China serves as home to 56 official ethnic groups. The largest group, the Han, makes up over 92% of China's vast population, and it is the elements of Han civilization regraded as "Chinese culture". Yet, the 55 ethnic minorities, residing on the northern, southern and western frontier of China, maintain their own rich traditions and customs, and all are parts of Chinese culture.
Ethnic Groups |
Population |
Major Area of Distribution |
Achang 阿昌族 | 39,555 | Yunnan |
Bai 白族 | 1,933,510 | Yunnan, Guizhou, Hunan |
Blang 布朗族 | 119,639 | Yunnan |
Bonan 保安族 | 20,074 | Gansu |
Bouyei 布依族 | 2,870,034 | Guizhou, Yunnan, Sichuan |
Dai 傣族 | 1,261,311 | Yunnan |
Daur 达斡尔族 | 131,992 | Inner Mongolia, Heilongjian, Xinjiang |
De'ang 德昂族 | 20,556 | Yunnan |
Derung 独龙族 | 6,930 | Yunnan |
Dong 侗族 | 2,879,974 | Guizhou, Hunan, Guangxi |
Dongxiang 东乡族 | 621,500 | Gansu, Ningxia, Qinghai, Xinjiang |
Evenki 鄂温克族 | 30,875 | Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang |
Gaoshan 高山族 | 4,009 | Taiwan (population not counted), Fujian |
Gelao 仡佬族 | 550,746 | Guizhou, Guangxi, Yunnan, Sichuan |
Gin 京族 | 28,199 | Guangxi |
Han 汉族 | 1,220,844,520 | Throughout the country |
Hani 哈尼族 | 1,660,932 | Yunnan |
Hezhen 赫哲族 | 5,354 | Heilongjiang |
Hui 回族 | 10,586,087 | Concentrated in the Northwestern provinces of Ningxia, Gansu, Qinghai, Xinjiang, with communities across the country. |
Jingpo 景颇族 | 147,828 | Yunnan |
Jino 基诺族 | 23,143 | Yunnan |
Kazakh 哈萨克族 | 1,462,588 | Xinjing, Gansu, Qinghai |
Korean 朝鲜族 | 1,830,929 | Jilin, Liaoning, Heilongjiang, Beijing Koreatown |
Kyrgyz 柯尔克孜族 | 186,708 | Xinjiang, Heilongjiang |
Lahu 拉祜族 | 485,966 | Yunnan |
Lhoba 珞巴 | 3,682 | Tibet |
Li 黎族 | 1,463,064 | Hainan |
Lisu 傈僳族 | 702,839 | Yunnan, Sichuan |
Manchu滿族 | 10,387,958 | Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Hebei, Beijing, Inner Mongolia |
Maonan 毛南族 | 101,192 | Guangxi |
Miao 苗族 | 9,426,007 | Guizhou, Hunan, Yunnan, Guangxi, Sichuan, Hainan, Hubei, Guangdong |
Mongba 门巴族 | 10,561 | Tibet |
Mongol 蒙古族 | 5,981,849 | Inner Mongolia,Liaoning, Jilin, Hebei, Xinjiang, Heilongjian, Qinghai, Henan |
Mulao 仫佬族 | 216,257 | Guangxi |
Nakhi 纳西族 | 326,295 | Yunnan, Sichuan |
Nu 怒族 | 37,523 | Yunnan |
Oroqen 鄂伦春族 | 8,659 | Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang |
Pumi 普米族 | 42,861 | Yunnan |
Qiang 羌族 | 309,576 | Sichuan |
Russian 俄罗斯族 | 15,393 | Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang |
Salar 撒拉族 | 130,607 | Qinghai, Gansu, Xinjiang |
She 畲族 | 708,651 | Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Guangdong, Anhui |
Sui 水族 | 411,847 | Guizhou, Guangxi |
Tajik 塔吉克族 | 51,069 | Xinjiang |
Tartar 塔塔尔族 | 3,556 | Xinjiang |
Tibetan 藏族 | 6,282,187 | Tibet, Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu, Yunnan |
Tu 土族 | 289,565 | Qinghai, Gansu |
Tujia 土家族 | 8,353,912 | Hunnan, Hubei, Guizhou, Chongqing |
Uyghur 维吾尔族 | 10,069,346 | Xinjiang |
Uzbek 乌孜别克族 | 10,569 | Xinjiang |
Wa 佤族 | 429,709 | Yunnan |
Xibe 锡伯 | 190,481 | Xinjiang, Liaoning, Jilin |
Yao 瑶族 | 2,796,003 | Guangxi, Hunan, Yunna, Guangdong, Guizhou |
Yi 彝族 | 8,714,393 | Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi |
Yugur 裕固族 | 14,378 | Gansu |
Zhuang 壮族 | 16,926,381 | Guangxi, Yunnan, Guangdong, Guizhou, Hunan |
Data taken from the Sixth National Population Census of the People's Republic of China (2010)
State Ethnic Affairs Commission of the People's Republic of China
Nationalities of China - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chinese Minority Ethnic Groups - TravelChinaGuide.com
Ethnic Minorities - China.org.cn