华僑足跡遍海外,所謂“海波到處有華僑”。但华僑人口究竟有多少,過去並没有詳確的数字。據一般估計,總人口常在一千一百至一千二百萬之间(如連各地僑生都計算在內,数目当更大)。大部分居留東南亚的馬來亞、印尼、暹羅、緬甸、越南和菲律濱。在這六个地區的僑胞,約共一千多萬人。其餘散居澳洲、南北美洲、 Overseas Chinese footprints all over the world, the so-called “Hai Bo everywhere overseas.” However, what is the actual population of overseas Chinese? There are no precise figures in the past. It is generally estimated that the total population is between 11 and 12 million (even if the number of overseas Chinese students is even greater). Most of the remaining Southeast Asia, Malaya, Indonesia, Siam, Myanmar, Vietnam and the Philippines. In all six countries, there are more than 10 million compatriots. The rest scattered in Australia, North and South America,