Soviet census
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The following is a summary ofcensusescarried out in theSoviet 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%
|
 Moscow(2 025 947) |
 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
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^The first full-scale census in theSoviet Union.
- ^Initially set to take place in 1933, but was delayed multiple times due toJoseph Stalin's policies ofcollectivization,forced famineandpolitical repressionwhich 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 byWorld War II.
- ^The last census of the Soviet Union.
References
[edit]- ^"Всесоюзная перепись населения 1937 года: Общие итоги".docs.historyrussia.org.
- ^"Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей".www.demoscope.ru.Retrieved2022-02-10.
- ^"Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей".www.demoscope.ru.Retrieved2022-02-10.
- ^"Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей".www.demoscope.ru.Retrieved2022-02-10.
