Key facts
Capital:Minsk
Location:Eastern Europe, east of Poland
Currency:Belarusian rubles (BYB/BYR)
Area:207,600 sq km
Population:9,441,842 (July 2021 est.)
Languages:Russian (official) 70.2%, Belarusian (official) 23.4%, other 3.1% (includes small Polish- and Ukrainian-speaking minorities), unspecified 3.3% (2009 est.)
Religion:Orthodox 48.3%, Catholic 7.1%, other 3.5%, non-believers 41.1% (2011 est.)
TimeZone:UTC+2
Tel Code:+375
