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| least_populous = [[Estonian SSR (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Estonia]]<br>1,914,064
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The 2019 All-Union Population Census, conducted in January of that year, was the 12th census and the fifth of decennial nature. The census recorded a population of 385,387,725, 47.3% of which lived in the Russian Federation.
The '''2019 Soviet census''', officially the '''2019 All-Union census''' ({{lang-ru|Всесоюзная перепись населения 2019}}), was the 10th census held in the Soviet Union and the 5th decennial census. The census reported a population of 342,592,671, which made the Soviet Union the third most populous country in the world, above the United States by 11,143,390 (according to the {{wp|2020 United States census|2020 census in the United States}}).


== Statistics ==
Around 47% of the Soviet Union's population lived in [[Russian SFSR (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Russia]], a decline from 49% in 2009. Uzbekistan recorded the highest number of new people, while Tadzhikistan recorded the highest percentage change. The growth in the Turkic Soviet republics accounted for 64% of the total growth. The largest city was [[Moscow (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Moscow]], also the country's capital.
=== Ranking of Soviet republics ===
{|class="toccolours sortable" style="padding:0.5em;"
{|class="toccolours sortable" style="padding:0.5em;"
|- bgcolor="#B2BEB5" valign=bottom
|- bgcolor="#B2BEB5" valign=bottom
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| 1
| 1
| align=left | '''[[File:Flag of the RSFSR (TT).svg|23x15px]] [[Russian SFSR (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Russia]]'''
| align=left | '''[[File:Flag of the RSFSR (TT).svg|23x15px]] [[Russian SFSR (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Russia]]'''
| 169,651,400
| 156,822,809
| 182,133,772
| 160,040,541
| 12,482,372 {{increase}}
| 3,217,732 {{increaseNeutral}}
| 7.3% {{increase}}
| 2.05% {{increaseNeutral}}
|- align=center style="background:#ffffff;"
|- align=center style="background:#ffffff;"
| 2
| 2
| align=left | '''[[File:Flag of the UkSSR (TT).svg|23x15px]] [[Ukrainian SSR (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Ukraine]]'''
| align=left | '''[[File:Flag of the UkSSR (TT).svg|23x15px]] [[Ukrainian SSR (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Ukraine]]'''
| 55,895,069
| 50,721,506
| 58,088,061
| 52,727,758
| 2,192,992 {{increase}}
| 2,006,252 {{increaseNeutral}}
| 3.9% {{increase}}
| 3.96% {{increaseNeutral}}
|- align=center style="background:#eeeeee;"
|- align=center style="background:#eeeeee;"
| 3
| 3
| align=left | '''[[File:Flag of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic (2022).png|23x15px]] [[Uzbek SSR (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Uzbekistan]]'''
| align=left | '''[[File:Flag of the UzSSR (TT).svg|23x15px]] [[Uzbek SSR (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Uzbekistan]]'''
| 33,951,475
| 31,577,736
| 44,040,864
| 37,762,158
| 10,089,389 {{increase}}
| 6,184,422 {{increaseNeutral}}
| 29.7% {{increase}}
| 19.58% {{increaseNeutral}}
|- align=center style="background:#ffffff;"
|- align=center style="background:#ffffff;"
| 4
| 4
| align=left | '''[[File:Flag of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (2022).png|23x15px]] [[Kazakh SSR (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Kazakhstan]]'''
| align=left | '''[[File:Flag of the KSSR (TT).svg|23x15px]] [[Kazakh SSR (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Kazakhstan]]'''
| 19,651,142
| 21,256,342
| 21,618,388
| 23,688,104
| 1,967,246 {{increase}}
| 2,431,762 {{increaseNeutral}}
| 10% {{increase}}
| 11.44% {{increaseNeutral}}
|- align=center style="background:#eeeeee;"
|- align=center style="background:#eeeeee;"
| 5
| 5
| align=left | '''[[File:Flag of the BSSR (TT).svg|23x15px]] [[Byelorussian SSR (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Byelorussia]]'''
