Speaking about preparations for the population census, Inna Medvedeva noted that the National Statistics Committee is working to pull even more information from existing registries and databases of government agencies, organizations so that people would have fewer questions to answer themselves. “In order to switch to registry-based censuses, some countries create statistical registries of the population. Today we are establishing the concept for creating such a registry,” the official added. 

Three population censuses have already been held since Belarus became independent. In 2019 the population census was a paperless one and combined online form filling with home visits by census takers.