Austronesians

Austronesian peoples

Native Tahitians, one of many Polynesian peoples in the Pacific.
Total population
(400,000,000+)
Regions with significant populations
Indonesia: 260,581,000 (2016) [1]  Philippines: est. 98,500,000  Madagascar: over 20,000,000 (2011) [2]  Malaysia: 14,290,000 (2010) [3]  Papua New Guinea: 6,300,000  East Timor: 1,167,242 (2015) [4]  New Zealand: 855,000 (2006) [5] [6]  United States: 816,144 [7]  Brunei: 724,000? (2006)  Singapore: over 700,000  Solomon Islands: 478,000 (2005)  Taiwan: 480,000 (2006)  Fiji: 456,000 (2005) [8]  Australia: 210,843  Samoa: 193,773 (2015)  Tonga: 105,323  Northern Mariana Islands: 52,344  Hawaii: 140,652 or 401,162 (depending on definition)  Suriname: 71,000 (2009)  Chile: 5,682
Languages
Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian languages or Formosan languages)
Religion
Animism, Shamanism, Christianity (Roman Catholicism, Protestantism), Indigenous religion, Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, Shinto

 Indonesia: 260,581,000 (2016) [1]
 Philippines: est. 98,500,000
 Madagascar: over 20,000,000 (2011) [2]
 Malaysia: 14,290,000 (2010) [3]
 Papua New Guinea: 6,300,000
 East Timor: 1,167,242 (2015) [4]
 New Zealand: 855,000 (2006) [5] [6]
 United States: 816,144 [7]
 Brunei: 724,000? (2006)
 Singapore: over 700,000
 Solomon Islands: 478,000 (2005)
 Taiwan: 480,000 (2006)
 Fiji: 456,000 (2005) [8]
 Australia: 210,843
 Samoa: 193,773 (2015)
 Tonga: 105,323
 Northern Mariana Islands: 52,344
 Hawaii: 140,652 or 401,162 (depending on definition)
 Suriname: 71,000 (2009)