Vietnamese people
The Vietnamese people (Vietnamese: người Việt , lit. 'Việt people' or 'Việt humans') or the Kinh people (Vietnamese: người Kinh , lit. 'Metropolitan people'), also recognized as the Viet people or the Viets, are a Southeast Asian ethnic group native to modern-day Northern Vietnam and Southern China who speak Vietnamese, the most widely spoken Austroasiatic language.
người Việt / người Kinh | |
|---|---|
| Total population | |
| c. 89 million | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Vietnam | 82,085,826 (2019) |
| United States | 2,183,000 (2019) |
| Cambodia | 400,000–1,000,000 |
| Japan | 520,154 (2023) |
| France | 300,000–350,000 |
| Australia | 334,781 (2021) |
| Canada | 275,530 (2021) |
| Taiwan | 246,973 (2023)–470,000 |
| South Korea | 209,373 (2022) |
| Germany | 207,000 (2022) |
| Russia | 13,954–150,000 |
| Thailand | 100,000–500,000 |
| Laos | 100,000 |
| United Kingdom | 90,000–100,000 |
| Malaysia | 80,000 |
| Czech Republic | 60,000–80,000 |
| Poland | 40,000–50,000 |
| Angola | 40,000 |
| Mainland China | 42,000–303,000/33,112 (2020) |
| Norway | 28,114 (2022) |
| Netherlands | 24,594 (2021) |
| Sweden | 21,528 (2021) |
| Macau | 20,000 (2018) |
| United Arab Emirates | 20,000 |
| Saudi Arabia | 20,000 |
| Slovakia | 7,235–20,000 |
| Denmark | 16,141 (2022) |
| Singapore | 15,000 |
| Belgium | 12,000–15,000 |
| Finland | 13,291 (2021) |
| Cyprus | 12,000 |
| New Zealand | 10,086 (2018) |
| Switzerland | 8,000 |
| Hungary | 7,304 (2016) |
| Ukraine | 7,000 |
| Ireland | 5,000 |
| Italy | 5,000 |
| Austria | 5,000 |
| Romania | 3,000 |
| Bulgaria | 2,500 |
| Languages | |
| Vietnamese | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Vietnamese folk religion syncretized with Mahayana Buddhism. Minorities of Christians (mostly Roman Catholics) and other groups. | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other Vietic ethnic groups (Gin, Muong, Chứt, Thổ peoples) | |
Vietnamese Kinh people account for just over 85.32% of the population of Vietnam in the 2019 census, and are officially designated and recognized as the Kinh people (người Kinh) to distinguish them from the other minority groups residing in the country such as the Hmong, Cham, or Mường. The Vietnamese are one of the four main groups of Vietic speakers in Vietnam, the others being the Mường, Thổ, and Chứt people. They are related to the Gin people, a minority ethnic group in China.