International Caucasus Foundation on Minority Issues | |||||||
Ethnic Composition and Demographic Growth of the USSR`s Population, 1959 - 1989а | |||||||
Main Ethnic Groups | Number in Thousands | Persentage Increase | Persentage of Total | ||||
1959 | 1979 | 1989 | 1959-1989 | 1959 | 1989 | ||
1. Russianааа | 114а 114 | 137 397 | 145 155 | 127.2 | 54.6 | 50.8 | |
2. Ukrainain | 37 253 | 42 347 | 44 186 | 118.6 | 17,8 | 15,5 | |
3. Uzbek | 6 015 | 12 456 | 16 698 | 277.6а | 2,9 | 5,8 | |
4. Belarussian | 7 913 | 9 463 | 10 036 | 126.8 | 3,8 | 3,5 | |
5. Kazakh | 3 622 | 6 556 | 8 136 | 224.6а | 1,7 | 2,8 | |
6. Azerbaijani | 2 940 | 5 477 | 6 770 | 332.3 | 1,4 | 2,4 | |
7. Tatrar | 4 918 | 6 185 | 6 649 | 135.2а | 2,4 | 2,3 | |
8. Armenian | 2 787 | 4 151 | 4 623 | 165.9а | 1,3 | 1,6 | |
9. Tajik | 1 397 | 2 898 | 4 215 | 301.7а | 0,7 | 1,5 | |
10. Georgian | 2 692 | 3 571 | 3 981 | 147.9а | 1,3 | 1,4 | |
11. Moldavian | 2 214 | 2 968 | 3 352 | 151.4а | 1,1 | 1,2 | |
12. Lithuanian | 2 326 | 2 851 | 3 067 | 131.9а | 1,1 | 1,1 | |
13. Turkmen | 1 002 | 2 028 | 2 729 | 272.4а | 0.5а | 1.0 | |
14. Kirgiz | 969 | 1 906 | 2 529 | 261.0а | 0.5а | 0.9 | |
15. German | 1 620 | 1 936 | 2 039 | 125.9 | 0.8а | 0.7 | |
16. Pole | 1 380 | 1 151 | 1 126 | 81.6а | 0.7а | 0.7а | |
17. Chuvash | 1 470 | 1 751 | 1 842 | 125.3а | 0.7а | 0.6 | |
18. Latvian | 1 400 | 1 439 | 1 459 | 104.2а | 0.7а | 0.6 | |
19. Bashkir | 989 | 1 371 | 1 449 | 1465 | 0.5 | 0.5 | |
20. Jew | 2 177 | 1 762 | 1 378 | 63.3а | 1.0а | 0.5 | |
21. Mordva | 1 285 | 1 192 | 1 154 | 89.8а | 0.6а | 0.4 | |
22. Estonian | 989 | 1 020 | 1 027 | 103.8а | 0.5а | 0.4 | |
23. Chechen | 419 | 756 | 957 | 228.4а | 0.2а | 0.3 | |
24. Udmurt | 625 | 714 | 747 | 119.5 | 0.3а | 0.3 | |
25. Mari | 504 | 622 | 671 | 113.1а | 0.2а | 02. | |
26. Avar | 270 | 483 | 601 | 124.5а | 0.1а | 0.2 | |
27. Osset | 413 | 542 | 598 | 114.9а | 0.2а | 0.2 | |
Total | 208 827 | 262 085 | 285 743 | 136.8 | 100.0 | 100.0а |