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((Infobox ethnic group
| group            = Asian people
| native_name      = 
| native_name_lang = 
| population       = 4,533,765,005 <br /> 59.4% of the total world population<br /> (World population of 7.5 billion)<ref>((cite web |title=Population of Asia (2022) - Worldometer |url=https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/asia-population/ |website=Worldometers.info |access-date=15 March 2022 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721211812/https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/asia-population/ |archive-date=July 21, 2019))</ref>
| popplace         = 
| region1          = '''[[Central Asia|Central]], [[South Asia|South]], [[East Asia|East]] and [[Southeast Asians]]''' (Eastern Asians)<ref>((cite web|url=https://lcluc.umd.edu/projects/land-use-ecosystem-climate-interactions-monsoon-asia|title=Land Use – Ecosystem – Climate Interactions in Monsoon Asia|website=lcluc.umd.edu|publisher=[[NASA]]|access-date=February 15, 2020|archive-date=January 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110075120/https://lcluc.umd.edu/projects/land-use-ecosystem-climate-interactions-monsoon-asia|url-status=live))</ref> <hr />
| pop1             = #
| region2          = ((flagcountry|China)) (PRC)
| pop2             = 1,384,688,986
| ref2             = <ref name="CIAWFCH">((cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/china/|title=The World Factbook|website=Cia.gov|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency|access-date=May 27, 2019))</ref>
| region3          = ((flagcountry|India))
| pop3             = 1,296,834,042
| ref3             = <ref name="CIAWFIN">((cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/india/|title=The World Factbook|website=Cia.gov|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency|access-date=May 27, 2019))</ref>
| region4          = ((flagcountry|Indonesia))
| pop4             = 262,787,403
| ref4             = <ref name="CIAWFID">((cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/indonesia/|title=The World Factbook|website=Cia.gov|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency|access-date=May 27, 2019))</ref>
| region5          = ((flagcountry|Pakistan))
| pop5             = 238,181,034
| ref5             = <ref name="CIAWFPK">((cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/pakistan/|title=The World Factbook|website=Cia.gov|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency|access-date=February 19, 2022))</ref>
| region6          = ((flagcountry|Bangladesh))
| pop6             = 164,098,818
| ref6             = <ref name="CIAWFBA">((cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/bangladesh/|title=The World Factbook|website=Cia.gov|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency|access-date=May 27, 2019))</ref>
| region7          = ((flagcountry|Japan))
| pop7             = 126,168,156
| ref7             = <ref name="CIAWFJA">((cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/japan/|title=The World Factbook|website=Cia.gov|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency|access-date=May 27, 2019))</ref>
| region8          = ((flagcountry|Philippines))
| pop8             = 100,006,900
| ref8             = <ref name="CIAWFPH">((cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/philippines|title=The World Factbook|website=Cia.gov|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency|access-date=May 27, 2019))</ref>
| region9          = ((flagcountry|Vietnam))
| pop9             = 97,040,334
| ref9             = <ref name="CIAWFVM">((cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/vietnam/|title=The World Factbook|website=Cia.gov|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency|access-date=May 27, 2019))</ref>
| region10         = ((flagcountry|Thailand))
| pop10            = 68,615,858
| ref10            = <ref name="CIAWFTH">((cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/thailand/|title=The World Factbook|website=Cia.gov|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency|access-date=May 27, 2019))</ref>
| region11         = ((flagcountry|Myanmar))
| pop11            = 57,069,099
| ref11            = <ref name="CIAWFBR">((cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/burma/|title=The World Factbook|website=Cia.gov|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency|access-date=February 19, 2022))</ref>
| region12         = ((flagcountry|South Korea))
| pop12            = 51,418,097
| ref12            = <ref name="CIAWFKS">((cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/korea-south/|title=The World Factbook|website=Cia.gov|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency|access-date=May 27, 2019))</ref>
| region13         = ((flagcountry|Nepal))
| pop13            = 30,424,878
| ref13            = <ref name="CIAWFNP">((cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/nepal/|title=The World Factbook|website=Cia.gov|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency|access-date=February 19, 2022))</ref>
| region14         = ((flagcountry|North Korea))
| pop14            = 25,831,360
| ref14            = <ref name="CIAWFKN">((cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/korea-north/|title=The World Factbook|website=Cia.gov|date=17 February 2022|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency|access-date=February 19, 2022))</ref>
| region15         = ((flagcountry|Taiwan)) (ROC)
| pop15            = 23,545,963
| ref15            = <ref name="CIAWFTW">((cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/taiwan/|title=The World Factbook|website=Cia.gov|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency|access-date=May 27, 2019))</ref>
| region16         = ((flagcountry|Sri Lanka))
| pop16            = 23,044,123
| ref16            = <ref name="CIAWFSL">((cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/sri-lanka/|title=The World Factbook|website=Cia.gov|date=14 February 2022|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency|access-date=February 19, 2022))</ref>
| region17         = ((flagcountry|Kazakhstan))
| pop17            = 18,744,548
| ref17            = <ref>((cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/kazakhstan/|title=The World Factbook|website=Cia.gov|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency|access-date=Dec 31, 2019))</ref>
| region18         = ((flagcountry|Cambodia))
| pop18            = 17,288,489
| ref18            = <ref>((cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/cambodia/|title=The World Factbook|website=Cia.gov|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency|access-date=February 15, 2020))</ref>
| region19         = ((flagcountry|Hong Kong)) (SAR)
| pop19            = 7,213,338
| ref19            = <ref name="CIAWFHK">((cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/hong-kong/|title=The World Factbook|website=Cia.gov|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency|access-date=May 27, 2019))</ref>
| region20         = ((flagcountry|Singapore))
| pop20            = 5,996,000
| ref20            = <ref name="CIAWFSN">((cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/singapore/|title=The World Factbook|website=Cia.gov|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency|access-date=May 27, 2019))</ref>
| region21         = '''[[West Asia]] (Western Asians)<hr>
| pop21            = #
| region22         = ((flagcountry|Iran))
| pop22            = 85,888,910
| ref22            = <ref>((cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/iran/|title=The World Factbook|website=Cia.gov|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency|access-date=June 7, 2021))</ref>
| region23         = ((flagcountry|Turkey))
| pop23            = 81,257,239
| ref23            = <ref>((cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/turkey/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110073821/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/turkey|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 January 2021|title=The World Factbook|website=Cia.gov|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency|access-date=Dec 31, 2019))</ref>
| region24         = ((flagcountry|Iraq))
| pop24            = 39,650,145
| ref24            = <ref>((cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/iraq/|title=The World Factbook|website=Cia.gov|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency|access-date=Aug 25, 2021))</ref>
| region25         = ((flagcountry|Saudi Arabia))
| pop25            = 33,091,113
| ref25            = <ref>((cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/saudi-arabia/|title=The World Factbook|website=Cia.gov|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency|access-date=Dec 31, 2019))</ref>
| region26         = ((flagcountry|Syria))
| pop26            = 19,454,263
| ref26            = <ref>((cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/syria/|title=The World Factbook|website=Cia.gov|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency|access-date=Dec 31, 2019))</ref>
| region27         = ((flagcountry|Jordan))
| pop27            = 10,458,413
| ref27            = <ref>((cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/jordan/|title=The World Factbook|website=Cia.gov|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency|access-date=Dec 31, 2019))</ref>
| region28         = ((flagcountry|UAE))
| pop28            = 9,701,315
| ref28            = <ref>((cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/united-arab-emirates/|title=The World Factbook|website=Cia.gov|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency|access-date=Dec 31, 2019))</ref>
| region29         = ((flagcountry|Israel))
| pop29            = 8,424,904
| ref29            = <ref>((cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/israel/|title=The World Factbook|website=Cia.gov|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency|access-date=Dec 31, 2019))</ref>
| region30         = ((flagcountry|Lebanon))
| pop30            = 5,469,612
| ref30            = <ref>((cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/lebanon/|title=Middle East :: Lebanon — The World Factbook – Central Intelligence Agency|website=www.cia.gov|access-date=19 April 2020))</ref>
| region31         = ((flagcountry|Palestine))
| pop31            = 4,683,000
| ref31            = <ref>((cite web|url=https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/armenia-population/|title=Worldometer|website=Worldometer.com|publisher=Worldometer|access-date=17 May 2023))</ref>
| region32         = ((flagcountry|Armenia))
| pop32            = 2,979,174
| ref32            = <ref>((cite web|title=Worldometer |url=http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Portals/_Rainbow/Documents/gover_e.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140608204943/http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Portals/_Rainbow/Documents/gover_e.htm |archive-date=8 June 2014 |publisher=State of Palestine |url-status=live ))</ref>
| langs            = [[Languages of Asia]] <small>([[Chinese language|Chinese]], [[Hindustani language|Hindi-Urdu]], [[Arabic]], [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[Marathi language|Marathi]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Japanese language|Japanese]], [[Filipino language|Filipino]], [[Indonesian language|Indonesian]], [[Korean language|Korean]], [[Persian language|Persian]], [[Thai language|Thai]], [[Malay language|Malay]], [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]] and [[Hebrew]] among other minority Asian languages) </small>
| rels             = [[Buddhism]], [[Hinduism]], [[Christianity]], [[Islam]], [[Sikhism]], [[Shinto]], [[Judaism]] and [[Religions in Asia|others]]
| related          = 
))

