Koreans
Sign in to saveKoreans are an East Asian ethnic group native to the Korean Peninsula. The majority of Koreans live in the two Korean sovereign states of North and South Korea, which are collectively referred to as Korea. As of 2021, an estimated 7.3 million ethnic Koreans resided outside of Korea. Koreans are also an officially recognised ethnic minority in other several Continental and East Asian countries, including China, Japan, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Uzbekistan. Outside of Continental and East Asia, sizeable Korean communities have formed in Germany, the United Kingdom, France, the United States, Canada
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Koreans are an East Asian ethnic group whose ancestral homeland is the Korean Peninsula, where the majority live today in North and South Korea. Millions of ethnic Koreans also live outside Korea as diaspora communities, including recognized minorities in countries across Asia and significant populations in Western nations like the United States, Canada, and several European countries.
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Key facts
- Ethnic group.group
- Koreans
- Ethnic group.pop
- million center|frameless|260x260px
- Ethnic group.regions
- South Korea 52,081,799 North Korea 26,298,666 Diaspora 7.3 million
- Ethnic group.region1
- United States
- Ethnic group.pop1
- 2,633,777
- Ethnic group.region2
- China
- Ethnic group.pop2
- 2,350,422
- Ethnic group.region3
- Japan
- Ethnic group.pop3
- 818,865
- Ethnic group.region4
- Canada
- Ethnic group.pop4
- 237,364
- Ethnic group.region5
- Uzbekistan
Article
17 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Origins
- Genetics<span class="anchor" id="Genetic studies"></span>
- Genealogy
- Culture
- Language
- Demographics
- South Korea
- North Korea
- Korean diaspora
- Part-Korean populations
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
Koreans are an East Asian ethnic group native to the Korean Peninsula. The majority of Koreans live in the two Korean sovereign states of North and South Korea, which are collectively referred to as Korea. As of 2021, an estimated 7.3 million ethnic Koreans resided outside of Korea. Koreans are also an officially recognised ethnic minority in other several Continental and East Asian countries, including China, Japan, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Uzbekistan. Outside of Continental and East Asia, sizeable Korean communities have formed in Germany, the United Kingdom, France, the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.
==Etymology==