BELARUS BELARUS REGION EUROPE NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE AUGUST 25 1991 FROM THE SOVIET UNION DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION MARCH 30 1994 POPULATION 10401784 1999 EST AREA 80153 SQ MI CAPITAL MINSK FORM OF GOVERNMENT REPUBLIC NATURAL RESOURCES PEAT TIMBER OIL NATURAL GAS MAIN INDUSTRIES CHEMICAL FIBERS MANUFACTURING MACHINE TOOLS AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY AGRICULTURE GRAIN VEGETABLES POTATOES LIVESTOCK EGGS FLOUR MILK CURRENCY RUBLE GDP 53.7 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 5200 1998 EST LANGUAGES BELARUSSIAN RUSSIAN RELIGIONS CHRISTIANITY EASTERN ORTHODOXY ROMAN CATHOLICISM ISLAM LITERACY RATE 98 LIFE EXPECTANCY 62 YEARS MALE 75 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 10 BIRTHS PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 14 DEATHS PER 1000 POPULATION