The ancestral population of modern [[Asian people]] has its origins in the two primary prehistoric settlement centres – greater [[Southwest Asia]] and from the [[Mongolian plateau]] towards [[Northern China]].

Migrations of distinct [[Ethnolinguistics|ethnolinguistic]] groups have probably occurred as early as 10,000 years ago. However, about 2.000 BCE early [[Iranian peoples|Iranian speaking people]] and [[Indo-Aryan peoples|Indo-Aryans]] have arrived in Iran and northern [[Indian subcontinent]]. Pressed by the [[Mongols]], [[Turkic peoples]] often migrated to the western and northern regions of the [[Central Asian]] plains. Prehistoric migrants from [[South China]] and [[Southeast Asia]] seem to have populated [[East Asia]], [[Korea]] and [[Japan]] in several waves, where they gradually replaced indigenous people, such as the [[Ainu people|Ainu]], who are of uncertain origin.<ref>((cite encyclopedia| url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Asia/Ethnic-groups | title= Ethnic groups Prehistoric centres and ancient migrations  |encyclopedia= Encyclopedia Britannica | access-date=23 September 2018 ))</ref><ref>((cite journal| url=https://www.nature.com/articles/jhg200786.pdf?origin=ppub | title= Origins and genetic features of the Okhotsk people, revealed by ancient mitochondrial DNA analysis  |author=Takehiro Sato, Tetsuya Amano, Hiroko Ono, Hajime Ishida, Haruto Kodera, Hirofumi Matsumura, Minoru Yoneda, Ryuichi Masuda |journal= Nature | date= 2007 | volume= 52 | issue= 7 | pages= 618–627 | doi= 10.1007/s10038-007-0164-z | pmid= 17568987 | access-date=23 September 2018 ))</ref> [[Austroasiatic languages|Austroasiatic]] and [[Austronesian languages|Austronesian]] people establish in Southeast Asia between 5.000 and 2.000 BCE, partly merging with, but eventually  displacing the indigenous [[Australoid race|Australo-Melanesians]].<ref>((cite book |last1=Sidwell |first1=Paul |last2=Blench |first2=Roger |chapter-url=http://rogerblench.info/Archaeology/SE%20Asia/SR09/Sidwell%20Blench%20offprint.pdf |chapter=The Austroasiatic Urheimat: the Southeastern Riverine Hypothesis |editor-last=Enfield |editor-first=N.J. |title=Dynamics of Human Diversity |pages=317–345 |place=Canberra |publisher=Pacific Linguistics |date=2011 |isbn=9780858836389 ))</ref><ref>((cite web |url=https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-05/uol-nrf052308.php |title=New research forces U-turn in population migration theory |newspaper=eurekalert |access-date=23 September 2018))</ref><ref>((cite web |url=http://www.rogerblench.info/Archaeology/SE%20Asia/Blench%20Springer%20Handbook%20chapter%20final%20Dec%202014.pdf |title=Origins of Ethnolinguistic Identity in Southeast Asia  |publisher=Roger Blench |access-date=23 September 2018))</ref><ref>((cite web |url=http://khmerstudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/4.-Ethnic-Minorities-and-Indigenous-Peoples-in-Southeast-Clarke.pdf?lbisphpreq=1  |title=From ethnocide to ethnodevelopment? Ethnic minorities and indigenous peoples in Southeast Asia |publisher=JSTOR |access-date=23 September 2018  ))</ref>

In terms of [[Asian people]], there is an abundance of '''[[ethnic groups]] in [[Asia]]''', with adaptations to the climate zones of the continent, which include arctic, subarctic, temperate, subtropical or tropical, as well as extensive desert regions in Central and [[Western Asia]]. The ethnic groups have adapted to mountains, deserts, grasslands, and forests, while on the coasts of [[Asia]], resident ethnic groups have adopted various methods of harvest and transport. The types of diversity in Asia are cultural, religious, economic and historical.

