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THE SOVIET SATELLITE BLOC
L_Po _tion
Introduction
The 1957 total estimated population of countries within
the Soviet Satellite Bloc is 95,646,000. The largest of the
satellites is Poland with an estimated total population of
28)131,000; the smallest is Albania, with an estimated total
population of 1,1432)000 (see Table 1),
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I. Population
Table 2
THE SOVIET SATELLITE BLOC a/
Summary of Estimated Urban Population: 1957?'
Country
Albania
Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia
East Germany
Hungary
Poland
Rumania
Estimated
Urban Per Cent Postwar
Population of Total Increase
(in Thousands) Population (lluguent) Period
333.5 23,3 37.3 1945-57
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6,695.9 50.4 12.7 1947:57
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n.a. .... ...
12,569.0 4.7 65.4 19467
4 57
5,287.2 29.7 42.4 1948-57
9-7--no-argiiiiiiTUUTEITEgrby each country.
Overall population density in the 7 bloc countries aver-
ages 244 persons per square mile. The average national densi,
ties range from a high of 417 persons per square mile in East
Germany to a low of 129 in Albania. Among the administrative
divisions of these countries there is extreme irregularity in
the population distribution.
B. Albania
Albania, with an estimated 1957 total population of
1,432,000, is the smallest of the eastern European satellites.
The 1957 population represents an increase of 28.7 per cent
over the 1945 census population of 1,112,355. Diring the same
period, the urban population increased 37.3 per cent to
333,500, or 23.3 per cent of the total population. For cities
with populations of 10,000 and above, the increase was 36.2
per cent, from 193,884 to 264,000. This group of 9 cities
(see Table 3) in 1945 represented 17.4 of the country's total
population; in 1957, they represent an 18.4 per cent. Tirane,
the capital and largest city, contains approximately 36.7 per
cent of the population of these larger cities, or 29.1 per
cent of the total urban population.
Land area in Albania totals 1,432,000 square miles; popu-
lation density averages 129 persons per square mile.
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Table 3
ALBANIA
Cities with Estimated Populqions of 10,000 and
Above: 195721
City
Population
(in Thousands)
Berat
15
Durres
19
Elbasan
18
Gjinokaster
15
Kavaje
12
Korce
29
Shkoder
41
Tirane
97
\T tone
18
TOTAL
264
a Based on 19 census figures and on 1950
reported figures.
Bulgaria
The population of Bulgaria increased from 7,020,862
(January 1947 census) to an estimated 7,717,000 in 1757, a
rate of growth of 9.9 per cent. Turing the same period the
total population of cities 10/000 and above increased 18.8
per cent to an estimated 1,754,000. This group of 48 cities
(see Table 4) in 1947 represented 21 per cent of the total
population, and in 1957, 22.7 per cent of the estimated
total population. Sofiya, the capital of Bulgaria, is the
largest city, with an estimated population of 622,000.
Land area in Bulgaria totals 42,769 square miles;
population density averages 180 persons per square mile
(see Table 5).
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Table 4
BULGARIA
Cities with Estimated Populati,ons of 10,000 and
Above: 1952/
ANWINI1101110,
? City
MINIM?01S,
Estimated
Population
(in Thousands
City
Estimated
Population
(in Thousands)
Aitos
Asenovgrad
Burgas
Byala Slatina
Chirpan
Dobrich
Dupnitsa
Gabrovo
Gorna Dzhumaya
Gorna
Cryakhovitsa
Karlovo
Karnobat
Kazanluk
Kharmanlii
thaskovo
Knezha
Kurdzhali
Kyustendil
Loin
Lovech
Mikhaylovgrad
Nevrokop
Nova Zagora
Panagyurishte
11 Pazardzhik
22 Pernik
147 Peshtera
Petrich
114 Pleven
32 Plovdiv
21 Provadiya
22 Razgrad
15 Ruse
Samokov
11
9
11
21
10
31
13
23
21
16
12
9
12
12
13
Sevlievo
Shumen
Silistra
Sliven
Sofiya
Stalin (Varna)
Stara Zagora
Svilengrad
Svishtov
Turgovishte
Turnovo
Vidin
Vratsa
Yambol
Total
a/ Based on 1950 reportea population.
