China carried out its fifth national population census on November 1, 2000. It has a population of 1,295.33 million. Of which: the total population of the 32 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities (excluding Jinmen and Mazu islands of Fujian Province hereafter) and of servicemen on the mainland of China was 1,265.83 million; the population of Hong Kong SAR was 6.78 million; the population of Macao SAR was 440 thousand; the population of Taiwan Province and of Jinmen, Mazu and a few other islands of Fujian Province was 22.28 million.
China has 56 ethnic groups. Of the people enumerated in the 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities and servicemen of the mainland of China, 1,159.40 million persons or 91.59 percent were of Han nationality, and 106.43 million persons or 8.41 percent were of various national minorities.
Major habits of Chinese Ethnic Minority Groups:
Ethnic Group
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Major Areas of Distribution
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Achang
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Yunnan
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Bai
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Yunnan, Guizhou
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Bao'an
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Gansu
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Bouyei
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Guizhou
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Bulang
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Yunnan
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Dai
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Yunnan
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Daur
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Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang, Xinjiang
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De'ang
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Yunnan
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Dong
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Guizhou, Hunan, Guangxi
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Dongxiang
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Gansu, Xinjiang
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Drung
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Yunnan
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Ewenki
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Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang
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Hani
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Yunnan
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Hezhen
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Heilongjiang
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Hui
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Ningxia, Gansu, Henan, Hebei, Qinghai,
Shandong, Yunnan, Xinjiang, Anhui, Liaoning, Heilongjiang, Jilin,
Shaanxi, Beijing, Tianjin
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Gaoshan
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Taiwan (population not counted), Fujian
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Gelo
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Guizhou, Guangxi
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Jing
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Guangxi
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Jingpo
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Yunnan
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Jino
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Yunnan
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Kazak
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Xinjiang, Gansu, Qinghai
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Kirgiz
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Xinjiang, Heilongjiang
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Korean
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Jilin, Liaoning, Heilongjiang
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Lahu
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Yunnan
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Li
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Hainan
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Lisu
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Yunnan, Sichuan
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Loba
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Tibet
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Manchu
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Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Hebei, Beijing, Inner Mongolia
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Maonan
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Guangxi
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Miao
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Guizhou, Hunan, Yunnan, Guangxi, Sichuan, Hainan, Hubei
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Mongba
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Tibet
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Mongolian
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Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Gansu, Hebei, Henan, Qinghai
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Mulam
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Guangxi
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Naxi
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Yannan, Sichuan
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Nu
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Yunnan
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Oroqen
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Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang
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Ozbek
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Xinjiang
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Pumi
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Yunnan
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Qiang
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Sichuan
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Russian
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Xinjiang
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Salar
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Qinghai, Gansu
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She
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Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Guangdong
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Shui
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Guizhou, Guangxi
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Tajik
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Xinjiang
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Tartar
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Xinjiang
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Tibetan
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Tibet, Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu, Yunan
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Tu
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Qinghai, Gansu
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Tujia
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Hunnan, Hubei
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Uygur
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Xinjiang
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Va
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Yunnan
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Xibo
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Xinjiang, Liaoning, Jilin
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Yao
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Guangxi, Hunan, Ynnan, Guangdong, Guizhou
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Yi
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Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi
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Yugu
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Gansu
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Zhuang
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Guangxi, Yunnan, Guangdong, Guizhou
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