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China census: migration drives Han population growth in Xinjiang
- The region’s Uygur community grew 16 per cent in the decade to 2020 compared with 25 per cent for Han
- Regional government says data prompted it to revise down Uygur population figures
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The Han population in China’s western region of Xinjiang grew faster than the ethnic minority Uygur population over the last decade, according to the results of the 2020 national census.
Compared with the previous census in 2010, the Han population in the autonomous region grew by 25 per cent, while the Uygur population grew by 16 per cent.
Most of the Han population growth came from migration from other parts of the country, the Xinjiang government said in a summary of the results released on Monday.
Xinjiang’s population increased to 25.85 million in 2020, of which 11.62 million were members of the Uygur ethnic minority and 10.92 million were Han. The government did not specify the ethnicity of the remainder of the population.
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The regional government said the census results prompted it to revise down the Uygur population data by between 170,000 and 482,000 people annually for 2011-2019.
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