[[File:Pamir ethnological map-fr.svg|thumb|Ethnological map of the [[Pamir Mountains|Pamirs]]]]

Some groups are primarily [[hunter-gatherer]]s- whereas others practice [[transhumance]] (nomadic lifestyle), have been [[Agriculture|agrarian]] for millennia, or adopted an industrial or urban lifestyle. Some groups or countries in Asia are completely urban (e.g., [[Qatar]] and [[Singapore]]); the largest countries in Asia with regard to population are the [[China]], [[India]], [[Indonesia]], [[Pakistan]], [[Bangladesh]], [[Japan]], [[Philippines]], [[Vietnam]], [[Iran]], [[Thailand]], [[Burma]], and [[South Korea]]. [[Western imperialism in Asia|Colonisation]] of Asian ethnic groups and states by [[European peoples]] began in the late 1st millennium BCE, reaching its peak in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

==History==
((Expand section|date=January 2022))

==Central Asia==
((Main|Ethnic groups in Central Asia))
[[File:Central Asia Ethnic en.svg|thumb|Ethnic map of Central Asia]]

[[Central Asia]], in its most common definition, is deemed to consist of five former [[Soviet Socialist Republics]]: [[Kazakhstan]], [[Kyrgyzstan]], [[Tajikistan]], [[Uzbekistan]], and [[Turkmenistan]].  In a wider view, [[Xinjiang]] of western [[China]], [[Mongolia]], [[Afghanistan]], and northern [[Pakistan]] are included. [[Turkic peoples|Turkic]], [[Indo-Iranians|Indo-Iranian]], and [[Mongol]]ic peoples comprise its general ethnicities.

The main religions of Central Asia are [[Islam]] (Turkic/Indo-Iranian peoples) and [[Buddhism]] (Mongolia). Central Asia has a long, rich history mainly based on its geographical location along the ancient [[Silk Road]]. It has been conquered by [[Mongols]], [[Tibetans]], [[Timurid dynasty|Timurids]], [[Uzbeks#Uzbek tribes|Uzbeks]], [[Persian people|Persians]], [[Tatars]], [[Russians]], [[Afghanistan|Afghans]] and [[Sarmatians]], and thus has a very distinct, vibrant culture.<ref>((cite book |last1=Chandra |first1=Satish |title=Medieval India: From Sultanat To The Mughals Part Two- Mughal Empire |date=1999 |publisher=Har-Anand Publications Pvt. Ltd. |location=New Delhi |isbn=9788124110669 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0Rm9MC4DDrcC))</ref> The culture is influenced by [[Chinese people|Chinese]], [[India]]n, [[Jewish]]/[[Hebrew]], [[Persian people|Persian]], [[Afghans|Afghan]], [[Arabian]], [[Turkish people|Turkish]], [[Russian people|Russian]], [[Sarmatian]], and [[Mongols|Mongolian]] cultures.

The [[Central Asian music|music of Central Asia]] is rich and varied and is appreciated worldwide. Meanwhile, [[Central Asian Cuisine|Central Asian cuisine]] is one of the most prominent cuisines of [[Asia]], with cuisines from [[Pakistan]], [[India]], [[China]] and [[Azerbaijan]] showing significant influence from the foods of Central Asia. One of the most famous Central Asian foods is [[kebab]].

The literature of Central Asia is linked with [[Persian literature]] as historically it has been part of the [[Greater Iran|Persian Empire]] for a lot of its history. Furthermore, sitting at the junction of the Silk Road, it has numerous [[China|Chinese]], [[India]]n and [[Arabian]] literary works.

==East Asia==
((Main|East Asian people))
[[File:Ethnolinguistic map of China 1983.png|thumb|Ethnolinguistic map of China]]

