Editing Multinational state (section)

====China====
{{main|Ethnic groups in China}}

{{See also|Ethnic groups in Taiwan|Taiwanese indigenous peoples}}
[[File:Ethnolinguistic map of China 1983.png|thumb|250px|Ethnolinguistic map of China]]
The [[China|People's Republic of China]] (PRC) is a multinational state consisting of 56 ethnic groups with the [[Han Chinese|Han]] people the largest ethnic group in mainland China. As of 2010, 91.51% of the population were classified as Han (~1.2 billion).<ref>{{cite web|title=Han Chinese proportion in China's population drops: census data |date=28 April 2011 |url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-04/28/c_13849933.htm |website=Xinhua News (English) |access-date=1 September 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160711022113/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-04/28/c_13849933.htm |archive-date=11 July 2016}}</ref> Besides the [[Han Chinese]] majority, 55 other ethnic (minority) groups are categorized in present China, numbering approximately 105 million people (8%), mostly concentrated in the bordering northwest, north, northeast, south and southwest but with some in central interior areas.

The major [[Ethnic minorities in China|minority ethnic groups in China]] are [[Zhuang people|Zhuang]] (16.9 million), [[Hui people|Hui]] (10.5 million), [[Manchu people|Manchu]] (10.3 million), [[Uyghurs|Uyghur]] (10 million), [[Miao people|Miao]] (9.4 million), [[Yi people|Yi]] (8.7 million), [[Tujia people|Tujia]] (8.3 million), [[Tibetan people|Tibetan]] (6.2 million), [[Mongolians in China|Mongolian]] (5.9 million), [[Dong people|Dong]] (2.8 million), [[Buyei people|Buyei]] (2.8 million), [[Yao people|Yao]] (2.7 million), [[Bai people|Bai]] (1.9 million), [[Koreans in China|Korean]] (1.8 million), [[Hani people|Hani]] (1.6 million), [[Li people|Li]] (1.4 million), [[Kazakhs in China|Kazakh]] (1.4 million) and [[Dai people|Dai]] (1.2 million).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/pcsj/rkpc/6rp/indexch.htm |title=index |website=www.stats.gov.cn}}</ref> At least 126,000 people from [[Canada]], the [[US]] and [[Europe]] are living in Mainland China.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.beijingrelocation.com/blog/expats-in-china-nationalities-and-in-which-cities-they-settle/ |title=Expats in China: Nationalities and in which cities they settle}}</ref> In addition, there are also [[Unrecognized ethnic groups in China|unrecognized ethnic groups]], for example: [[Chuanqing people]] (穿青人), and others, who account for over 730,000 people.

However, the [[Taiwan|Republic of China]] (ROC), which [[Republic of China (1912–1949)|ruled]] mainland China from 1912 to 1949 and currently governs the island of Taiwan since 1945, had recognized five main ethnic groups under [[Five Races Under One Union]]: Han, Hui, Manchu, Mongol and Tibetan. Since retreating to Taiwan, the ROC government recognizes 16 groups of [[Taiwanese aborigines]], which constitutes a number 569,000 or 2.38% of the [[Geography of Taiwan|island]]'s population. The PRC classifies them as ''Gāoshān''.