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41
10
114
41
135
9
16
56
14
10
32
17
37
622
88
30
11
14
11
17
20
21
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BULGARIA
Estimated Population, Land Area, and Population
Density by Administrative Division: 1957
Administrative Estimated
Division Population
(Okrug) (in Thousands
Blagoevgrad
Burgas
Maslow,
Kolarovgrad
Pleven
Plovdiv
Ruse
Sofiya
Stalin
Stara-Zagora
Turnovo
Vratsa
Total
279Y
434
527
43)4
620
929
589
1,364
527
682
1496
836
7 717C/
g
Land
Area
(Sq. Niles).
2,690
3,766
3,497
2,286
3,362
5,245
2,959
5,111
3,093
4,035
2,690
4,035,
42;769
Population
Density
per Sq Mile
104
115
151
190
184
177
199
267
170
169
184
207
180
a/ Obtained by measurement and adjusted to total area
reported in Bolshaya Sovetskaya Entsiklopedia, Vol. 5,
p. 397.
b/ Population of okrugs distributed proportionally to
the number of provincial deputees to the 1953 People's
Assembly (one deputee for every 30,000 inhabitants).
c/ U.S. Bureau of the Census estimate.
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D. Czechoslovakia
The 1957 estimated total population of Czechoslovakia is
13,280,0001 representing an increase of 9.2 per cent over the
1947 census population of 121156,000. The urban population
of the country during the 1947-57 period increased 12.7 per
cent to an estimated 61695,900, or 5o.4 per cent of the
total population. Cities with populations of 10,000 and
above contain 60.3 per cent of the urban population. Popu-
lation within these 111 cities totals an estimated 4,042,000
(see Table 6). The most highly urbanized of the satellite
countries prior to World War III Czechoslovakia in the post-
war period has shown a slaw urban increase.
The country comprises 2 main regions, each highly differ-
ent in its degree of urbanization. The Czech regions con-
tained 75.7 per cent of the urban population of the country;
the Slovak regions, only 24.3 per cent. The largest city in
Czechoslovakia is Praha, with a 1957 estimated population of
1,045,0001 representing 15.6 per cent of the urban population
and 7.9 per cent of the total population.
Land area in Czechoslovakia totals 49,353 square miles;
population density averages 269 persons per square mile
(see Table 7).
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Table 6
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CZECHOSLOVAKIA
Cities with Estimated Populatifons of 10,000 and
Above: 19572/
NNW..
tated
Population
City (in Thousands)
Czech Region
As
Benesov
Beroun
Bilina
Bohumin
Breclav
Brno
Caslav
Ceska Lipa
Ceska Trebova
Ceske
Budejovice
Ce sky
Krumlov
Cesky Tesin
Cheb
Chomutov
Chrudim
De cin
Duchov
Dvur Kralove
Frydek-Mistek
Gottwaldov
(Zin)
Havli6kuv Brod
Hodonin
Horni Litvinov
Hradec Kralove
Hranice
Jablonec
(n. Nisou)
Jicin
Jihlava
Jindrichuv
Hradec
Karlovy Vary
13
10
14
10
22
12
310
10
13
13
City
Ettinated
Population
(in Thousands)
Kladno
Klatovy
Kolin
Kralupy nad
Ultavou
Krnov
Kromeriz
Kutna Hora
Liberec
Litomerice
Louny
44 Marianske Lazne
Melnik
13 Mlada Boleslav
14 Modrany
16 Most
31 Nachod
15 Novy Jicin
35 Nymburk
10 Olomouc
15 -Opava
30 Orlova
Ostrava
68 Pardubice
13 Petrvald
15 Pisek
22 Plzen
58 Podebrady
13 Praha
Pribram
26 Prostejov
12 Rakovnik
26 Roudnice nad
Labem
10 Slany
35 Sokolov
47
15
22
10
18
20
14
6o
16
13
lo
13
27
10
140
16
13
13
66
d
23
206
51
11
19
137
12
1,045
10
36
12
10
10
10
a/ Based on 191.7 census figures for city populations
and on reported 1950 figures for 11 cities with populations
exceeding 50,000.
