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There are numerous ethnic groups in Central Asia (including all of the former Soviet Republics, West China and some parts of South Asia). Please see the list compiled by Wikipedia here, but the largest ethnic groups (over 500,000 persons) include:

  • Uzbek 23,000,000
  • Tajik 20,000,000
  • Uyghur 13,000,000
  • Pashtun 12,500,000
  • Kazakh 11,500,000
  • Dungan or Hui 9,000,000
  • Russians 7,000,000
  • Turkmen 6,500,000
  • Kyrgyz 4,100,000
  • Hazara 3,500,000
  • Aimak 1,500,000
  • Ukrainian 700,000
  • Tatar 700,000
  • Balochis 600,000
  • Karakalpaks 500,000
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Pashtun make up about 40% of the population, Tajik about 25% and Hazara about 10% with Uzbek and Turkmen each about 5%.

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from largest to smallest: Uzbek, Kazakh, Tajik, Turkmen and Kyrgyz

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