[[East Asian people|East Asians]] is a term used for ethnic groups that are indigenous to [[East Asia]], which consists of [[Mainland China]], [[Hong Kong]], [[Macau]], [[Taiwan]], [[Tibet]], [[Japan]], [[Mongolia]], [[North Korea]], and [[South Korea]].<ref name="auto5">((cite web |url=https://www.imb.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Introducing_EAP_Booklet_09_2016_10.pdf |title=Introducing East Asian Peoples |date=10 September 2016 |website=International Mission Board))</ref><ref>((Cite news |url=https://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2015/09/daily-chart-14 |title=How Asians view each other |date=18 September 2015 |newspaper=The Economist))</ref><ref>((cite web |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2017/05/30/difference-between-east-asians-and-south-asians_n_16872338.html |title=The Difference Between East Asians And South Asians Is Pretty Simple |last=Khoo |first= Isabelle  |date=30 May 2017 |website=Huffington Post))</ref><ref>((Cite book |title=The Oxford Companion to Archaeology, Volume 1 |last=Silberman |first=Neil  |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=1996 |isbn=978-0195076189 |publication-date=5 December 1996 |page=151))</ref><ref name="auto">((Cite book |title=Asia Civilizations: Ancient to 1800 AD |last= Lim |first= SK |publisher=ASIAPAC  |isbn=978-9812295941 |page=56|date= 1 November 2011 ))</ref> The major ethnic groups that form the core of East Asia are the [[Han Chinese|Han]], [[Korean people|Korean]], and [[Yamato people|Yamato]].<ref>((cite journal |author1= Wang, Yuchen|author2= Lu Dongsheng |author3= Chung Yeun-Jun |author4= Xu Shuhua |title=Genetic structure, divergence and admixture of Han Chinese, Japanese and Korean populations|journal= Hereditas |volume= 155 |page= 19 |year=2018 |url= |doi= 10.1186/s41065-018-0057-5 |pmid= 29636655 |pmc= 5889524 |doi-access= free ))</ref><ref>((Cite journal |last1=Wang |first1=Yuchen  |last2= Lu |first2=Dongsheng |last3=Chung |first3=Yeun-Jun  |last4=Xu |first4=Shuhua |title=Genetic structure, divergence and admixture of Han Chinese, Japanese and Korean populations |journal=Hereditas |volume=155  |page=19  |date=6 April 2018|doi=10.1186/s41065-018-0057-5  |pmid=29636655  |pmc=5889524  |doi-access=free ))</ref><ref name="auto5"/><ref>((Cite book |title=Race and the Genetic Revolution: Science, Myth, and Culture |last1=Sloan |first1=Kathleen  |last2=Krimsky |first2=Sheldon |publisher= Columbia University Press |year=2011 |isbn=978-0231156967 |page=156))</ref><ref>((cite web |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/nobody-knows-what-an-asian-person-is_us_591cb4f8e4b03b485cae4d18 |title=Basically Nobody Knows Who Counts As An Asian Person |last=Herreria |first=Carla |date=17 May 2017 |website=The Huffington Post))</ref><ref>((Cite journal |last1=Lin |first1=Yu-Cheng |last2=Wang |first2=Mao-Jiun J. |last3=Wang |first3=Eric M.  |s2cid=6640984 |date=23 June 2003  |orig-year=2003 |title=The comparisons of anthropometric characteristics among four peoples in East Asia 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Shaules |first=Joseph |publisher=Multilingual Matters |year=2007 |isbn= 978-1847690173 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/deepculturehidde00shau/page/n55 43]))</ref><ref>((Cite book |title=Race and Racism in Modern East Asia: Western and Eastern Constructions |last1=Kowner  |first1=Rotem |last2=Demel  |first2=Walter  |publisher=Brill Academic Publishing |year=2014 |isbn=978-9004285507 |edition=1st |page=41))</ref><ref>((Cite book |title=Cultural Diversity and Suicide: Ethnic, Religious, Gender, and Sexual Orientation Perspectives  |last= Leach  |first= Mark M. |publisher=Routledge |year=2006 |isbn= 978-0789030184 |page=127))</ref><ref>((Cite book |title=East and Southeast Asia 2016–2017 |last=Leibo |first=Steve |publisher= Rowman & Littlefield  |year=2016 |isbn=978-1475829068 |page=1))</ref><ref>((Cite book |title=Boy Culture: An Encyclopedia, Volume 1 |last1=Steinberg |first1=Shirley R.  |last2=Kehler  |first2=Michael  |last3=Cornish |first3=Lindsay  |publisher=Greenwood |isbn=978-0313350801 |date=17 June 2010 |page=58))</ref><ref>((Cite book |title=Encyclopedia of Educational Psychology |url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaeduc00salk |url-access=limited |last=Salkind |first=Neil J.  |publisher=Sage Publications |year=2008 |isbn= 978-1412916882 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaeduc00salk/page/n85 56]))</ref><ref>((Cite book |title=Ethnic Groups of North, East, and Central Asia: An Encyclopedia |last= Minahan |first= James B. |publisher=ABC-CLIO |year=2014 |isbn=978-1610690171 |pages=xx–xxvi))</ref><ref>((Cite book |title=Race, Ethnicity, and Leisure: Perspectives on Research, Theory, and Practice |last=Stodolska |first=Monika  |publisher=Human Kinetics |year=2013 |isbn=978-0736094528 |page=229))</ref><ref name="auto"/>((Citation overkill|date=March 2024)) Other ethnic groups of East Asia include the [[Bai people|Bai]], [[Hui people|Hui]], [[Tibetan people|Tibetans]], [[Turkic peoples|Turkic]], [[Manchu]]s, [[Ryukyuan people|Ryukyuan]], [[Ainu people|Ainu]], [[Zhuang people|Zhuang]], [[Mongols]], and other [[Mongolic peoples]].<ref>((Cite book |title=History Education and National Identity in East Asia |last=Vickers |first=Edward  |year=2010 |isbn=978-0415948081 |publication-date=21 October 2010 |page=125|publisher=Routledge ))</ref><ref>((Cite book |title=Race and Racism in Modern East Asia: Interactions, Nationalism, Gender and Lineage |last1=Demel |first1=Walter |last2= Kowner  |first2= Rotem |publisher=Brill  |year=2015 |isbn=978-9004292925 |publication-date=23 April 2015 |page=255))</ref> Ancestral East Asians are, based on archaeogenetic data, suggested to have originated in Mainland Southeast Asia, and expanded outgoing from Southern China in multiple waves northwards and southwards respectively.<ref>((Cite journal |last1=Zhang |first1=Xiaoming |last2=Ji |first2=Xueping |last3=Li |first3=Chunmei |last4=Yang |first4=Tingyu |last5=Huang |first5=Jiahui |last6=Zhao |first6=Yinhui |last7=Wu |first7=Yun |last8=Ma |first8=Shiwu |last9=Pang |first9=Yuhong |last10=Huang |first10=Yanyi |last11=He |first11=Yaoxi |last12=Su |first12=Bing |date=2022-07-25 |title=A Late Pleistocene human genome from Southwest China |journal=Current Biology |language=en |volume=32 |issue=14 |pages=3095–3109.e5 |doi=10.1016/j.cub.2022.06.016 |pmid=35839766 |s2cid=250502011 |issn=0960-9822|doi-access=free |bibcode=2022CBio...32E3095Z ))</ref><ref>((Cite journal |last=Yang |first=Melinda A. |date=2022-01-06 |title=A genetic history of migration, diversification, and admixture in Asia |url=http://www.pivotscipub.com/hpgg/2/1/0001 |journal=Human Population Genetics and Genomics |language=en |volume=2 |issue=1 |pages=1–32 |doi=10.47248/hpgg2202010001 |issn=2770-5005|doi-access=free ))</ref>

