Overseas Chinese

Overseas Chinese
  • 海外華人海外华人
  • 海外中國人海外中国人
Total population
60,000,000[1][2]
Regions with significant populations
Thailand9,392,792 (2012)[3]
Indonesia8,360,000 (2014)[4]
Malaysia6,884,800 (2022)[5]
United States5,457,033 (2023)[6]
Singapore2,675,521 (2020)[7]
Myanmar1,725,794 (2011)[8]
Canada1,715,770 (2021)[9]
Australia1,390,639 (2021)[10]
Philippines1,350,000 (2013)[11]
South Korea1,070,566 (2018)[12]
Vietnam749,466 (2019)[13]
Japan744,551 (2022)[14]
United Kingdom502,216 (2021)
France441,750 (2011)[8]
Italy330,495 (2020)[15]
Brazil252,250 (2011)[8]
New Zealand247,770 (2018)[16]
Germany217,000 (2023)[17]
India200,000 (2023)[8]
Laos176,490 (2011)[8]
Languages
Chinese languages
Religion
Overseas Chinese
Traditional Chinese海外華人
Simplified Chinese海外华人
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinHǎiwài huárén
Alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese海外中國人
Simplified Chinese海外中国人
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinHǎiwài Zhōngguórén

Overseas Chinese people are people of Chinese origin who reside outside Greater China (mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan).[19] As of 2011, there were over 40.3 million overseas Chinese.[8] Overall, China has a low percent of population living overseas.

Typical grocery store on 8th Avenue in one of the Brooklyn Chinatowns in New York City, New York. Multiple Chinatowns in Manhattan, Queens, and Brooklyn are thriving as traditionally urban enclaves, as large-scale Chinese immigration continues into New York.[20][21][22][23][24] The New York metropolitan area contains the largest ethnic Chinese population outside of Asia, comprising an estimated 893,697 uniracial individuals as of 2017.[25]
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