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
Cambodia
16,000,000[2]
Vietnam
1,320,000[3]
Thailand
1,146,685[2]
United States
331,733[4]
Further information
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
Related ethnic groups
Other Austroasiatic peoples
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The Khmer people (Khmer: ជនជាតិខ្មែរ, UNGEGN: Chônôchéatĕ Khmêr, ALA-LC: Janajāti Khmaer[cɔn.ciətkʰmae]) 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.
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^"Results of Population and Housing Census 2015" (PDF). Lao Statistics Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 8, 2021. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
^"Ausländeranteil in Deutschland bis 2018". De.statista.com. Archived from the original on January 30, 2017. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
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