| Annam | Cochinchina | Tonkin | |||||||
| 1921 | 1931 | 1936 | 1921 | 1931 | 1936 | 1921 | 1931 | 1936 | |
| European | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Annamite * (Kinh) | 899 | 881 | 855 | 853 | 843 | 862 | 886 | 898 | 880 |
| Muong | 14 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 13 | |||
| Thai | 6 | 3 | 70 | 63 | 77 | ||||
| Man or Yao and Meo | 19 | 18 | 19 | ||||||
| Indonesian | 82 | 93 | 117 | 4 | 15 | 11 | |||
| Khmer Krom | 79 | 73 | 71 | ||||||
| Minh-huong | 17 | 16 | 13 | 1 | |||||
| Malay and Cham | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Chinese | 2 | 2 | 2 | 41 | 46 | 37 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| Indian and other Asian | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Others | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | |||||
Sources: Indochina Statistical Yearbooks, Vietnam Statistical Yearbooks
* Vietnamese