BELARUS

TABLE 1. POPULATION INFORMATION

              Average annual growth rate (%)
Year 1970 1979 1989 1999 2005 2009 1999 to 2009
Population (millions) 8.99 9.53 10.15 10.05 9.75 9.49 -0.51
Population density (inhabitants/km²) 43.3 45.9 48.9 48.4 46.9 45.5 -0.54
Urban Population as % of total 43.3 54.9 65.4 69.3 72.4 74.0 0.62
Area (1000 km²) 207.6 207.6 207.6 207.6 207.6 207.6 n/a

TABLE 2. GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT (GDP)

              Average annual growth rate (%)
1970 1980 1990 2000 2005 2008 2000 to 2008
GDP (millions of current US$) n/a n/a 17369 12736 30210 60313 37.4
GDP (millions of constant 2000 US$) n/a n/a 14364 12736 18293 24054 8.9
GDP per capita (PPP* US$/capita) n/a n/a 4644 5139 8541 12278 13.9
GDP per capita (current US$/capita) n/a n/a 1705 1273 3090 6230 38.9

TABLE 3. ESTIMATED AVAILABLE ENERGY SOURCES

  Estimated available energy sources
   Fossil Fuels Nuclear  Renewables
  Solid Liquid Gas Uranium Hydro Other Renewable
 Total amount in specific units* 15150** 58 3.43 - 0.0023 ***
Total amount in Exajoule (EJ)

TABLE 4. ENERGY STATISTICS

Average annual growth rate (%)
1970 1980 1990 2000 2005 2009 2000 to 2009 (%)
 Energy consumption**
       - Total 0.07 0.17 0.23 0.29 0.31 0.32 1.12
- Solids*** n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
- Liquids n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
- Gases n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
- Nuclear n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
- Hydro n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
- Other Renewables n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Energy production
       - Total 0,22 0,48 0,56 0,35 0,4 0,38 0,95
- Solids*** 0,10 0,03 - - - - -
- Liquids 0,09 0,42 0,23 0,03 0,02 0,08 18,52
- Gases 0,03 0,03 0,33 0,32 0,38 0,30 -0,7
- Nuclear n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
- Hydro n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
- Other Renewables n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
 Net import (Import - Export) n/a n/a n/a 0,026 0,018 0,016 -4,27
       - Total 0,376 0,418 0,396 0,59

TABLE 5. ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION, CONSUMPTION AND CAPACITY

   
 
 
 
 
 		 Average annual growth rate (%)
  1970 1980 1990 2000 2005 2009 2000 to 2009
 Capacity of electrical plants (GWe)              
       - Thermal 2,5 5,9 6,7 7,6 7,8 7,7 0,13
       - Hydro 0,01 0,07 0,05 0,01 0,01 0,01 0
       - Nuclear  na na   na  na  na  na  na
       - Wind  na  na  na  na  na  na  na
       - Geothermal  na  na  na  na  na  na  na
       - other renewable  na  na  na  na  na  na  na
       - Total 2,51 5,97 6,75 7,61 7,81 7,71 0,13
 Electricity production (TW.h)              
       - Thermal 14,8 33,8 39,2 25,6 30,1 28,6 1,17
       - Hydro 0,03 0,02 0,02 0,02 0,02 0,03 5
       - Nuclear  na na   na  na  na  na  na
       - Wind  na  na  na  na  na  na  na
       - Geothermal  na  na  na  na  na  na  na
       - other renewable  na  na  na  na  na  na  na
       - Total (1) 14,83 33,82 39,22 25,62 30,12 28,63 1,17
 Total Electricity consumption (TW.h) 14,8 33,8 39,2 33,2 34,7 34,5 0,39

TABLE 6. ENERGY RELATED RATIOS

  1970 1980 1990 2000 2005 year*
Energy consumption per capita (GJ/capita)            
Electricity consumption per capita (kW.h/capita)            
Electricity production/Energy production (%)            
Nuclear/Total electricity (%)            
Ratio of external dependency (%) (1)            

TABLE 7. PLANNED NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS

Station Name Type Capacity Expected Construction Start Year Expected Commercial Year
WWPR 1200 2011 2016
WWPR 1200 2013 2018