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Chinese Ethnic Groups: Overview Statistics
Chinese Ethnic Groups
Introducation
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.
Overview of 56 Ethnic Groups
| 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)
Statistics Resources
Internet Resources
State Ethnic Affairs Commission of the People's Republic of China
- "The State Ethnic Affairs Commission (simplified Chinese: 国家民族事务委员会; traditional Chinese: 國家民族事務委員會; pinyin: Guójiā Mínzú Shìwù Wěiyuánhuì) is responsible for relations between the Central Government and ethnic minorities in China. It is one of several departments or commissions under the State Council of the People's Republic of China." (From Wiki)
Nationalities of China - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- This collective works by Wikipedia contributors and users contain a fairly large amount of information on the 56 Chinese ethnic groups. Under each entry by an individual group, there are geography, tradition, history and language, and other information. Note: it's open to being edited by every user.
Chinese Minority Ethnic Groups - TravelChinaGuide.com
- This link offers detailed information on China's 56 ethnic groups including their folk customs, language, and clothing.
Ethnic Minorities - China.org.cn
- Basic facts about each ethnic group with pictures and articles about their culture, languages and history.
- Last Updated: Aug 7, 2020 1:22 PM
- URL: https://guides.lib.unc.edu/china_ethnic
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