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Vietnamese people
Vietnam's ethnicity and nation / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Vietnamese people (Vietnamese: người Việt, lit. 'Việt people') or the Kinh people (Vietnamese: người Kinh, lit. 'Metropolitan people'), also called the Viet people,[66] the Kinh Vietnamese, the Viets, or the Kinh, are a Southeast Asian ethnic group and nation native to modern-day Northern Vietnam that share a common identity, language, religion, culture, history, and country.
người Việt / người Kinh | |
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![]() A Vietnamese prince and minister wearing ceremonial clothes in the Nam Giao ceremony under the Nguyễn dynasty, first half of the 20th century. | |
Total population | |
c. 89 million | |
Regions with significant populations | |
![]() | 82,085,826 (2019)[1] |
![]() | 2,300,000 (2022)[2] |
![]() | 400,000–1,000,000[3] |
![]() | 565,026 (2023)[4] |
![]() | 300,000[5]–350,000[6][7] |
![]() | 334,781 (2021)[8] |
![]() | 275,530 (2021)[9] |
![]() | 259,375 (2024)[lower-alpha 1]–470,000[18][19] |
![]() | 215,000 (2024)[20] |
![]() | 209,373 (2022)[lower-alpha 2] |
![]() | 13,954[22]–150,000[23] |
![]() | 100,000[24][25]–500,000[26] |
![]() | 100,000[27] |
![]() | 90,000[28]–100,000[29][30] |
![]() | 80,000[31] |
![]() | 60,000–80,000[32] |
![]() | 40,000–50,000[32] |
![]() | 40,000[33][34] |
![]() | 42,000[35][36]–303,000[37][lower-alpha 3]/33,112 (2020)[38][lower-alpha 4] |
![]() | 28,114 (2022)[39] |
![]() | 24,594 (2021)[40] |
![]() | 21,528 (2021)[41] |
![]() | 20,000[42] |
![]() | 20,000[43][44][45] |
![]() | 7,235[46]–20,000[47] |
![]() | 16,141 (2022)[48] |
![]() | 15,000[49] |
![]() | 12,000–15,000[50] |
![]() | 13,291 (2021)[51] |
![]() | 12,000[52][53] |
![]() | 10,086 (2018)[54] |
![]() | 8,000[55] |
![]() | 7,304 (2016)[56] |
![]() | 7,000[57][58] |
![]() | 5,000[59] |
![]() | 5,000[60] |
![]() | 5,000[61][62] |
![]() | 3,000[63] |
![]() | 2,500[64] |
Languages | |
Vietnamese | |
Religion | |
Predominantly Vietnamese folk religion syncretized with East Asian Mahayana Buddhism. Minorities of Christians (mostly Roman Catholics) and other groups.[65] | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Other Vietic groups (especially Gin) |
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Because Vietnam has been multi-ethnic with 54 recognized ethnicities since 1979, the Vietnamese people as a nation has composed of 54 ethnic groups, of which ethnic Vietnamese have officially been designated as "Kinh people" to distinguish them from other recognized Vietnamese groups. The Kinh are related to ethnic Gin, a recognized minority in China; classifying them as Kinh or not is flexible. The Kinh Vietnamese are also a recognized minority in Czechia and Slovakia. In Vietnam, the Kinh people are main ethnicity occupying the majority of the country's citizens. They are now often considered one of Vietic speaking-groups with the Mường being linguistically closest. Chinese also has a heavy influence on Vietnamese language.[67][68][69][70][71][72][73] Although originating from the Đông Sơn culture, Vietnamese culture is now part of the Sinosphere.