Total population | |
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c. 83 million | |
Regions with significant populations | |
South Korea 50,423,955 (2014 estimated) c. 7–7.42 million |
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China | 2,585,993 |
United States | 2,238,989 |
Japan | 855,725 |
Canada | 224,054 |
Uzbekistan | 186,186 |
Russia | 166,956 |
Australia | 153,653 |
Vietnam | 108,850 |
Kazakhstan | 107,613 |
Philippines | 89,037 |
Brazil | 50,418 |
Indonesia | 40,741 |
United Kingdom | 40,263 |
Germany | 39,047 |
New Zealand | 30,174 |
Arab League | 24,000 |
Argentina | 22,730 |
Thailand | 19,700 |
Singapore | 19,450 |
Kyrgyzstan | 18,709 |
France | 15,000 |
Ukraine | 13,103 |
Malaysia | 12,690 |
Mexico | 11,484 |
India | 10,178 |
Cambodia | 8,445 |
Saudi Arabia | 5,189 |
Guatemala | 5,162 |
Paraguay | 5,090 |
Taiwan | 4,828 |
Languages | |
Korean speakers: 80 million | |
Religion | |
Primarily Christianity, Korean Buddhism, Korean shamanism, and Cheondoism |
South Korea 50,423,955 (2014 estimated)
North Korea 25,300,000 (2014 estimated)
Koreans (Hangul: 한민족; Hanja: 韓民族; alternatively Hangul: 조선민족; Hanja: 朝鮮民族, see names of Korea) are an ethnic group native to the whole Korean Peninsula and southeastern Manchuria. Koreans mainly live in the two Korean nation states, South Korea and North Korea (collectively referred to simply as Korea), but are also an officially recognized minority in China, Japan, Russia, Uzbekistan and a number of other former Soviet Union states. Over the course of the 20th century, significant Korean communities have emerged in Australia, United States, Canada and, to a lesser extent, other nations with primarily immigrant background. As of 2013, there were an estimated 7.4 million ethnic Korean expatriates around the world.