Soviet Census

The following is a summary of censuses carried out in the Soviet Union:

Year Territory
(km2)		 Total
population		 Rank Density
per km2		 Change Urban
population		 Share Males Share Females Share Largest city Second
largest city		 Third
largest city		 Ethnic
Russians		 Share Ethnic
minorities		 Notes
1926
 21 176 187 147 027 915
3rd
 6.94 7.5% 26 314 114 17.9% 71 043 352 48.3% 75 984 563 51.7% Moscow
(2 025 947)		 Leningrad
(1 590 770)		 Kiev
(513 637)		 77 791 124 52.9%
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1937
 162 039 470 7.65 10.2% 43 729 514 27.0% 75 789 892 46.8% 84 331 656 53.2% Moscow
(3 798 078)		 Leningrad
(est. 2 814 500)		 Kiev
(775 850)		 93 933 065 58.0%
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1939
 170 557 093
4th
 8.05 5.3% 56 125 139 32.9% 81 694 889 48.0% 88 862 204 52.0% Moscow
(4 131 633)		 Leningrad
(3 191 304)		 Kiev
(846 724)		 99 591 520 58.4%
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1959
 22 402 200 208 826 650
3rd
 9.32 22.4% 99 977 695 47.9% 94 050 303 45.0% 114 776 347 55.0% Moscow
(5 045 905)		 Leningrad
(3 121 196)		 Kiev
(1 104 334)		 114 113 579 54.6%
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1970
 241 720 134 10.79 15.7% 135 991 514 56.2% 111 399 377 46.1% 130 320 757 53.9% Moscow
(6 941 961)		 Leningrad
(3 949 501)		 Kiev
(1 631 908)		 129 015 140 53.4%
1979
 262 436 227 11.71 8.6% 163 585 944 62.3% 122 328 833 46.6% 140 107 394 53.4% Moscow
(7 830 509)		 Leningrad
(4 588 183)		 Kiev
(2 143 855)		 137 397 089 52.3%
1989
 286 730 817 12.80 9.3% 188 813 355 65.8% 135 360 790 47.2% 151 370 027 52.8% Moscow
(8 769 117)		 Leningrad
(5 023 506)		 Kiev
(2 587 945)		 145 155 489 50.6%
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See also

Notes
  1. The first full-scale census in the Soviet Union.
  2. Initially set to take place in 1933, but was delayed multiple times due to Joseph Stalin's policies of collectivization, forced famine and political repression which lowered the population drastically. The only one-day census in the Russian history. Proclaimed defective by the Soviet government in September 1937.
  3. Took place instead of the "defective" 1937 census.
  4. The population increased markedly as a result of the Soviet Union's territorial expansion by World War II.
  5. The last census of the Soviet Union.

References
  1. "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1937 года: Общие итоги". docs.historyrussia.org.
  2. "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
  3. "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
  4. "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
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