| 1979 All-Union Population census | ||
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| General information | ||
| Country | Soviet Union | |
| Results | ||
| Total population | 262,442,000 ( 8.4%) | |
| Most populous | Russian SFSR 137,397,089 | |
| Least populous | 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%.
- ^ "On Preliminary Results of the 1979 Census – Seventeen Moments in Soviet History". Soviethistory.msu.edu. 2 September 2015. Retrieved 2017-09-21.