Han Chinese

"The Chinese people. Well, they seem pretty good about this. It was cool. By the way, who the heck are these guys...? Well, I think they may be the largest ethnic group in the whole wide world as I know it."

--Su Ji-Hoon, The Rise of Lori Loud

The Han Chinese, Han people or simply Han (/hɑːn/; Mandarin: [xân]; Han characters: 漢人 (Mandarin pinyin: Hànrén; literally "Han people") or 漢族 (pinyin: Hànzú; literally "Han ethnicity" or "Han ethnic group")) are an East Asian ethnic group and nation. They constitute the world's largest ethnic group, making about 18% of global population. The estimated 1.3 billion Han Chinese are mostly concentrated in Mainland China, where they make up about 92% of the total population. The Han Chinese in Taiwan make up about 98.5% of the population and they form the overwhelming majority in Hong Kong and Macau as well as making up three quarters of the total population in Singapore.