Hmong people
The Hmong people (RPA: Hmoob, Nyiakeng Puachue: 𞄀𞄩𞄰, Pahawh Hmong: 𖬌𖬣𖬵, IPA: [m̥ɔ̃́]) are an indigenous group in East and Southeast Asia. In China, the Hmong people are classified as a sub-group of the Miao people. The modern Hmong reside mainly in Southwest China (Guizhou, Yunnan, Sichuan, Chongqing, and Guangxi) and countries in Southeast Asia such as Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, and Myanmar. There is also a large diasporic community in the United States of more than 300,000. The Hmong diaspora has smaller communities in Australia and South America (specifically Argentina and French Guiana, the latter being an overseas region of France).
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Flower Hmong women in traditional dress at the market in Bắc Hà, Vietnam | |
| Total population | |
| 4–5 million | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| China | 2,777,039 (2000, estimate) |
| Vietnam | 1,393,547 (2019) |
| Laos | 595,028 (2015) |
| United States | 368,609 (2021) |
| Thailand | 250,070 (2015) |
| Myanmar | 40,000 |
| Argentina | 600 (1999) |
| Australia | 3,438 (2011) |
| France (French Guiana) | 2,000 (2001) |
| France | 15,000 |
| Canada | 600 (1999) |
| Languages | |
| Native: Hmong Regional: Chinese, Thai, Vietnamese, Lao, French, English, Burmese | |
| Religion | |
| Shamanism • Christianity • Buddhism | |
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