Belarus, Europe
This post was last updated by José of onez on Monday, 19 May 2025.
Image of Minsk, capital city of Belarus
Belarus is an Eastern European state with a skilled industrial and IT outsourcing base, extensive woodlands, and competitive manufacturing clusters.
Belarus in one word would be “Marshes,” meaning bog landscapes.
Belarus Flag
Belarus armorial
Belarus is a country located in the Eastern Europe sub‑region of the Europe continent, member of CSTO - Collective Security Treaty Organization.
Easy learning about Belarus |
The capital city of Belarus is Minsk.
| Belarus is located in | Eastern Europe Europe Continent |
| Member of | CSTO - Collective Security Treaty Organization |
| Belarus has a population of | 9,115,680 inhabitants within a total area of 207,600 Km2 (128,996 sq mi) (2023 UN data) |
| Belarus’s Global Peace Index (GPI) | 112 (world rank position) GPI scale of 2.29 This means, the closer to 1, the more peaceful the country is... (2024 data from GPI) |
| Human Development Index (HDI) | Belarus HDI ranks in position nº 65 worldwide HDI of 0.824 (0.4 to 1) (2023 data from UNDP) |
| Belarus’s passport | allows visa-free entry to 81 countries Belarus passport ranks 60th in the world (2025 HP Index data) |
| Belarus GDP per capita is | $7,875 USD (2025 estimated data from IMF) |
| Belarus ’s LGBTI legal status | Same-sex sexual acts are Legal (2025 ILGA data) |
| Belarus EPI (English Proficiency Index) | is classified as Moderate proficiency has a score of 539 ranks 35th worldwide (2024 data from EPI) |
| Latitude & Longitude | 53° 00' N, 28° 00' E Open in Google Maps |
| Neighbouring countries | Poland, Lithuania, Ukraine, Russia, Latvia. |
| Belarus Climate | cold winters, cool and moist summers; transitional between continental and maritime |
| Most predominant religion | Orthodox, |
| Second most predominant religion | Catholic |
| Currency name & code | Belarusian ruble (BYN) |
| Internet ccTLD | .by |
| Belarus calling code | +375 |
Belarus administrative divisions
6 regions (voblastsi) and 1 municipality* (horad)
- Brest,
- Homyel' (Gomel'),
- Horad Minsk* (Minsk City),
- Hrodna (Grodno),
- Mahilyow (Mogilev),
- Minsk,
- Vitsyebsk (Vitebsk)
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