The following is a list of ethnic groups in China where "China" is taken to mean areas controlled by either of the two states using "China" in their formal names, the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of China (ROC, "Taiwan").

The Han Chinese are the largest ethnic group, where some 91.5% of the population was classified as Han Chinese (~1.2 billion). Besides the majority Han Chinese, China recognizes 55 other "nationalities" or ethnic groups, numbering approximately 105 million persons, mostly concentrated in the northwest, north, northeast, south, and southwest but with some in central interior areas.

The major minority ethnic groups are Zhuang (16.1 million), Manchu (10.6 million), Hui (9.8 million), Miao (8.9 million), Uyghur (8.3 million), Tujia (8 million), Yi (7.7 million), Mongol (5.8 million), Tibetan (5.4 million), Buyei (2.9 million), Dong (2.9 million), Yao (2.6 million), Korean (1.9 million), Bai (1.8 million), Hani (1.4 million), Kazakh (1.2 million), Li (1.2 million), and Dai (1.1 million).

Officially recognised ethnic groups in China

In order of population,^[1] this is the list of the 56 ethnic groups in China that are officially recognised by the government of the People's Republic of China. The governments of the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau, however, do not distinguish between different Chinese ethnic groups.

Ethnolinguistic map of the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China (Taiwan)

1. Han (zh:??; Traditional: ??; Hàn Zú)
2. Zhuang (zh:??; Traditional: ??; Zhuàng Zú)
3. Manchu (zh:??; Traditional: ??; M?n Zú)
4. Hui (zh:??; Huí Zú) (Also includes Utsuls of Hainan, descended from Cham refugees.)
5. Miao (zh:??; Miáo Zú) (Hmong)
6. Uyghurs (zh:????; Traditional: ????; Wéiwú?r Zú)
7. Yi (zh:??; Yí Zú)
8. Tujia (zh:???; T?ji? Zú)
9. Mongols (zh:???; M?ngg? Zú)
10. Tibetan (zh:??; Zàng Zú) (including Amdowa and Khampa)
11. Buyei (zh:???; Bùy? Zú)
12. Dong (zh:??; Dòng Zú)
13. Yao (zh:??; Traditional: ??; Yáo Zú)
14. Korean (zh:???; Traditional: ???; Cháoxi?n Zú)
15. Bai (zh:??; Bái Zú)
16. Hani (zh:???; H?ní Zú)
17. Li (zh:??; Lí Zú)
18. Kazakh (zh:????; ????; H?sàkè Zú)
19. Dai (zh:??; D?i Zú, also called Dai Lue, one of the Tai ethnic groups)
20. She (zh:??; Sh? Zú)
21. Lisu (zh:???; Lìsù Zú)
22. Gelao (zh:???: G?l?o Zú)
23. Lahu (zh:???; L?hù Zú)
24. Dongxiang (zh:???; Traditional: ???; D?ngxi?ng Zú)
25. Va (zh:??: W? Zú) ([[:zh:Va)
26. Sui (zh:??: Shu? Zú)
27. Nakhi (zh:???; Traditional: ???; Nàx? Zú) (Also included are the zh:??; Mósu?))
28. Qiang (zh:??: Qi?ng Zú)
29. Tu (zh:??: T? Zú)
30. Xibe (zh:???; Traditional: ???; Xíbó Zú)
31. Mulao (zh:???; Mùl?o Zú)
32. Kyrgyz (zh:?????; Traditional: ?????; K??rkèz? Zú)
33. Daur (zh:????; Traditional: ????; Dáwò?r Zú)
34. Jingpo (zh:???; Traditional: ???; J?ngp? Zú) (Known as Kachin in Myanmar.)
35. Salar (zh:???; S?lá Zú)
36. Blang (zh:???; Bùl?ng Zú)
37. Maonan (zh:???; Màonán Zú)
38. Tajik (zh:????; T?jíkè Zú)
39. Pumi (zh:???; P?m? Zú)
40. Achang (zh:???; ?ch?ng Zú)
41. Nu (zh:??; Nù Zú)
42. Ewenki (zh:????; Èw?nkè Zú)
43. Jing (zh:??: J?ng Zú) (The same group as Vietnamese or Kinh in Sino-Viet and historically referred to as ? Yuè, or Sino-Viet Vi?t. See Yue (peoples).)
44. Jino (zh:???; Traditional: ???; J?nuò Zú)
45. De'ang (zh:???; Déáng Zú)
46. Uzbeks (zh:?????; Traditional: ?????; W?z?biékè Zú)
47. Russian (zh:????; Traditional: ????; Élu?s? Zú)
48. Yugur (zh:???; Yùgù Zú)
49. Bonan (zh:???; B?o?n Zú)
50. Monba (zh:???; Traditional: ???; Ménb? Zú)
51. Oroqen (zh:????; Traditional: ????; Èlúnch?n Zú)
52. Derung (zh:???; Traditional: ???; Dúlóng Zú)
53. Tatars (zh:????; Traditional: ????; T?t??r Zú)
54. Hezhen (zh:???; Hèzhé Zú) (the same group as Nanai on the Russian side of the border)
55. Lhoba (zh:???: Luòb? Zú)
56. Gaoshan (zh:???; G?osh?n Zú) (a collective name for all Taiwanese aborigine groups in Taiwan)

Taiwanese aborigines

For the list of aboriginal groups living in the disputed island Taiwan, see Taiwanese aborigines.

"Undistinguished" ethnic minority groups

This is a list of ethnic groups in China that are not officially recognised by the government of the People's Republic of China.

• Gejia (???, Gèji? Rén)
• Khmu (???, Kèmù Rén)
• Kucong (Yellow Lahu/Lahu Shi (???; Traditional: ???; K?c?ng Rén)
• Mang (??, Máng Rén)
• Deng (??, Dèng Rén)
• Sherpas (????; Traditional: ????; Xià?rb? Rén)
• Bajia (???, B?ji? Rén)
• Yi (??, Yìrén)
• Youtai (??; Traditional: ??; Yóutài) (Jewish people of China and Jewish people in general)

Ethnic groups in Hong Kong and Macau

See also: Demographics of Hong Kong, Demographics of Macau

Hong Kong and Macau are special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China. The governments of Hong Kong and Macau do not use the official PRC ethnic classification system, nor does the PRC's official classification system take ethnic groups in Hong Kong and Macau into account. As a result, minority groups such as Filipinos, Indonesians, Europeans and South Asians in Hong Kong, as well as Portuguese and Macanese (people of mixed Chinese-Portuguese ancestry) in Macau, do not appear in the PRC's list of ethnicities in China.

See also

• Ethnic minorities in China
• Undistinguished ethnic groups in China
• Tai ethnic groups in China
• Ethnic groups in Taiwan
• Zhonghua Minzu
• Taiwanese aborigines
• Demographics of the People's Republic of China and Taiwan

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