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Table 6 (Continued)
I. Population
City
Estimated
Population
(in Thousands
Cit
Estimated
Population
(in Thousands)
Czech Region
Strakonice
Svitavy
Sumperk
Tabor
Teplice
Trebic
Trinec
Trutnov
Turnov
Uherske
Hradiste
Usti nad Laben
Usti nad Orlici
Valasske
Mezirici
Varnsdorf
Vrchlabi
Vsetin
Vysoke Myto
2atec
Znojmo
Cont.)
Total
Slovak Region
? Banska
Banska Stiav-
nica
Bratislava
Cadca
Guta
Handlova
Hlohovec
Komarno
Kosice
Levice
Lucenec
Michalovce
Myjava
Nitra
Nove Zamky
Piestany
Poprad
Presav
Ruzomberok
Spisska Nova
Ves
Topolcany
11
lo
14
20
52
20
17
21
10
18
66
9
lo
18
lo
14
lo
14
22
3,384
14
13
221
10
13
10
10
18
67
13
14
12
11
22
22
16
9
21
17
15
10
Trencin
Trnava
Turkciansky
Svaty Martin
Turzuvka
Zilina
Zvolen
Total
Grand Total
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12
11
19
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Table 7
Population
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
Estimated Population, Land Area, and Population
Density by Administrative Division: 1957
Administrative
Division Population, Area , Density
(Kraje) (in Thousands)." (Sq. Miles)2/ pert Sq. Mile
Czech Y112.
Brno 1,018 2,876 354
Ceske Budejo-
vice 538 3,463 155
Gottwaldov 647 1,972 328
Hradec Kralove 602 1,986 303
Jihlava 459 2,568 179
Karlovy Vary 329 1,768 186
Liberec 524 1,636 320
Olomouc 640 2,399 267
Ostrava 863 1,747 494
Pardubice 459 1,634 281
Plzen 598 3445 196
Praha 2,190 3,756 583
Usti Nad
Labem 681 1,600 426
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trica 529 3,578 148
Bratislava 912 2,903 314
Kosice 505 2,887 175
Nitra 748 3,076 243
Presov 485 3,266 148
Zilina 553 3,193 173
Total 13,280 49,353 269
aTTota1population, U.S. Bureau of the Census estimate,
kraje populations distributed proportionally to provincial
populations as reported in Ceskoslonensko v Mapach (Prague,
1952, p. 10).
b/ As of 1 February 1949 (Wailer Wynne, Jr., The Popu-
lation of Czechoslovakia, International Population -statistics
Reports, 5igi-15:757E. 3, U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1953,
p. 46).
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E. East Germany
East Germany is the only satellite which shows almost
no postwar change in total population. The 1946 census
reported a population of 17,314,000; the 1957 estimated
population is 17,316,000. The 2 factors militating against
a population increase have been migration into western Ger-
many and a natural decrease in population. Despite the
stability of the total population, the urban population of
East Germany has increased. Cities with population of
10,000 and above (see Table 8) contain 45.4 per cent of the
total population. East Berlin, not included in the total
population figure in 1946 had a population of 1,174,582
and in 1957, a population of 1,345,500, an increase of
14.5 per cent.
