Overseas Chinese
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|---|---|
| Total population | |
| 60,000,000 10,500,000 (born in mainland China, 2023) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Thailand | 9,392,792 (2012) |
| Malaysia | 7,527,793 (2020) |
| United States | 5,457,033 (2023) |
| Indonesia | 3,280,000 (2020) |
| Singapore | 2,675,521 (2020) |
| Myanmar | 1,725,794 (2011) |
| Canada | 1,715,770 (2021) |
| Australia | 1,390,637 (2021) |
| Philippines | 1,350,000 (2013) |
| South Korea | 1,070,566 (2018) |
| Japan | 1,000,000 (2024) |
| France | 800,000 |
| United Kingdom | 500,000 |
| Languages | |
| Standard Chinese, Cantonese, other Varieties of Chinese, English language, other languages of countries of residence | |
| Religion | |
Overseas Chinese people or the Chinese diaspora are a diaspora people of Chinese origin who reside outside Greater China (mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan). As of 2011, there were over 40.3 million overseas Chinese. As of 2023, there were 10.5 million people living outside mainland China who were born in mainland China, corresponding to 0.7 percent of China's population. Overall, China has a low percent of its population living overseas.