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Khmer people

This article is about the ethnic group known as the Khmer people and their descendants worldwide. For the language, see Khmer language. For other uses, see Khmer (disambiguation).

Khmer people
ជនជាតិខ្មែរ
Khmer women wearing traditional dance attires
Total population
c. 18–19 million[1]
Regions with significant populations
 Cambodia16,000,000[2]
 Vietnam1,320,000[3]
 Thailand1,146,685[2]
 United States331,733[4]
Further information
 France80,000[5]
 Australia45,700[6] (2016)
 Malaysia30,113[2]
 Canada38,490[7][failed verification]
 Japan23,750 (2023)[8]
 New Zealand8,601[9]
 United Arab Emirates7,600
 Laos7,141[10]
 Germany1,035[11]
 Austria2,133
 Netherlands2,000
 United Kingdom>1,000[1]
 Singapore832[2]
 Sweden772[12]
 Belgium2,172[13]
Languages
Khmer
Religion
Predominantly Theravada Buddhism;
Hinduism and animism (historically); minorities Christianity
Related ethnic groups
Other Austroasiatic peoples
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The Khmer people (Khmer: ជនជាតិខ្មែរ, UNGEGN: Chônôchéatĕ Khmêr, ALA-LC: Janajāti Khmaer [cɔn.ciət kʰmae]) are an Austroasiatic ethnic group native to Cambodia. They comprise over 95% of Cambodia's population of 17 million.[14]They speak the Khmer language, which is part of the larger Austroasiatic-language family alongside Mon and Vietnamese.

The majority of the Khmers follow Theravada Buddhism. Significant populations of Khmers reside in adjacent areas of Thailand (Northern Khmer) and the Mekong Delta region of neighboring Vietnam (Khmer Krom), while there are over one million Khmers in the Khmer diaspora living mainly in France, the United States, and Australia.

  1. ^ a b Hattaway, Paul, ed. (2004), "Khmer", Peoples of the Buddhist World, William Carey Library, p. 133
  2. ^ a b c d "General Population Census of the Kingdom of Cambodia 2019" (PDF). National Institute of Statistics. Ministry of Planning. June 2019. Archived from the original on November 13, 2019. Retrieved August 12, 2019.
  3. ^ "Report on Results of the 2019 Census" (in Vietnamese). General Statistics Office of Vietnam. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 9, 2020. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
  4. ^ "ASIAN ALONE OR IN COMBINATION WITH ONE OR MORE OTHER RACES, AND WITH ONE OR MORE ASIAN CATEGORIES FOR SELECTED GROUPS". United States Census Bureau. United States Department of Commerce. 2017. Archived from the original on February 14, 2020. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
  5. ^ Danaparamita, Aria (November 21, 2015). "Solidarité". The Cambodia Daily. Archived from the original on June 20, 2019. Retrieved June 19, 2019.
  6. ^ "Estimated Resident Population by Country of Birth, 30 June 1992 to 2016". stat.data.abs.gov.au. Archived from the original on March 11, 2019. Retrieved April 6, 2017.
  7. ^ "Ethnocultural Portrait of Canada". Statistics Canada. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
  8. ^ 令和５年１２月末現在における在留外国人数について
  9. ^ "2006 and 2013 Census: Cambodians- Facts and Figures". Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand . Archived from the original on July 4, 2012. Retrieved December 10, 2009.
  10. ^ "Results of Population and Housing Census 2015" (PDF). Lao Statistics Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 8, 2021. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
  11. ^ "Ausländeranteil in Deutschland bis 2018". De.statista.com. Archived from the original on January 30, 2017. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
  12. ^ "Population by country of birth and year". Archived from the original on February 11, 2021. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
  13. ^ "Wachtregister asiel 2012-2021". npdata.be. Archived from the original on October 1, 2023. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
  14. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20191113151101/http://www.nis.gov.kh/nis/Census2019/Provisional%20Population%20Census%202019_English_FINAL.pdf