List of ethnic groups by population


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The following is a list of ethnic groups by population:[1] Contents [hide]

1 List of ethnic groups in table 2 List of ethnic groups 3 List of main panethnicities by population 4 See also 5 References

List of ethnic groups in table Rank↓ 	Ethnic Group↓ 	Population↓ 	Date↓ 	 % of world population↓ 	Annual Growth Rate↓ 	Region(s) with largest populations↓ 	Regions with significant populations↓ 	Languages spoken↓ 	Most Common Religions and Philosophies↓ 1 	Han Chinese 	1,310,158,851 	December 31, 2011 	18.62% 	0-1% 	Mainland China, SARs, Taiwan, Singapore 	Southeast Asia,especially Malaysia, United States, Canada, Peru, others 	Chinese languages, English[2] 	Confucianism, Chinese Communism, Chinese folk religion, Buddhism, Taoism, Christianity 2 	American people 	316,500,000[3][4] 	2012 	4.5% 	.91% (2011) 	United States, Mexico, Canada 	Phillipines, United Kingdom, Brazil, Liberia 	English, Spanish 	Christianity, Irreligion 3 	Bengali people 	230,000,000 	2008 	3.27% 	~1% 	Bangladesh, India, Pakistan 	Burma, Pakistan, United Kingdom, United States, Persian Gulf countries 	Bengali, English,Hindi/Urdu 	Islam, Hinduism 4/5 	German people 	150,000,000[5] 	2010 	2.13% 	0-1% 	Germany, United States 	Austria, Brazil, Canada, other 	German, English, Portuguese, Spanish 	Lutheranism, Roman Catholicism, Humanism 4/5 	Russian people 	150,000,000[6] 	(2010) 	2.13% 	0% 	Russia, Eastern Europe 	Central Asia, United States 	Russian, Ukrainian 	Russian Orthodoxy, 6 	Italian people 	145,000,000[7] 	2011 	2.06%% 	0-1% 	Italy, Brazil, Argentina, United States, Canada, Australia, Uruguay,Venezuela 	France, Germany, Switzerland, United Kingdom 	Italian, English, Spanish, Portuguese, French 	Roman Catholicism, Protestantism, Humanism 7 	Punjabi people 	143,000,000 		2.03% 	1-2% 	Pakistan,India 	United Kingdom, United States, Canada 	Punjabi, Hindi/Urdu, English 	Sunni Islam, Sikhism, Hinduism 8 	Mexican people 	142,000,000 		2.02% 	1-2% 	Mexico 	United States 	Spanish, English 	Roman Catholicism 9 	Yamato people 	120,000,000 		1.71% 	<0% 	Japan 	Brazil, United States 	Japanese 	Shintoism, Buddhism, Humanism 10 	French people 	110,000,000 		1.56% 	0-1% 	France, United States, Canada 	United Kingdom, Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, other parts of Europe 	French, English 	Roman Catholicism, Protestantism, Humanism 11/12 	Spanish people[8] 	100,000,000 		1.42% 	0-1% 	Spain, Latin America 	Equatorial Guinea, the Philippines, the U.S., continental Europe 	Spanish languages, Portuguese, English, French, German 	Roman Catholicism 11/12 	Tamil people 	100,000,000[9] 	2005 	1.11% 	1-2% 	Tamil Nadu (India), Pondicherry (India), other parts of India, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Singapore 	Arab states of the Persian Gulf, Myanmar, United States, Canada, Australia, Mauritius, Réunion (France), South Africa, United Kingdom, and other parts of Europe 	Tamil, English, Hindi, Sinhala, Arwi, Malay, French, Afrikaans 	Hinduism (Shaivism), Islam, Christianity, [[Atheism in India|Atheism] 13 	Telugu people 	92,000,000[10] 	29 June 2011 	1.31% 	1-2% 	Andhra Pradesh (India), other parts of India 	United Kingdom, United States and Canada 	Telugu, English, Hindi, Urdu 	Hinduism, Sunni Islam, Roman Catholicism, Protestantism 14 	English people 	90,000,000 		1.28% 	0-1% 	United Kingdom, United States 	Canada, Australia and New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland 	English 	Anglicanism, Protestantism, Humanism, Catholicism 15 	Javanese people 	85,000,000 	2009 (Indonesian census) 	1.21% 	1-2% 	Indonesia 	Malaysia, Netherlands, Suriname 	Javanese, Bahasa Indonesia 	Sunni Islam, Hinduism 16 	Persian people 	81,000,000[11][12] 	2011 	1.15% 	1-2% 	Iran 	Afghanistan, Tajikistan 	Farsi 	Shia Islam, Sunni Islam, Zoroastrianism 17/18 	Irish people 	80,000,000[13] 		1.14% 	0-1% 	United States 	United Kingdom, Australia, Ireland, Canada, other regions 	English 	Roman Catholicism, Protestantism 17/18 	Korean people 	80,000,000 (est.)[14] 		1.14% 	0-1% 	South Korea, North Korea 	People's Republic of China, United States, Japan 	Korean, English 	Confucianism, North Korean communism, Christianity 19 	Pardo Brazilians 	79,782,000 (est.)[15] 	2010 	1.13% 	1-2% 	Brazil 	Paraguay 	Brazilian Portuguese 	Roman Catholicism, Protestantism, Kardecist Spiritism 20 	Vietnamese people 	77,000,000[16] 	(2008 est.) 	1.09% 	1-2% 	Vietnam 	Cambodia, United States, France 	Vietnamese, English, French 	Mahayana Buddhism, Communism, Christianity, Confucianism 21/22 	Marathi people 	70,000,000-80,000,000 (estimate) 		1.07% 	1-2% 	India 	United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Mauritius 	Marathi, Hindi, English 	Hinduism, Vaishnavism, Shaivism 22/22 	Turkish people 	70,000,000 		1.07% 	1-2% 	Turkey 	Germany, Iraq, Algeria, Syria 	Turkish 	Sunni Islam, Shia Alevi Islam, Kemalism 23 	Gujarati people 	65,000,000-75,000,000 		0.99% 	1-2% 	India 	United Kingdom, United States, Canada, South Africa 	Gujarati, Hindi 	Hinduism, Sunni Islam 24 	Polish people 	60,000,000[17] 		0.85% 	~0.1% 	Poland, United States 	Germany, Brazil 	Polish, English, German 	Roman Catholicism, Protestantism, Humanism 25 	Malayali people 	50,000,000 	15 April 2012 	0.71% 	1-2% 	Kerala, other parts of India 	Arab states of the Persian Gulf, United States, United Kingdom, Canada 	Malayalam, English, Hindi 	Hinduism, Sunni Islam, Catholicism, Protestantism List of ethnic groups

