Editing Fujian (section)

== Demographics ==
[[File:She ethnic townships in Fujian.png|thumb|upright=0.7|The ethnic townships in Fujian]]
As of 1832, the province was described as having an estimated "population of fourteen millions."<ref name=Roberts1>{{cite book|last=Roberts|first=Edmund|title=Embassy to the Eastern Courts of Cochin-China, Siam, and Muscat|year=1837|publisher=Harper & Brothers|location=New York|page=122|url=http://www.wdl.org/en/item/7317/view/1/122/|access-date=October 16, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016064127/http://www.wdl.org/en/item/7317/view/1/122/|archive-date=October 16, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2021, Fujian's population was estimated to be 41.87 million, with an urbanization rate of 69.7%.<ref name="data2022"/>

Fujianese who are legally classified as Han Chinese make up 98% of the population. Various [[Min Chinese speakers]] make up the largest subgroups classified as Han Chinese in Fujian, such as [[Hoklo people]], [[Fuzhou people|Fuzhounese people]], [[Putian people]] and [[Fuzhou Tanka]].

The [[Hakka people|Hakka]], a [[Han Chinese]] people with their own distinct identity, live in the central and southwestern parts of Fujian. The [[She (ethnic group)|She]], an ethnic group scattered over mountainous regions in the north, is the largest [[List of Chinese ethnic groups|minority ethnic group]] of the province.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.chinamaps.info/Fujian/Fujian-Demographics.htm |title=Fujian Demographics - China Maps, map of china, maps of Beijing, Shanghai, Xian, Hong Kong, Tibet |access-date=December 20, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090223200534/http://www.chinamaps.info/Fujian/Fujian-Demographics.htm |archive-date=February 23, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Many ethnic Chinese around the world (especially in [[Southeast Asia]]) trace their ancestries to the Fujianese branches of the [[Hoklo people|Hoklo]] and [[Teochew people|Teochew]] peoples. Descendants of [[Southern Min]]-speaking emigrants make up the majorities of ethnic-Chinese populations in [[Taiwan]], [[Singapore]], [[Australia]], [[Brunei]], [[Thailand]], [[Indonesia]], and [[Philippines]]. [[Eastern Min]]-speaking people (especially [[Fuzhou people|Fuzhounese people]]) are one of the major sources of Chinese immigrants to the United States since the 1990s.<ref name=Sound>{{cite news|last1=Semple|first1=Kirk|title=In Chinatown, Sound of the Future Is Mandarin|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/22/nyregion/22chinese.html?pagewanted=all|access-date=9 July 2014|newspaper=New York Times|date=21 October 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170627222744/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/22/nyregion/22chinese.html?pagewanted=all|archive-date=June 27, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Religion ===
{{Pie chart
|caption = Religion in Fujian<ref name="Wang2015">China General Social Survey 2009, Chinese Spiritual Life Survey (CSLS) 2007. Report by: [https://baylor-ir.tdl.org/baylor-ir/bitstream/handle/2104/9326/WANG-THESIS-2015.pdf?sequence=1 Xiuhua Wang (2015, p.&nbsp;15)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925123928/https://baylor-ir.tdl.org/baylor-ir/bitstream/handle/2104/9326/WANG-THESIS-2015.pdf?sequence=1 |date=September 25, 2015 }}</ref>{{NoteTag|The data was collected by the Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS) of 2009 and by the Chinese Spiritual Life Survey of 2007, reported and assembled by Xiuhua Wang (2015)<ref name="Wang2015" /> to confront the proportion of people identifying with two similar social structures: ① Christian churches, and ② the traditional Chinese religion of the lineage (i. e. people believing and worshipping ancestral deities often organised into [[Chinese lineage associations|lineage "churches"]] and [[ancestral shrine]]s). Data for other religions with a significant presence in China (deity cults, Buddhism, Taoism, folk religious sects, Islam, et al.) was not reported by Wang.}}
|label1 = [[Chinese ancestral religion]]
|value1 = 31.31
|color1 = FireBrick
|label2 = [[Christianity]]
|value2 = 3.5
|color2 = DodgerBlue
|label3 = Other religions or not religious people{{NoteTag|This may include:
* [[Buddhism|Buddhists]];
* [[Confucianism|Confucians]];
* [[Chinese folk religion|Deity worshippers]];
* [[Taoism|Taoists]];
* Members of [[Chinese salvationist religions|folk religious sects]];
* [[Chinese Muslim]]s;
* And people not bound to, nor practicing any, institutional or diffuse religion.}}
|value3 = 65.19
|color3 = Honeydew
}}

The predominant religions in Fujian are [[Chinese folk religion]]s, [[Taoism|Taoist traditions]], and [[Chinese Buddhism]]. According to surveys conducted in 2007 and 2009, just over 30% of the population believes and is involved in [[Chinese ancestral religion]]; 3.5% of the population identifies as [[Christianity|Christian]].<ref name="Wang2015" /> The reports did not give figures for other religions; 65.19% of the population may be [[Irreligion|irreligious]] or involved in [[Chinese folk religion]], Buddhism, [[Confucianism]], Taoism, [[Chinese salvationist religions]], or [[Islam]]. Notably, Fujian is one of the only places in the world where [[Manichaeism]] may still be practiced.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dan |first=Jennifer Marie |date=2002 |title=Manichaeism and its Spread into China |url=http://trace.tennessee.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1529&context=utk_chanhonoproj |access-date=June 15, 2024 |website=Chancellor’s Honors Program Projects}}</ref>

In 2010, there were reportedly just under 116,000 [[Muslims]] in Fujian.<ref>{{cite web |title = Muslim in China, Muslim Population & Distribution & Minority in China |url = https://www.topchinatravel.com/china-muslim/muslim-in-china.htm |access-date = 2021-08-09 |website = topchinatravel.com |archive-date = November 3, 2021 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211103193156/https://www.topchinatravel.com/china-muslim/muslim-in-china.htm |url-status = live }}</ref>

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File:Quanzhou Tianhou Gong 20120229-21.jpg|Temple of [[Mazu (deity)|Tianhou]] (the Queen of Heaven) in [[Quanzhou]]
File:Roadside hillock Buddhist temple in Siming, Xiamen, Fujian, China.jpg|A roadside Buddhist temple in [[Siming District|Siming]], Xiamen
File:Shuitou - Hai chao an - DSCF8926.JPG|A small folk temple in [[Shuitou, Fujian|Shuitou]]
File:Zhangzhou Guanyuan Weihuimiao 20120225-5.jpg|A folk temple in [[Zhangzhou]]
File:Mosque in Quanzhou, Fujian, China.jpg|One of the oldest [[mosques]] in China is located in [[Quanzhou]].
File:玫瑰山庄.JPG|Rare Rose Hill Catholic parish in [[Fuzhou]]
File:Cangxia church.JPG|[[Christ Church, Cangxia|Christ Church]] in Cangxia, Fuzhou
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