Demographics of the Soviet Union

Population pyramid of the Soviet Union in 1989

According to data from the 1989 Soviet census, the population of the USSR was made up of 70% East Slavs, 17% Turkic peoples, with no other single ethnic group making up more than 2%. Alongside the atheist majority of 60%, there were sizable minorities of Russian Orthodox Christians (approximately 20%) and Muslims (approximately 15%).[citation needed]


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