Ethnic Groups

There are 56 ethnic groups in China which Han people are the majority ethnic group, accounted for 91.5% of the total population. Zhuang, Manchu, Hui, Miao, Uyghur, Tujia, Yi, Mongol, Tibetan, Buyi, Dong, Yao, Korean, and other nationalities accounts for 8.5% (2000 census)

The other 55 ethnic groups are mostly concentrated in the northwest, north, northeast south and southwest but with some in central interior areas.



Among them, Zhuang, Manchu and Hui are the major minority ethnic groups.