Soviet census explained

The following is a summary of censuses carried out in the Soviet Union:

Territory (km²)	Total population	Density per km²	Change	Urban population	Share	Males	Share	Females	Share	Largest city	Second largest city	Third largest city	Ethnic Russians	Share	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%	^[1]
	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%	^[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	Leningrad	Kiev	114 113 579	54.6%	^[3]
	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%	^[4]

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