It is estimated since the early 1980s, the number of people in China is over 1,000,000,000. People have said for decades that China has the highest population. However, India has more people than China now.

During the 1910s, the scholars/ politicians said that there are 5 main groups of people. Han, Manchu, the Mongols, Hui and the Tibetans (漢滿蒙回藏).

In 2023, the estimated number of people was 1,280,000,000.


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