Editing Ningxia (section)

== Demographics ==
{{Historical populations
|title       = Historical population
|footnote    = Ningxia Province/AR was part of Gansu 1914–1929 and 1954–1958<br />In 1947 parts of Ningxia Province/AR were incorporated into Inner Mongolia AR.
|1912<ref>{{Cite web |script-title=ja:1912年中国人口 |url=http://www.ier.hit-u.ac.jp/COE/Japanese/discussionpapers/DP97.9/fhyo2.html |access-date=6 March 2014}}</ref> |303,000
|1928<ref>{{Cite web |script-title=ja:1928年中国人口 |url=http://www.ier.hit-u.ac.jp/COE/Japanese/discussionpapers/DP97.9/fhyo3.htm |access-date=6 March 2014}}</ref> |1,450,000
|1936–37<ref>{{Cite web |script-title=ja:1936–37年中国人口 |url=http://www.ier.hit-u.ac.jp/COE/Japanese/discussionpapers/DP97.9/fhyo4.htm |access-date=6 March 2014}}</ref> |978,000
|1947<ref>{{Cite web |script-title=ja:1947年全国人口 |url=http://www.ier.hit-u.ac.jp/COE/Japanese/discussionpapers/DP97.9/fhyo5.htm |access-date=6 March 2014}}</ref> |759,000
|1982<ref name="census1982">{{Cite web |script-title=zh:中华人民共和国国家统计局关于一九八二年人口普查主要数字的公报 |url=http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjgb/rkpcgb/qgrkpcgb/t20020404_16769.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510075429/http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjgb/rkpcgb/qgrkpcgb/t20020404_16769.htm |archive-date=10 May 2012 |publisher=[[National Bureau of Statistics of China]]}}</ref> |3,895,578
|1990<ref name="census1990">{{Cite web |script-title=zh:中华人民共和国国家统计局关于一九九〇年人口普查主要数据的公报 |url=http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjgb/rkpcgb/qgrkpcgb/t20020404_16772.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120619002216/http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjgb/rkpcgb/qgrkpcgb/t20020404_16772.htm |archive-date=19 June 2012 |publisher=[[National Bureau of Statistics of China]]}}</ref> |4,655,451
|2000<ref name="census2000">{{Cite web |script-title=zh:现将2000年第五次全国人口普查快速汇总的人口地区分布数据公布如下 |url=http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjgb/rkpcgb/qgrkpcgb/t20020331_15435.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829052024/http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjgb/rkpcgb/qgrkpcgb/t20020331_15435.htm |archive-date=29 August 2012 |publisher=[[National Bureau of Statistics of China]]}}</ref> |5,486,393
|2010<ref name="census2010">{{Cite web |title=Communiqué of the National Bureau of Statistics of People's Republic of China on Major Figures of the 2010 Population Census |url=http://www.stats.gov.cn/english/newsandcomingevents/t20110429_402722516.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130727021210/http://www.stats.gov.cn/english/newsandcomingevents/t20110429_402722516.htm |archive-date=27 July 2013 |publisher=[[National Bureau of Statistics of China]]}}</ref>
|6,301,350
|2020<ref>{{Cite news |date=11 May 2021 |title=Key Takeaways from China's 2020 Population Census |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/china-society-census-takeaways-idUSL4N2MY2I6}}</ref>
|7,202,654
}}

=== Religion ===
{{Pie chart
|caption = Religion in Ningxia (around 2010)
|label1  = Others ([[Chinese folk religion|Chinese religions]], [[Buddhism]], or [[irreligion|not religious]])
|value1  = 64.83
|color1  = Honeydew
|label3  = Christianity<ref name="Wang2015" />
|value3  = 1.17
|color3  = DodgerBlue
|label2  = [[Islam]]<ref name="2010-Islam" />
|value2  = 34
|color2  = Green
}}

[[Islam]] is the single biggest religious tradition in Ningxia, adhered to by 34% of the population according to a 2010 survey.<ref name="2010-Islam">Min Junqing. ''The Present Situation and Characteristics of Contemporary Islam in China''. JISMOR, 8. [https://doors.doshisha.ac.jp/duar/repository/ir/18185/r002000080004.pdf 2010 Islam by province, page 29]. Data from: Yang Zongde, ''Study on Current Muslim Population in China'', Jinan Muslim, 2, 2010.</ref> Many of the [[Han Chinese]] practise [[Chinese folk religion]]s, [[Taoism]], [[Confucianism]] and [[Chinese Buddhism]]. [[Christianity]] was the religion of 1.17% of the province's population according to the Chinese General Social Survey of 2004.<ref name="Wang2015">China General Social Survey 2004. Report by: {{Cite thesis |last=Wang |first=Xiuhua |title=Explaining Christianity in China: Why a Foreign Religion has Taken Root in Unfertile Ground |date=2015 |degree=Master's |publisher=Baylor University |url=https://baylor-ir.tdl.org/baylor-ir/bitstream/handle/2104/9326/WANG-THESIS-2015.pdf?sequence=1 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925123928/https://baylor-ir.tdl.org/baylor-ir/bitstream/handle/2104/9326/WANG-THESIS-2015.pdf?sequence=1 |archive-date=25 September 2015 |page=15}}</ref>

In 2008, there were 3,760 mosques in Ningxia, which is about one per 1730 residents.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-05-09 |title=Níngxià měi 577 míng mùsīlín yǒngyǒu yīzuò qīngzhēnsì-sōuhú xīnwén |script-title=zh:宁夏每577名穆斯林拥有一座清真寺-搜狐新闻 |url=http://news.sohu.com/20080509/n256759631.shtml |access-date=2021-01-11 |website=news.sohu.com |language=zh}}</ref>
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