This should work - SQL Fiddle (thanks to Olaf Dietsche for showing me that this wonderful site exists):
SELECT COUNT(`year`) as `count`, CONCAT( FLOOR(YEAR(`year`) / 10) * 10, '-', (CEIL(YEAR(`year`) / 10) * 10) - 1 ) as `year` FROM `tbl_people` GROUP BY CONCAT( FLOOR(YEAR(`year`) / 10) * 10, '-', (CEIL(YEAR(`year`) / 10) * 10) - 1 )
If the number is 1992, FLOOR(1992 / 10) will give 199 , and a time from 10 will give 1990 . The same thing in CEIL(1992 / 10) = 200 and times 10 = 2000 , minus 1 , gives 1999 , so the year should be 1990-1999 .
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