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Table 8
I. Population
EAST GERMANY
Cities with Estimated Populations of 10)000 and
Above: 1957a/
City
Aken
Altenburg
Ammendorf
Angermunde
Anklam
Annaberg
Apolda
Arnstadt
Atcherlaben
Aue
Auerbach
Bad Doberau
Bad Durrenberg
Ballen Itedt
Barth
.Bautzen
Bernau
Bernburg
Bischotswerda
Bit terfeld
Blaukenburg
BOhl-ttz Ehrenburz
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Borzelburg
Borna
Brandenburg
Burg
Burgstgdt
Calbe
Chemnitz
Coswig
Coswig
Cottbus
Crimmitschau
Del itzsch
Demmin
Dessau
Estimated
Population
(in Thousands)
City
16 ]16bein
58 Dresden _
21 Ebersbach
12 Eberswalde
22 Eilenburg
22 Eisenach
37 Eisenberg
31 Eisleben
47 Erfurt
29 Falkensee
21 Falkenstein
12 Fin sterwalde
15 Forst
12 Fraukenberg
15 Frankfurt
43 Freiberg
14 Freienwalde
6o Freital
Furstenwalde
Garde legen
Genthin
Gera
Glauchau
GOrlitz
Gotha
Greifswald
Greiz
Grevesmillen
Grimma
Gross Ottersleben
Grossenhain
Gro ssraschen
Guben
GUstrow
Halberstadt
Halden sleben
12
37
21
12
12
21
79
30
22
17
302
16
13
55
3)4
28
20
98
Estimated
Population
(in Thousands)
32
521
13
3)4
22
58
17
32
198
32
15
23
33
17
58
147
12
14)4
2)4
14
20
100
39
104
64
49
51
12
16
18
20
13
28
37
53
25
a Excluding East Berlin. Based on 1946 census figures
and on 1953 figures reporting populations of 11 cities
exceeding 100)000 and minimal increases for some cities with
populations 20)000400)000.
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City
Estimated
Population
(in Thousands)
City
Halle
Heidenan
Heiligenstadt
Helbra
Hennigsdorf
Hettstadt
Hohen stein
Ernstthal
Ilmenau
Jena
Jossnitz
Jliterbog
Kamenz
Klein-Machnow
KOthen
Langensalza
-Leipzig
Leisnig
Lichenstein
Limbach
LObau
Luckenwalde
Ludwig slust
Lugau
Magdeburg
Markkleeberg
Markranstadt
Meerane
.Meiningen
Meisseu
Mer seberg
Meuselwitz
Mittweida
Miicheln
Mahhausen
Nauen
Naumberg
Neubrandenberg
Neuenhagen
Neugersdorf
Neuruppin
Neustadt
Neustrelitz
Norahauseu
Oberfrohna
Oberlungwitz
Oelsnitz
Oelsnitz
Olbernhau
302 Oranienburg
21 Oschatz
1)4 Oscherleben
11 Parchim
15 Pasewalk
11 Perleburg
Pirna
20 Plauen
21 POssneck
92 Potsdam
13 Prenzlau
17 Quedlinburg
15 Radeberg
13 Radebeul
48 Rathenaw
18 Reichenbach
646 Ribnitz
11 Riesa
15 Rodewisch
20 Rosslau
17 Rosswein
35 Rostock
114 Riidersdorf
12 Rudolstadt
281 Saalfeld
23 Salzwedel
10 Sangcrhaucen
30 Schkenditz
26 Schmalkalden
54 Schm011n
38 Sneeberg
12 Schbenbeck
25 Schwarzenberg
14 Schwerin
54 Sebnitz
15 Senftenberg
Siegmar SchOnau
23 Sommerda
13 Sondershausen
14 Sonneberg
29 Spremberg
12 Stassfurt
28 Stendal
37 Stollberg
12 Stolsund
12 Suhl
18 TangermUnde
22 Taucha
12 Teltaw
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Population
(in Thousands)
21
17
23
22
12
15
42
95
23
115
20
39
19
46
31
39
12
38
12
19
12
146
12
25
29
27
18
19
1)4
17
15
50
14
98
15
20
2)4
16
15
24
20
33
45
13
56
27
18
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Table 8 (Continued)
I. Population
Cit
Est mated
Population
(in Thousande) City
stimated
Population
in Thousands
Thale
20
Wismar
Torgau
4
21
Wittenberg
Torgelow
11
Wittenberge
Ueckermunde
12
Wolf en
Velten
11
Wolgast
Waldheim
14
Wurzen
Waltershausen
13
Zehdenick
Waren
22
Zeitz
Weida
15
Zella Mehlis
Weimar
714
Zerbst
Weinbohla
12
Zeulenroda
Weissenfels
57
Zittau
Weisswasser
14
Zwenkau
We rdau
30
Zwickau
Werder
13
Wernigerode
38
Total
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35
13
11
25
15
44
19
21
16
5o
13
135
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F. Hungary
The postwar population of Hungary increased 10.7 per cent,
to an estimated 9,992,000, during the 1949-57 period. Cities
with populations of 10,000 and above in 1957 contain 52.8 per
cent of the total population, or an estimated 5,278,000 per-
sons (see Table 9). The city of Budapest, alone, due partly
to territorial expansion, contains 18.9 per cent of the total
population of the country, and is estimated to have increased
35.9 per cent to 1,893,000 since 1949.
