How many Chinese are there in the world?

How many Chinese are there overseas? This number may not be clear to anyone. In the past, some people estimated that there were more than 20 million people, and now it is said that there are more than 30 million people. Since there is no formal registration in various places, there are no accurate figures. More than 20 million and more than 30 million are just rough estimates. However, Most people hold the figure of 30 million. Not to mention that it is difficult to say how many Chinese people there are in the world. No one can say for sure how many overseas Chinese there are in the Philippines and how many Chinese people there are. There are no accurate figures. Why? For the same reason, the authorities did not conduct a formal registration, where accurate figures are available. In the past, according to general reports, there were about 50,000 overseas Chinese registered with the Philippine Immigration Bureau every year. Together with the naturalized Chinese, the total number of Chinese was about 1.5 million to 2 million, accounting for about 2% of the total population of the Philippines. However, according to information recently obtained by the Ci Qiao Foundation from the Immigration Bureau, there are more than 70,000 overseas Chinese registered with the Immigration Bureau every year. If those who hold travel documents but do not report to the Immigration Bureau for regular registration are included, the number of overseas Chinese in the Philippines It may be more than 70,000. There are approximately tens to hundreds of thousands of Chinese citizens who have entered the Philippines in the past 20 years. Although some of these people have changed their identities, there are also many who maintain Chinese nationality. Some of them may not report for regular registration. If Even if these people are added together, 100,000 people is probably not an exaggeration, right? Due to the lack of formal statistics, not only are the numbers of overseas Chinese and Chinese in the Philippines uncertain, but this problem also exists in other countries in Southeast Asia. Once when I went to China to attend a conference, I met Mr. Zhang Mingkai, the president of Thousand Islands Daily in Surabaya, Indonesia, and the conversation involved the number of Chinese in Indonesia. He told the author that due to well-known reasons, most of the Chinese in Indonesia have now adopted local nationality, but how many Chinese are there? The official number in Indonesia is 10 million, but according to local Chinese estimates, there are far more than this number, about 16 million. There is a difference of 6 million people between 10 million and 16 million. Since there is no official statistics, it is difficult to say which one is correct. Given that local overseas Chinese and ethnic Chinese have not been formally registered for decades, it is impossible to get an accurate number. This is the case in the Philippines, Indonesia, and I believe it is also the case in other places. The number of Chinese people in the world can only be roughly said, there are about 30 million people.