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Historical demographics
[edit]The following table shows the statistics of Muslim population in Arakan. Note that except for 2014 census, the data is for all Muslims in Rakhine. The data for Burmese 1802 census is taken from a book by J. S. Furnivall. The British censuses classified immigrants from Chittagong as Bengalis. There were a small number of immigrants from other parts of India. The 1941 census was lost during the war. The 1983 census conducted under the Ne Win's government omitted people in volatile regions. It is unclear how many were missed. British era censuses can be found at Digital Library of India.
| Year | Muslims
in Arakan |
Muslims in
Akyub District |
Akyub's
population |
Percentage
of Muslims in Akyub |
Indians in Arakan
(Including most Muslims) |
Indians born
outside Burma |
Arakan's total
population |
Percentage of Muslims
in Arakan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1802 census
(Burmese) |
Lost? | 248,604 | ~1-2% (estimate) | |||||
| 1869 | 24,637 | 10% | 447,957 | 5% | ||||
| 1872 census | 64,315 | 58,255 | 276,671 | 21% | 484,963 | 13% | ||
| 1881 census | 359,706 | 113,557 | 71,104 | 588,690 | ||||
| 1891 census | 416,305 | 137,922 | 62,844 | 673,274 | ||||
| 1901 census | 162,754 | 154,887 | 481,666 | 32% | 173,884 | 76,445 | 762,102 | 21% |
| 1911 census | 178,647 | 529,943 | 30% | 197,990 | 46,591 | 839,896 | ||
| 1921 census | 576,430 | 206,990 | 51,825 | 909,246 | ||||
| 1931 census | 255,469 | 242,381 | 637,580 | 38% | 217,801 | 50,565 | 1,008,535 | 25.3% |
| 1983 census | 584,518 | 2,045,559 | 29% | |||||
| 2014 census
estimate |
1,300,000
(+1 million overseas) |
3,188,963 | 41% (~60% if overseas
population is included.) |