Khmer people
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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).
The Khmer people (Khmer: ជនជាតិខ្មែរ, UNGEGN: Chônchéatĕ 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.
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ជនជាតិខ្មែរ | |
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Total population | |
c. 18–19 million[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Cambodia | 17,000,000[2] |
Vietnam | 1,320,000[3] |
Thailand | 1,146,685[2] |
United States | 376,096[4] |
France | 80,000[5] |
Australia | 45,700[6] (2016) |
Malaysia | 30,113[2] |
Canada | 38,490[7][failed verification] |
Japan | 23,750 (2023)[8] |
New Zealand | 8,601[9] |
United Arab Emirates | 7,600 |
Laos | 7,141[10] |
Germany | 1,035[11] |
Austria | 2,133 |
Netherlands | 2,000 |
United Kingdom | >1,000[1] |
Singapore | 832[2] |
Sweden | 772[12] |
Belgium | 2,172[13] |
Languages | |
Khmer | |
Religion | |
Predominantly Theravada Buddhism; Hinduism and animism (historically); minorities Christianity and Islam | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Mon people, Wa people, other Austroasiatic peoples |
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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.