The 2009 Belarusian census was the second census in Belarus after it became an independent state after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
[1] The initial results are to be announced by February 1, 2010.
Full processing of census data is expected to take about two years.
[2] 97% of residents of the country took part in the census.
[3] In 2008, it was announced that the United Nations Commission on Population and Development approved a grant of $800 million to Belarus for this purpose.