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Summary of censuses carried out in the Soviet Union From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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

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

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Notes

  1. [a]
    The first full-scale census in the Soviet Union.
  2. [b]
    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. The only one-day census in the Russian history. Proclaimed defective by the Soviet government in September 1937.
  3. [c]
    Took place instead of the "defective" 1937 census.
  4. [d]
    The population increased markedly as a result of the Soviet Union's territorial expansion by World War II.
  5. [e]
    The last census of the Soviet Union.

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