Belarus: Factsheet

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Name Рэспубліка Беларусь Capital Minsk
Time
(Winter/Summer)
EET (UTC+2)/
EEST (UTC+3)
Area, sq km
(total/land/water)
207,600/
207,600/
0
Languages Belarusian;
Russian;
other
Major cities Minsk 1,741,400;
Gomel 481,000;
Mogilev 365,100;
Vitebsk 342,400;
Grodno 314,800;
Brest 298,300
Population 9,724,723 Birth/Death rate,
per thousand
9.5/
13.98
Dialing Code +375 Telephones
(landlines/mobiles)
3,284,300/
4.098 million
Domain extension .by Internet
(hosts/users)
33,641/
3.394 million
Currency Belarusian ruble (BYR) GDP $28.98 billion
Unemployment 1.6% Inflation 9.5%

Source: Wikipedia, CIA Factbook (full compilation available here)