As in 1970,
Russians,
Ukrainians,
Uzbeks, and
Belarusians were the largest ethnic groups in the Soviet Union in 1979. Specifically, there were 137,397,089 Russians, 42,347,387 Ukrainians, 12,455,978 Uzbeks, and 9,462,715 Belarusians living in the Soviet Union in 1979.
Kazakh SSR (with 14.7 million inhabitants), and the
Byelorussian SSR (with 9.6 million inhabitants). In addition to this, the male to female ratio also increased between 1970 and 1979. This fall was caused at least in part by the
1970s Soviet Union aliyah. Meanwhile, the
ethnic German population in the Soviet Union increased from 1,846,317 in 1970 to 1,936,214 in 1979.
Ukrainian SSR File:Українськомовні1979.png|Percentage of the population of the oblasts of the
Ukrainian SSR and the city of Kyiv who indicated
Ukrainian as their native language. File:УкраїнськомовніСільські1979.png|Percentage of the rural population of the oblasts of the Ukrainian SSR who indicated Ukrainian as their native language. File:УкраїнськомовніМіські1979.png|Percentage of the urban population of the regions of the Ukrainian SSR who indicated Ukrainian as their native language. File:УкраїнськомовніЧастка1970—1979.png|Change in the proportion of the population of the regions of the Ukrainian SSR who consider Ukrainian their native language between the
1970 and 1979 censuses. ==References==