The major East Asian language families are the [[Sinitic languages|Sinitic]], [[Japonic languages|Japonic]], and [[Korean language|Koreanic]] families.<ref>''Sinitic'' means relating to China or the Chinese. It is derived from the Greco-Latin word ''Sīnai'' ('the Chinese'), probably from Arabic ''Ṣīn'' ('China'), from the Chinese dynastic name [[Qin Dynasty|Qín]]. ([[OED]])</ref><ref>Shimabukuro, Moriyo. (2007). ''The Accentual History of the Japanese and Ryukyuan Languages: a Reconstruction,'' p. 1.</ref><ref>Miyake, Marc Hideo. (2008). ((google books|MkSDqluKPxsC|''Old Japanese: a Phonetic Reconstruction.'' p. 66.|page=66))</ref><ref name=":0">((Cite book|title=The Making of the Korean Language|last=Kim|first=Chin-Wu|publisher=Center for Korean Studies, University of Hawai'i|year=1974))</ref> Other language families are [[Tibeto-Burman languages|Tibeto-Burman]], [[Ainu languages]], [[Mongolic languages|Mongolic]], [[Tungusic languages|Tungusic]], [[Turkic languages|Turkic]], [[Hmong–Mien languages|Miao–Yao]], [[Tai–Kadai languages|Tai–Kadai]], [[Austronesian languages|Austronesian]], and [[Mon–Khmer languages|Mon–Khmer]].<ref>((Cite book |title=Modern East Asia: An Introductory History |last=Miller |first=David   |publisher=Routledge |year=2007 |isbn= 978-0765618221 |publication-date=15 December 2007 |pages=7–8))</ref>

Throughout the ages, the greatest [[sinicization|influence]] on East Asia [[History of East Asia|historically]] has been from [[Imperial China|China]], where the span of its cultural influence is generally known as the [[East Asian cultural sphere|Sinosphere]] laid the foundation for East Asian civilization.<ref name="auto1">((Cite book |title=East Asia: A New History |last=Walker |first=Hugh Dyson |publisher=AuthorHouse  |year=2012 |page=2))</ref> Chinese culture not only served as the foundation its own society and civilization, but for also that of its East Asian neighbors, Japan and Korea.<ref>((Cite book |title=Political Systems of East Asia: China, Korea, and Japan |last=Hayes |first=Louis D  |publisher=Greenlight  |year=2009 |isbn=978-0765617866 |pages=xi))</ref> The knowledge and ingenuity of Chinese civilization and the classics of Chinese literature and culture were seen as the foundations for a civilized life in East Asia. China served as a vehicle through which the adoption of Confucian ethical philosophy, Chinese calendar systems, political and legal systems, architectural style, diet, terminology, institutions, religious beliefs, [[Imperial examination#East|imperial examination]]s that emphasized a knowledge of Chinese classics, political philosophy and culture,  as well as historically sharing a common [[Written Chinese|writing system]] reflected in the histories of [[Japanese writing system|Japan]] and [[Korean writing system|Korea]].<ref>((Cite book |title=Building Area Studies Collections |last1= Hazen  |first1= Dan |last2=Spohrer  |first2=James H. |publisher=Otto Harrassowitz |year=2005 |isbn=978-3447055123 |publication-date=31 December 2005 |page=1))</ref><ref>((Cite book |title=Redesigning Asian Business: In the Aftermath of Crisis |last= Richter  |first=Frank-Jurgen |publisher=Quorum Books |year=2002 |isbn=978-1567205251 |page=15))</ref><ref>((Cite book |title=East Asia Before the West: Five Centuries of Trade and Tribute |last=Kang |first=David C. |publisher=Columbia University Press  |year=2012 |isbn=978-0231153195 |pages=33–34))</ref><ref name="auto1"/><ref name="auto2">((Cite book |title=China's Cosmopolitan Empire: The Tang Dynasty |last=Lewis |first=Mark Edward |publisher=Belknap Press |year=2012 |isbn= 978-0674064010 |publication-date=9 April 2012 |page=156))</ref><ref name="Reischauer">Edwin O. Reischauer, "The Sinic World in Perspective," ''Foreign Affairs ''52.2 (January 1974):  341—348. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/20038053 JSTOR] ((webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170115220455/https://www.jstor.org/stable/20038053 |date=15 January 2017 ))</ref><ref name="auto3">((Cite book |title=Asia Civilizations: Ancient to 1800 AD |last= Lim |first= SK |publisher=ASIAPAC  |isbn=978-9812295941 |page=89|date= 1 November 2011 ))</ref> The relationship between China and its cultural influence on East Asia has been compared to the historical influence of [[Greco-Roman civilization]] on Europe and the [[Western culture|Western World]].<ref name="Reischauer" /> Major characteristics exported by China towards Japan and Korea include shared [[Chinese language|Chinese]]-derived language characteristics, as well as similar social and moral philosophies derived from [[Confucianism|Confucianist]] thought.<ref name="auto3"/><ref name="auto2"/><ref name="auto4">((Cite book |title=The Penguin History of Modern Vietnam: A History |last= Goscha |first= Christopher |publisher= Allen Lane  |year=2016 |isbn= 978-1846143106))</ref>

The [[Written Chinese|script of the Han Chinese characters]] has long been a unifying feature in East Asia as the vehicle for exporting Chinese culture to its East Asian neighbors.<ref name="auto4"/> Chinese characters became the unifying language of bureaucratic politics and religious expression in East Asia.<ref name="auto4"/> The Chinese script was passed on first to [[Korea]], [[Vietnam]] in the 1st century, then to [[Japan]], where it forms a major component of the [[Japanese writing system]]. In Korea, [[Sejong the Great]] invented the [[hangul]] alphabet in 1443, which later became the main [[orthography|orthographic]] system for the [[Korean language]] in the 19th century.<ref>((cite news|url=https://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2013/10/economist-explains-7|title=How was Hangul invented?|date=8 October 2013|newspaper=The Economist|access-date=5 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180328041626/https://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2013/10/economist-explains-7|archive-date=28 March 2018))</ref> In Japan, much of the [[Japanese language]] is written in [[hiragana]] and [[katakana]] in addition to [[Kanji|Chinese characters]].<ref name="auto3"/>

==North Asia==
((Main|Indigenous peoples of Siberia))
[[File:Linguistic map of the Altaic, Turkic and Uralic languages (en).png|thumb|Distribution of the [[Uralic languages|Uralic]], [[Altaic languages|Altaic]], and [[Yukaghir languages]]]]

[[Culture of Europe|European influences]], especially [[Russian culture|Russian]], are strong in the southwestern and central part of the region, due to its high [[Russians|Russian]] population from [[Eastern Europe]] which began to settle the area in the 18th century.<ref>((Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YKPaLi1d1O4C&q=russian+culture+in+north+asia|title=Siberia: A Cultural History|last=Haywood|first=A. J.|date=2010|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780199754182|language=en))</ref> For the most part, [[North Asia]] is considered to be made up of the [[Siberia|Asian part of Russia]] solely. North Asia is geographically the northern extremity of [[East Asia]] and the physical characteristics of its native inhabitants generally resemble that of East Asians, however, this is principally divided along political lines under separate national identities, particularly that of China, Mongolia and Russia. The main ethnic groups of the region speak languages of the [[Uralic languages|Uralic]], [[Turkic languages|Turkic]], [[Mongolic languages|Mongolic]], and [[Tungusic languages|Tungusic]] language families, along with [[East Slavs]] and various "[[Paleosiberian languages|Paleo-Siberian]]" peoples, with most of these ethnic groups being composed of nomads or people with a nomadic history.

