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According to the Russian Academy of Sciences the Soviet Union suffered 26.6 million deaths (1941–1945) during World War II, including an increase in infant mortality of 1.3 million. Total war-loss figures include territories annexed by the Soviet Union in 1939–1945.
Population distribution by country in 1939. This is a list of countries by population in 1939 (including any dependent, occupied or colonized territories for empires), providing an approximate overview of the world population before World War II.
The population of the Soviet Union was probably better prepared than any other nation involved in the fighting of World War II to endure the material hardships of the war. This is primarily because the Soviets were so used to shortages and coping with economic crisis in the past, especially during wartime—World War I brought similar ...
population Share Males Share Females Share Largest city Second largest city Third largest city Ethnic Russians Share Ethnic minorities Notes 1926. 21 176 187 147 027 ...
The Eastern European country has seen similar troughs in its population over the past century. During World War II, Russia’s male-to-female population ratio became so skewed as millions lost ...
A Russian census is a census of the population of Russia.Such a census has occurred at various irregular points in the history of Russia. Introduced in 1897 during the Russian Empire, the census took place decennially since 2010 according to the UN standards.
The 1937 Soviet census held on January 6, 1937, was a censuses taken within the Soviet Union. The census showed lower population figures than anticipated [citation needed], although it still showed a population growth from the last census in 1926, from 147 million to 162 million people in 1937. After 10 days, the results of the census were ...
Russia's economy has a dire demographic problem on its hands, and the nation could see its population slashed in half by the end of the century, an Atlantic Council report says.