Editing Demographics of Kyrgyzstan (section)

==Ethnic groups==
According to the 2022 census,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kyrgyzstan census 2022 |url=https://www.stat.gov.kg/media/publicationarchive/09ae4f7e-4869-4f68-87a9-072c3e92607a.pdf}}</ref> the ethnic composition of the population was as follows: [[Kyrgyz people|Kyrgyz]] 77.6%, [[Uzbeks]] 14.2%, [[Russians]] 4.1%, [[Dungan people|Dungans]] 1.0%, [[Uyghur people|Uyghurs]] 0.5%, other 2.7%, including [[Tajiks]] 0.9%, [[Kazakhs]] 0.4% and [[Turks in Kyrgyzstan|Turks]] 0.3%. Most Russians, Ukrainians, Tatars, Germans, and Koreans lived in northeast, especially around the city of [[Karakol]]. Most of the [[Dungan people|Dungans]] and [[Uyghur people|Uyghurs]] are found along the Chinese border. Most of the [[Tājik people|Tajiks]] and [[Uzbeks]] live in and around Fergana valley. 
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File:Процент киргизов в Киргизии.png|Percentage of Kyrgyz in Kyrgyzstan by region
File:Процент русских в Киргизии.png|Percentage of Russians in Kyrgyzstan by region
File:Процент узбеков в Киргизии.png|Percentage of Uzbeks in Kyrgyzstan by region
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The emigration of non-Turkic people to [[Russia]], [[Ukraine]], and [[Germany]] is now negligible, in part because most of them left prior to 1999.{{Citation needed|date=December 2008}} For example, the number of Germans has fallen by over 90% between the 1989 and 2009 censuses.

The table shows the ethnic composition of Kyrgyzstan's population according to all population censuses between 1926 and 2022. Due to emigration (and low fertility rates), there has been a sharp decline in the European ethnic groups (Russians, Ukrainians, Germans) and also Tatars since independence (as captured in the 1989, 1999, 2009 and 2022 censuses).

