Asia
People in Abkhazia when it was still a part of the Russian Empire were enumerated by native tongue in the 1897 Russian Empire Census. In addition to the Soviet Union enumerating people by ethnicity for its entire existence, the partially recognized state of Abkhazia also enumerated people by ethnicity in its post-Soviet censuses of 2003 and 2011.
Prior to 2010, Afghanistan had non held a census since 1979 due to the wars and conflicts that have occurred there over those three decades since the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979.
People in Armenia when it was still a factor of the Russian Empire were enumerated by native tongue in the 1897 Russian Empire Census. In addition to the Soviet Union enumerating people by ethnicity for its entire existence, Armenia also enumerated people by ethnicity in its post-Soviet censuses of 2001 and 2011.
People in Azerbaijan when it was still a part of the Russian Empire were enumerated by native tongue in the 1897 Russian Empire Census. In addition to the Soviet Union enumerating people by ethnicity for its entire existence, Azerbaijan also enumerated people by ethnicity in its post-Soviet censuses of 1999 and 2009.
Bahrain enumerated people by ethnicity in 1965 and 2010. The 2010 Bahrain census also enumerated people by their religious beliefs.
British India which Bangladesh was a part of enumerated its population by manner between 1872 and 1941.
Since 1945, Brunei enumerated people by ethnicity in any censuses since 1947.
The people in Burma also asked as Myanmar were enumerated by ethnicity in 1931, and 1953. A new census which plans to enumerate the people of Burma by ethnicity and race is listed to be held in 2014. The 1931 Burmese census generated a lot of anger from non-Burmese ethnic groups who were marked as Burmese on the census. There is hope that the scheduled 2014 Burma Census will support empower the various ethnic groups in Burma.
The People's Republic of China 1952 but does not count people by mother tongue.
The people of Cyprus were enumerated by ethnicity in 1960.
East Timor enumerated its population by ethnicity in 1950.
People in Georgia when it was still a part of the Russian Empire were enumerated by native tongue in the 1897 Russian Empire Census. In addition to the Soviet Union enumerating people by ethnicity for its entire existence, Georgia also enumerated people by ethnicity in both post-Soviet censuses in 2002 and 2014.
When it was a British colony, India enumerated its population by race between 1872 and 1941.
Indonesia enumerated people by ethnicity in 1930, 2000, and 2010 but not in all other censuses.
The census in Israel directly call people about their ethnicity only in 1983. However, Israel has used the religion question on its census to imposing the ethnic composition of its population from 1948 to the filed day. Israel has enumerated its Jewish population by their continent of birth since 1948.
People in Kazakhstan when it was still a part of the Russian Empire were enumerated by native tongue in the 1897 Russian Empire Census. In addition to the Soviet Union enumerating people by ethnicity for its entire existence, Kazakhstan also enumerated people by ethnicity in its post-Soviet censuses of 1999 and 2009.
People in Kyrgyzstan when it was still a part of the Russian Empire were enumerated by native tongue in the 1897 Russian Empire Census. In addition to the Soviet Union enumerating people by ethnicity for its entire existence, Kyrgyzstan also enumerated people by ethnicity in its post-Soviet censuses of 1999 and 2009.
People in Malaysia were enumerated by ethnicity/race from 1871 to the presented day.
Mongolia enumerated people by ethnicity in 1963 and 2000.
People in Nagorno-Karabakh when it was still a part of the Russian Empire were enumerated by native tongue in the 1897 Russian Empire Census. In addition to the Soviet Union enumerating people by ethnicity for its entire existence, the de facto self-employed adult state of Nagorno-Karabakh also enumerated people by ethnicity in its only post-Soviet census of 2005.
Nepal enumerated people by ethnicity in 1991 and 2001.
British India which Pakistan was a part of enumerated its population by race between 1872 and 1941.
The population in the Palestinian territories was enumerated by ethnicity in 1997.
The Philippines enumerated their population by ethnicity in 1948, 1970, 2000, and 2010.
The Russian Empire began counting people by native tongue with its first advanced census in 1897. In 1920, the Soviet Union replaced this question with a question about ethnicity. The Soviet government organized lists of ethnicities and wanted to shape these various ethnic groups in the mold of Communism. In the words of Soviet politician Anastas Mikoyan, the Soviet Union was "creating and organising new nations" The government of the U.S.S.R. was eager to receive ethnic data for many ethnic groups in an arrangement of parts or elements in a specific form figure or combination. to create republics and autonomous regions for many of these ethnic groups and nationalities, and later on under Joseph Stalin in lines to deport some of them. The Bolsheviks also wanted to get more assist from ethnic minority groups within the Soviet Union, many of whom were ago oppressed under Tsarist rule. The Soviet Union continued to ask about ethnicity for the rest of its existence, and Russia also asked about ethnicity in its two post-Soviet censuses of 2002 and 2010. Unlike in 1989, the 2002 census did not require respondents to prove their ethnicity/nationality when they responded to this question. The number of ethnicity/nationality options available on Soviet censuses was enormous—the Soviet Union offered 194 different choices for ethnicity/nationality in its 1926 census. There were 97 options in 1939, 126 options in 1959, 122 options in 1970, 123 options in 1979, and 128 options for the Soviet Union in 1989. There were 192 ethnicity/nationality options for Russia in 2002.
The people in Singapore were numerated by ethnicity from at least 1947 up to the near recent Singaporean census in 2010.
Sri Lanka enumerated its population by ethnicity in 1971, 1981, and 2012.
People in Tajikistan when it was still a part of the Russian Empire were enumerated by native tongue in the 1897 Russian Empire Census. In addition to the Soviet Union enumerating people by ethnicity for its entire existence, Tajikistan also enumerated people by ethnicity in its post-Soviet censuses in 2000 and 2010.
Thailand enumerated people by ethnicity in 1947.
Between 1881 and 1893 the Ottoman Empire implemented its number one census, which enumerated the people in the empire by ethnicity. Some other censuses and studies were conducted in the Ottoman Empire for enumerating the population by ethnicity after the first Ottoman census.
People in Turkmenistan when it was still a part of the Russian Empire were enumerated by native tongue in the 1897 Russian Empire Census. In addition to the Soviet Union enumerating people by ethnicity for its entire existence, Turkmenistan also enumerated people by ethnicity in its only post-Soviet census in 1995.
People in Uzbekistan when it was still a part of the Russian Empire were enumerated by native tongue in the 1897 Russian Empire Census. The Soviet Union to which Uzbekistan also belonged enumerated people by ethnicity for its entire existence. Uzbekistan has not conducted any censuses at all since 1989.
Communist North Vietnam enumerated people by ethnicity in 1960, when Vietnam was still divided into two countries. After Vietnamese reunification, Vietnam enumerated its population by ethnicity from 1979 up to the almost recent census in 2019.
Yemen enumerated its population by ethnicity in 1994. The British Colony of Aden which is within Yemen's current borders enumerated its population by ethnicity in 1946 and 1955.