Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore hold the main concentrations of Chinese people in the area. There are also many Chinese in Japan, Korea and Southeast Asia. Chinese make up four-tenths of the overall population and approach 1.2 billion in numbers.
這個區域裡的中國大陸、台灣、香港、新加坡是華人主要聚居區；日、韓、東南亞諸國也華僑眾多，域內華人總數佔人口比例的四成，將近十二億。