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! rowspan=2|Census year !! colspan=2|1926<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus_nac_26.php |script-title=ru:Всесоюзная перепись населения 1926 года. Национальный состав населения по регионам РСФСР |trans-title=All-Union census in 1926. National composition of the population by regions of the RSFSR |language=ru |journal=Demoskop Weekly |issue=673–674 |access-date=22 February 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160321203605/http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus_nac_26.php |archive-date=21 March 2016 }}</ref> !! colspan=2|1939<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_39.php|script-title=ru:Всесоюзная перепись населения 1939 года. Национальный состав населения по республикам СССР|trans-title=All-Union census 1939. National composition of the population by republics of the USSR|language=ru|journal=Demoskop Weekly|issue=673–674|access-date=22 February 2016}}</ref> !! colspan=2|1959<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_59.php |script-title=ru:Всесоюзная перепись населения 1959 года. Национальный состав населения по республикам СССР |trans-title=All-Union census 1959. National composition of the population by republics of the USSR |language=ru |journal=Demoskop Weekly |issue=673–674 |access-date=22 February 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100316172652/http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_59.php |archive-date=16 March 2010 }}</ref> !! colspan=2|1970<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_70.php |script-title=ru:Всесоюзная перепись населения 1970 года. Национальный состав населения по республикам СССР |trans-title=All-Union census 1970. National composition of the population by republics of the USSR |language=ru |journal=Demoskop Weekly |issue=673–674 |access-date=22 February 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091203151519/http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_70.php |archive-date=3 December 2009 }}</ref> !! colspan=2|1979<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_79.php |script-title=ru:Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 года. Национальный состав населения по республикам СССР |trans-title=All-Union census 1979. National composition of the population by republics of the USSR |language=ru |journal=Demoskop Weekly |issue=673–674 |access-date=22 February 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100324145212/http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_79.php |archive-date=24 March 2010 }}</ref> !! colspan=2|1989<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_89.php |script-title=ru:Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года. Национальный состав населения по республикам СССР |trans-title=All-Union census 1989. National composition of the population by republics of the USSR |language=ru |journal=Demoskop Weekly |issue=673–674 |access-date=22 February 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100316172713/http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_89.php |archive-date=16 March 2010 }}</ref> !! colspan=2|1999<ref name=ethnic/> !! colspan=2|2009<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stat.kg/stat.files/tematika/демограф/Кыргызстан%20в%20цифрах/демо6.pdf|script-title=ru:2009 - Национальный состав населения (на начало года)|trans-title=2009 - Ethnic composition the population (at the beginning of the year)|language=ru|work=Bureau of Statistics of Kyrgyzstan|date=2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920053210/http://www.stat.kg/stat.files/tematika/%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%84/%D0%9A%D1%8B%D1%80%D0%B3%D1%8B%D0%B7%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%20%D0%B2%20%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%84%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%85/%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BE6.pdf|archive-date=20 September 2011}}</ref> !! colspan=2|2022<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kyrgyzstan BRIEF STATISTICAL HANDBOOK 2022 |url=https://www.stat.gov.kg/media/publicationarchive/d67c308c-6121-4cb0-b70e-c93dfc199ff6.pdf}}</ref>
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! # !! % !! # !! % !! # !! % !! # !! % !! # !! % !! # !! % !! # !! % !! # !! % !! # !! %
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! [[Kyrgyz people|Kyrgyz]]
| 661,171 || 66.60 || 754,323 || 51.70 || 836,831 || 40.50 || 1,284,773 || 43.80 || 1,687,382 || 47.90 || 2,229,663 || 52.40 || 3,128,147 || 64.90 || 3,804,788 || 71.00 || 5,379,020 || 77.60
|-
! [[Uzbeks]]
| 110,463 || 11.10 || 151,551 || 10.40 || 218,640 || 10.60 || 332,638 || 11.30 || 426,194 || 12.10 || 550,096 || 12.90 || 664,950 || 13.80 || 768,405 || 14.30 || 986,881 || 14.20
|-
! [[Russians]]
| 116,436 || 11.70 || 302,916 || 20.80 || 623,562 || 30.20 || 855,935 || 29.20 || 911,703 || 25.90 || 916,558 || 21.50 || 603,201 || 12.50 || 419,583 || 7.80 || 282,652 || 4.10
|-
! [[Dungans]]
| 6,004 || 0.60 || 5,921 || 0.40 || 11,088 || 0.50 || 19,837 || 0.70 || 26,661 || 0.80 || 36,928 || 0.90 || 51,766 || 1.10 || 58,409 || 1.10 || 66,525 || 1.00
|-
! [[Tajiks]]
| 2,667 || 0.30 || 10,670 || 0.70 || 15,221 || 0.70 || 21,927 || 0.70 || 23,209 || 0.70 || 33,518 || 0.80 || 42,636 || 0.90 || 46,105 || 0.90 || 59,895 || 0.90
|-
! [[Uyghurs]]
| 7,540 || 0.80 || 9,412 || 0.60 || 13,757 || 0.70 || 24,872 || 0.80 || 29,817 || 0.80 || 36,779 || 0.90 || 46,944 || 1.00 || 48,543 || 0.90 || 31,559 || 0.50
|-
! [[Kazakhs]]
| 1,766 || 0.20 || 23,925 || 1.60 || 20,067 || 1.00 || 21,998 || 0.80 || 27,442 || 0.80 || 37,318 || 0.90 || 42,657 || 0.90 || 33,198 || 0.60 || 28,244 || 0.40
|-
! [[Turks in Kyrgyzstan|Turks]]
| 44 || 0.00 || 33 || 0.00 || 542 || 0.00 || 3,076 || 0.10 || 5,160 || 0.10 || 21,294 || 0.50 || 33,327 || 0.70 || 39,133 || 0.70 || 22,074 || 0.30
|-
! [[Azeris]]
| 3,631 || 0.40 || 7,724 || 0.50 || 10,428 || 0.50 || 12,536 || 0.40 || 17,207 || 0.50 || 15,775 || 0.40 || 14,014 || 0.30 || 17,267 || 0.30 || 17,359 || 0.30
|-
! [[Tatars]]
| 4,902 || 0.50 || 20,017 || 1.40 || 56,209 || 2.70 || 68,827 || 2.30 || 71,744 || 2.00 || 70,068 || 1.60 || 45,438 || 0.90 || 31,424 || 0.60 || 11,219 || 0.20
|-
! [[Kurds]]
| {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} || 1,490 || 0.10 || 4,783 || 0.20 || 7,974 || 0.30 || 9,544 || 0.30 || 14,262 || 0.30 || 11,620 || 0.20 || 13,171 || 0.30 || 10,733 || 0.20
|-
! [[Koreans]]
| 9 || 0.00 || 508 || 0.00 || 3,622 || 0.20 || 9,404 || 0.30 || 14,481 || 0.40 || 18,355 || 0.40 || 19,784 || 0.40 || 17,299 || 0.30 || 5,900 || 0.10
|-
! [[Ukrainians]]
| 64,128 || 6.50 || 137,299 || 9.40 || 137,031 || 6.60 || 120,081 || 4.10 || 109,324 || 3.10 || 108,027 || 2.50 || 50,442 || 1.00 || 21,924 || 0.40 || 3,875 || 0.10
|-
! [[Germans]]
| 4,291 || 0.40 || 11,741 || 0.80 || 39,915 || 1.90 || 89,834 || 3.10 || 101,057 || 2.90 || 101,309 || 2.40 || 21,471 || 0.40 || 9,487 || 0.20 || 2,831 || 0.00
|-
! [[Chechens]]
| 1 || 0.00 || 7 || 0.00 || 25,208 || 1.20 || 3,391 || 0.10 || 2,654 || 0.10 || 2,873 || 0.10 || 2,612 || 0.10 || 1,875 || 0.00 || 1,105 || 0.00
|-
! [[Belarusians]]
| 333 || 0.00 || 1,520 || 0.10 || 4,613 || 0.20 || 6,868 || 0.20 || 7,676 || 0.20 || 9,187 || 0.20 || 3,208 || 0.10 || 1,394 || 0.00 || 391 || 0.00
|-
! [[Jews]]
| 318 || 0.00 || 1,895 || 0.10 || 8,607 || 0.40 || 7,677 || 0.30 || 6,836 || 0.20 || 6,005 || 0.10 || 1,571 || 0.00 || 604 || 0.00 || 125 || 0.00
|-
! Others
| 9,300 || 0.90 || 17,261 || 1.20 || 35,713 || 1.70 || 41,157 || 1.40 || 44,741 || 1.30 || 49,740 || 1.20 || 50,770 || 1.10 || 43,300 || 0.80 || 25,643 || 0.40
|-
! Total || 993,004 || 100 || 1,458,213 || 100 || 2,065,837 || 100 || 2,932,805 || 100 || 3,522,832 || 100 || 4,257,755 || 100 || 4,822,938 || 100 || 5,362,793 || 100 || 6,936,156 || 100
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