Japanese people

Japanese people
Total population
c. 126 million
Regions with significant populations
Japan 122.0 million[1]
Significant Japanese diaspora in:
Brazil2,000,000[2] (2022)
United States1,550,875[3] (2020)
Canada129,425[4] (2021)
Philippines120,000[5][6][better source needed]
Peru103,182[7] (2021)
China102,066[8] (2022)note
Australia94,942[8] (2022)note
Mexico86,143[9] (2022)
Thailand78,431[8] (2022)note
Argentina76,440[10] (2020)
United Kingdom65,022[8] (2022)note
Germany42,266[8] (2022)note
South Korea41,717[8] (2022)note
France36,104[8] (2022)note
Singapore32,743[8] (2022)note
Malaysia24,545[8] (2022)note
Vietnam21,819[8] (2022)note
Taiwan20,345[8] (2022)note
Micronesia20,000[11][better source needed] (2018)
Languages
Japanese
Religion
Primarily, in a traditional/cultural context, a mix of Shinto and Buddhism; minorities ascribe to Christianity and other religions[12][13][14]
Related ethnic groups
Ainu · Ryukyuan

^ Note: For this country, only the number of residents with Japanese nationality is shown, since the number of naturalized Japanese people and their descendants is unknown.

Japanese people (Japanese: 日本人, Hepburn: Nihonjin) are an East Asian ethnic group native to the Japanese archipelago.[15][16] Japanese people constitute 97.6% of the population of the country of Japan.[1] Worldwide, approximately 126 million people are of Japanese descent, making them one of the largest ethnic groups. Approximately 122.0 million Japanese people are residents of Japan,[1] and there are approximately 4 million members of the Japanese diaspora, known as Nikkeijin (日系人).[17]

In some contexts, the term "Japanese people" may be used to refer specifically to the Yamato people (Yamato-minzoku) from mainland Japan; in other contexts the term may include other groups native to the Japanese archipelago, including Ryukyuan people (Ryūkyū-minzoku), who share connections with the Yamato but are often regarded as distinct, and Ainu people (Ainu-minzoku).[18] In recent decades, there has also been an increase in the number of people with both Japanese and non-Japanese roots, including half Japanese people.

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