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There were a total of 34,505,000 overseas Chinese scattered around the world as of the end of 1999, an increase of 2.3 percent over the previous year, according to statistics released by the Overseas Chinese Affairs Commission.
Residents of Asia topped the list, with 26,788,000 ethnic Chinese living in countries other than mainland China and Taiwan. Overseas Chinese residents of the Americas were second most populous. The total there came to 6,013,000, a 19.8 percent increase on the 1998 figure of 5,020,000.
Europe was third in terms of total population of overseas Chinese, with 968,000 residents. Oceania came in next, with 605,000 people, and Africa trailed the list, with only 132,000 ethnic Chinese residents.
The statistics show that the total number of overseas Chinese worldwide increased by 2.3 percent from 1998's figure of 33,726,000. Today Oversea Chinese have thrived at commerce, live away from a motherland to which they still nurture strong cultural links, and contribute a great deal to rebuild their homeland.
