The world's Hakka population now stands at 35-40 million. In addition to the nearly 30 million who live in mainland China, Hong Kong and Macao, and 3 million in Taiwan, some 2.8 million live in Southeast Asia.
目前全世界客家人約有 3,500-4,000 萬人，除了大陸及港澳近 3,000 萬人、台灣 300 萬人外，還有約 280 萬人散居在東南亞各國。