Soviet census

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

Contents

YearTerritory
(km2)
Total
population
RankDensity
per km2
ChangeUrban
population
ShareMalesShareFemalesShareLargest citySecond
largest city
Third
largest city
Ethnic
Russians
ShareEthnic
minorities
Notes
21 176 187147 027 915
3rd
Decrease2.svg 6.94Increase2.svg 7.5%26 314 114Increase2.svg 17.9%71 043 352Decrease2.svg 48.3%75 984 563Increase2.svg 51.7% Coat of Arms of Moscow (Soviet).svg Moscow
(2 025 947)
Emblem of Leningrad (unofficial).svg Leningrad
(1 590 770)
Kiev
(513 637)
77 791 124Increase2.svg 52.9%
[lower-alpha 1]
162 039 470Increase2.svg 7.65Increase2.svg 10.2%43 729 514Increase2.svg 27.0%75 789 892Decrease2.svg 46.8%84 331 656Increase2.svg 53.2% Coat of Arms of Moscow (Soviet).svg Moscow
(3 798 078)
Emblem of Leningrad (unofficial).svg Leningrad
(est.2 814 500)
Kiev
(775 850)
93 933 065Increase2.svg 58.0%
[lower-alpha 2] [1]
170 557 093
4th
Increase2.svg 8.05Increase2.svg 5.3%56 125 139Increase2.svg 32.9%81 694 889Increase2.svg 48.0%88 862 204Decrease2.svg 52.0% Coat of Arms of Moscow (Soviet).svg Moscow
(4 131 633)
Emblem of Leningrad (unofficial).svg Leningrad
(3 191 304)
Kiev
(846 724)
99 591 520Increase2.svg 58.4%
[lower-alpha 3] [2]
22 402 200208 826 650
3rd
Increase2.svg 9.32Increase2.svg 22.4%99 977 695Increase2.svg 47.9%94 050 303Decrease2.svg 45.0%114 776 347Increase2.svg 55.0% Coat of Arms of Moscow (Soviet).svg Moscow
(5 045 905)
Emblem of Leningrad (unofficial).svg Leningrad
(3 121 196)
Kiev
(1 104 334)
114 113 579Decrease2.svg 54.6%
[lower-alpha 4] [3]
241 720 134Increase2.svg 10.79Increase2.svg 15.7%135 991 514Increase2.svg 56.2%111 399 377Increase2.svg 46.1%130 320 757Decrease2.svg 53.9% Coat of Arms of Moscow (Soviet).svg Moscow
(6 941 961)
Emblem of Leningrad (unofficial).svg Leningrad
(3 949 501)
Coat of Arms of Kyiv 1969-1995.svg Kiev
(1 631 908)
129 015 140Decrease2.svg 53.4%
262 436 227Increase2.svg 11.71Increase2.svg 8.6%163 585 944Increase2.svg 62.3%122 328 833Increase2.svg 46.6%140 107 394Decrease2.svg 53.4% Coat of Arms of Moscow (Soviet).svg Moscow
(7 830 509)
Emblem of Leningrad (unofficial).svg Leningrad
(4 588 183)
Coat of Arms of Kyiv 1969-1995.svg Kiev
(2 143 855)
137 397 089Decrease2.svg 52.3%
286 730 817Increase2.svg 12.80Increase2.svg 9.3%188 813 355Increase2.svg 65.8%135 360 790Increase2.svg 47.2%151 370 027Decrease2.svg 52.8% Coat of Arms of Moscow (Soviet).svg Moscow
(8 769 117)
Emblem of Leningrad (unofficial).svg Leningrad
(5 023 506)
Coat of Arms of Kyiv 1969-1995.svg Kiev
(2 587 945)
145 155 489Decrease2.svg 50.6%
[lower-alpha 5] [4]

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.

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