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1. Census-related Issues (after 1945)
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Institution (or Office) in charge for statistical data and censuses: name, when it was founded |
Years of census |
Used ethnonym |
Changes in name
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Percentage for name-giving nation |
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Central Statistical Directorate of the USSR at the Council of Ministries / formed in 1948 |
1959 |
Moldovan(s) |
no |
65,4 |
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Central Statistical Directorate of the USSR at the Council of Ministries |
1970 |
Moldovan(s) |
no |
64,6 |
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Central Statistical Directorate of the USSR at the Council of Ministries8 |
1979 |
Moldovan(s) |
no |
63,9 |
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State Committee of Statistics of the USSR, formed in 1987 |
1989 |
Moldovan(s) |
no |
64,4 |
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National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova, 1991 |
2004 |
Moldovan(s) |
no |
75,8** |
** The number includes statistical data on the Eastern districts and the municipality Bender, i.e. the break-away region of Transnistria.
According to the authorities of Transnistria, who conducted their own census in 2004, Moldovans compose 31.9 % of the total population, followed by Russians 30.4 %, and Ukrainians 28.8 %.