Belarus
Беларусь
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Elders in numbers
- of people are 65 or older
- 18.3%
- people aged 65 or older
- 1.7M
- will be 65 or older in 2050
- 27.5%
- is how long people live after 60, on average
- 20 years
- of people 65+ live alone
- 32.1%
- women 38.8%, men 21%
- of people 65+ live in collective quarters: care homes, hospitals, hostels and the like
- 0.3%
Sources: World Bank, 2025; World Bank projection for 2050; WHO, 2023; UN, 2019; UN, 2009 census
Languages
15 languages, 6 of them endangered
- ErzyaDefinitely endangered
- Baltic RomaniVulnerable
- BelarusianVulnerable
- LatvianVulnerable
- RusynVulnerable
- UkrainianVulnerable
- Balkan Romani
- Carpathian Romani
- Eastern Yiddish
- Lithuanian
- Polish
- Russian
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- Serbisk
- Tatar
- Vlax Romani
Languages and their status: Glottolog v5.3, CC BY 4.0. Names: Wikidata.
UNESCO intangible heritage
- Negliubka textile tradition of Vetka District Gomel Region2025
- Vytsinanka, traditional art of paper cutting in Belarus2024
- Straw weaving in Belarus, art, craft and skills2022
- Tree beekeeping culture2020
- Spring rite of Juraŭski Karahod2019
- Celebration in honor of the Budslaŭ icon of Our Lady (Budslaŭ fest)2018
- Rite of the Kalyady Tsars (Christmas Tsars)2009
List and years: ich.unesco.org
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