Land area in Hungary totals 35,900 square miles; popula-
tion density averages 278 persons per square mile (see Table
10).
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Table 9
I. Population
HUNGARY
Cities with Estimated Populatj,ons of 10,000 and
Above: 1957a/
Cit
Estimated
Population
(in Thousands
City
Estimated
Population
(in Thousands)
Abony
B4csalm4s
Baja
Balassagyarmat
Balmaz6jvgros
Battonya
Beldsmegyer
Bekes
Bekescsaba
Berettyoujfalu
Budafok
Budapest
Cegled
Csepel
Csongrad
Debrecen
D4vavfiya
Dombovar
Dunafoldvar
Dunaharaszti
4er
rd
Es
Esztergom
'8dO
Gllo
Gyoma
Gyongyos
Gyor
Gyula
Hajdeoszor-
meny
Hajdudoro5
Haj duhadhaz
Haj dunks
HajAiszobosz16
Hatvan
Heves
16 Hodmezovasar-
14 hely
39 J4noshalma
11 JSszap?ti
18 JAsz4roksz4114s 14
13 Jaszbereny 38
14 Kalocsa 12
39 Kaposnar 47
61 Kapuvr 11
12 Karcag 34
24 Kecel 13
1,893 Kecskemet 76
46 Keszthely 12
45 KiskOrbs 13
23 Kiskundorozsma 16
152 Kiskunfelegy-
16 haza 45
16 Kiskunhalas 32
12 Kiskunmajsa 16
11 Kispest 86
40 KisilijszallAs 14
17 Kisv;frda 13
28 Komadi 11
13 Komarom 10
12 Koszey 10
30 Kunhegyes 12
80 Kunszentmarton 12
23 Lajosmizse 14
Mako 31
30 Mat6sza1ka 11
12 Mez9bereny 14
13 Mezbkovesd 19
19 Mezotur 26
19 Miskolc 165
17 Mohacs 20
11 Monor
48
17
13
a/ Based on 19/49 reported figures for large cities and
1954 reported figures for 35 of the largest cities, including
Budapest.
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Table 9 (Continued)
I. Population
Estimated
Population
Cit (in Thousands) _21tr
Mosonmagyarovar
Nadudvar
Nagyk'nizsa
Nagykata
Nagykoros
Nagyteteny
Nyirbator
Nyiregyhaza
Oro shaza
Ozd
Paks
Papa
Pecs
Pestszenterzse-
bet
Pestszentimre
Pestpentlorinc
Pestiyhely
Puspokladany
Rakoscsaba
Rakospalota
Rgkosszentmi-
hgly
Salgotarjan
Sarkall
Sarospatak
Sarvar
Sashalom
Satoraljaujhely
Sopron,
Soroksar
Szarvas
Szeged
Szeghalom
Szekesfehervar
Szekszgrd
Szentendre
Szentes
Szolnok
SzaMbathely
Tata
Tatabailya /
TiszafOldvar
Tiszafured
Torokszentmi -
klos
Tilrkeve
Ujfeherto
Ujkgcske
17
11
37
12
29
11
12
77
31
3)4
13
30
101
70
12
148
11
16
16
148
19
28
13
13
10
14
16
45
20
31
91
11
60
15
Io
32
51
55
14
57
is
11
34
14
is
11
Estimated
Population
(in Thousands)
Ujpest
Vac
,vecs4s
Veszprem
'VesztO
Zalaegerszeg
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Table 10
HUNGARY
Estimated Population, Land Area, and Population
Density by Administrative Division: 1957
'Administrative Estimated
Division Population
(Varmegye) (in Thousands)!
