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Ethnic Composition in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan

Table 1

Ethnic Trends in Kazakhstan* (in thousands)

Ethnic group

1926

1959

1970

1989

1994

Kazakhs

Russians

Ukrainians

Uzbeks

Tatars

Germans

Others

Total

3.713.3

(57.1 %)

1.279.9

(19.6%)

860.8

(13.2%)

213.4

(3.2%)

80.6

(1.2%)

51.1

(0.7%)

(5%)

6.500.8

(100%)

2.787.3

(30%)

3.972.0

(42.7%)

761.4

(8.2%)

135.9

(1.4%)

191.6

(2.1%)

660.0

(7.1%)

(8.5%)

9.294.7

(100%)

4.234.1

(32.6%)

5.521.9

(42.5%)

933.4

(7.2%)

216.3

(1.7%)

285.6

(2.2%)

858.0

(6.6%)

(7.2%)

13.008.7

(100%)

6.534.6

(39.7%)

6.227.5

(37.8%)

896.2

(5.5%)

332.0

(2.0%)

327.9

(1.9%)

957.5

(5.8%)

(7.3%)

16.464.4

(100%)

7.636.2

(44.3%)

5.769.7

(35.8%)

820.8

(5.1%)

378.8

(2.2%)

319.5

(2.0)

507.1

(3.6%)

(7.0%)

16.870.3

(100%)

* - Source: Razvitiye mezhnatsional’nykh otnoshenii v novykh nezavisimykh gosudarstvakh Tsentralnoi Azii. Ed. by A. Elebaeva. (Bishkek: Ilim, 1995). Pp. 316-322.

Table 2

Ethnic Trends in Kyrgyzstan* (in thousands)

Ethnic group

1926

1959

1970

1989

1994

Kyrgyzs

Russians

Ukrainians

Uzbeks

Kazakhs

Tatars

Germans

Others

Total

661.1

(66.7%)

116.4

(11.7%)

64.1

(6.4%)

109.7

(11.1%)

1.7

(0.2%)

4.9

(0.5%)

4.2

(0.4%)

(3.0%)

989.9

(100%)

836.8

(40.5%)

623.5

(30.1%)

137.0

(6.6%)

218.8

(10.5%)

20.0

(0.9%)

56.2

(2.7%)

39.9

(1.9%)

(6.8%)

2.066.1

(100%)

1.284.7

(43.8%)

855.9

(29.2%)

120.0

(4.1%)

332.9

(11.3%)

21.9

(0.7%)

68.8

(2.3%)

89.8

(3.0%)

(5.6%)

2.933.2

(100%)

2.229.6

(52.3%)

916.5

(21.5%)

108.0

(2.5%)

550.0

(12.9%)

37.3

(0.9%)

70.0

(1.6%)

101.3

(2.3%)

(6.0%)

4.257.7

(100%)

2.595.6

(58.6%)

756.2

(17.1%)

81.2

(1.8%)

613.5

(13.8%)

41.2

(0.9%)

58.2

(1.3%)

33.7

(0.8%)

(5.7%)

4.429.9

(100%)

* - - Source: Razvitiye mezhnatsional’nykh otnoshenii v novykh nezavisimykh gosudarstvakh Tsentralnoi Azii. Ed. by A. Elebaeva. (Bishkek: Ilim, 1995). Pp. 316-322.

Table 3

Ethnic Trends in Uzbekistan* (in thousands)

Ethnic group

1926

1959

1970

1989

1992 **

Uzbeks

Karakalpaks

Russians

Ukrainians

Kyrgyzs

Kazakhs

Tajiks

Tatars

Germans

Crimean Tatars

Others

Total

3.475.3

(65.9%)

26.5

(0.5%)

246.5

(4.6%)

25.8

(0.4%)

90.7

(1.7%)

--

967.7

(18.3%)

28.4

(0.5%)

4.6

(0.1%)

--

(8%)

5.267.6

(100%)

5.038.0

(62.1%)

168.2

(2.1%)

1.092.4

(13.5%)

88.3

(1.1%)

92.6

(1.1%)

342.6

(4.2%)

311.6

(3.8%)

389.2

(4.9%)

--

46.7

(0.6%)

(11.4%)

8.118.8

(100%)

7.724.3

(65.4%)

230.2

(1.9%)

1.473.4

(12.5%)

111.6

(0.9%)

110.7

(0.9%)

476.3

(4.0%)

448.5

(3.8%)

438.4

(3.7%)

33.9

(0.3%)

135.2

(1.1%)

(16.5%)

11.799.0

(100%)

14.142.4

(71.4%)

411.8

(2.1%)

1.653.4

(8.3%)

153.1

(0.8%)

174.9

(0.9%)

808.2

(4.1%)

933.5

(4.7%)

467.8

(2.4%)

39.8

(0.2%)

188.7

(0.9%)

(4.2%)

19.810.0

(100%)

15.355

n/a

1.730

n/a

n/a

n/a

1081

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

21.627.0

(100%)

* - - Source: Razvitiye mezhnatsional’nykh otnoshenii v novykh nezavisimykh gosudarstvakh Tsentralnoi Azii. Ed. by A. Elebaeva. (Bishkek: Ilim, 1995). Pp. 316-322.

** -- Figures of 1994 were not available.

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