| align=left | '''[[File:Flag of the TjSSR (TT).svg|23x15px]] [[Tadzhik SSR (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Tadzhikistan]]'''
| 11,739,379
| 9,025,869
| 12,548,262
| 11,205,894
| 808,883 {{increase}}
| 2,180,025 {{increaseNeutral}}
| 6.9% {{increase}}
| 24.15% {{increaseNeutral}}
|- align=center style="background:#ffffff;"
|- align=center style="background:#ffffff;"
| 6
| 6
| align=left | '''[[File:Flag of the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic (2022).png|23x15px]] [[Tajik SSR (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Tajikistan]]'''
| align=left | '''[[File:Flag of the AzSSR (TT).svg|23x15px]] [[Azerbaijan SSR (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Azerbaijan]]'''
| 9,150,575
| 9,617,308
| 12,242,293
| 10,738,911
| 3,091,718 {{increase}}
| 1,121,603 {{increaseNeutral}}
| 34% {{increase}}
| 11.66% {{increaseNeutral}}
|- align=center style="background:#eeeeee;"
|- align=center style="background:#eeeeee;"
| 7
| 7
| align=left | '''[[File:Flag of the AzSSR (TT).svg|23x15px]] [[Azerbaijan SSR (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Azerbaijan]]'''
| align=left | '''[[File:Flag of the BSSR (TT).svg|23x15px]] [[Byelorussian SSR (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Byelorussia]]'''
| 9,945,188
| 10,418,258
| 11,740,527
| 10,717,617
| 1,795,339 {{increase}}
| 299,359 {{increaseNeutral}}
| 18% {{increase}}
| 2.87% {{increaseNeutral}}
|- align=center style="background:#ffffff;"
|- align=center style="background:#ffffff;"
| 8
| 8
| align=left | '''[[File:Flag of the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic (2022).png|23x15px]] [[Kirghiz SSR (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Kirghizia]]'''
| align=left | '''[[File:Flag of the KiSSR (TT).svg|23x15px]] [[Kirghiz SSR (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Kirghizia]]'''
| 6,577,484
| 6,124,059
| 8,076,395
| 6,872,666
| 1,498,911 {{increase}}
| 748,607 {{increaseNeutral}}
| 33.3 {{increase}}
| 12.22% {{increaseNeutral}}
|- align=center style="background:#eeeeee;"
|- align=center style="background:#eeeeee;"
| 9
| 9
| align=left | '''[[File:Flag of the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic (2022).png|23x15px]] [[Turkmen SSR (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Turkmenia]]'''
| align=left | '''[[File:Flag of the TSSR (TT).svg|23x15px]] [[Turkmen SSR (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Turkmenia]]'''
| 5,754,402
| 5,099,625
| 7,321,851
| 5,562,820
| 1,567,449 {{increase}}
| 463,195 {{increaseNeutral}}
| 27.2% {{increase}}
| 9.08% {{increaseNeutral}}
|- align=center style="background:#ffffff;"
|- align=center style="background:#ffffff;"
| 10
| 10
| align=left | '''[[File:Flag of the Kartvelian Soviet Socialist Republic (2022).png|23x15px]] [[Kartvelian SSR (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Kartvelia]]'''
| align=left | '''[[File:Flag of the GSSR (TT).svg|23x15px]] [[Georgian SSR (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Georgia]]'''
| 6,064,617
| 5,874,180
| 6,465,905
| 5,938,609
| 401,288 {{increase}}
| 64,429 {{increaseNeutral}}
| 6.6% {{increase}}
| 1.10% {{increaseNeutral}}
|- align=center style="background:#eeeeee;"
|- align=center style="background:#eeeeee;"
| 11
| 11
| align=left | '''[[File:Flag of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic (2022).png|23x15px]] [[Moldavian SSR (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Moldavia]]'''
| align=left | '''[[File:Flag of the MSSR (TT).svg|23x15px]] [[Moldavian SSR (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Moldavia]]'''
| 5,247,234
| 4,490,941
| 5,749,631
| 4,847,041
| 502,397 {{increase}}
| 156,100 {{increaseNeutral}}
| 9.6% {{increase}}
| 7.93% {{increaseNeutral}}
|- align=center style="background:#ffffff;"
|- align=center style="background:#ffffff;"
| 12
| 12
| align=left | '''[[File:Flag of the AmSSR (TT).svg|23x15px]] [[Armenian SSR (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Armenia]]'''
| align=left | '''[[File:Flag of the AmSSR (TT).svg|23x15px]] [[Armenian SSR (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Armenia]]'''
| 2,759,000
