People Group Highlights

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Displaying 1-14 of 14 results.
PG Name Country Of Birth IMB Affinity Group Affinity Bloc People Cluster Primary Religion Language Total Population
Chinese, CantoneseHong KongEast Asian PeoplesEast Asian PeoplesChineseBuddhism - MahayanaYue Chinese - (yue)1,283,475
Chinese, Fuzhou Min DongChinaEast Asian PeoplesEast Asian PeoplesChineseBuddhism - MahayanaMin Dong Chinese - (cdo)19,000
Chinese, HakkaTaiwanEast Asian PeoplesEast Asian PeoplesChineseBuddhism - MahayanaHakka Chinese - (hak)6,750
Chinese, HokkienTaiwanEast Asian PeoplesEast Asian PeoplesChineseBuddhism - MahayanaMin Nan Chinese - (nan)220,000
Chinese, HuiChinaEast Asian PeoplesEast Asian PeoplesChinese-HuiIslamMandarin Chinese - (cmn)2,100
Chinese, MandarinChinaEast Asian PeoplesEast Asian PeoplesChineseBuddhism - MahayanaMandarin Chinese - (cmn)2,594,345
Chinese, Shanghainese WuChinaEast Asian PeoplesEast Asian PeoplesChineseNon-ReligiousWu Chinese - (wuu)7,725
Chinese, TeochewMalaysiaEast Asian PeoplesEast Asian PeoplesChineseBuddhism - MahayanaMin Nan Chinese - (nan)32,000
JapaneseJapanEast Asian PeoplesEast Asian PeoplesJapaneseEthnic Religions - ShintoismJapanese - (jpn)909,007
KoreanSouth KoreaEast Asian PeoplesEast Asian PeoplesKoreanChristianity - ProtestantKorean - (kor)1,643,890
MongolianMongoliaEast Asian PeoplesEast Asian PeoplesMongolianBuddhismMongolian - (mon)26,710
Oirat, Western MongolMongoliaEast Asian PeoplesEast Asian PeoplesMongolianBuddhismKalmyk - (xal)1,700
OkinawanJapanEast Asian PeoplesEast Asian PeoplesJapaneseBuddhismCentral Okinawan - (ryu)14,000
Sino-VietnameseVietnamEast Asian PeoplesEast Asian PeoplesChineseBuddhismMandarin Chinese - (cmn)3,700

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