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Soviet Union: Population

Millions of people · 1870–1991 · 77 observations · pop

1991
290 millionpeople
Change on 1990
+0.6%year on year
Average growth, 1981–1991
+0.9%a year

Population

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50M100M150M200M250M300M188019001920194019601980Soviet UnionSoviet Union, 1870: 84 millionSoviet Union, 1890: 105 millionSoviet Union, 1900: 118 millionSoviet Union
People

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Recent values

Millions of people

YearValue
1991290.0
1990288.4
1989286.4
1988284.0
1987281.1
1986278.1
1985275.3
1984272.7
1983270.0
1982267.5

Sources

  • Maddison Project Database1870–1991
  • Markevich & Harrison1913–1928
  • COMECON1950–1991
  • United Nations1970–1990

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Soviet Union documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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