Bacs-Kiskun 603
Baranya 402
Bekes 503
Borsod-Abauj-
Zemplen 738
Csongrad 436
Fejer 369
Gyor-Sopron 436
Hajdu-Bihar 536
Heves 335
Komarom 235
Nograd 235
Pest 2,515
Somogy 369
Szabolcs-
Szatmar 570
Szolnok 1..69
Tolna 302
Vas 302
Veszrrem 369
,
Zala 268
Total 9,992
Land
Area
Sq. Miles)._
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Population
Density
per Sq. Mile
3,200
1,800
2,100
2,800
1,600
1,700
1,600
2,400
1,400
900
1,000
2,600
2,300
2,400
2,200
1,400
1,300
2,000
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35,900
188
223
240
240
273
217
273
223
239
261
235
967
16o
238
213
216
232
185
"3
278
a/ Total population, U.S. Bureau of the Census estimate.
Population of varmegyes distributed proportionally on the
basis of the number of delegates to the 1953 National Assem-
bly (one delegate per 32,000 inhabitants).
b/ Obtained by measurement.
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G. Poland
The population of Poland, the largest of the satellites,
increased from 23,900,000, according to the 1946 census, to
an estimated 28,1310000 in 1957, a rate of growth of 17.7
per cent. During the same period, the urban population
increased 65.4 per cent from 7,600,000 to an estimated
12,569,000. This phenomenal increase reflects the rapid
postwar industrialization of the country, the inclusion of
former German industrial areas to the west, and the trans-
fer of the predominantly agricultural eastern section to
Ukrainskaya SSR and Belorusskaya SSR.
Cities with populations of 10,000 and above in 1946 con-
tained 74 per cent of the urban population and 23.5 per cent
of the total population. In 1957 the population of these
157 cities (see Table 11) totaled 9,858,000, or 78.4 per cent
of the urban population and 35 per cent of the total popula-
tion. Warszawa and Lodz are the 2 largest cities, with
populations of 968,000 and 938,000, respectively.
Land area in Poland totals 120,361 square miles; popula-
tion density averages 234 persons per square mile (see Table
12).
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I. Population
POLAND
Cities with Estimated Popu1a4ons of 10,000 and
Above: 1957!'
Cit
Augu stow
Bad Salzbrunn
Bad Warmbrunn
Belgard
Bedzin
Beuthen
Biala Krakowska
Biala Podlaska
Bialystok
Bielsko
Bobrek
Bochina
Breslau
Brodnica
Bydgoszcz
Chelm
Chelmno
Chelmza
Chojnice
Chorzow
Chrzanow
Ciechanow
Cieszyn
Czeladz
Czestochowa
Dabrowa Gornicza
Danzig
Elblag
Frankenstein in
Schlesien
Gdynia
Glatz
Gleiwitz
Gniezo
Gottesberg
Grodzisk Mazo-
wiecki
Grudziadz
Estimated
Population
(in Thousands
City
11 Grlinberg
1)4 Hirshberg in
18 Riesengebirge
17 Hrubieszow
38 Inowroclaw
182 Jarocin
27 Jaroslaw
20 Jauer
99 Jaworzno
35 Jedrzejow
24 Kalisz
14 Katowice
515 Kielce
14 Kolo
241 Konin
32 Koscian
16 KOslin
15 Krakow
17 Krasnik
214 Krasnystaw
16 Kreuzberg
16 Krosno
22 Krotoszyn
23 Kutno
179 Landeshut
38 Landsbergander
288 Warthe Langen-
28 bielau
Lauban
14 Lauenburg in
177 Pommern
31 Leszno
193 Liegnitz
41 Lipno
15 Lodz
20 Lomza
Lowicz
Lublin
5o
Estinj?d
Population
(in Thousands)
21
53
18
149
16
26
13
24
15
83
256
94
13
15
15
23
524
12
1)4
12
19
19
27
17
23
11
15
28
84
11
939
19
19
167
Based on 9 census figures and on 1950 reported
figures of 25 cities with populations exceeding 500000.
