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The list below outlines the distribution of the nationalities of China among provinces and province-level entities of the People's Republic of China (P.R.C.) according to the census of 2000. The provinces and province-level entities are listed by region. The classification of ethnic groups follows the official classification of the PRC .
Some ethnic groups, for instance, Mosuo people, although classified as Nakhi , do not regard themselves as part of any of the 56 groups identified by the PRC government. Some scholars made hypothesis that they are descendants of Mongols .
Excluded from this list is the Republic of China , which administers Taiwan and a fraction of Fujian Provinces . Please refer to Demographics of Taiwan for more information. The two special administrative regions (S.A.R.) of the P.R.C., namely Hong Kong and Macau , are not part of mainland China are also excluded. Please refer to Demographics of Hong Kong and Demographics of Macau .
Autonomous regions are marked with an asterisk (*).
Northern [ edit ]
Ethnic groups
Beijing
Tianjin
Hebei
Shanxi
Inner Mongolia *
Number
%
Number
%
Number
%
Number
%
Number
%
Han 20,845,166
95.2
13,422,528
96.8
71,389,092
95.7
34,793,761
99.7
11,884,860
88.2
Manchu 469,995
2.1
128,430
0.9
2,269,227
3.0
17,269
125,724
0.9
Mongol 123,340
0.6
41,736
0.3
226,047
0.3
9,434
1,276,842
9.5
Hui (Muslim)274,112
1.3
166,920
1.2
567,106
0.8
60,803
0.2
145,492
1.1
Miao 18,054
0.1
12,975
0.1
26,976
7,507
5,081
Korean 32,984
0.2
16,257
0.1
16,184
1,041
3,773
Tujia 29,580
0.1
12,554
0.1
18,728
4,845
4,143
Zhuang 21,288
0.1
15,350
0.1
25,552
2,728
2,047
Yi 9,997
7,826
12,113
5,534
3,603
Bouyei 4,572
4,401
12,432
1,111
2,095
2020 Census
21,893,095
13,866,009
74,610,235
34,915,616
13,480,216
Northeast [ edit ]
Ethnic groups
Liaoning
Jilin
Heilongjiang
Inner Mongolia *
Number
%
Number
%
Number
%
Number
%
Han 36,169,617
84.9
21,985,839
91.3
30,728,612
96.5
7,050,677
66.7
Manchu 5,085,984
11.9
831,418
3.5
583,807
1.8
344,010
3.3
Mongol 677,760
1.6
169,449
0.7
112,210
0.4
2,970,973
28.1
Korean 229,158
0.5
940,165
3.9
270,123
0.8
14,443
0.1
Hui (Muslim)216,379
0.5
104,595
0.4
75,464
0.2
69,426
0.7
Xibe 127,561
0.3
4,238
6,259
2,501
Daur 3,240
1,207
33,670
0.1
65,532
0.6
Evenki 688
230
2,560
26,153
0.2
Miao 14,378
5,788
3,852
4,325
Tujia 10,080
4,232
3,709
1,969
2020 Census
42,591,407
24,073,453
31,850,088
10,568,939
Eastern [ edit ]
Ethnic groups
Shanghai
Jiangsu
Zhejiang
Anhui
Fujian
Jiangxi
Shandong
Number
%
Number
%
Number
%
Number
%
Number
%
Number
%
Number
%
Han 24,471,085
98.4
84,126,802
99.3
62,349,874
96.6
60,594,623
99.3
40,418,616
97.3
44,969,369
99.5
100,622,494
99.1
Hui (Muslim)84,925
0.3
140,119
0.2
84,882
0.1
297,740
0.5
128,591
0.3
15,923
552,215
0.5
Miao 38,916
0.2
87,900
0.1
569,407
0.9
24,975
168,928
0.4
25,489
0.1
29,730
She 4,476
3,179
182,507
0.3
2,141
374,663
0.9
74,072
0.2
964
Tujia 41,807
0.2
63,406
0.1
318,881
0.5
14,981
142,673
0.3
16,527
16,532
Bouyei 9,914
40,073
313,023
0.5
8,052
48,893
0.1
7,519
9,627
Yi 21,952
0.1
47,316
0.1
155,681
0.2
15,844
53,930
0.1
9,335
26,888
Zhuang 27,531
0.1
31,498
122,792
0.2
12,337
53,350
0.1
15,977
12,074
Dong 11,870
24,413
146,773
0.2
6,119
31,784
0.1
7,353
8,722
Manchu 43,197
0.2
35,520
32,159
12,067
14,034
6,785
79,806
0.1
2020 Census
24,870,895
84,748,016
64,567,588
61,027,171
41,540,086
45,188,635
101,527,453
Central-Southern [ edit ]
Ethnic groups
Henan
Hubei