| 3,354,827
| 3,533,925
| 4,120,198
| 774,925 {{increase}}
| 765,371 {{increaseNeutral}}
| 28% {{increase}}
| 22.76% {{increaseNeutral}}
|- align=center style="background:#eeeeee;"
| 13
| align=left | '''[[File:Flag of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic (2022).png|23x15px]] [[Lithuanian SSR (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Lithuania]]'''
| 4,322,909
| 4,696,408
| 373,499 {{increase}}
| 8.6% {{increase}}
|- align=center style="background:#ffffff;"
| 14
| align=left | '''[[File:Flag of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic (2022).png|23x15px]] [[Latvian SSR (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Latvia]]'''
| 2,991,651
| 3,187,004
| 195,353 {{increase}}
| 6.5% {{increase}}
|- align=center style="background:#eeeeee;"
| 15
| align=left | '''[[File:Flag of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic (2022).png|23x15px]] [[Estonian SSR (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Estonia]]'''
| 1,791,724
| 1,914,064
| 122,340 {{increase}}
| 6.8% {{increase}}
|- align=center style="background:#B2BEB5;" class="sortbottom"
| &nbsp;
| align=left | '''{{Flag|Soviet Union (TT)|name=Soviet Union}}'''
| '''347,523,656'''
| '''385,387,725'''
| '''37,864,069'''
| '''10.9%'''
|}
== Ethnic Groups ==
=== Russians ===
'''{{wp|Russians}}''' are the largest ethnic group in the Soviet Union, comprising 45% of the population as of the 2019 census.
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|- bgcolor="#B2BEB5" valign=bottom
! style="width:40px" | {{center|Rank}}
! {{center|Soviet Republic}}
! {{center|Russian population as of<br /><small>2019 Census</small>}}
! data-sort-type="number"| {{center|Percent of<br/>population}}
|- align=center style="background:#eeeeee;"
| 1
| align=left | '''[[File:Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (2022).png|23x15px]] [[Russian SFSR (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Russia]]'''
| 141,103,446
| 77.4%
|- align=center style="background:#ffffff;"
| 2
| align=left | '''[[File:Flag of the UkSSR (TT).svg|23x15px]] [[Ukrainian SSR (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Ukraine]]'''
| 14,480,988
| 24.9%
|- align=center style="background:#eeeeee;"
| 3
| align=left | '''[[File:Flag of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (2022).png|23x15px]] [[Kazakh SSR (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Kazakhstan]]'''
| 6,994,007
| 32.3%
|- align=center style="background:#ffffff;"
| 4
| align=left | '''[[File:Flag of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic (2022).png|23x15px]] [[Uzbek SSR (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Uzbekistan]]'''
| 2,688,505
| 6.1%
|- align=center style="background:#eeeeee;"
| 5
| align=left | '''[[File:Flag of the BSSR (TT).svg|23x15px]] [[Byelorussian SSR (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Byelorussia]]'''
| 2,224,152
| 17.7%
|- align=center style="background:#ffffff;"
| 6
| align=left | '''[[File:Flag of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic (2022).png|23x15px]] [[Latvian SSR (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Latvia]]'''
| 1,212,877
| 38%
|- align=center style="background:#eeeeee;"
| 7
| align=left | '''[[File:Flag of the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic (2022).png|23x15px]] [[Kirghiz SSR (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Kirghizia]]'''
| 1,206,944
| 14.9%
|- align=center style="background:#ffffff;"
| 8
| align=left | '''[[File:Flag of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic (2022).png|23x15px]] [[Moldavian SSR (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Moldavia]]'''
| 771,618
| 13.4%
|- align=center style="background:#eeeeee;"
| 9
| align=left | '''[[File:Flag of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic (2022).png|23x15px]] [[Estonian SSR (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Estonia]]'''
| 744,225
| 38.8%
|- align=center style="background:#ffffff;"
| 10
| align=left | '''[[File:Flag of the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic (2022).png|23x15px]] [[Tajik SSR (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Tajikistan]]'''
