The population of ethnic minorities in China was only 34.013 million according to the first national census of 1953,but it had reached 108.46 million in 1995.

• 1953年，全国第一次人口普查时，少数民族人口只有3401.；3万，而据1995年1%25抽样调查统计，全国少数民族人口已达到1