Population Concentration

From Shandong, Fujian, Jiangsu to Jiangxi; from the dynasties of Song, Yuan to Ming; the Gans in Fujian, Shandong and Zhejiang amounted to 54% of the whole Gan population in China. Another 32% lived in Jiangsu, Hunan, Jiangxi and Guangdong. The highest concentration of Gans was in Fujian at 27%.

According to statistics today, there are 6 million Gans with 30,000 in Singapore, 300,000 in Malaysia and 4 million in China, of which 33% live in Hunan, Guangxi and Hubei; and 48% in Shandong, Fujian, Szechuan, Jiangsu, Guangdong, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, as well as Taiwan. Hunan has the highest concentration of Gans at 12%.