{{Short description|Summary of censuses carried out in the Soviet Union}} [[File:Census1926.jpg | thumb | right | alt=Poster for the 1926 Census in the Soviet | Poster for the 1926 Census in the Soviet ]] The following is a summary of [[census]]es carried out in the [[Soviet Union]]: {| class="sortable wikitable" style="margin: auto;" |- ! Year ! Territory<br>('''km<sup>2</sup>''') ! Total<br>population ! Rank ! Density<br>per km<sup>2</sup> ! Change ! Urban<br>population ! Share ! Males ! Share ! Females ! Share ! Largest city ! Second<br>largest city ! Third<br>largest city ! Ethnic<br>Russians ! Share ! Ethnic<br>minorities ! Notes |-align="right" | {{center|'''[[1926 Soviet census|1926]]'''}} | rowspan="3" | 21 176 187 | 147 027 915 | rowspan="2" | {{center|3rd}} | {{Decrease}} 6.94 | {{increase}} 7.5% | 26 314 114 | {{nowrap|{{increase}} 17.9%}} | 71 043 352 | {{nowrap|{{decrease}} 48.3%}} | 75 984 563 | {{nowrap|{{increase}} 51.7%}} | [[Moscow]]<br>{{small|(2 025 947)}} | [[Leningrad]]<br>{{small|(1 590 770)}} | [[Kiev]]<br>{{small|(513 637)}} | 77 791 124 | {{nowrap|{{increase}} 52.9%}} | {{Ubl | [[Ukrainians]] |{{small|(31 194 976)}} | [[Belarusians]] |{{small|(4 738 923)}}}} |align="left"| {{efn|The first full-scale census in the [[Soviet Union]].}} |-align="right" | {{center|'''[[1937 Soviet census|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]]<br>{{small|(3 798 078)}} | [[Leningrad]]<br>{{small|({{estimation|2 814 500}})}} | [[Kiev]]<br>{{small|(775 850)}} | 93 933 065 | {{increase}} 58.0% | {{Ubl | [[Ukrainians]] |{{small|(26 421 212)}} | [[Belarusians]] |{{small|(4 874 061)}}}} |align="left"| {{efn|Initially set to take place in 1933, but was delayed multiple times due to [[Joseph Stalin]]'s policies of [[Collectivization in the Soviet Union|collectivization]], [[Soviet famine of 1932–33|forced famine]] and [[Political repression in the Soviet Union|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.}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Всесоюзная перепись населения 1937 года: Общие итоги|url=http://docs.historyrussia.org/ru/nodes/47581-vsesoyuznaya-perepis-naseleniya-1937-goda-obschie-itogi|website=docs.historyrussia.org}}</ref> |-align="right" | {{center|'''[[1939 Soviet census|1939]]'''}} | 170 557 093 | {{center|[[List of countries by population in 1939|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]]<br>{{small|(4 131 633)}} | [[Leningrad]]<br>{{small|(3 191 304)}} | [[Kiev]]<br>{{small|(846 724)}} | 99 591 520 | {{increase}} 58.4% | {{Ubl | [[Ukrainians]] |{{small|(28 111 007)}} | [[Belarusians]] |{{small|(5 275 393)}}}} |align="left"| {{efn|Took place instead of the "defective" 1937 census.}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей.|url=http://www.demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus_pop_39_1.php|access-date=2022-02-10|website=www.demoscope.ru}}</ref> |-align="right" | {{center|'''[[1959 Soviet census|1959]]'''}} |rowspan="4"| 22 402 200 | 208 826 650 | rowspan="4"|{{center|[[List of countries by population in 1989|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]]<br>{{small|(5 045 905)}} | [[Leningrad]]<br>{{small|(3 121 196)}} | [[Kiev]]<br>{{small|(1 104 334)}} | 114 113 579 | {{decrease}} 54.6% | {{Ubl |[[Ukrainians]] |{{small|(37 252 930)}} |[[Belarusians]] |{{small|(7 913 488)}}}} |align="left"| {{efn|The population increased markedly as a result of the Soviet Union's territorial expansion by [[World War II]].}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей.|url=http://www.demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus59_reg1.php|access-date=2022-02-10|website=www.demoscope.ru}}</ref> |-align="right" | {{center|'''[[1970 Soviet census|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]]<br>{{small|(6 941 961)}} | [[Leningrad]]<br>{{small|(3 949 501)}} | [[Kiev]]<br>{{small|(1 631 908)}} | 129 015 140 | {{decrease}} 53.4% | {{Ubl | [[Ukrainians]] | {{small|(40 753 246)}} | [[Uzbeks]] | {{small|(9 195 093)}}}} |align="left"| |-align="right" | {{center|'''[[1979 Soviet census|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]]<br>{{small|(7 830 509)}} | [[Leningrad]]<br>{{small|(4 588 183)}} | [[Kiev]]<br>{{small|(2 143 855)}} | 137 397 089 | {{decrease}} 52.3% | {{Ubl | [[Ukrainians]] | {{small|(42 347 387)}} | [[Uzbeks]] | {{small|(12 455 978)}}}} |align="left"| |-align="right" | {{center|'''[[1989 Soviet census|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]]<br>{{small|(8 769 117)}} | [[Leningrad]]<br>{{small|(5 023 506)}} | [[Kiev]]<br>{{small|(2 587 945)}} | 145 155 489 | {{decrease}} 50.6% | {{Ubl | [[Ukrainians]] | {{small|(44 186 006)}} | [[Uzbeks]] | {{small|(16 697 825)}}}} |align="left"| {{efn|The last census of the Soviet Union.}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей.|url=http://www.demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus89_reg1.php|access-date=2022-02-10|website=www.demoscope.ru}}</ref> |}
==See also== *[[Russian census]] *[[Censuses in Ukraine]]
== Notes == {{notelist|30em}} ==References== {{Reflist|30em}}
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