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Belarus: map and facts
Belarus is in Eastern Europe. It has about 9.09 million people (2025), the 99th largest population. It covers 207,629 km², the 84th largest by area. That is about 44 people per km². Its highest point is Dzyarzhynskaya Hara, at 346 m. The longest river on its map is the Dnieper, 2,285 km from source to mouth.
Facts
- Population: 9,085,991 (2025, World Bank)
- Area: 207,629 km² (2024, World Bank)
- Capital: Minsk
- Highest point: Dzyarzhynskaya Hara, 346 m (Natural Earth)
- Forest: 44.1% of the land (2024, World Bank)
Rivers
The longest rivers on the map of Belarus, with the length of each whole river (Wikidata):
- Dnieper: 2,285 km
- Daugava: 1,020 km
- Pripyat: 775 km
- Bug: 772 km
- Horyn: 659 km
- Sozh: 648 km
- Berezina: 613 km
- Neris: 510 km
- Styr: 494 km
- Narew: 484 km
Also on the map: Iput, Shchara, Ubort, Yaselda, Drysa, Dysna, Pronya, Ula, Mukhavyets and Usha.
Mountains and landscapes
Its highest peaks:
- Dzyarzhynskaya Hara: 346 m (its highest point)
Land
Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): mixed forest 32.8%, farmland 24.3%, wooded savanna 15.8%, grassland 9.9%, savanna 8.5%, evergreen conifer forest 3.7%.
Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): plains 99.8%.
Forests covered 44.1% of its land in 2024, up from 39.6% in 1995 (World Bank).
Minerals and fuels
- World #4 in potash among the countries USGS lists (2025)
Neighbours
Belarus shares land borders with Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia and Ukraine on this map.
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Sources
India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.
- Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
- GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
- Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2): FAO (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Credit: U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 data release (doi:10.5066/P1WKQ63T). Terms
- Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.
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