Number of Scientists
(1940-1986)
Source: Slavic Research Center Library (citing Narkhoz.)
Markup: Brian Baggins
Online Version: Soviet History Archive (marxists.org) 2000
Category (in thousands) 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 Number of Scientists, Total 98.3 — — — — — — 145.6 — — Doctor — — — — — — — 7.7 — — Master — — — — — — — 36.9 — — with Doc. Deg., Academician, Professor — — — — — — — 8.9 — — with Doc. Deg., Associate Professor — — — — — — — 20.2 — — with Doc. Deg., Senior Scientific Fellow — — — — — — — 9.8 — — with Doc. Deg., Junior Scientific Fellow — — — — — — — 25.6 — —
Category (in thousands) 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 Number of Scientists, Total 162.5 — — 191.9 210.2 223.9 239.9 261.6 284 310 Doctor 8.3 — — 8.5 9 9.5 9.8 10 10.3 10.5 Master 45.5 — — 59.5 69.2 78 85.7 87.2 90 94 with Doc. Deg., Academician, Professor 8.9 — — 8.5 8.8 9 9.1 9.4 9.6 9.7 with Doc. Deg., Associate Professor 21.8 — — 24.7 26.8 28.6 30.4 31.6 32.7 34.3 with Doc. Deg., Senior Scientific Fellow 11.4 — — 12.9 14 14.6 15.6 16.7 17.2 18.4 with Doc. Deg., Junior Scientific Fellow 19.6 — — 19.8 16.2 17.1 17.8 21.3 23.6 26.3
Category (in thousands) 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 Number of Scientists, Total 354.2 404.1 524.5 566 612 664.6 712.4 770 822.9 883.4 Doctor 10.9 11.3 11.9 12.7 13.7 14.8 16.6 18.3 20 21.8 Master 98.3 102.5 108.7 115.2 123.9 134.4 152.4 169.3 186.4 205.4 with Doc. Deg., Academician, Professor 9.9 10.3 11 11.4 12 12.5 13.6 14.7 95.9 16.9 with Doc. Deg., Associate Professor 36.2 38.2 40.6 42.9 46 48.6 52.8 56.9 60.9 64.9 with Doc. Deg., Senior Scientific Fellow 20.3 21 23.8 25.8 27.2 28.7 30.2 32.4 35.1 37.3 with Doc. Deg., Junior Scientific Fellow 26.7 28.7 45 47.9 48.2 48.9 47.6 46.3 48 48.4
Category (in thousands) 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 Number of Scientists, Total 927.7 1002.9 1056 1108.5 1169.7 1223.4 1253.5 1279.6 1314 1340.6 Doctor 23.6 26.1 28.1 29.8 31.7 32.3 34.6 36 36.6 37.1 Master 224.5 249.2 269.5 288.3 309.5 326.8 345.4 358.4 371.2 383.6 with Doc. Deg., Academician, Professor 18.1 19.5 20.6 21.6 22.5 22.9 24 25.3 26.1 26.9 with Doc. Deg., Associate Professor 68.6 73.2 77 80.5 84.4 87.9 92.5 96.6 101.4 105.8 with Doc. Deg., Senior Scientific Fellow 39 42.4 45.4 47.8 50.7 53.3 56.3 59.3 61.4 63.8 with Doc. Deg., Junior Scientific Fellow 48.8 49.2 47.5 47.1 46.4 45 44.3 43.2 42.4 42.3
Category (in thousands) 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 Number of Scientists, Total 1373.3 1411.2 1431.7 1440 1463.8 1491.3 1500.5 — — — Doctor 37.7 38.7 39.7 41 42.7 44.3 45.7 — — — Master 396.2 409.7 423 435.4 449.9 463.5 472.8 — — — with Doc. Deg., Academician, Professor 27.4 28.1 28.7 29.4 30.3 31 31.8 — — — with Doc. Deg., Associate Professor 110.7 115.7 121.3 125.4 128.6 131.8 134.1 — — — with Doc. Deg., Senior Scientific Fellow 66 68.6 70.9 73.5 75.4 77.5 78.6 — — — with Doc. Deg., Junior Scientific Fellow 41.1 40.2 40.6 42 40.8 39.7 38.4 — — —