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Each of the Central Asian states has a relatively small population. Only when combined is the population of Central Asian states comparable to that of their neighbours. At the same time these countries were the region of highest population growth in the former USSR: in thirty years the population growth was 260 per cent in Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, 240 per cent in Turkmenistan, 210 per cent in Kyrgyzstan, 170 per cent in Kazakhstan. In comparison, growth in the same period in Russia was only 120 per cent. This growth was mainly among the autochtonous (indigenous) population.
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Sitniansky, G., ‘Kyrgyzia: Independence Gained, What Next?’, in Asia and Africa Today, No. 6, 1995, p. 9.
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Some experts find this an understatement. For example, the figure for Kyrgyzstan is suggested as 62.5%. See Sitniansky, G., ‘Kyrgyzia: Independence Gained, What Next?’, in Asia and Africa Today, No. 6, 1995, p. 9.
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Kortunov, A., Lounev, S. (1998). Russia and Russians in Central Asia. In: Zhang, Y., Azizian, R. (eds) Ethnic Challenges beyond Borders. St Antony’s Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-26226-7_6
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