According to the Ukrainian census of 2001, the Belarusian language is native to 56,249 people in the country, including 19.8% of ethnic Belarusians. The largest number of Belarusian-speakers live in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (6,239), Crimea (5,204) and Donetsk Oblast (4,842). The regions with the largest percentages of Belarusian speakers out of their total population are Crimea (0.26%), Chernihiv Oblast (0.19%) and Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (0.18%).
Overall In Ukraine overall, Belarusian speakers over time: +19892001Total number161,40456,249%0.31%0.12%
Among ethnic Belarusians
According to censuses, the native languages of ethnic Belarusians in Ukraine were: +Language197919892001Russian56.0%55.2%62.5%Belarusian35.1%35.5%19.8%Ukrainian8.9%9.3%17.5%Other0.02%0.1%0.2% Among Belarusians of Ukraine, their fluency in the Belarusian language dropped from 48.5% to 31.7% from 1989 to 2001.
Significant Belarusian-speaking settlements This chart lists settlements in which at least 10% of the population spoke Belarusian as their mother tongue during the 2001 census. Italics indicate settlements with a population of less than 25 people. Settlement% Belarusian speakersVesela Dolyna60.040.027.325.019.619.115.414.3Sadky, Sumy Raion14.312.612.512.512.012.011.811.110.010.010.0
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