Table 1 Chinese and Confucian...

Table 1

Chinese and Confucian descendants in 2010 around the World

Country	(1)	(2)	(3)
Country	2010 population, in millions	WCFCN Chinese Descendants % of (1)	WCF Confucian Descendants, % of (1)
Australia*	22.16	2.30	2.70
Belize	0.32	0.50	0.50
Brazil*	198.61	0.00	0.80
Cambodia	14.36	1.00	1.00
Canada*	34.13	3.59	4.09
China*	1340.97	100	100.00
Costa Rica*	4.55	1.00	1.00
Cuba	NA	1.00	1.00
Fiji	0.86	0.70	0.70
Guyana	NA	0.70	0.70
Hong Kong	6.99	97.00	97.10
Indonesia	241.61	2.00	2.00
Jamaica*	2.74	0.50	0.50
Japan*	127.32	0.00	100.00
Kazakhstan	16.31	1.40	2.10
Korea (South)*	49.09	0.00	100.00
Kyrgyzstan	5.46	2.00	2.00
Laos	6.26	9.00	9.00
Malaysia*	28.12	26.00	26.00%
Mauritius*	1.25	3.00	3.00
Mongolia	2.71	1.50	1.50
Netherlands*	16.63	0.50	0.50
New Zealand*	4.37	2.20	2.70
Panama*	3.62	1.50	1.50
Peru*	29.37	1.00	2.00
Portugal*	10.58	0.90	0.90
Saudi Arab	28.09	0.00	0.20%
Singapore*	5.08	77.00	77.5
Sweden*	9.38	0.00	0.70
Taiwan*	23.14	98.00	100.00
Thailand*	66.69	14.00	14.00

Country	(1)	(2)	(3)
Country	2010 population, in millions	WCFCNChineseDescendants % of (1)	WCFConfucianDescendants, % of (1)
Australia*	22.16	2.30	2.70
Belize	0.32	0.50	0.50
Brazil*	198.61	0.00	0.80
Cambodia	14.36	1.00	1.00
Canada*	34.13	3.59	4.09
China*	1340.97	100	100.00
Costa Rica*	4.55	1.00	1.00
Cuba	NA	1.00	1.00
Fiji	0.86	0.70	0.70
Guyana	NA	0.70	0.70
Hong Kong	6.99	97.00	97.10
Indonesia	241.61	2.00	2.00
Jamaica*	2.74	0.50	0.50
Japan*	127.32	0.00	100.00
Kazakhstan	16.31	1.40	2.10
Korea (South)*	49.09	0.00	100.00
Kyrgyzstan	5.46	2.00	2.00
Laos	6.26	9.00	9.00
Malaysia*	28.12	26.00	26.00%
Mauritius*	1.25	3.00	3.00
Mongolia	2.71	1.50	1.50
Netherlands*	16.63	0.50	0.50
New Zealand*	4.37	2.20	2.70
Panama*	3.62	1.50	1.50
Peru*	29.37	1.00	2.00
Portugal*	10.58	0.90	0.90
Saudi Arab	28.09	0.00	0.20%
Singapore*	5.08	77.00	77.5
Sweden*	9.38	0.00	0.70
Taiwan*	23.14	98.00	100.00
Thailand*	66.69	14.00	14.00

Note(s): *Denotes the sample countries in this study

Source(s): Population figures in Column (1) are from Penn World Tables 8.0. Figures in Column (2) are calculated using the immigration matrix from Putterman and Weil (2010). WCF in Column (3) is the percent of people descended from six Confucian societies

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