Skip to main content

Table 1 Minority population in China from 1953 to 2010

From: The distribution of Chinese minority populations and its change based on the study of the Hu Huanyong line

Year

Total population (10,000)

Minority population (10,000)

Proportion of Minority population (%)

Number of ethic minority groups

1953

58,260

3532

6.06

41

1964

69,458

3988

5.74

53

1982

100,818

6723

6.67

55

1990

113,368

9120

8.04

55

2000

126,583

10,643

8.41

55

2010

133,972

11,379

8.49

55