Belarus: flag, capital & map
Get to know Belarus, then put your memory to work.
Country facts
- Capital
- Minsk
- Region
- Europe
- Subregion
- Eastern Europe
- Population (2025, World Bank)
- 9,085,991
- Area
- 207,600 km²
- Languages (REST Countries)
- Belarusian, Russian
- Currency (CLDR, October 2026)
- Belarusian Ruble (BYN)
Belarus is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. Its capital is Minsk.
Dated population: World Bank; geographic facts: REST Countries; currencies: Unicode CLDR. Sources and dates →
Flag of Belarus
The flag of Belarus features a vertical band, with a white and red ornamental pattern, spanning about one-fifth the width of the field on the hoist side. Adjoining the vertical band are two horizontal bands of red and green, with the red band twice the height of the green band.
Where it is
Belarus is grouped in Eastern Europe, within Roam’s Europe region. Its land-border list includes 5 countries in this atlas: Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Ukraine. It is landlocked.
Belarus has a recorded area of 207,600 square kilometres. Among the 4 countries assigned to Eastern Europe in this dataset, it ranks 3 by area, from largest to smallest. Ukraine is immediately above it in that ordering, at 603,550 km². Moldova is immediately below it, at 33,847 km². This comparison uses the source’s area figures and subregions, not a ranking of all territories.
The marker shows the atlas location. Small countries may be too small for an outline at this scale. Map boundaries are illustrative.
People, languages and currency
The World Bank records 9,085,991 people for Belarus in 2025. This is the latest non-empty annual observation in Roam’s committed 2020–2025 download, rather than a live population counter. Dividing that population by the source area gives approximately 44 people per square kilometre. This calculated average does not describe how evenly people are distributed.
The language entries in the source are Belarusian and Russian. They describe the dataset’s listed languages, not every language spoken by residents. The currency listed for this date is Belarusian Ruble (BYN). Currency assignments are selected from Unicode CLDR’s date ranges for 23 October 2026; the three-letter codes identify currencies, not countries.
Test yourself
Cover the facts above and work through these five questions. Open each answer when you are ready to check it. You can use this section without JavaScript.
What is the capital of Belarus?
Reveal answer
Minsk. Belarus is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. Its capital is Minsk.
Without looking at the image, how would you describe the flag of Belarus?
Reveal answer
The flag of Belarus features a vertical band, with a white and red ornamental pattern, spanning about one-fifth the width of the field on the hoist side. Adjoining the vertical band are two horizontal bands of red and green, with the red band twice the height of the green band.
Which land neighbours of Belarus are included in this atlas?
Reveal answer
Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, and Ukraine. Belarus is landlocked.
Which languages does the source list for Belarus?
Reveal answer
Belarusian and Russian. These are the source’s language entries, not a complete inventory of every language spoken in Belarus.
Which currency codes are listed for Belarus?
Reveal answer
Belarusian Ruble (BYN). These assignments use Unicode CLDR’s legal-tender date ranges for 23 October 2026.
Try it from memory
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