Han- 1.3 billion Americans - 316.5 million Bengali- 230 million Russian people- 150 million German- 150 million (81m with German citizenship) Italian people- 145 million (60m with Italian citizenship) Punjabi people- 143 million Yamato people- 120+ million French people- 110 million (65m with French citizenship) Spanish people- 100 million (47m with Spanish citizenship) English people- 90 million (52m with British citizenship) Javanese people- 85 million Persian people- 81 million Irish people- 80 million Korean people- 80 million Telugu people- 78 million Tamil people- 77 million Vietnamese people - 77 million Marathi people- 70-80 million Turkish people- 75 million Thai people- 70 million Gujarati people- 65-75 million Kannada people- 65-75 milion Pashtun people- 60 million Sindhi people- 56 million Poles- 50-60 million Malayali people- 50 million Ukrainian people- 40-60 million Scottish people- 40 million Portuguese people- 31.1 million Oriyas- 31 million Sundanese people - 30.9 million Kurdish people- 30-38million Oromo people- 30 million Bamar people(Burmese)- 30 million Berber people- 30 million Ethnic Malays- 27.8 million Romanians- 23-26 million Somalis- 20-22 million Amhara people- 19.8 million Dutch people- 16 million Kazakh people - 15 million Sinhalese people- 15 million Greeks- 14-17+ million Magyar- 14-15 million Swedes- 14 million Armenians- 11-14 million (including those in Diaspora) Seraikis- 13.9 million Jews- 13.4 million Norwegians- 12 million Czechs- 11-12 million Quechuas- 10-11 million Khmer people- 10,942,066 Zulu people- 10.65 million Serbs- 10.5 million Kongo people- 10.2 million Belarusians- 10 million Lao people- 10 million Bulgarians- 9-10 million Welsh people- 10 million Bantenese- 6 million Croats- 8.5 million Mon people- 8.145 million Xhosa people- 7.9 million Albanians- 7 million Danes- 7 million Maya people- 7 million Madurese people- 6.8 million Finns- 6.5 million Slovaks- 6-6.5 million Batak- 6 million Bugis- 6 million Minangkabau people- 6 million Tibetan people- 5.5-6 million Betawi people- 5 million Tharu people- 4.1 million Hindkowans- 4 million Lithuanians - 4 million Bosniaks- 3.5 million Acehnese people- 3.5 million Banjar people- 3.5 million Bretons- 3.4 million Balinese people- 3 million Sasak- 3 million Kapampangan people- 2.89 million Nahua people- 2.5 million Slovenes- 2.5 million Macedonian people (Slavic)- 2-2.5 million Romani people- 2-12 million Kamboj- 1.877 million Latvians - 1.8 million Polynesians- 1.4-2.1 million Estonians - 1.1 million Zapotec people- 800,000-1.1 million Montenegrins- 500,000-700,000 Fijians- 750,000 Saurashtra people- 510,000 Mazahua people- 350,000 Navajo people- 300,000 Otomi people- 300,000 Miskito people- 150,000-200,000 Inuit people- 150,000 Lun Bawang/Lun Dayeh- 75 000 Apache people- 56,000 Nauruan people- ~6,000

