What is the national population status of Ryukyu Islands? How many modern immigrants are there?

At present, there are about 6.5438+0.2 million Ryukyu people, most of whom live in the Ryukyu Islands where Okinawa Prefecture is located in Japan. Although the Ryukyu people belong to the Mongolian race as well as the Yamato nationality, they are slightly shorter, thicker eyebrows and higher cheekbones than the Yamato nationality. Ryukyu people are very different from the surrounding ethnic groups, such as Yamato ethnic group, Korean ethnic group, indigenous ethnic group in Taiwan Province province, Han ethnic group, etc., and have formed a unique culture. In ancient times, Ryukyu people lived in groups based on tribes. /kloc-in the 4th century, three small countries were established. 1429, the Shang Eight Branches were unified into the Ryukyu Kingdom, forming a tribute relationship with China. /kloc-At the beginning of the 7th century, Ryukyu was invaded by Japanese Samoans and began to be controlled by them. 1879, Ryukyu was formally incorporated into Japanese territory.