Republic of Belarus Рэспубліка Беларусь Республика Беларусь
Anthem:
Location of  Belarus  (green) on the European continent  (dark grey)  —  [Legend]
Capital and largest city	Minsk 53°55′N 27°33′E / 53.917°N 27.550°E / 53.917; 27.550
Official languages	Belarusian Russian
Belarusian, Russian, Polish, Ukrainian, Yiddish
Ethnic groups (2009)	84.9% Belarusians, 7.5% Russians, 3.1% Poles, 1.7% Ukrainians, 2.7% others and unspecified
Demonym(s)	Belarusian
Government	Presidential republic
• President	Alexander Lukashenko
• Prime Minister	Roman Golovchenko
Legislature	National Assembly
• Upper house	Council of the Republic
• Lower house	House of Representatives
Independence  from the Soviet Union
• Declared	27 July 1990
• Established	25 August 1991
• Completed	25 December 1991
Area
• Total	Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (85th)
• Water (%)	negligible (2.830 km2)1
Population
• 2019 census	9,413,446 (86th)
• Density	Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (142nd)
GDP (PPP)	2010 estimate
• Total	$131.201 billion
• Per capita	$13,909
GDP (nominal)	2010 estimate
• Total	$54.713 billion
• Per capita	$5,800
Gini (2005)	27.9 low
HDI (2011)	0.756 high · 65th
Currency	Belarusian ruble (BYR)
Time zone	UTC+3 (FET)
Driving side	right
Calling code	375
ISO 3166 code	BY
Internet TLD	.by
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Belarus (officially called Republic of Belarus) is a country in Eastern Europe. About nine million people live there. Its capital is Minsk. It was part of the Soviet Union until 1991. The president of Belarus has been Alexander Lukashenko since 1994. It is bordered by Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania and Latvia. Over forty percent of its 207,600 square kilometres (80,200 sq mi) is forested.

The State is a member of the UN, the CIS, Collective Security Treaty Organization, the Eurasian Economic Community, the Union State of Russia and Belarus (from 2 April 1997), as well as a member of other international organizations.