The Uygur population in Xinjiang was 10.17 million in 2000, and 12.71 million in 2018. The population of the Han ethnic group in Xinjiang was 8.83 million in 2000, and 9 million in 2018. And the total population of all ethnic minorities in Xinjiang rose by 2.87 million to 15.86 million in the eight years from 2010 to 2018, an increase of 22.14 percent.