The following is a summary of censuses carried out in the Soviet Union: Year Territory(km2) Totalpopulation Rank Densityper km2 Change Urbanpopulation Share Males Share Females Share Largest city Secondlargest city Thirdlargest city EthnicRussians Share Ethnicminorities Notes 21 176 187 147 027 915 6.94 7.5% 26 314 114 71 043 352 75 984 563 Moscow Leningrad Kiev 77 791 124 162 039 470 7.65 10.2% 43 729 514 27.0% 75 789 892 46.8% 84 331 656 53.2% Moscow Leningrad Kiev 93 933 065 58.0% 170 557 093 8.05 5.3% 56 125 139 32.9% 81 694 889 48.0% 88 862 204 52.0% Moscow Leningrad Kiev 99 591 520 58.4% 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 Leningrad Kiev 114 113 579 54.6% 241 720 134 10.79 15.7% 135 991 514 56.2% 111 399 377 46.1% 130 320 757 53.9% Moscow Leningrad Kiev 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 Leningrad Kiev 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 Leningrad Kiev 145 155 489 50.6%

See also Russian census Censuses in Ukraine

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