Hunan
Guangdong
Guangxi *
Hainan
Number
%
Number
%
Number
%
Number
%
Number
%
Number
%
Han 98,210,038
98.8
54,981,458
95.2
59,759,648
89.9
121,260,372
96.2
31,318,824
62.5
8,498,241
84.3
Zhuang 10,758
24,633
45,495
0.1
2,017,275
1.6
15,721,956
31.4
61,000
0.6
Tujia 12,996
2,285,834
4.0
2,713,005
4.1
430,936
0.3
19,105
8,273
0.1
Miao 12,797
214,062
0.4
2,027,034
3.1
612,699
0.5
578,122
1.2
87,733
0.9
Yao 2,121
5,410
749,872
1.1
514,447
0.4
1,683,038
3.4
10,000
0.1
Dong 3,291
62,725
0.1
865,518
1.3
241,790
0.2
362,580
0.7
5,398
0.1
Li 1,191
3,289
3,169
32,382
6,491
1,355,074
13.4
Hui (Muslim)948,553
1.0
76,423
0.1
82,786
0.1
88,346
0.1
35,347
0.1
17,089
0.2
Bouyei 4,308
7,982
9,578
229,366
0.2
31,303
0.1
6,800
0.1
Mulao 258
772
1,369
29,190
180,185
0.4
411
2020 Census
99,365,519
57,752,557
66,444,864
126,012,510
50,126,804
10,081,232
Ethnic groups
Hong Kong [1]
Number
%
Chinese
6,793,502
91.6
Filipino
201,291
2.7
Indonesian
142,065
1.9
Mixed
66,732
0.9
White
61,582
0.8
Indian
42,569
0.6
Nepalese
29,701
0.4
Pakistani
24,385
0.3
Thai
12,972
0.2
Japanese
10,291
0.1
Korean
8,700
0.1
2021 Census
7,413,070
Ethnic groups
Macau [2]
Number
%
Chinese
609,863
89.4
Chinese & Portuguese
6,668
1.0
Portuguese
5,162
0.8
Chinese & non-Portuguese
1,498
0.2
Portuguese & others
1,191
0.2
Others
57,688
8.5
2021 Census
682,070
Southwest [ edit ]
Ethnic groups
Chongqing
Sichuan
Guizhou
Yunnan
Tibet *
Number
%
Number
%
Number
%
Number
%
Number
%
Han 29,883,369
93.2
77,986,638
93.2
24,511,882
63.6
31,573,245
66.9
443,370
12.2
Yi 15,901
3,191,470
3.8
959,302
2.5
5,071,002
10.7
3,238
0.1
Miao 512,933
1.6
182,569
0.2
4,506,912
11.7
1,253,291
2.7
1,307
Tibetan 5,625
1,604,629
1.9
2,901
147,935
0.3
3,137,901
86.0
Tujia 1,546,988
4.8
87,912
0.1
1,696,664
4.4
23,811
0.1
2,019
0.1
Bouyei 9,558
16,829
2,710,606
7.0
68,140
0.1
406
Bai 3,233
13,321
214,802
0.6
1,603,728
3.4
2,287
0.1
Dong 7,757
9,211
1,650,871
4.3
8,341
322
Hani 2,072
4,109
2,539
1,632,981
3.5
149
Zhuang 10,616
23,631
67,845
0.2
1,209,837
2.6
468
Dai 1,393
9,924
2,097
1,259,419
2.7
126
Hui (Muslim)10,032
111,280
0.1
204,962
0.5
737,548
1.6
25,487
0.7
Lisu 673
23,477
961
705,203
1.5
318
Undistinguished 2,069
1,968
698,234
1.8
23,822
0.1
4,204
0.1
Gelao 7,660
3,972
550,322
1.4
4,933
125
2020 Census
32,054,159
83,674,866
38,562,148
47,209,277
3,648,100
Northwest [ edit ]
Ethnic groups
Shaanxi
Gansu
Qinghai
Ningxia *
Xinjiang *
Number
%
Number
%
Number
%
Number
%
Number
%
Han 39,306,255
99.4
22,363,438
89.4
2,993,534
50.5
4,612,964
64.0
10,920,098
42.2
Uyghur 4,722
3,073
312
1,380
11,624,257
45.0
Hui (Muslim)140,202
0.4
1,342,385
5.4
946,273
16.0
2,523,581
35.0
1,102,928
4.3
Tibetan 9,200
519,927
2.1
1,509,608
25.5
1,481
18,276
0.1
Kazakh 817
4,249
609
275
1,539,636
6.0
Dongxiang 1,115
652,119
2.6
14,459
0.2
1,324
72,036
0.3
Mongol 10,453
11,946
102,447
1.7
9,499
0.1
169,143
0.7
Tu 844
33,691
0.1
200,362
3.4
461
3,827
Kyrgyz 166
119
7
37
199,264
0.8
Salar 937
15,807
0.1
128,779
2.2
138
4,525
2020 Census
39,528,999
25,019,831
5,923,957
7,202,654
25,852,345
See also [ edit ] References [ edit ] National Bureau of Statistics Population Census Office, State Council & Department of Population and Employment Statistics, National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China (2022-06-10). China Population Census Yearbook 2020 (in Chinese). Beijing: China Statistics Press. ISBN 978-7-5037-9771-2 {{cite book }}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link )
