NUCLEAR POWER IN BELARUS AND WORLDWIDE
The National Statistics Committee has released the new data based on the census conducted in Belarus in 2019.
Total population:
1999 – 10,045,237,
Belarusians – 8,159,073 (81.2%)
Russians – 1,141,731
Poles – 395,712
Ukrainians – 237,014;
2019 – 9,413,446
Belarusians – 7,990,719 (84.9%)
Russians – 706,992
Poles – 287,693
Ukrainians – 159,656.
Belarus is also home to Jews, Armenians, Tatars, Gypsies, Azeris, Lithuanians, Turkmens, Germans, Georgians, Moldovans, Chinese, Latvians, Uzbeks, Kazakhs, Arabs, Tajiks, Chuvash, Vietnamese, Bulgarians, Mordvins, Greeks, Koreans, Afghans, Bashkirs, Turks.
Ethnic composition of the regions is influenced by neighboring countries:
Vitebsk Oblast – of 1,135,731 residents
138,075 are Russians
Mogilev Oblast - of 1,024,751 residents
62,232 are Russians
Grodno Oblast - of 1,026,816 residents
223,119 are Poles
Brest Oblast - of 1,348,115 residents
37,648 are Ukrainians.
Among Belarusians, Russians, Poles, Ukrainians, Jews more than half of residents over 15 are in relations or married.
The level of education has increased over the past 20 years: many more Belarusians, Russians, Ukrainians, Poles, Jews now have postgraduate, university, college or vocational education diplomas.
Source: National Statistics Committee