| 730,056
| 5.9%
|- align=center style="background:#eeeeee;"
| 11
| align=left | '''[[File:Flag of the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic (2022).png|23x15px]] [[Turkmen SSR (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Turkmenia]]'''
| 567,058
| 7.7%
|- align=center style="background:#ffffff;"
| 12
| align=left | '''[[File:Flag of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic (2022).png|23x15px]] [[Lithuanian SSR (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Lithuania]]'''
| 503,597
| 10.7%
|- align=center style="background:#eeeeee;"
|- align=center style="background:#eeeeee;"
| 13
| 13
| align=left | '''[[File:Flag of the Kartvelian Soviet Socialist Republic (2022).png|23x15px]] [[Kartvelian SSR (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Kartvelia]]'''
| align=left | '''[[File:Flag of the LtSSR (TT).svg|23x15px]] [[Lithuanian SSR (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Lithuania]]'''
| 264,020
| 3,639,345
| 4%  
| 3,985,652
| 346,307 {{increaseNeutral}}
| 9.52% {{increaseNeutral}}
|- align=center style="background:#ffffff;"
|- align=center style="background:#ffffff;"
| 14
| 14
| align=left | '''[[File:Flag of the AzSSR (TT).svg|23x15px]] [[Azerbaijan SSR (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Azerbaijan]]'''
| align=left | '''[[File:Flag of the LSSR (TT).svg|23x15px]] [[Latvian SSR (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Latvia]]'''
| 220,653
| 2,443,307
| 1.8%
| 2,747,416
| 304,109 {{increaseNeutral}}
| 12.45% {{increaseNeutral}}
|- align=center style="background:#eeeeee;"
|- align=center style="background:#eeeeee;"
| 15
| 15
| align=left | '''[[File:Flag of the AmSSR (TT).svg|23x15px]] [[Armenian SSR (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Armenia]]'''
| align=left | '''[[File:Flag of the ESSR (TT).svg|23x15px]] [[Estonian SSR (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Estonia]]'''
| 92,648
| 1,577,559
| 1.6%
| 1,639,021
| 61,462 {{increaseNeutral}}
| 3.90% {{increaseNeutral}}
|- align=center style="background:#B2BEB5;" class="sortbottom"
|- align=center style="background:#B2BEB5;" class="sortbottom"
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| align=left | '''{{Flag|Soviet Union (TT)|name=Soviet Union}}'''
| align=left | '''{{Flag|Soviet Union (TT)|name=Soviet Union}}'''
| '''173,804,794'''
| '''322,043,671'''
| '''45%'''
| '''342,592,671'''
| '''20,549,000'''
| '''6.38%'''
|}
|}
=== Ukrainians ===
=== City rankings ===  
{{wp|Ukrainians}} are the second largest {{wp|East Slavs|East Slavic}} {{wp|Ethnic group|ethnic group}} in the Soviet Union, numbering 51.12 million as of the 2019 census.
Cities in '''bold''' are capitals of their respective republics.
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{| class="sortable wikitable sticky-header static-row-numbers sort-under col1left col2left col6left" {{right}}
|- bgcolor="#B2BEB5" valign=bottom
|-
! style="width:40px" | {{center|Rank}}
! City
! {{center|Soviet Republic}}
! Soviet republic
! {{center|Russian population as of<br /><small>2019 Census</small>}}
! Population
! data-sort-type="number"| {{center|Percent of<br/>population}}
|-
|- align=center style="background:#eeeeee;"
| '''[[Moscow (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Moscow]]'''
| 1
| [[Russian SFSR (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Russia]]
| align=left | '''[[File:Flag of the UkSSR (TT).svg|23x15px]] [[Ukrainian SSR (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Ukraine]]'''
| {{Nts|12,691,941}}
| 40,354,041
|-
| 69.4%
| [[Leningrad (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Leningrad]]
|- align=center style="background:#ffffff;"
| [[Russian SFSR (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Russia]]
| 2
| {{Nts|6,096,975}}
| align=left | '''[[File:Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (2022).png|23x15px]] [[Russian SFSR (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Russia]]'''
|-
| 7,404,308
| '''{{wp|Kiev}}'''
| 4%