The geographic region of [[Siberia]] was the historical land of the Turkic people, the [[Tatars]], in the [[Siberia Khanate]]((Dubious|date=October 2009)). [[Russia]], under [[Russian expansion|expansion of its territory]] however, took control of the region now known as Siberia, and thus today it is [[Russian conquest of Siberia|under Russian rule]]. There are roughly 33 million people in North Asia.

==South Asia==
((Main|South Asian ethnic groups))
[[Image:South Asian Language Families.png|thumb|Language families in South Asia]]
[[Image:Jaipurgarments.jpg|thumb|Traditional [[Rajasthan]]i garments from [[Jaipur]], [[Rajasthan]]]]
[[South Asia]], in general definition, consists of the countries of [[Afghanistan]], [[Bangladesh]], [[Bhutan]], [[India]], [[Maldives]], [[Nepal]], [[Pakistan]], and [[Sri Lanka]]. The five [[South India|Southern Indian]] states and north-eastern Sri Lanka share a [[Dravidian people|Dravidian]] culture, due to the prominence of [[Dravidian languages]] there. The [[Brahui people|Brahuis]] of [[Pakistan]] also belong to [[Dravidian people]] group. [[Sri Lanka]] has two main languages, Sinhalese which has Indo-Aryan roots and Tamil which has Dravidian roots. [[Bangladesh]] and the [[India]]n province [[West Bengal]] share a common [[Bengali people|Bengali]] [[Bengali language|language]] and culture. The provinces of Jammu Kashmir and [[Gilgit-Baltistan]] of [[Pakistan]] share a common [[Dard people|Dardic]] and Tibetic heritage with the Indian territories of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]] and [[Ladakh]]. Similarly the [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]] province of Pakistan and [[India]]n state of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] share a common Punjabi [[Punjabis|ethnicity]], [[Punjabi language|language]] and culture. In Pakistan, the two western regions of [[Baluchistan]] and [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]] share a greater [[Iranian peoples|Iranian]] heritage and while the provinces of [[Sindh]] share a more [[Indo-Aryan peoples|Indo-Aryan]] culture. [[Iranian languages|Iranian]] is most prevalent in [[Afghanistan]], with significant [[Turkic languages|Turkic]] speakers.

Regions of [[Nepal]] and parts of the Indian states and territories of [[Arunachal Pradesh]], [[Himachal Pradesh]], Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, [[Sikkim]], and [[Uttarakhand]] have cultural similarity to [[Tibet]], [[Tibetan Buddhism]] being the dominant religion there. Finally the [[Northeast India]]n states of [[Meghalaya]], [[Mizoram]], [[Manipur]], [[Nagaland]], and tribal groups of [[Assam]] and [[Tripura]] have cultural affinities with [[Southeast Asia]].

Bhutanese are often referred to in their literature as "Bhote" (people of Bhutia/Bhotia or Tibet). They follow Tibetan Buddhism to and it is a dominant political and cultural element in modern [[Bhutan]]. Their language, [[Dzongkha]], is the national language and is descended from Old [[Tibetan languages|Tibetan]].

[[Hinduism]], [[Buddhism]], [[Jainism]], and [[Sikhism]], religions founded in the region that is today's India, are spread throughout the [[subcontinent]]. [[Islam]] and [[Christianity]] also have significant region-specific histories. While India and Nepal have a majority of people following Hinduism, [[Sri Lanka]] and [[Bhutan]] have a majority of Buddhists alongside Hinduism. [[Islam]] is the second largest religion after Hinduism with Muslim countries like Pakistan and Bangladesh.

[[Indo-Aryan languages]] are spoken in most of [[North India|North]], [[East India|East]], [[West India|West]], and [[Central India|Central]] [[India]]; [[Nepal]]; [[Bangladesh]]; [[Pakistan]]; and [[Sri Lanka]]. [[Dravidian languages]] are spoken in [[India]],fewer parts of  [[Pakistan]], [[Afghanistan]], [[Nepal]], [[Maldives]], [[Bangladesh]], and [[Sri Lanka]]. [[Tibeto-Burman languages]] are spoken in the hills of [[Bangladesh]], [[Nepal]], [[Baltistan|North Pakistan]], [[North India|North]] and [[North East India]]. [[Austroasiatic languages]] are spoken in certain northern and eastern areas of [[Bangladesh]], parts of [[Nepal]] and scattered across different zones of [[India]] mostly concentrated around [[Chota Nagpur Plateau]] and the state of [[Meghalaya]]. [[Iranian languages]] are most prevalent in [[Afghanistan]] and western [[Pakistan]]. [[Turkic languages|Turkic]] speakers are significant in [[Afghanistan]] and due to the [[Afghans in Pakistan|Afghan diaspora]] in parts of [[Pakistan]] as well.

==Southeast Asia==
((Main|Ethnic groups of Southeast Asia))
[[Southeast Asia]] is often split into two parts: [[Mainland Southeast Asia]], comprising [[Burma]], [[Cambodia]], [[Laos]], [[Peninsular Malaysia]], [[Thailand]], and [[Vietnam]]; and [[Maritime Southeast Asia]], which includes [[Brunei]], [[East Timor]], [[Indonesia]], [[East Malaysia]], the [[Philippines]], and [[Singapore]]. [[China]] has historically influenced the region more than [[India]], most notably through the large [[Overseas Chinese|Chinese populations]] in many of the countries of the region. 
 
Demographically, Southeast Asia has had little Western immigration, although Western influence still exists due to the lasting legacy of [[colonialism]]. One example is the Philippines, which has been heavily influenced by [[Spain]] and slightly by the [[United States of America]] over the course of almost four centuries of colonisation.

A common feature found around the region is [[stilt house]]s, while another is [[rice paddy]] agriculture, which originated in the region thousands of years ago. Dance is also a very important feature of the culture, utilizing movements of the hands and feet perfected over thousands of years. Furthermore, the [[arts]] and [[literature]] of [[Southeast Asia]] is very distinctive as some have been influenced by [[demographics of India|Indian]], [[Hindu]], [[Chinese literature|Chinese]], [[Islamic literature|Islamic]] and [[Buddhist]] literature.

