Population

As of January 1, 2005 the population of the Chechersk region made 17,1 thousand people. Representatives of 27 nationalities live in the region.

In accordance with the 1999 census Belarusians account for 91.8 per cent, Russians – 6 per cent, Ukrainians – 1.2 per cent, Jews – 0.1 per cent, Poles – 0.1 per cent, other nationalities – 0.8 per cent.