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
|
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26 314 114 | ![]() |
71 043 352 | ![]() |
75 984 563 | ![]() |
![]() (2 025 947) |
![]() (1 590 770) |
Kiev (513 637) |
77 791 124 | ![]() |
|
[a] | |
162 039 470 | ![]() |
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43 729 514 | ![]() |
75 789 892 | ![]() |
84 331 656 | ![]() |
![]() (3 798 078) |
![]() (est. 2 814 500) |
Kiev (775 850) |
93 933 065 | ![]() |
|
[b][1] | |||
170 557 093 | ![]() |
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56 125 139 | ![]() |
81 694 889 | ![]() |
88 862 204 | ![]() |
![]() (4 131 633) |
![]() (3 191 304) |
Kiev (846 724) |
99 591 520 | ![]() |
|
[c][2] | |||
22 402 200 | 208 826 650 | ![]() |
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99 977 695 | ![]() |
94 050 303 | ![]() |
114 776 347 | ![]() |
![]() (5 045 905) |
![]() (3 121 196) |
Kiev (1 104 334) |
114 113 579 | ![]() |
|
[d][3] | ||
241 720 134 | ![]() |
![]() |
135 991 514 | ![]() |
111 399 377 | ![]() |
130 320 757 | ![]() |
![]() (6 941 961) |
![]() (3 949 501) |
![]() (1 631 908) |
129 015 140 | ![]() |
|
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262 436 227 | ![]() |
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163 585 944 | ![]() |
122 328 833 | ![]() |
140 107 394 | ![]() |
![]() (7 830 509) |
![]() (4 588 183) |
![]() (2 143 855) |
137 397 089 | ![]() |
|
||||
286 730 817 | ![]() |
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188 813 355 | ![]() |
135 360 790 | ![]() |
151 370 027 | ![]() |
![]() (8 769 117) |
![]() (5 023 506) |
![]() (2 587 945) |
145 155 489 | ![]() |
|
[e][4] |