Demographics of Kazakhstan
History of ethnic composition

Demographics of Kazakhstan

Section Title: History of ethnic composition
Table Section Text: None

Ethnic group	census 18971	census 19262	census 19393	census 19594	census 19705	census 19796	census 19897	census 19998

Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%

Kazakhs	3,392,751	73.9	3,627,612	58.5	2,327,625	37.8	2,794,966	30.0	4,161,164	32.4	5,289,349	36.0	6,534,616	39.7	8,011,452	53.5

Russians	454,402	12.8	1,275,055	20.6	2,458,687	40.0	3,974,229	42.7	5,499,826	42.8	5,991,205	40.8	6,227,549	37.8	4,480,675	29.9

Uzbeks	29,564	1.3	129,407	2.1	120,655	2.0	136,570	1.5	207,514	1.6	263,295	1.8	332,017	2.0	370,765	2.5

Ukrainians	860,201	13.9	658,319	10.7	762,131	8.2	930,158	7.2	897,964	6.1	896,240	5.4	547,065	3.7

Uygurs	11,631	0.2	35,409	0.6	59,840	0.6	120,784	0.9	147,943	1.0	185,301	1.1	210,377	1.4

Tatars	55,984	1.1	79,758	1.3	108,127	1.8	191,802	2.1	281,849	2.2	312,626	2.1	327,982	2.0	249,052	1.7

Germans	51,094	0.8	92,571	1.5	659,800	7.1	839,649	6.5	900,207	6.1	957,518	5.8	353,462	2.4

Koreans	42	0.0	96,453	1.6	74,019	0.8	78,078	0.6	91,984	0.6	103,315	0.6	99,944	0.7

Turks	46	0.0	523	0.0	9,916	0.1	18,397	0.1	25,820	0.2	49,567	0.3	75,950	0.5

Azerbaijanis	20	0.0	12,996	0.2	38,362	0.4	56,166	0.4	73,345	0.5	90,083	0.5	78,325	0.5

Belarusians	25,584	0.4	31,614	0.5	107,463	1.2	197,592	1.5	181,491	1.2	182,601	1.1	111,924	0.7

Dungans	8,455	0.1	7,415	0.1	9,980	0.1	17,283	0.1	22,491	0.2	30,165	0.2	36,945	0.2

Kurds	2,387	0.0	6,109	0.1	12,299	0.1	17,692	0.1	25,425	0.2	32,764	0.2

Tajiks	7,599	0.1	11,229	0.2	8,075	0.1	7,166	0.1	19,293	0.1	25,514	0.2	25,673	0.2

Poles	3,742	0.1	54,809	0.9	53,102	0.6	61,355	0.5	61,136	0.4	59,956	0.4	47,302	0.3

Chechens	3	0.0	2,639	0.0	130,232	1.4	34,492	0.3	38,256	0.3	49,507	0.3	31,802	0.2

Kyrgyz	10,200	0.2	5,033	0.1	6,810	0.1	9,474	0.1	9,352	0.1	14,112	0.1	10,925	0.1

Others	108,016	1.7	124,611	2.0	286,441	3.1	315,347	2.5	340,834	2.3	372,996	2.3	206,879	1.4

Total	6,198,465	6,151,102	9,309,847	12,848,573	14,684,283	16,464,464	14,981,281

1 Excluding the Kara-Kalpak AO; source:. 2 Source:. 3 Source:. 4 Source:. 5 Source:. 6 Source:. 7 Source:

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Russians numbered 42.7%.

final_sentence: Russians numbered 42.7%.