到2000年为止，全省常住人口达到3470万人。福建又是著名侨乡和台胞祖籍地，旅居海外的华人、华侨达800多万人。台湾同胞中80%祖籍福建。福建省海域辽阔，海岸线长达3300多公里，有大小岛屿1400多个。
In the year 2000, Fujian's population stood at 34.7 million. Fujian is well-known as the home for overseas Chinese. It is also the ancestor land for people in Taiwan. More than 8 million overseas Chinese as well as 80% of the people in Taiwan can trace their roots back to Fujian. Fujian has a long coastline of more than 3,300 kilometers with over 1,400 islands both large and small.