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1.12pulation
Estimated
Population
City (in Thousands)
City
Lubliniec 16
Lukow 12
Malbork 14
Michowice 17
Miedzyrzec
Podlaski 12
Mikolow 17
Mikulczyce 24
Minsk Mazawiecki 14
Mlawa 19
Myslowice 32
Naklo nad
Noteicia 13
Neisse 16
Neurode 15
Neustadt in
Oberschliesen 15
Neustettin 17
No Bytom 19
Nowy Sacz 31
Nowy Targ 11
Olsztynskie 39
Oppeln 38
Ostroleka 13
Ostrow Mazo-
wiccka 17
Ostrow Wielkopolski 42
Ostrowiec
Swietokryzski 26
Otwock 17
Ozorkow 15
Pabanice 50
Piekary Slaskie 29
Piotrkow
Trybunalski
Plock
Poznan
Pruszkow
Przemysl
Pulawy
Pultusk
Radom
Radom sko
Ratibor
Reichenbach
Rembertow
Ruda
Rybnik
Rzeszow
Sanok
55
39
493
34
50
12
12
125
27
27
23
19
26
31
40
15
Schneideiahl
Siedlce
Siemianowiee
Slaskie
Sieradz
Sierpc
Skarzysko
Kamienna
Skierniewice
Sochaczew
Sobiecin
Sopot
Sosnowiec
Stargard
Starogard
Stolp
Strzelce
Suwalki
Swidnica
Swietochlowiee
Szczucin
Szopienice
Tarnow
Tarnowskie Gory
Tczew
Tomaszow
Mazawieeki
T 0 ra
Wagrowiec
Waldenburg
Warszawa
Weis sstein
Wejherowo
Wielun
Wier zbnik
Wlochy
Wloclawek
Wolomin
Zabrze
Zakopane
Zamosc
Zawiercie
Zdunska Wola
Zgierz
2yrardow
Total
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Population
(in Thozijs.la
14
3$
13
44
13
21
24
1h
17
37
1113
13
20
46
11
19
29
3$
302
28
45
2$
28
41
121
14
123
968
2$
18
2$
2$
82
11
200
19
28
29
20
29
27
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Table 12
I. Population
POLAND
Estimated Population, Land Area, and Population
Density by Administrative Division: 1957
Administrative Estimated Land
Division Population/ Area
(dojewodztw-) (in ThousandsP (Sq. Miles)W
.4?44.44814444.444.?
Bialystok
.Preslau
Bydgoszcz
Gdansk
Grumberg
Kielce
Koslin
Krakow
Lodz
Lablin
Olsztyn
Oppeln
Poznan
Rzeszow
Stalinogrod
Stettin
7:larszawa
Total
Population
Density
per Sq. Mile
1,059
1,984
1,657
1,059
654
1,860
586
2,378
2,322
1,792
789
924
2,378
1,589
3,122
586
3)392
28)131
8;958
7,315
8,100
4,141
5,744
75
)48
658E.
6j38
6)585
9)756
8,106
3,633
10)530
7,213
3)471
4,869
11,443
120,361
118
271
205
256
114
246
86
387
353
184
97
254
226
220
899
120
296
234
?a/ Total population, U.S. Bureau of the Census esti-
mate. Increase of 1957 wojewodztwa populations distributed
proportionally to 1950 populations reported in The Population
of Poland (loc. cit.).
