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The Han Chinese, alternatively the Han people [a] or simply the Chinese, [18] are an East Asian ethnic group native to Greater China. With a global population of over 1.4 billion, the Han Chinese are the world's largest ethnic group, making up about 17.5% of the world population.
Ethnolinguistic map of China China's Autonomous Regions and its Designated Ethnic Minority. 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).
The Han Chinese people can be defined into subgroups based on linguistic, cultural, ethnic, genetic, and regional features. The terminology used in Mandarin to describe the groups is: "minxi" (Chinese: 民系; pinyin: mínxì; Wade–Giles: min 2 hsi 4; lit. 'ethnic lineages', pronounced), used in Mainland China or "zuqun" (Chinese: 族群; pinyin: zúqún; Wade–Giles: tzu 2 ch'ün; lit ...
Ethnic minorities in China are the non-Han population in the People's Republic of China (PRC). The PRC officially recognizes 55 ethnic minority groups within China in addition to the Han majority. [1] As of 2020, the combined population of officially-recognized minority groups comprised 8.89% of the population of Mainland China. [2]
Map of the Chinese Han dynasty in 2 CE. Names of non-Chinese peoples and states have been purposely left with their Chinese names (e.g. Dayuan instead of Fergana; Gaogouli instead of Goguryeo) to reflect the fact that knowledge of participants in the Han world order comes almost exclusively from Chinese sources.
Han Chinese people, the largest ethnic group in China, are often wrongly referred to as "Chinese" or "ethnic Chinese" in English. [ 14 ] [ 15 ] [ 17 ] The Han Chinese also form a majority or notable minority in other countries, and they comprise approximately 18% of the global human population.
Paternally, the Cantonese Han Chinese descend from Baiyue and Northern Han males. Maternally (Mtdna), the Cantonese Han Chinese descend from Baiyue women primarily. [17] [18] [19] As a whole, patrilineal Han Chinese ancestry is more pronounced in Cantonese Han Chinese. [13] [14] [15] This is in contrast to the Pinghua and Tanka population. [14 ...
The Hakka (Chinese: 客家), sometimes also referred to as Hakka-speaking Chinese, [1] [3] or Hakka Chinese, [4] or Hakkas, are a southern Han Chinese subgroup whose principal settlements and ancestral homes are dispersed widely across the provinces of southern China and who speak a language that is closely related to Gan, a Han Chinese dialect spoken in Jiangxi province.