According to figures compiled by the Overseas Chinese Affairs Commission, the majority of the 31 million overseas Chinese living abroad as of the end of 1989 were resident in Asia, with fewest of all in Africa.
根據僑委會的統計，截至民國七十八年底，三千一百萬的海外華僑中，以亞洲地區分佈最多，非洲最少。