Ethnic group native to Cambodia
Ethnic group
Khmer people ជនជាតិខ្មែរ
c. 18–19 million[ 1] Cambodia 14,893,134[ 2] Vietnam 1,320,000 [ 3] Thailand 1,146,685 [ 2] United States 376,096 [ 4] France 80,000 [ 5] Australia 45,700 [ 6] (2016) Malaysia 30,113[ 2] Canada 38,490 [ 7] [failed verification ] Japan 23,750 (2023)[ 8] New Zealand 8,601[ 9] United Arab Emirates 7,600 Laos 7,141[ 10] Germany 1,035[ 11] Austria 2,133 Netherlands 2,000 United Kingdom >1,000[ 1] Singapore 832[ 2] Sweden 772[ 12] Belgium 2,172[ 13] Khmer Predominantly Theravada Buddhism ;Hinduism and animism (historically); minorities Christianity and Islam Mon people , Wa people , other Austroasiatic peoples
The Khmer people (Khmer : ជនជាតិខ្មែរ , UNGEGN : Chônchéatĕ Khmêr , ALA-LC : Janajāti Khmaer [cɔn.ciət kʰmae] ) are an Austroasiatic ethnic group native to Cambodia . They comprise over 95% of Cambodia's population of 17 million.[ 14] They speak the Khmer language , which is part of the larger Austroasiatic language family alongside Mon and Vietnamese .
The majority of the Khmers follow Theravada Buddhism . 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 Khmer diaspora living mainly in France , the United States , and Australia .
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