Rohingya population in Myanmar fell from over a million to under 200,000.

Evidence

The numbers reveal the true scale of the genocidal horror. As of 2015, the population of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar was 1 to 1.3 million. Following the massacres and mass displacement, the figure is estimated to be 150,000 to 200,000. A staggering decline that reflects the decimation of a proud people, a people buried beneath the news headlines and lost at sea. — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 678

Categorization

  • corroborated: 4 independent passages support this claim — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 678
  • XREF: connects to: The Rohingya are indigenous to Myanmar despite government claims they are immigrants — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 131; The ICJ unanimously ordered Myanmar to prevent genocide against the Rohingya — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 155; The global Islamophobic crusade spans China India France and Myanmar (+4 more)

Broader Connections