23-1 Number of Deputies to All the Previous National People's Congresses
|  |  |  |  |  | (person)
Congress |  |  |  |  |
|  |  | As Percentage to Total Deputies (%)
| Total | Female | Minority |  |
Year | Number of | Deputies | Deputies | Female | Minority
| Deputies |  |  | Deputies | Deputies
First Congress | 1954 | 1226 | 147 | 178 | 12.0 | 14.5
Second Congress | 1959 | 1226 | 150 | 179 | 12.2 | 14.6
Third Congress | 1964 | 3040 | 542 | 372 | 17.8 | 12.2
Fourth Congress | 1975 | 2885 | 653 | 270 | 22.6 | 9.4
Fifth Congress | 1978 | 3497 | 742 | 381 | 21.2 | 10.9
Sixth Congress | 1983 | 2978 | 632 | 403 | 21.2 | 13.5
Seventh Congress | 1988 | 2978 | 634 | 445 | 21.3 | 14.9
Eighth Congress | 1993 | 2978 | 626 | 439 | 21.0 | 14.7
Ninth Congress | 1998 | 2979 | 650 | 428 | 21.8 | 14.4
Tenth Congress | 2003 | 2985 | 604 | 414 | 20.2 | 13.9