| [[Ukrainian SSR (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Ukraine]]
|- align=center style="background:#eeeeee;"
| {{Nts|3,746,951}}
| 3
|-
| align=left | '''[[File:Flag of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (2022).png|23x15px]] [[Kazakh SSR (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Kazakhstan]]'''
| '''{{wp|Tashkent}}'''
| 891,087
| [[Uzbek SSR (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Uzbekistan]]
| 4.1%
| {{Nts|2,878,254}}
|- align=center style="background:#ffffff;"
|-
| 4
| '''{{wp|Minsk}}'''
| align=left | '''[[File:Flag of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic (2022).png|23x15px]] [[Moldavian SSR (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Moldavia]]'''
| [[Byelorussian SSR (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Byelorussia]]
| 737,091
| {{Nts|2,578,365}}
| 12.8%
|-
|- align=center style="background:#eeeeee;"
| '''{{wp|Baku}}'''
| 5
| [[Azerbaijan SSR (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Azerbaijan]]
| align=left | '''[[File:Flag of the BSSR (TT).svg|23x15px]] [[Byelorussian SSR (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Byelorussia]]'''
| {{Nts|2,533,291}}
| 581,926
|-
| 4.6%
| '''{{wp|Alma-Ata}}'''
|- align=center style="background:#ffffff;"
| [[Kazakh SSR (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Kazakhstan]]
| 6
| {{Nts|2,279,578}}
| align=left | '''[[File:Flag of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic (2022).png|23x15px]] [[Uzbek SSR (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Uzbekistan]]'''
|-
| 373,487
| '''{{wp|Yerevan}}'''
| 0.8%
| [[Armenian SSR (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Armenia]]
|- align=center style="background:#eeeeee;"
| {{Nts|1,725,150}}
| 7
| align=left | '''[[File:Flag of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic (2022).png|23x15px]] [[Latvian SSR (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Latvia]]'''
| 242,449
| 7.6%
|- align=center style="background:#ffffff;"
| 8
| align=left | '''[[File:Flag of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic (2022).png|23x15px]] [[Lithuanian SSR (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Lithuania]]'''
| 123,017
| 2.6%
|- align=center style="background:#eeeeee;"
| 9
| align=left | '''[[File:Flag of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic (2022).png|23x15px]] [[Estonian SSR (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Estonia]]'''
| 115,943
| 6%
|- align=center style="background:#ffffff;"
| 10
| align=left | '''[[File:Flag of the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic (2022).png|23x15px]] [[Kirghiz SSR (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Kirghizia]]'''
| 104,227
| 1.2%
|- align=center style="background:#eeeeee;"
| 11
| align=left | '''[[File:Flag of the Kartvelian Soviet Socialist Republic (2022).png|23x15px]] [[Kartvelian SSR (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Kartvelia]]'''
| 82,807
| 1.2%
|- align=center style="background:#ffffff;"
| 12
| align=left | '''[[File:Flag of the AzSSR (TT).svg|23x15px]] [[Azerbaijan SSR (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Azerbaijan]]'''
| 59,472
| 0.5%
|- align=center style="background:#eeeeee;"
| 13
| align=left | '''[[File:Flag of the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic (2022).png|23x15px]] [[Turkmen SSR (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Turkmenia]]'''
| 45,831
| 0.6%
|- align=center style="background:#ffffff;"
| 14
| align=left | '''[[File:Flag of the AmSSR (TT).svg|23x15px]] [[Armenian SSR (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Armenia]]'''
| 6,865
| 0.1%
|- align=center style="background:#eeeeee;"
| 15
| align=left | '''[[File:Flag of the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic (2022).png|23x15px]] [[Tajik SSR (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Tajikistan]]'''
| '''No Data'''
| '''No Data'''
|- align=center style="background:#B2BEB5;" class="sortbottom"
| &nbsp;
| align=left | '''{{Flag|Soviet Union (TT)|name=Soviet Union}}'''
| '''51,122,551'''
| '''13.2%'''
|}
|}


