POPULATION CENSUS' 1999

Population of the Republic of Belarus
by nationality and spoken languages in 1999

 

 

Number of persons of the given nationality, thsd.

Of total number of persons of the given nationality, per cent

those who consider the language of their nationality as their mother tongue

those who indicated as the home-spoken language

Belarusian

Russian

other

Total population

10045

81,9

36,7

62,8

0,5

of which:

         

Belarusians

8159

85,6

41,3

58,6

0, 1

Russians

1142

90,7

4,3

95,7

-

Poles

396

16,5

57,6

37,7

4,7

Ukrainians

237

42,9

10,2

83,6

6,2

Jews

28

5,4

3,8

95,7

0,5