Ethnic Group

Population
(1,000s)

Major Areas of Distribution

Achang

27.7

Yunnan

Bai

1,598.1

Yunnan, Guizhou

Bao'an

11.7

Gansu

Bouyei

2,548.3

Guizhou

Bulang

82.4

Yunnan

Dai

1,025.4

Yunnan

Daur

121.5

Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang, Xinjiang

De'ang

15.5

Yunnan

Dong

2,506.8

Guizhou, Hunan, Guangxi

Dongxiang

373.7

Gansu, Xinjiang

Drung

5.8

Yunnan

Ewenki

26.4

Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang

Hani

1,254.8

Yunnan

Hezhen

4.3

Heilongjiang

Hui

8,612.0

Ningxia, Gansu, Henan, Hebei, Qinghai, Shandong, Yunnan, Xinjiang, Anhui, Liaoning, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Shaanxi, Beijing, Tianjin

Gaoshan

2.9

Taiwan (population not counted), Fujian

Gelo

438.2

Guizhou, Guangxi

Jing

18.7

Guangxi

Jingpo

119.3

Yunnan

Jino

18.0

Yunnan

Kazak

1,110.8

Xinjiang, Gansu, Qinghai

Kirgiz

143.5

Xinjiang, Heilongjiang

Korean

1,923.4

Jilin, Liaoning, Heilongjiang

Lahu

411.5

Yunnan

Li

1,112.5

Hainan

Lisu

574.6

Yunnan, Sichuan

Loba

2.3

Tibet

Manchu

8,846.8

Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Hebei, Beijing, Inner Mongolia

Maonan

72.4

Guangxi

Miao

7,383.6

Guizhou, Hunan, Yunnan, Guangxi, Sichuan, Hainan, Hubei

Mongba

7.5

Tibet

Mongolian

4,802.4

Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Gansu, Hebei, Henan, Qinghai

Mulam

160.6

Guangxi

Naxi

277.8

Yannan, Sichuan

Nu

27.2

Yunnan

Oroqen

7.0

Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang

Ozbek

14.8

Xinjiang

Pumi

29.7

Yunnan

Qiang

198.3

Sichuan

Russian

13.5

Xinjiang

Salar

87.5

Qinghai, Gansu

She

634.7

Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Guangdong

Shui

347.1

Guizhou, Guangxi

Tajik

33.2

Xinjiang

Tartar

5.1

Xinjiang

Tibetan

4,593.1

Tibet, Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu, Yunan

Tu

192.6

Qinghai, Gansu

Tujia

5,725.0

Hunnan, Hubei

Uygur

7,207.0

Xinjiang

Va

352.0

Yunnan

Xibo

172.9

Xinjiang, Liaoning, Jilin

Yao

2,137.0

Guangxi, Hunan, Ynnan, Guangdong, Guizhou

Yi

6,578.5

Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi

Yugu

12.3

Gansu

Zhuang

15,555.8

Guangxi, Yunnan, Guangdong, Guizhou