At present, there are more than 90 million Hakka people in the world. Among them, 70 million people are in the mainland.
There are 7.5 million Hakka relatives in Taiwan (including more than 5 million Hakka descendants of the Hakka people in Guangdong in Taiwan).
There are about 20 million overseas Hakka compatriots, while there are more than 10 million Hakka overseas Chinese in Guangdong.
The Hakka people overseas are widely distributed, and the more concentrated ones are in Southeast Asia, where Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew and internationally renowned writer Han Suyin are both Hakka.
There are 17 provinces and 185 cities and counties in China, of which 50 are pure Hakka counties with more than 95% of the Hakka people.
The places with the highest concentration of Hakka people are the Pearl River Delta, northern Guangdong, eastern Guangdong, western Guangdong, southern Jiangxi, and southern Fujian. There are 33 million Hakka people in Guangdong (excluding more than 10 million Hakka people from all over the country who live in Guangdong for a long time), accounting for 30% of the total number of people (local) in the province, including 15 pure Hakka cities and counties.
There are 15 counties and cities in Guangdong Province where Hakka people live: Meixian, Huizhou, Heyuan, Xingning, Dapu, Wuhua, Jiaoling, Pingyuan, Lianping, Heping, Longchuan, Zijin, Xinfeng, Shixing, Renhua, Wengyuan, Yingde, etc.;There are 65 non-pure guest cities and counties: Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Shaoguan, Nanxiong, Qujiang, Lechang, Ruyuan, Liannan, Lianxian, Lianshan, Yangshan, Baoan, Dongguan, Huaxian, Qingyuan, Fogang, Conghua, Huidong, Jiexi, Luhe, Haifeng, Lufeng, Raoping, Chaozhou, Jieyang, Fengshun, Chaoyang, Huilai, Puning, Zhuhai, Doumen, Longmen, Nanhai, Zengcheng, Boluo, Zhongshan, Xinhui, Guangning, Sanshui, Gaoyao, Yunfu, Fengkai, Gaoming, Xinxing, Heshan, Kaiping, Taishan, Yunan, Luoding, Deqing, Yangchun, Yangxi, Yangjiang, Suixi, Haikang, Xuwen, Dianbai and other counties and cities. The total population is 33 million people.
The distribution of Hakka people in the Pearl River Delta and overseas, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan (including original and long-term residence) is as follows: Shenzhen: 4.5 million. Guangzhou: 3.5 million. Huizhou: 4.5 million (original residence). Foshan: 500,000. Zhongshan: 450,000. Jiangmen: 400,000. Hong Kong: 1.5 million. Macau: 100,000. Taiwan: 7.5 million. Overseas: 20 million.
Among them, there are 7.5 million Hakka compatriots in Taiwan and more than 10 million Hakka compatriots overseas. There are about 1 million Hakka descendants in Taiwan.