Chinese Nationalities and Their Populations


Minorities Shown Left to Right Descending by Population
Minority Population Minority Population Minority Population Minority Population
Han 1,136,703,824 Zhuang 15,555,800 Manchu 8,846,800 Hui 8,612,000
Miao 7,383,600 Uygur 7,207,000 Yi 6,578,500 Tujia 5,725,000
Mongolian 4,802,400 Tibetan 4,593,100 Bouyei 2,548,300 Dong 2,506,800
Yao 2,137,000 Korean 1,923,400 Bai 1,598,100 Hani 1,254,800
Li 1,112,500 Kazakh 1,110,800 Dai 1,025,400 She 634,700
Lisu 574,600 Gelao 438,200 Lahu 411,500 Dongxiang 373,700
Wa 352,000 Shui 347,100 Naxi 277,800 Qiang 198,600
Du 192,600 Xibe 172,900 Mulam 160,600 Kirgiz 143,500
Daur 121,500 Jingpo 119,300 Salar 87,500 Bulang 82,400
Maonan 72,400 Tajik 33,200 Pumi 29,700 Achang 27,700
Nu 27,200 Ewenki 26,400 Jing 18,700 Jino 18,000
De'ang 15,500 Uzbek 14,800 Russian 13,500 Yugur 12,300
Bonan 11,700 Menba 7,500 Oroqin 7,000 Drung 5,800
Tatar 5,100 Hezhen 4,300 Gaoshan 2.900 Lhoba 2,300
Clicking on any Minority Name will Give You a Picture and/or Description of that Minority

China has some other unclassified or unspecified Nationalities numbering some 1,072,642 people. In the 1953 census 41 minority nationalities were specified. In the 1964 census, there were 183 nationalities registered, among which the government recognized only 54. Of the remaining 129 nationalities, 74 were considered to be part of the officially recognized 54, while 23 were classified as "other nationalities" and the remaining 32 were classified as "indeterminate."

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