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 people in traditional Khmer attire during the new year.
Total population
c. 18–19 million[1]
Regions with significant populations
 Cambodia15,969,386[2]
 Vietnam1,320,000[3]
 Thailand1,146,685[4]
 United States376,096[5]
 France80,000[6]
 South Korea65,002[7]
 Australia57,096[8] (2021)
 Malaysia30,113[4]
 Canada38,490[9]
 Japan26,827 (2024)[10]
 New Zealand8,601[11]
 United Arab Emirates7,600
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 Laos7,141[12]
 Singapore3,224[13]
  Switzerland3,000[14]
 Belgium2,172[15]
 Austria2,133
 Netherlands2,000
 Germany1,035[16]
 United Kingdom>1,000[1]
 Italy1,000[14]
 New Caledonia1,000[14]
 Sweden772[17]
 Taiwan543–5,219[18][19]
 Denmark200[20]
 Kuwait47[21]
 Philippines33[22]
 Russia2–110[23][24]
Languages
Khmer
Religion
Predominantly Theravada Buddhism;
Hinduism and animism (historically);
Christianity and Islam (minority)[25]
Related ethnic groups
Mon, Wa, other Austroasiatic peoples

The Khmer people (Khmer: ជនជាតិខ្មែរ, UNGEGN: Chônchéatĕ Khmêr, ALA-LC: Janajāti Khmaer [cɔn.ciət kʰmae]) are an ethnic group native to Cambodia. They comprise over 95% of Cambodia's population of 17 million.[26] They speak the Khmer language, which is part of the larger Austroasiatic language family alongside Mon and Vietnamese.

The majority of Khmer people follow Theravada Buddhism. Significant populations of Khmers reside in neighboring regions, including Northern Khmer communities in adjacent areas of Thailand and Khmer Krom communities in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. There are nearly one million Khmers in other diaspora communities, living mainly in the United States, France, and Australia.

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  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. ^ a b "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.
  5. ^ "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. 2022. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
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  10. ^ 令和6年末現在における在留外国人数について
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  12. ^ "Results of Population and Housing Census 2015" (PDF). Lao Statistics Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 8, 2021. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
  13. ^ "International Migrant Stock 2020". United Nations. Retrieved March 29, 2023.
  14. ^ a b c "Immigrant and Emigrant Populations by Country of Origin and Destination". February 10, 2014.
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  16. ^ "Ausländeranteil in Deutschland bis 2018". De.statista.com. Archived from the original on January 30, 2017. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
  17. ^ "Population by country of birth and year". Archived from the original on February 11, 2021. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
  18. ^ "2023.12 Foreign Residents by Nationality". 內政部移民署. January 25, 2024. Retrieved May 24, 2024.
  19. ^ http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/cambodia-halts-marriages-between-s-korean-men-cambodian-women
  20. ^ "Khmer people group in all countries | Joshua Project".
  21. ^ Kuwait's population - by nationality archived from the original
  22. ^ "Household Population by Country of Citizenship: Philippines, 2010" (PDF). 2010 Census of Population and Housing. Philippine Statistics Authority. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 16, 2015. Retrieved October 19, 2020.
  23. ^ "Статистические сведения по миграционной ситуации". Archived from the original on December 3, 2022. Retrieved February 24, 2024.
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  25. ^ "The village that left Buddhism behind". Archived from the original on March 25, 2023. Retrieved April 7, 2025.
  26. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20191113151101/http://www.nis.gov.kh/nis/Census2019/Provisional%20Population%20Census%202019_English_FINAL.pdf
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