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Latest revision as of 20:04, 6 October 2024

2019 All-Union Population Census
← 2009 January 2019 2029 →
Coat of arms of the Soviet Union (1956–1991).svg
General information
CountrySoviet Union
Results
Total population342,592,671 (10.9% Neutral increase)
Most populous 
republic		Russia
160,040,541
Least populous 
republic		Estonia
1,639,021
...

The 2019 Soviet census, officially the 2019 All-Union census (Russian: Всесоюзная перепись населения 2019), was the 10th census held in the Soviet Union and the 5th decennial census. The census reported a population of 342,592,671, which made the Soviet Union the third most populous country in the world, above the United States by 11,143,390 (according to the 2020 census in the United States).

Statistics

Around 47% of the Soviet Union's population lived in Russia, a decline from 49% in 2009. Uzbekistan recorded the highest number of new people, while Tadzhikistan recorded the highest percentage change. The growth in the Turkic Soviet republics accounted for 64% of the total growth. The largest city was Moscow, also the country's capital.

Ranking of Soviet republics

Rank
Soviet Republic
Population as of
2009 Census
Population as of
2019 Census
Change
Percent
change
1 Flag of the RSFSR (TT).svg Russia 156,822,809 160,040,541 3,217,732 Neutral increase 2.05% Neutral increase
2 Flag of the UkSSR (TT).svg Ukraine 50,721,506 52,727,758 2,006,252 Neutral increase 3.96% Neutral increase
3 Flag of the UzSSR (TT).svg Uzbekistan 31,577,736 37,762,158 6,184,422 Neutral increase 19.58% Neutral increase
4 Flag of the KSSR (TT).svg Kazakhstan 21,256,342 23,688,104 2,431,762 Neutral increase 11.44% Neutral increase
5 Flag of the TjSSR (TT).svg Tadzhikistan 9,025,869 11,205,894 2,180,025 Neutral increase 24.15% Neutral increase
6 Flag of the AzSSR (TT).svg Azerbaijan 9,617,308 10,738,911 1,121,603 Neutral increase 11.66% Neutral increase
7 Flag of the BSSR (TT).svg Byelorussia 10,418,258 10,717,617 299,359 Neutral increase 2.87% Neutral increase
8 Flag of the KiSSR (TT).svg Kirghizia 6,124,059 6,872,666 748,607 Neutral increase 12.22% Neutral increase
9 Flag of the TSSR (TT).svg Turkmenia 5,099,625 5,562,820 463,195 Neutral increase 9.08% Neutral increase
10 Flag of the GSSR (TT).svg Georgia 5,874,180 5,938,609 64,429 Neutral increase 1.10% Neutral increase
11 Flag of the MSSR (TT).svg Moldavia 4,490,941 4,847,041 156,100 Neutral increase 7.93% Neutral increase
12 Flag of the AmSSR (TT).svg Armenia 3,354,827 4,120,198 765,371 Neutral increase 22.76% Neutral increase
13 Flag of the LtSSR (TT).svg Lithuania 3,639,345 3,985,652 346,307 Neutral increase 9.52% Neutral increase
14 Flag of the LSSR (TT).svg Latvia 2,443,307 2,747,416 304,109 Neutral increase 12.45% Neutral increase
15 Flag of the ESSR (TT).svg Estonia 1,577,559 1,639,021 61,462 Neutral increase 3.90% Neutral increase
   Soviet Union 322,043,671 342,592,671 20,549,000 6.38%

City rankings

Cities in bold are capitals of their respective republics.

City Soviet republic Population
Moscow Russia 12,691,941
Leningrad Russia 6,096,975
Kiev Ukraine 3,746,951
Tashkent Uzbekistan 2,878,254
Minsk Byelorussia 2,578,365
Baku Azerbaijan 2,533,291
Alma-Ata Kazakhstan 2,279,578
Yerevan Armenia 1,725,150
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