| 4-6 National Population by Sex, Nationality | |||
| Data in the table are the tabulation data of the 5th national popultaion census in 2000. | |||
| (persons) | |||
| Nationality | Total | Male | Female |
| Total | 1242612226 | 640275969 | 602336257 |
| Han | 1137386112 | 586159888 | 551226224 |
| Mongolian | 5813947 | 2875453 | 2938494 |
| Hui | 9816805 | 5002072 | 4814733 |
| Tibetan | 5416021 | 2697807 | 2718214 |
| Uygur | 8399393 | 4272863 | 4126530 |
| Miao | 8940116 | 4656974 | 4283142 |
| Yi | 7762272 | 3989391 | 3772881 |
| Zhuang | 16178811 | 8376754 | 7802057 |
| Bouyei | 2971460 | 1530887 | 1440573 |
| Korean | 1923842 | 956946 | 966896 |
| Manchu | 10682262 | 5547750 | 5134512 |
| Dong | 2960293 | 1566575 | 1393718 |
| Yao | 2637421 | 1391332 | 1246089 |
| Bai | 1858063 | 947019 | 911044 |
| Tujia | 8028133 | 4196469 | 3831664 |
| Hani | 1439673 | 751899 | 687774 |
| Kazak | 1250458 | 633875 | 616583 |
| Dai | 1158989 | 578938 | 580051 |
| Li | 1247814 | 647547 | 600267 |
| Lisu | 634912 | 326274 | 308638 |
| Va | 396610 | 202626 | 193984 |
| She | 709592 | 381038 | 328554 |
| Gaoshan | 4461 | 2418 | 2043 |
| Lahu | 453705 | 234144 | 219561 |
| Shui | 406902 | 213488 | 193414 |
| Dongxiang | 513805 | 264453 | 249352 |
| Naxi | 308839 | 154971 | 153868 |
| Jingpo | 132143 | 65291 | 66852 |
| Kirgiz | 160823 | 81695 | 79128 |
| Tu | 241198 | 123571 | 117627 |
| Daur | 132394 | 65699 | 66695 |
| Mulam | 207352 | 107154 | 100198 |
| Qiang | 306072 | 155981 | 150091 |
| Blang | 91882 | 47534 | 44348 |
| Salar | 104503 | 53715 | 50788 |
| Maonan | 107166 | 56443 | 50723 |
| Gelao | 579357 | 310775 | 268582 |
| Xibe | 188824 | 98737 | 90087 |
| Achang | 33936 | 17189 | 16747 |
| Pumi | 33600 | 17043 | 16557 |
| Tajik | 41028 | 20954 | 20074 |
| Nu | 28759 | 14857 | 13902 |
| Ozbek | 12370 | 6498 | 5872 |
| Russian | 15609 | 7365 | 8244 |
| Ewenki | 30505 | 14740 | 15765 |
| De'ang | 17935 | 9032 | 8903 |
| Bonan | 16505 | 8416 | 8089 |
| Yugur | 13719 | 6935 | 6784 |
| Jing | 22517 | 11328 | 11189 |
| Tatar | 4890 | 2550 | 2340 |
| Drung | 7426 | 3649 | 3777 |
| Oroqen | 8196 | 3872 | 4324 |
| Hezhen | 4640 | 2289 | 2351 |
| Moinba | 8923 | 4428 | 4495 |
| Lhoba | 2965 | 1484 | 1481 |
| Jino | 20899 | 10596 | 10303 |
| Non-identified | |||
| Nationalities | 734438 | 385975 | 348463 |
| Chinese | |||
| Foreigner | 941 | 323 | 618 |