How many overseas Chinese are there?

40 million:

Statistics

The local name for overseas Chinese in each continent/country The percentage of overseas Chinese population in the local population The percentage of global overseas Chinese in /p>

Asia 30,976,784 (2006) 0.8% 78.7%

Thailand Thai Chinese 8,500,000 (2006) 14% 11.7%

Indonesia Indonesian Chinese 7,300,000 (2003) 3.1% 11.7 %

Malaysia Malaysian Chinese, Baba 7,000,000 (2006)[10] 24.5% 12.1%

Singapore Singaporean Chinese 2,700,000 (2005)[11] 75.6% 4.3%

Vietnam Vietnamese Chinese 2,300,000 (2006)[12] 3% 2%-3%

Philippines Filipino Chinese 1,500,000 (2004) 2% 2.4%

Myanmar Burmese Chinese 1,300,000 ( 2003) 3% 2.1%

Chinese community in Kolkata, India 186,461 (2005) 0.02% 0.5%

Japanese Chinese 175,000 (2003) 0.1% 0.3%

Cambodia Cambodian Chinese 150,000 (2003) 1.2% 0.2%

South Korea Korean Chinese 85,000 (2003) 0.2% 0.16%

Brunei Chinese 56,000 (2006) 15% 0.1%

Laos-- 50,000 (2003) 1% 0.1%

North Korea Korean Chinese 50,000 (2003) 0.2% 0.1%

Israel Israeli Chinese 23,000 0.3% 0.1% < /p>

Mongolia Mongolian Chinese 11,323 0.4% 0.03%

America 5,920,000 (2005) 0.6% 14.4%

American Chinese Americans, American-born Chinese (ABC) 3,000,000 ( 2005) 1% 6.8%

Canada Chinese Canadians 1,300,000 (2004) 3.69% 3.4%

Brazil Brazilian Chinese 360,000 (2006) 0.10% 0.4%

Peru Peruvian Chinese 250,000 2.08% 0.4%

Panama Panama Chinese 150,000 5% 0.4%

Argentina Argentinian Chinese 60,000 0.16% 0.1%

Nicaragua Nicaragua Chinese 12,000[ 13] -- --

Jamaica Chinese 10,000 (2004) 0.3% 0.02

Cuba Cuban Chinese 500 -- --

Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Chinese Unknown Unknown Unknown

Europe 1,700,000 (2006) 0.2% 4.1%

Russia Russian Chinese, Dungan 680,000 0.5% 1.9%

France French Chinese 300,000 0.5 % 0.9%

British Chinese 247,403 (2001)[14] 0.4% 0.7%

Ireland-- 16,533 (2006)[15] 0.39%

Italy Italian Chinese 111,712 0.19% 0.2%

Spain Spanish Chinese 99,000 (2006)[16] 0.22% 0.16%

Germany-- 71,639 (2004)[17] 0.1% 0.1 %

Netherlands -- 44,713 (2006)[18] 0.7% 0.1%

Romania Romanian Chinese 2,249 -- --

Oceania 1,000,000(2003) 1.9 % 1.7%

Australian Chinese ~700,000 (2006)[19] 2.5% 1.3%

New Zealand Chinese New Zealanders 147,570 (2006) 2.8% 0.3%

Fiji Fiji Chinese 6,000 (2000) 0.5% 0.01%

Africa 103,000 (2003) 0.02% 0.3%

South Africa South Asian Chinese 100,000 (2003) 0.2% 0.3%

Mauritius Mauritius Chinese Unknown Unknown Unknown

Total*** -- 39,379,784 0.6% 100%