
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| Belarus :
Birth rate
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9.76 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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| Belarus :
Death rate
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13.81 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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| Belarus :
People living with HIV/AIDS
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13,000 (2007 est.)
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| Belarus :
Independence
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25 August 1991
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| Belarus :
National holiday
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Independence Day, 3 July
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| Belarus :
Constitution
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30 March 1994
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| Belarus :
GDP
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purchasing power parity - $116 billion (2009 est.)
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| Belarus :
GDP - per capita
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purchasing power parity - $11,600 (2009 est.)
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| Belarus :
Electricity - consumption
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30.54 billion kWh (2007 est.)
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| Belarus :
Exports
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$7.4 billion machinery and equipment, chemicals, metals.
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| Belarus :
Imports
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$8.3 billion mineral products, foodstuffs.
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| Belarus :
Telephones
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3.718 million (2008)
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| Belarus :
Mobile cellular
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8.693 million (2008)
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| Belarus :
Radio broadcast stations
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AM 28, FM 37, shortwave 11 (1998)
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| Belarus :
Radios
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3.02 million
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| Belarus :
Television broadcast stations
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47 (plus 27 repeaters) (1995)
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| Belarus :
Televisions
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2.52 million
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| Belarus :
Internet country code
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.by
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| Belarus :
Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
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113,115 (2009)
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| Belarus :
Internet users
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3.107 million (2008)
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| Belarus :
Railways
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5,537 km
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| Belarus :
Highways
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94,797 km
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| Belarus :
Waterways
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2,500 km (use limited by location on perimeter of country and by shallowness) (2003)
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| Belarus :
Pipelines
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gas 5,250 km; oil 1,528 km; refined products 1,730 km (2009)
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| Belarus :
Ports and harbors
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Mazyr
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| Belarus :
Merchant marine
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N/A
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| Belarus :
Airports
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65 (2009)
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| Belarus :
Heliports
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1
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| Belarus :
Military branches
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Belarus Armed Forces: Land Force, Air and Air Defense Force (2009)
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| Belarus :
Military expenditures
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1.4% of GDP (2005 est.)
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