Demographics of Ukraine
Before World War II
### Before World War II

| \+Population of the Ukrainian SSR according to ethnic group 1926–1939 |
| --- |
| Ethnicgroup | census 19261 | | census 19392 | |
| Number | % | Number | % |
| [Ukrainians](/wiki/Ukrainians "Ukrainians") | 23,218,860 | 80\.0 | 23,667,509 | 76\.5 |
| [Russians](/wiki/Russians "Russians") | 2,677,166 | 9\.2 | 4,175,299 | 13\.5 |
| [Jewish](/wiki/Jewish "Jewish") | 1,574,428 | 5\.4 | 1,532,776 | 5\.0 |
| [Germans](/wiki/Germans "Germans") | 393,924 | 1\.4 | 392,458 | 1\.3 |
| [Polish](/wiki/Polish_people "Polish people") | 476,435 | 1\.6 | 357,710 | 1\.2 |
| [Moldavians](/wiki/Moldovans "Moldovans") / [Romanians](/wiki/Romanians "Romanians") | 257,794 | 0\.9 | 230,698 | 0\.8 |
| [Belarusians](/wiki/Belarusians "Belarusians") | 75,842 | 0\.3 | 158,174 | 0\.5 |
| [Pontic Greeks](/wiki/Pontic_Greeks "Pontic Greeks") | 104,666 | 0\.4 | 107,047 | 0\.4 |
| [Bulgarians](/wiki/Bulgarians "Bulgarians") | 99,278 | 0\.3 | 83,838 | 0\.3 |
| [Tatars](/wiki/Tatars "Tatars") | 22,281 | 0\.1 | 55,456 | 0\.2 |
| [Roma](/wiki/Romani_people "Romani people") | 13,578 | 0\.0 | 10,443 | 0\.0 |
| Others | 103,935 | 0\.4 | 174,810 | 0\.6 |
| Total | 29,018,187 | | 30,946,218 | |
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What percentage of the total population were Jews in 1926 and 1939?