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Siberia is a sparsely populated region, but historically it has been home to a variety of different linguistic groups. According to some estimates, by the beginning of the 17th century, indigenous peoples numbered 160,000, and according to the 1897 census, their number increased to 822,000.[1] The 2021 census recorded 1,620,000 indigenous Siberians.[2]
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| Indigenous peoples of Siberia | ||
|---|---|---|
| Ethnic group | Population (2021) | Population (2010) |
| Siberian Turkic |  945,930
|
924,136 |
| Yakuts | 478,409 | 478,085 |
| Tuvans | 295,384 | 263,934 |
| Altai | 78,125 | 74,238 |
| Khakas | 61,365 | 72,959 |
| Shors | 10,507 | 12,888 |
| Dolgans | 8,157 | 7,885 |
| Siberian Tatars* | 6,297 | 6,779 |
| Soyot | 4,368 | 3,608 |
| Teleuts | 2,217 | 2,643 |
| Tofalar | 719 | 762 |
| Chulyms | 382 | 355 |
| Mongolic |  460,053
|
461,389 |
| Buryats | 460,053 | 461,389 |
| Uralic | 97,687
|
92,590 |
| Samoyedic | 53,992 | 49,378 |
| Nenets | 49,646 | 44,640 |
| Selkup | 3,458 | 3,649 |
| Nganasan | 687 | 862 |
| Enets | 201 | 227 |
| Ugric | 43,695 | 43,212 |
| Khanty | 31,467 | 30,943 |
| Mansi | 12,228 | 12,269 |
| Tungusic | 75,835
|
77,894 |
| Evenks | 39,226 | 38,396 |
| Evens | 19,913 | 21,830 |
| Nanai | 11,623 | 12,003 |
| Ulchs | 2,472 | 2,765 |
| Udege | 1,325 | 1,496 |
| Orochs | 527 | 596 |
| Negidals | 481 | 513 |
| Oroks | 268 | 295 |
| Paleosiberian | 35,483
|
37,461 |
| Chukotko-Kamchatkan | 27,851 | 28,985 |
| Chukchi | 16,200 | 15,908 |
| Koryaks | 7,485 | 7,953 |
| Itelmens | 2,596 | 3,193 |
| Kamchadals | 1,547 | 1,927 |
| Kereks | 23 | 4 |
| Nivkh (Nivkh) | 3,842 | 4,652 |
| Yukaghir | 2,702 | 2,605 |
| Yukaghir | 1,802 | 1,603 |
| Chuvans | 900 | 1,002 |
| Yeniseian (Kets) | 1,088 | 1,219 |
| Eskaleut | 2,054
|
2,220 |
| Siberian Yupik | 1,657 | 1,738 |
| Aleuts | 397 | 482 |
| Sino-Tibetan | 235
|
274 |
| Taz | 235 | 274 |
| Total | 1,619,685
|
1,595,964 |
- Some estimates put the population of Siberian Tatars at 200,000.[3][4]
- ^ Долгих, Борис Осипович (1960). Родовой и племенной состав народов Сибири в XVII веке (in Russian). Мoscow: Издательство Академии наук СССР. p. 615.
- ^ "Национальный состав населения". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
- ^ Сибирские татары // Российский этнографический музей.
- ^ "Siberian Tatars". Archived from the original on 2002-02-27.