Khmer people
The Khmer people (Khmer: ជនជាតិខ្មែរ, UNGEGN: Chônôchéatĕ Khmêr, ALA-LC: Janajāti Khmaer [cɔn.ciət kʰmae]) are an Austroasiatic ethnic group native to Cambodia. They comprise over 95% of Cambodia's population of 17 million.They speak the Khmer language, which is part of the larger Austroasiatic-language family alongside Mon and Vietnamese.
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| Total population | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| c. 18–19 million | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Cambodia | 16,000,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vietnam | 1,320,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thailand | 1,146,685 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United States | 331,733 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Languages | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Khmer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Religion | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Predominantly Theravada Buddhism; Hinduism and animism (historically); minorities Christianity | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Other Austroasiatic peoples | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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