1979 Soviet census
| 1979 All-Union Population census | ||
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Estonian 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%.
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As in 1970,
The
Between 1970 and 1979, the Soviet Union become more urban, with 62% of its total residents living in urban areas in 1979 in comparison to 56% in 1970.[5][1] Indeed, there were 18 cities in the Soviet Union with over one million residents in 1979 (in comparison to 10 such cities in 1970).[5][6] In addition to this, the male to female ratio also increased between 1970 and 1979.[1] Indeed, while males only made up 46.1% of the Soviet Union's total population in 1970, this figure increased to 46.7% by 1979.[1] Overall, between 1970 and 1979, the total Soviet population increased from 241,720,134[2] to 262,084,654, an increase of 8.42%.[3]
Between 1970 and 1979, the
References
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- ^ a b c "Демоскоп Weekly – Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". Demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2017-09-21.
- ^ a b c d "Демоскоп Weekly – Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". Demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2017-09-21.
- ^ "Демоскоп Weekly – Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". Demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2017-09-21.
- ^ a b "[The Soviet census of 1979". POPLINE.org. Retrieved 2017-09-21.
- ^ "Commentary on Statistics – Seventeen Moments in Soviet History". Soviethistory.msu.edu. 1979-10-03. Retrieved 2017-09-21.
- ^ a b "YIVO | Population and Migration: Population since World War I". Yivoencyclopedia.org. Retrieved 2017-09-21.
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