List of ethnic groups in China
Multiple ethnic groups populate China, the area claimed by both the People's Republic of China (China) and the Republic of China (Taiwan). The Han people are the largest ethnic group in mainland China. In 2010, 91.51% of the population were classified as Han (~1.2 billion). Besides the Han Chinese majority, 55 other ethnic (minority) groups are categorized in present China, numbering approximately 105 million people (8%), mostly concentrated in the bordering northwest, north, northeast, south and southwest but with some in central interior areas. The major minority ethnic groups in China are Zhuang  (16.9 million), Hui (10.5 million), Manchu (10.3 million), Uyghur (10 million), Miao (9.4 million), Yi (8.7 million), Tujia (8.3 million), Tibetan (6.2 million), Mongol (5.9 million), Dong (2.8 million), Buyei (2.8 million), Yao (2.7 million), Bai (1.9 million), Korean (1.8 million), Hani (1.6 million), Li (1.4 million), Kazakh (1.4 million) and Dai (1.2 million). At least 126,000 people from Canada, the US and Europe are living in Mainland China. In addition, there are also unrecognized ethnic groups, for example: Chuanqing people (穿青人), and others, who comprise over 730,000 people. Ethnic groups recognized by the People's Republic of China. The  following are the 56 ethnic groups (listed by population) officially recognized by the People's Republic of China (39 in 1954; 54 by 1964; with the most recent addition the Jino people in 1979). GB 3304－91 "Names of ethnicities of China in romanization with codes"; The population only includes mainland China and Taiwan; For ethnic groups officially recognised in 1964 or earlier, this is the year of first inclusion in the national census, which were in 1954 and 1964; Also included are the Chuanqing; Also includes Utsuls of Hainan, descended from Cham refugees; One subset of which is also known  as Hmong and other include Hmu, Xong and A-Hmao. Some of the related languages and groups of peoples are not necessarily classified under the "Miao" umbrella, which makes this term somewhat vague. including Amdowa and Khampa, as well as roughly half of Pumi speakers, the remainder of whom are classified as a separate Pumi ethnicity; Also known as "Kam"; Also included are the Sangkong; This category includes several different Tai-speaking groups historically referred to as "Bai-yi" [in fact, the "Dai" nationalities are actually speakers of Shan languages varieties -for example : Tai Lue and Tai Nuea peoples are  actually Shan peoples subgroups]. Although that, the speakers of Bumang are also included in this "Dai" nationality. ; Also included are the Mosuo; Also included are the Qago (); Known as "Kachin" in Myanmar; Also included are the Then; Actually not Tajik people but Pamiri people; The same group as Vietnamese or "Kinh people" in Sino-Vietnamese; Known as "Palaung" in Myanmar; The same group as Nanai on the Russian side of the border; A collective name for all Taiwanese aborigine groups in Taiwan. In fact, the numbers of "Gaoshan" in census covers only those who lives in Mainland China (mainly in  Fujian) and consists of Amis (autonym : "Pangcah"), Paiwan and Bunun peoples Taiwanese aborigines. The People's Republic of China government officially refers to all Taiwanese Aborigines (), as "Gaoshan" (), whereas the Republic of China (Taiwan) recognizes 16 groups of Taiwanese aborigines. The term "Gaoshan" has a different connotation in Taiwan than it does in mainland China. Section::::"Unrecognized" ethnic minority groups. This is a list of ethnic groups in China that are not officially recognized by the government of the People's Republic of China. During the Fifth National Population Census of the People's Republic of China (2000), 734,438 persons in  the Chinese mainland, 97% of them in Guizhou, were specifically recorded as belonging to "Undistinguished ethnic groups". Presumably, other members of such groups may have been counted within larger "recognized" groups. Ethnic groups in Hong Kong and 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. Minority groups such as Europeans (mainly English and Portuguese), and South or Southeast  Asians (mainly Filipinos, Indians, Indonesians, Nepalese, and Pakistanis) live in Hong Kong.