According to the 2000 census, Bayingolin has 1,056,970 inhabitants (population density: 2.28 per km²).
As of 2015, 826,063 of the 1,393,812 residents of the county were Han Chinese, 440,283 were Uyghur, 64,979 were Hui and 50,091 were Mongol.[3]
Ethnic groups in Bayingolin
When Bayingolin was established in 1954, Mongols comprised 35% of the prefecture's population.[4] Due to development needs and migration, the Han population increased from 1,682 in the region of Bayingolin in 1947 to over 660,000 in 2004.[5][6]
^ ab巴音郭楞蒙古自治州历史沿革 [Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture Historical Development] (in Simplified Chinese). XZQH.org. 30 January 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2019. 2003年,巴州总面积472472.1平方千米,{...}2010年第六次人口普查,常住总人口1278486人,
^3-7 各地、州、市、县(市)分民族人口数 (in Chinese (China)). Xinjiang Bureau of Statistics. 15 March 2017. Archived from the original on 11 October 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
^Atwood, Christopher (2004). Encyclopedia of Mongolia and the Mongol Empire. Facts on File. p. 39.
^Gardner Bovingdon (2010). "Chapter 2 - Heteronomy and Its Discontents". The Uyghurs - strangers in their own land. Columbia University Press. ISBN978-0-231-14758-3.
^Bovingdon, Gardner (2010). "Note 9 (Chapter 2)". The Uyghurs - strangers in their own land. Columbia University Press. ISBN978-0-231-14758-3.