Population
According to the 1897 census, the earliest census taken in the region, Kazakhs constituted 81.7% of the total population (3,392,751 people) within the territory of contemporary Kazakhstan. The Russian population in Kazakhstan was 454,402, or 10.95% of total population; there were 79,573 Ukrainians (1.91%); 55,984 Tatars (1.34%); 55,815 Uyghurs (1.34%); 29,564 Uzbeks (0.7%); 11,911 Mordovans (0.28%); 4,888 Dungan (0.11%); 2,883 Turkmen; 2,613 Germans; 2,528 Bashkir; 1,651 Jews; and 1,254 Poles.
Table: Ethnic Composition of Kazakhstan (census data)
| Nationality | 1959% | 1970% | 1979% | 1989% | 1999% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kazakh | 30.0 | 32.6 | 36.0 | 40.1 | 53.4 |
| Russian | 42.7 | 42.4 | 40.8 | 37.4 | 29.9 |
| Ukrainian | 8.2 | 7.2 | 6.1 | 5.4 | 3.7 |
| Belarusian | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.8 |
| German | 7.1 | 6.6 | 6.1 | 5.8 | 2.4 |
| Tatar | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 1.7 |
| Uzbek | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.5 |
| Uyghur | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.4 |
| Korean | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
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