The population of Heyuan totals 3.37 million, including five nations, with the Han nation as the majority, and some minorities such as the She, Chuang, and Miao nations. There are 470,000 overseas Chinese whose roots are in Heyuan, and who are mainly living in Southeast Asia, the USA, Canada, and Australia. There are 280.000 Heyuan fellowmen in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, and 13,000 returned overseas Chinese.