1979 Soviet census

1979 All-Union Population census

← 1970 17 January 1979 1989 →

General information
CountrySoviet Union
Results
Total population262,442,000 (Increase 8.4%)
Most populous ​republicRussian SFSR
137,397,089
Least populous ​republicEstonian SSR
1,464,476

In January 1979, the Soviet Union conducted its first census in nine years (since 1970).[1] Between 1970 and 1979, the total Soviet population increased from 241,720,134 to 262,084,654, an increase of 8.4%.

  1. ^ "On Preliminary Results of the 1979 Census – Seventeen Moments in Soviet History". Soviethistory.msu.edu. 2 September 2015. Retrieved 2017-09-21.

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