!!!Belarus: People & Society
||Population|9,570,376 (July 2016 est.)
||Nationality|''noun'': Belarusian(s) \\ ''adjective'': Belarusian \\ 
||Ethnic groups|Belarusian 83.7%, Russian 8.3%, Polish 3.1%, Ukrainian 1.7%, other 2.4%, unspecified 0.9% (2009 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.)
||Religions|Orthodox 48.3%, Catholic 7.1%, other 3.5%, non-believers 41.1% (2011 est.)
||Age structure|''0-14 years'': 15.65% (male 770,014/female 727,338) \\ ''15-24 years'': 10.68% (male 525,704/female 496,414) \\ ''25-54 years'': 45.04% (male 2,118,447/female 2,191,694) \\ ''55-64 years'': 13.95% (male 589,288/female 745,815) \\ ''65 years and over'': 14.69% (male 448,135/female 957,527) (2016 est.) \\ 
||Dependency ratios|''total dependency ratio'': 43% \\ ''youth dependency ratio'': 23% \\ ''elderly dependency ratio'': 20% \\ ''potential support ratio'': 5% (2015 est.) \\ 
||Median age|''total'': 39.8 years \\ ''male'': 36.8 years \\ ''female'': 42.9 years (2016 est.) \\ 
||Population growth rate|-0.21% (2016 est.)
||Birth rate|10.5 births/1,000 population (2016 est.)
||Death rate|13.3 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.)
||Net migration rate|0.7 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.)
||Population distribution|a fairly even distribution throughout most of the country, with urban areas attracting larger and denser populations
||Urbanization|''urban population'': 76.7% of total population (2015) \\ ''rate of urbanization'': 0.05% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) \\ 
||Major urban areas - population|MINSK (capital) 1.915 million (2015)
||Sex ratio|''at birth'': 1.06 male(s)/female \\ ''0-14 years'': 1.06 male(s)/female \\ ''15-24 years'': 1.06 male(s)/female \\ ''25-54 years'': 0.97 male(s)/female \\ ''55-64 years'': 0.79 male(s)/female \\ ''65 years and over'': 0.46 male(s)/female \\ ''total population'': 0.87 male(s)/female (2016 est.) \\ 
||Mother's mean age at first birth|25.4 (2013 est.)
||Maternal mortality rate|4 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
||Infant mortality rate|''total'': 3.6 deaths/1,000 live births \\ ''male'': 4 deaths/1,000 live births \\ ''female'': 3.2 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) \\ 
||Life expectancy at birth|''total population'': 72.7 years \\ ''male'': 67.2 years \\ ''female'': 78.6 years (2016 est.) \\ 
||Total fertility rate|1.48 children born/woman (2016 est.)
||Contraceptive prevalence rate|63.1% (2012)
||Health expenditures|5.7% of GDP (2014)
||Physicians density|3.93 physicians/1,000 population (2013)
||Hospital bed density|11.3 beds/1,000 population (2011)
||Drinking water source|''improved'':  \\ urban: 99.9% of population \\ rural: 99.1% of population \\ total: 99.7% of population \\ ''unimproved'':  \\ urban: 0.1% of population \\ rural: 0.9% of population \\ total: 0.3% of population (2015 est.) \\ 
||Sanitation facility access|''improved'':  \\ urban: 94.1% of population \\ rural: 95.2% of population \\ total: 94.3% of population \\ ''unimproved'':  \\ urban: 5.9% of population \\ rural: 4.8% of population \\ total: 5.7% of population (2015 est.) \\ 
||HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate|0.64% (2015 est.)
||HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS|35,200 (2015 est.)
||HIV/AIDS - deaths|1,000 (2015 est.)
||Obesity - adult prevalence rate|25.2% (2014)
||Children under the age of 5 years underweight|1.3% (2005)
||Education expenditures|4.9% of GDP (2015)
||Literacy|''definition'': age 15 and over can read and write \\ ''total population'': 99.7% \\ ''male'': 99.8% \\ ''female'': 99.7% (2015 est.) \\ 
||School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)|''total'': 16 years \\ ''male'': 15 years \\ ''female'': 16 years (2014) \\ 
||Child labor - children ages 5-14|''total number'': 54,218 \\ ''percentage'': 5% (2005 est.) \\ 
||Unemployment, youth ages 15-24|''total'': 12.5% \\ ''male'': 12.4% \\ ''female'': 12.6% (2009 est.) \\