-----EnAT. Parker Mauldin and Donald S. Akers, The Popula-
tion of Poland, International Population Statistics Report,
Series P-90, No. 4, U.S. Bureau of the Census) 1954,
p. 133,
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H. Rumania
? The 1957 estimated population of Rumania is 17/778/000/
an increase of 12 per cent over the 1948 census population
of 151872/624. During the same period the urban population
increased 42.4 per cent to an estimated 51287/2002 or 29.7
per cent of the total population. Cities with populations
of 10/000 (see Table 13) and above contain 91.1 per cent of
the urban population. The largest city is Bucuresti with
an estimated 1957 population of 114831400/ representing 8.3
percent of the total population.
Land area in Rumania totals 91/770 square miles; popula-
tion density averages 194 persons per square mile (see
Table 14).
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Table 13
I. Po_pulation
RUMANIA
Cities with Estimated Populati,on of 10,000 and
Above: 1957Y
/Estimated Estimated
Population Population
City (in Thousands) City (in Thousands)
Mud 14 Focsani 40
Alba Iulia 21 Galati 114
Alexandria 25 Gheorgheni 14
Arad 124 Giurgin 43
Bacau 49 Husi 24
Baia Mare 30 Tasi 134
Bailesti 22 Lugoj 38
Barlad 314 Medias 33
Bistrita 23 Moreni 13
Botosani 42 Odorhei 15
Braila 136 Oltenita 15
Brasov 120 Oradea 117
Bucuresti 1,483 Orastie 13
Buhusi 12 Pascani 15
Buzau 62 Petroseni 20
Ca;afat 12 Piatra-Neamt 37
Calarari 35 Pitesti 41
Campina 24 Ploesti 136
Campaluna 26 Radauti 91
Campulung- Ramnicul Sarat 27
Moldovenese 16 Ramnicul Valcea 25
Caracal 25 Recida 35
Caronsebes 14 Reghin 14
Carei 22 Roman 314
Cluj 168 Rosiorii-de-Vede 21
Constanta 112 Salonta 21
Corabia 15 Sannicolaul-Mare 14
Craiova 120 Satu Mare 66
Curtea-de- SAbes 14
Arges 13 Sfantu-Gheorghe 20
Darabani 16 Sibiu 86
Dej 21 Sighet 26
Deva 18 Sighisoara 26
Dorohoi 21 Siret 11
Dragasani 14 Slatina 19
Fagares 13 Suceava 14
Falticeni 15 Targoviste 37
Fetesti 17 Targu-Jiu 25
a/ Based on 1948 census data and on reported 1953 data
for urban populations.
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City
Targu-Neamt
Targu-Ocna
Targu4ares
Tecuci
Timisoara
Tulcea
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Population
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13
14
67
29
159
31
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Turnul Magurele
Vaslui
Zalau
Zimnicea
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Estimated
Population
(in Thousands)
45
16
20
17
16
4,816
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Table 14
I. Population
RUMANIA
Estimated Population, Land Area, and Population
Density by Administrative Division: 1957
Administrative
Estimated
Land
Population
Division
Population
Area
Density
(Regiune)
(in Thousands)a
(Sq. Miles)bi
per Sq. Mile
Arad 630
.Bacau 672
Baia Mare 7114
Barlad 672
Bucuresti 2,858
Cluj 1,219
Constanta 5116
Craiova 1,555
Galati 757
Hunedoara 588
Iasi 925
Oradea 672
Pitesti 1,093
Ploesti 1,129
Regiunea Autonoma
Maghiara 757 5,300 143
Stalin 925 4,600 201
Suceava 925 5,100 181
Timisoara 841 ..60400 131
Total 17,778 91,700 194
3,800 166
3,800 177
14,000 179
3,400 198
7,500 381
7,100 172
824o0 65
14,300 362
5,500 138
4,300 137
3,800 2143
3,400 198
5,600 195
51400 265
a/ Total population, U.S. Bureau of the Census estimate.
Regiune population distributed proportionally on the basis of
the number of delegates to the 1953 Grand National Assembly
(one delegate for every 140,000 inhabitants).
b/ Obtained by measurement.
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