Demographic Development of Tajikistan During Soviet Rule

Table 1. Demographic Development of Tajikistan During Soviet Rule (in thousands)

Ethnic Group	1926^		1929		1939		1959		1979		1989
Ethnic Group	Absolute figure	Percent	Absolute figure	Percent	Absolute figure	Percent	1959	Percent	Absolute figure	Percent	Absolute figure	Percent	Percent change 1926/1929-1989^^^^	Percent change 1959-1989
Tajik	620.0	75	901.4	78.4	883.6	59.5%	1,051.2	53.1	2,237.5	58.8%	3,172.4	62.3%	411.7%	201.8%
Uzbek	**	**	206.3	17.9	353.6	23.8%	454.4	23.0	873.2	22.9%	1,197.8	23.5%	480.6%	163.6%
Russian	5.6	0.7	**	**	153	10.3%	262.6	13.3	395.1	10.4%	388.5	7.6%	7575.9%	47.9%
Ukrainian	5.6	0.7	**	**	153	10.3%	26.9	1.4	35.8	0.9%	41.4	0.88%	7575.9%	53.8%
Kyrgyz	**	**	22.8	2.0	**	**	25.6	1.3	48.4	1.3%	63.8	1.3%	229.9%	149.3%
Kazakh	**	**	22.8	2.0	**	**	12.6	0.6	**	**	11.4	0.2%	229.9%	-9.7%
Turkmen	**	**	16.4	1.4	**	**	7.1	0.4	14.0	0.4%	20.5	0.4%	24.9%	188.6%
Tatar	**	**	**	**	**	**	56.9	2.9	79.5	2.1%	72.2	1.4%	**	26.9%
German	**	**	**	**	**	**	32.6	1.6	38.9	1.0%	32.7	0.6%	**	0.2%
Jew^^	**	**	**	**	**	**	12.4	0.6	14.7	0.4%	14.8	0.3%	**	19.1%
Korean	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	13.4	0.3%	**	**
other^^^	406.4	24.3	**	**	94.9	6^^^	37.6	1.9	69.6	1.8%	63.4	1.2%	**	68.7%
Total	1,032	100%	**	**	1,485.1	100%	1,979.9	100	3,806.2	100%	5,092.6	100%	493.5%	157.2%

^Pre-1939 Data from Rakowska-Harmstone and own calulation
^^Jews are considered one group until the 1989 Census when they are broken in to 4 group. These groups are added together
^^^other includes all groups for which there is no data or data is not present in the graph
^^^^If data is available for 1926 and 1929, the 1926 data is used.
Source: U.S.S.R Census 1939,1959,1979,1989, Tereska Rakowska-Harmston 1971, own calucations