==West Asia==
((Main|Ethnic groups in the Middle East))
[[File:Ethnolinguisticswasiacia.jpg|thumb|Ethnolinguistic distribution in Central/Southwest Asia of the [[Altaic languages|Altaic]], [[Caucasian languages|Caucasian]], [[Afroasiatic languages|Afroasiatic]] (Hamito-Semitic) and [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]] families.]]
[[File:Yemenite_Elder_Blowing_Shofat,_February_1,_1949.jpg|thumb|A Jewish man blows a [[shofar]]]]
[[File:Cyprus 19th cent costumes.png|thumb|Traditional costumes of (from right to left) a Christian resident of [[Famagusta]], a Christian woman of Famagusta, and an Orthodox monk of the Monastery of Tchiko, near [[Lefka]]. Photographed in [[Cyprus]] in 1873.]]

[[West Asia]] is sometimes referred to as "Southwest Asia". West Asia consists of [[Armenia]], [[Azerbaijan]], [[Bahrain]], [[Cyprus]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], [[Iran]], [[Iraq]], [[Israel]], [[Jordan]], [[Kuwait]], [[Lebanon]], [[Oman]], [[State of Palestine|Palestine]], [[Qatar]], [[Saudi Arabia]], [[Syria]], [[United Arab Emirates]], [[Yemen]], most of [[Turkey]], and part of [[Egypt]].

Culturally, the region's dominant ethnic groups are [[Arab]] (about 150 million), Turkic (about 60 million), [[Persian people|Persian]] (about 50 million) and [[Kurds]] (about 35 million). Other indigenous minorities include [[Jews]] (6.2 million), [[Assyrian people|Assyrians]] (about 400,000), [[Armenians]] (about 4.5 million), [[Azerbaijanis]] (about 40 million), [[Mandaeans]], [[Yazidis]], [[Circassians]], [[Greeks]], and others. Many of the West Asian countries contain expansive [[desert]]s, and thus many nomadic groups exist today, most notably the [[Bedouin]] Arabs.

==Other minorities and migrant groups==
((unreliable sources|date=February 2020))
((original research|date=February 2020))

=== Europeans, Russian nationals, North Americans, and South Americans ===
 [[File:Bali – The People (2685069056).jpg|thumb|An [[Indonesia]]n [[Balinese people|Balinese]] girl wearing a [[kebaya]] during a traditional ceremony]]
[[File:A women in Nepalese custom.jpg|thumb|right|A woman in [[Nepal]]ese costume]]
At least 21 million of European, Russian, North American and South American nationalities and heritage live in Asia, representing 0.45% of the total population of Asia. The following is a list of people with such ancestry and nationality, including people of mixed heritage of part Asian and part European/North American/South American, living in Asian countries, also showing the main country of origin.

((flagcountry|Philippines)) 5 million (Spain, 4.7% of total population)((Citation needed|date=July 2021))

((flagcountry|Kazakhstan)) 3.5 million (Russia, 19% of total population)<ref>((cite web|url=https://stat.gov.kz/ |title=stat.gov.kz |publisher=stat.gov.kz |date= |accessdate=2021-11-25))</ref>

((flagcountry|India)) 1.7 million (United Kingdom, 0.12% of total population)<ref>[https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/fact-sheet-united-states-india-prosperity-partnership/ www.whitehouse.gov]</ref><ref>((Cite journal|url=https://read.dukeupress.edu/cssaame/article-abstract/27/2/303/59400/Excluding-and-Including-Natives-of-India-Early?redirectedFrom=fulltext|doi=10.1215/1089201x-2007-007|title=Excluding and Including "Natives of India": Early-Nineteenth-Century British-Indian Race Relations in Britain|year=2007|last1=Fisher|first1=M. H.|journal=Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East|volume=27|issue=2|pages=301–312|s2cid=146613125 ))</ref>

((flagcountry|Kyrgyzstan)) 837,000 (Russia, 13.5% of total population)<ref name="nationmaster.com">((cite web|author=Luke.Metcalfe |url=https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/People/Ethnic-groups |title=Countries Compared by People > Ethnic groups. International Statistics at |publisher=Nationmaster.com |date= |accessdate=2021-11-25))</ref>

((flagcountry|Uzbekistan)) 750,000 (Russia, 2.3% of total population)<ref>((cite web|author=See more Electronic Store |url=https://stat.uz/en/ |title=State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Statistics |publisher=Stat.uz |date= |accessdate=2021-11-25))</ref>

((flagcountry|United Arab Emirates)) 461,000 (United Kingdom, 4.9% of total population)<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.bqdoha.com/2015/04/uae-population-by-nationality|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150711160839/http://www.bqdoha.com/2015/04/uae-population-by-nationality|archive-date=11 July 2015|title=A Breakdown of the United Arab Emirates Population by Nationality – BQ Doha))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=https://www.thenational.ae/opinion/comment/the-other-special-relationship-the-uae-and-the-uk-1.549898|title = The other special relationship: The UAE and the UK|date = 21 November 2010))</ref>

((flagcountry|Turkmenistan)) 297,913 (Russia, 5.1% of total population)<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/turkmenistan/ The World Factbook]</ref>

((flagcountry|Thailand)) 250,000 (United Kingdom, 0.36% of total population)<ref>http://www.ms.ipsr.mahidol.ac.th/ConferenceXI/Download/Book/447-IPSR-Conference-A12-fulltext.pdf ((Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022))</ref>

((flagcountry|South Korea)) 245,000 (United States, 0.48% of total population)<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.moj.go.kr/viewer/skin/doc.html?rs=/viewer/result/bbs/160&fn=temp_1548720809280100|title = 문서뷰어))</ref>

((flagcountry|Hong Kong)) 218,209 (United States, 3.1% of total population)<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.bycensus2016.gov.hk/en/bc-mt.html|title=Main Tables &#124; 2016 Population By-census))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/outofdate/bgn/hongkong/191071.htm|title = Hong Kong (10/11/11)))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=https://hongkong.china.embassy.gov.au/hkng/australia-hong-kong-relations.html|title = Australian Consulate-General in))</ref>

