Koreans

Koreans

한민족 • 조선민족
Total population
c. 81.7+ million[1]
Regions with significant populations
South Korea       c. 49,110,000 (2019)[a][2] North Korea       25,955,138[b][3] Diaspora as of 2021[update] c. 7.3 million[4]
United States	2,633,777[4]
China	2,109,727[c][5]
Japan	818,865[d][4]
Canada	237,364[4]
Uzbekistan	175,865[e][4]
Russia	168,526[f][4]
Australia	158,103[4]
Vietnam	156,330[4]
Kazakhstan	109,495[g][4]
Germany	47,428[4]
United Kingdom	36,690[4]
Brazil	36,540[4]
New Zealand	33,812[4]
Philippines	33,032[4]
France	25,417[4]
Argentina	22,847[4]
Singapore	20,983[4]
Thailand	18,130[4]
Kyrgyzstan	18,106[4]
Indonesia	17,297[4]
Malaysia	13,667[4]
Ukraine	13,524[h][4]
Sweden	13,055[4]
Mexico	11,107[4]
India	10,674[4]
Cambodia	10,608[4]
Netherlands	9,473[4]
Denmark	8,694[4]
Norway	7,744[4]
Taiwan	5,132[6][7]
Languages
Korean,[8] Jeju and Korean Sign Language minorities
Religion
Predominantly : Irreligious Significant : Korean shamanic, Christian, and Buddhist
Related ethnic groups
Jejuans

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Koreans^[i] are an East Asian ethnic group native to Korea.^{[11][12][13][14]} The majority of Koreans live in the two Korean nation states of North and South Korea, which are collectively referred to as Korea. As of 2021, an estimated 7.3 million ethnic Koreans resided outside of Korea.^[4] Koreans are also an officially recognised ethnic minority in other several Continental and East Asian countries, including China, Japan, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Uzbekistan. Outside of Continental and East Asia, sizeable Korean communities have formed in Germany, the United Kingdom, France, the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.

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