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In respect of population size, the Soviet Union is the third largest country in the contemporary world, being outstripped only by China and India. As Table 1.1 records, the Soviet Union’s population amounted to 273.8 million persons at the start of 1984. Since 1950, when the figure stood at 178.5 million, an increase has been recorded every year. At the end of this century, according to recent projections, the total is likely to be around the 300 million mark.1
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© 1987 Michael Ryan and Richard Charles Prentice
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Ryan, M., Prentice, R. (1987). Population Change. In: Social Trends in the Soviet Union from 1950. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-18883-3_2
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