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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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%
|
.svg){kind=small} Moscow(2 025 947) |
.svg){kind=small} Leningrad(1 590 770) |
Kiev (513 637) |
77 791 124 | 52.9%
|
|
[a] | |
| 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%
|
|
[b][1] | |||
| 170 557 093 | 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%
|
|
[c][2] | |||
| 22 402 200 | 208 826 650 | 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%
|
|
[d][3] | ||
| 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%
|
|
||||
| 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%
|
|
||||
| 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%
|
|
[e][4] |
See also
Notes
- ^ The first full-scale census in the Soviet Union.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Took place instead of the "defective" 1937 census.
- ^ The population increased markedly as a result of the Soviet Union's territorial expansion by World War II.
- ^ The last census of the Soviet Union.
References
- ^ "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1937 года: Общие итоги". docs.historyrussia.org.
- ^ "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
- ^ "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
- ^ "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
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