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<text id=94CT0141><title>Belarus—People</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source>
<hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Belarus<nl>People</hdr><body>
<list>
<item><hi format=bold>Population:</hi> 10,404,862 (July 1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Population growth rate:</hi> 0.32% (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Birth rate:</hi> 13.12 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Death rate:</hi> 11.16 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Net migration rate:</hi> 1.27 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Infant mortality rate:</hi> 18.9 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Life expectancy at birth:</hi>
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>total population:</hi> 70.88 years
<item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 66.2 years
<item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 75.79 years (1994 est.)
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Total fertility rate:</hi> 1.88 children born/woman (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Nationality:</hi>
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>noun:</hi> Belarusian(s)
<item>• <hi format=ital>adjective:</hi> Belarusian
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Ethnic divisions:</hi> Byelorussian 77.9%, Russian 13.2%, Polish 4.1%, Ukrainian 2.9%, other 1.9%
<item><hi format=bold>Religions:</hi> Eastern Orthodox, other
<item><hi format=bold>Languages:</hi> Byelorussian, Russian, other
<item><hi format=bold>Literacy:</hi> age 9-49 can read and write (1979)
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>total population:</hi> 100%
<item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 100%
<item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 100%
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Labor force:</hi> 4.887 million
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>by occupation:</hi> industry and construction 40%, agriculture and forestry 21%, other 39% (1992)
</list></list></body></article></text>