List of main panethnicities by population

The following is a list of the main panethnicities by population: Rank↓ 	Panethnicity↓ 	Population↓ 	Date↓ 	 % of world population↓ 	Annual Growth Rate↓ 	Region(s) with largest populations↓ 	Regions with significant populations↓ 	Languages spoken↓ 	Most common Religions and Philosophies↓ 	Constituent Groups↓ 	Basis for Grouping↓ 1 	Latin Americans 	572,039,894 		8.13% 	1-2% 	Latin America 	United States, Spain 	Spanish, Portuguese 	Roman Catholicism, Protestantism 		Culture, Religion, Language Geography 2 	Hispanic Americans 	375,607,614 		5.34% 	1-2% 	Latin America 	United States, Spain 	Spanish, Portuguese 	Roman Catholicism, Protestantism 		Language, Culture, Geography, Religion 2 	Austronesian peoples 	327,000,000 		4.65% 	1-2% 	Maritime Southeast Asia 	United States, Netherlands 	Austronesian languages including Indonesian, Malaysian, Tagalog; others 	Islam, Roman Catholicism 		Geography, Language 3 	Slavs 	315,000,000 		4.48% 	0-1% 	Eastern Europe 	Central Asia, United States, others 	Slavic languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Bulgarian; English, French 	Russian Orthodox Christianity, Eastern Orthodox Christianity, others 		Culture, Language, Religion, Geography 4 	Arabs 	300,000,000 		4.26% 	1-2% 	North Africa, Mashriq, Arabian Peninsula 	France, United States, United Kingdom 	Arabic, English, French 	Sunni Islam, Coptic Christianity, Shia Islam, other 		Language, Religion, Culture See also

List of ethnic groups List of language families Human migration

References

^ *N.B.: The population numbers for the ethnic groups are taken from the respective ethnic group articles, which contain sources supporting those numbers. ^ "Ganbei!! China Embraces English Language". Ganbei!! China Embraces English Language. ABC News with Diane Sawyer. Retrieved 25 March 2012. ^ http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2011/oct/11/wireless-devices-now-outnumber-us-population/ ^ http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XZJUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YzsNAAAAIBAJ&pg=4113,2959643&dq=american-ethnicity&hl=en ^ Germans and foreigners with an immigrant background. 156 is the estimate which counts all people claiming ethnic German ancestry in the U.S., Brazil, Argentina, and elsewhere. ^ Ана?ол?ев, Се?гей (September 29, 2003). "Нас 150 миллионов Немного. А могло б??? мен??е.". russkie.org. Retrieved February 20, 2012. ^ In 2011 in the world there were 60 million Italians living in Italy and 4 million Italians living outside Italy (Fondazione Migrantes:"Rapporto Italiani nel Mondo 2011" p.8 (in Italian)) and approximately 81 million direct descendants of Italian emigrants(Statistics of Italian emigration from the Catholic Church (in Italian)) ^ The term "Spanish people", or "Spaniards", includes several subnational ethnic groups, like the Andalusians, Castilians, Basques, Catalans, Galicians, and others. ^ "Top 30 Languages by Number of Native Speakers: sourced from Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 15th ed. (2005)", Vistawide ?? World Languages & Cultures, retrieved 3 April 2007 ^ "Telugu People around the world". Telugu People around the world. Friends of Telugu. Retrieved 25 March 2012. ^ United States Central Intelligence Agency(CIA) (April 28, 2011). "The World Fact Book - Iran". CIA. Retrieved May 15, 2011. ^ Library of Congress, Library of Congress – Federal Research Division. "Ethnic Groups and Languages of Iran". http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/profiles/Iran.pdf. Retrieved 2009-12-02. ^ "The island history". Did you know?. DiscoverIreland.com. Retrieved 25 March 2012. ^ Korean Peninsula (50 million + 24 million) + Korean diaspora (6.8 million) ^ Estudos Avançados - Pode a genética definir quem deve se beneficiar das cotas universitárias e demais ações afirmativas? ^ [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/vm.html CIA - The World Factbook - Vietnam ^ ?wiat Polonii, witryna Stowarzyszenia Wspólnota Polska: ??Polacy za granic?? (Polish people abroad as per summary by ?wiat Polonii, internet portal of the Polish Association Wspólnota Polska)

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