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Khmer People

Khmer
ខ្មែរ
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Khmer couple
Total population
(at least 15 million)
Regions with significant populations
 Cambodia 13.2 million
 Thailand > 1.2 million
 Vietnam 1 to 1.4 million
 United States 276,667
 France 80,000
 South Korea 45,610 (2016)
 Australia 35,920 (2015)
 Canada 25,245
 Malaysia 11,381
 New Zealand 6,918
 Japan 6,111 (2015)
 Taiwan 6,000
 Laos 3,900
 Belgium 3,500
 United Kingdom > 1,000
 Germany 889
 Russia ?
Languages
Khmer, Northern Khmer dialect
Religion
Dharma Wheel.svg Theravada Buddhism with Hindu influence
Related ethnic groups
Mon, Wa, and other Austroasiatic-speaking groups

Khmer people (Khmer: ខ្មែរ, Khmer pronunciation: [kʰmaːe], Northern Khmer pronunciation: [kʰmɛr]) are a Southeast Asian ethnic group native to Cambodia, accounting for approximately 90% of the country's 15.2 million people. They speak the Khmer language, which is part of the larger Austroasiatic language family found throughout eastern and central India and Bangladesh, in Southeast Asia, South China and numerous islands in the Indian Ocean.

The majority of the Khmer are followers of the Khmer style of Buddhism, a highly syncretic version that blends elements of Theravada Buddhism, Hinduism, animism and veneration of the dead. 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 Cambodian diaspora living mainly in France, the United States and Australia.


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