|1953||3,640,125<ref>[http://kcm.co.kr/bethany_eng/a_code/china5.html Today's Muslim Population in China]</ref>
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|1964||83,986996,311
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|1982||175,991986,869<ref>Taklamakan Uyghur Publishing home page : [http://www.uyghurweb.net/En/t_uyghur.html The Uyghurs’ Homeland]</ref>
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|1990||217,214,431<ref>[http://worldinterpreting.com/China_Languages.aspx Extensive list of all the languages of China. Chinese languages.]</ref><ref name="Ethnic Minority Elites in China’s Party-State Leadership: An Empirical Assessment">[http://media.hoover.org/sites/default/files/documents/CLM25CL.pdf Ethnic Minority Elites in China’s Party-State Leadership: An Empirical Assessment]</ref>
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|2000||288,478399,393<ref>China.org.cn : [http://www.china.org.cn/e-groups/shaoshu/shao-uygur.htm The Uygur ethnic minority]</ref><ref name="Ethnic Minority Elites in China’s Party-State Leadership: An Empirical Assessment"></ref>
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/2010||36,811,578<ref>China.org.cn : [http://www.china.org.cn/e-groups/shaoshu/shao-uygur.htm The Uygur ethnic minority]</ref><ref name="Ethnic Minority Elites in China’s Party-State Leadership: An Empirical Assessment"></ref>
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/2016||44,681,217<ref>China.org.cn : [http://www.china.org.cn/e-groups/shaoshu/shao-uygur.htm The Uygur ethnic minority]
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