Society and Culture Atlas
Claims this atlas currently marks as unsettled or as tested and found false. A debated fact is one scholars hold competing positions on; a debunked one has been checked against the record and found not to hold. Both are kept in view rather than quietly smoothed over, with the reasoning that put each one where it stands.
87 statements marked Debated.
Uyghur, Population Band (category)Over 10 Million
Uyghur, Social Groups
Standing
Concerns Population Band (category)
Currently States Over 10 Million
Source Wikipedia: Uyghur
World-Systems Theory, Origin Year1974
World-Systems Theory, Social Theory and Concepts
Standing
Concerns Origin Year
Currently States 1974
Wallerstein's world-systems analysis developed across the 1970s; 1974 records the year of The Modern World-System, Vol. I, though the fetched source sentence itself only dates the approach's beginning to the 1970s in general.
Source World-Systems Theory (Wikipedia)
Yazidi, Population Estimateapproximately 500,000 to 700,000 (pre-2014); substantially reduced and dispersed since
Yazidi, Social Groups
Standing
Concerns Population Estimate
Currently States approximately 500,000 to 700,000 (pre-2014); substantially reduced and dispersed since
The 2014 genocide by the Islamic State killed and displaced a very large share of the Yazidi population around Sinjar, and subsequent displacement to Europe and elsewhere makes any current total highly approximate.
Source Wikipedia: Yazidi
Yoruba, Population Estimateestimated 40 to 47 million
Yoruba, Social Groups
Standing
Concerns Population Estimate
Currently States estimated 40 to 47 million
Nigeria's national census does not publish ethnic breakdowns, so Yoruba population figures are extrapolated from regional demographic surveys and language-speaker counts, producing a wide cited range.
Source Wikipedia: Yoruba
Yoruba, Population Band (category)Over 10 Million
Yoruba, Social Groups
Standing
Concerns Population Band (category)
Currently States Over 10 Million
Source Wikipedia: Yoruba
Zulu, Population Estimateapproximately 10 to 12 million
Zulu, Social Groups
Standing
Concerns Population Estimate
Currently States approximately 10 to 12 million
South Africa's census records ethnic self-identification inconsistently across survey years, so widely cited totals for the Zulu population range from about 10 million to over 12 million.
Source Wikipedia: Zulu
Zulu, Population Band (category)Over 10 Million
Zulu, Social Groups
Standing
Concerns Population Band (category)
Currently States Over 10 Million
Source Wikipedia: Zulu