A pair of Javanese bride and groom wearing their traditional costumes.
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Total population | |
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(more than 100 million) | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Indonesia | 95,217,022 |
Malaysia | 640,000 |
Singapore | 97,000 |
Suriname | 87,000 |
Hong Kong | 78,000 |
Taiwan | 68,550 |
Netherlands | 42,600 |
Saudi Arabia | 29,000 |
United Arab Emirates | 16,000 |
Australia | 12,000 |
Brunei | 11,000 |
United States | 10,000 |
New Caledonia | 4,000 |
French Guiana | 2,600 |
Germany | 2,400 |
Macau | 800 |
Sri Lanka | 100 |
Languages | |
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Religion | |
Predominantly Islam and Kejawen. Minorities follow Protestantism, Roman Catholicism, Hinduism, and Buddhism. | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Other Indonesian ethnic groups: Sundanese, Madurese, Tionghoa, Balinese and Indo people |
The Javanese (Ngoko Javanese: ꦮꦺꦴꦁꦗꦮ,Madya Javanese: ꦠꦶꦪꦁꦗꦮꦶ,Krama Javanese: ꦥꦿꦶꦪꦤ꧀ꦠꦸꦤ꧀ꦗꦮꦶ,Ngoko Gêdrìk: wòng Jåwå, Madya Gêdrìk: tiyang Jawi, Krama Gêdrìk: priyantun Jawi, Indonesian: suku Jawa) are an ethnic group native to the Indonesian island of Java. With approximately 100 million people (as of 2011[update]), they form the largest ethnic group in Indonesia. They are predominantly located in the central to eastern parts of the island. There are also significant numbers of people of Javanese descent in most Provinces of Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Suriname, Saudi Arabia and the Netherlands.
The Javanese ethnic group has many sub-groups, such as the Mataram, Cirebonese, Osing, Tenggerese, Samin, Naganese, Banyumasan, etc.