Belarus Demography and History
HUMAN AND ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY According to Simplyyellowpages.com, Belarus is a Northeastern European state. At the 1999 census the residents numbered 10,045,237, but the population was declining at a slow and constant rate (- 0.6 % in the period 2000-2005) due to the achievement of a mature demographic model, with a low birth rate (10.8 ‰ in 2005) and a high mortality rate (14.1 ‰), so that according to an estimate in 2005 the residents were less than 10 million (9,755,000ab.)….