16014 Southern Altai 10000-99999 60,000 Source: According to the 1959 census the Altaics numbered either 44,654 or 45,300 (according to different sources), 88.7 %% of whom were native speakers. According to the 1979 census data the total number of Altaics was approximately 60,000 of whom 50,203 lived in the autonomous region. The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire Off 53,220 10000-99999