Belarus

 President: Alyaksandr Lukashenka (since 1994)

Prime Minister: Mikhail Myasnikovich (since 2010)

Total area: 80,154 sq mi (207,600 sq km)

Population (2010 est.): 9,612,632 (growth rate: &ndaqsh;0.3%); birth rate: 9.7/1000; infant mortality rate: 6.3/1000; life expectancy: 70.9; density per sq km: 46

Capital and largest city (2003 est.): Mensk (Minsk), 1,769,500

Other large cities: Gomel, 502,200; Mogilyov, 374,000; Vitebsk, 355,800; Grodno, 314,100; Brest, 306,300; Bobruysk, 228,100

Monetary unit: Belorussian ruble