((flagcountry|Indonesia)) 189,000 (Netherlands, 0.071% of total population)<ref>((cite web|url=https://countryeconomy.com/demography/migration/immigration/indonesia|title=Indonesia – International immigration 2019))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=https://publ.nidi.nl/output/2003/bt-51-01-beets.pdf |title=Demografie van de Indische Nederlanders, 1930–2001 |date= |accessdate=2021-11-25))</ref>

((flagcountry|Pakistan)) 149,253 (United Kingdom, 0.07% of total population)<ref>((cite web|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/929229/over-280000-immigrants-living-in-pakistan-says-nisar/ |title=Karachi has witnessed 43% decrease in target killing: Nisar |publisher=Tribune.com.pk |date=2015-07-30 |accessdate=2021-11-25))</ref>

((flagcountry|Syria)) 120,000 (Russia, 0.7% of total population)<ref>((cite news|url=https://jamestown.org/program/moscow-uses-circassians-to-offer-assistance-to-libyan-leader-qaddafi/|title=Moscow Uses Circassians to Offer Assistance to Libyan Leader Qaddafi|newspaper=Jamestown ))</ref>

((flagcountry|Azerbaijan)) 119,300 (Russia, 1.2% of total population)<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.refworld.org/docid/4954ce0aa.html|title=Refworld &#124; World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples – Azerbaijan))</ref>

((flagcountry|Qatar)) 115,000 (United States, 4.3% of total population)<ref>((cite web|url=http://priyadsouza.com/population-of-qatar-by-nationality-in-2017/|title=Population of Qatar by nationality in 2019|date=15 August 2019|access-date=11 February 2020|archive-date=25 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225053320/http://priyadsouza.com/population-of-qatar-by-nationality-in-2017/|url-status=dead))</ref>

((flagcountry|Bangladesh)) 110,138 (United States, 0.06% of total population)<ref>((cite web|url=https://countryeconomy.com/demography/migration/immigration/bangladesh|title = Bangladesh – International immigration 2019))</ref>

((flagcountry|Cyprus)) 109,462 (United Kingdom, 9.1% of total population)<ref>((cite web|url=https://countryeconomy.com/demography/migration/immigration/cyprus|title=Cyprus – International immigration 2019))</ref>

((flagcountry|Japan)) 106,000 (United States, 0.08% of total population)<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.moj.go.jp/content/001254624.pdf |title=国籍・地域別在留外国人数の推移 |language=ja |trans-title=Changes in the number of foreign residents by nationality / region |website=www.moj.go.jp  |accessdate=2021-11-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180327132827/http://www.moj.go.jp/content/001254624.pdf |archive-date=2018-03-27))</ref>

((flagcountry|Saudi Arabia)) 100,000 (United States, 0.3% of total population)<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.maximrecruitment.com/news/post/the-pros-cons-of-working-in-saudi-arabia/|title=Maxim Recruitment &#124; the Pros & Cons of Working in Saudi Arabia))</ref>

((flagcountry|Singapore)) 76,900 (United Kingdom, 1.3% of total population)<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.mfa.gov.sg/Newsroom/Press-Statements-Transcripts-and-Photos/2015/07/Speech-By-Second-Minister-For-Foreign-Affairs-Ms-Grace-Fu-At-The-Launch-Of-50-Years-Of-SingaporeEuro|title=Speech by Second Minister for Foreign Affairs Ms Grace Fu at the Launch of 50 Years of SingaporeEuro))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/im-eurasian-singaporean-not-ang-moh|title = 'I'm Eurasian Singaporean, not ang moh'))</ref>

((flagcountry|Tajikistan)) 68,200 (Russia, 1.1% of total population)<ref name="nationmaster.com"/>

((flagcountry|Jordan)) 65,000 (Russia, 0.67% of total population)<ref>((cite web|author=PONARS Eurasia |url=http://www.ponarseurasia.org/sites/default/files/policy-memos-pdf/pepm_054.pdf |title=List of Policy Memos |publisher=PONARS Eurasia |date=2021-07-26 |accessdate=2021-11-25))</ref>

((flagcountry|Iran)) 50,000 (Russia, 0.061% of total population)<ref>((cite web|url=https://caucasustimes.com/en/circassians-in-iran/|title = Circassians in Iran|date = 9 February 2018))</ref>

((flagcountry|Malaysia)) 37,000 (Portugal, 0.11% of total population)<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.lonelyplanet.com/malaysia-singapore-brunei/background/other-features/8f3253aa-2294-4762-8523-e9c20d3f636b/a/nar/8f3253aa-2294-4762-8523-e9c20d3f636b/1325999|title=People, Culture & Politics))</ref>

((flagcountry|Georgia)) 26,453 (Russia, 0.7% of total population)<ref name="census.ge">((cite web|url=http://census.ge/ |title=census – მთავარი |publisher=Census.ge |date= |accessdate=2021-11-25))</ref>

((flagcountry|Lebanon)) 25,000 (United States, 0.41% of total population)<ref name="census.ge"/>

((flagcountry|Taiwan)) 21,000 (United States, 0.09% of total population)<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.immigration.gov.tw/ |title=移民署中文網 |publisher=Immigration.gov.tw |date= |accessdate=2021-11-25))</ref>

((flagcountry|Myanmar)) 19,200 (United Kingdom, 0.035% of total population)<ref>https://escholarshare.drake.edu/bitstream/handle/2092/237/Wright%23237.pdf?sequence=1 ((Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022))</ref>

((flagcountry|Oman)) 16,349 (United Kingdom, 0.39% of total population)<ref>((cite web|url=https://countryeconomy.com/demography/migration/immigration/oman|title = Oman – International immigration 2019))</ref>

((flagcountry|Bahrain)) 15,000 (United Kingdom, 1% of total population)<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/bahrain/ The World Factbook]</ref>

((flagcountry|Afghanistan)) 13,000 (United States, 0.037% of total population)<ref>((cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/us-has-begun-reducing-troops-in-afghanistan-commander-says/2019/10/21/d17a9e30-f3f1-11e9-8cf0-4cc99f74d127_story.html |title=U.S. reduces troop levels in Afghanistan despite scuttled talks with the Taliban |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=2019-10-21 |accessdate=2021-11-25))</ref>

((flagcountry|Kuwait)) 13,000 (United States, 0.031% of total population)<ref name="newsweek.com">((cite web|last=O'Connor |first=Tom |url=https://www.newsweek.com/where-us-troops-near-iran-1480617 |title=Where Are U.S. Troops Near Iran? Tens of Thousands of American Soldiers Are in Middle East, Afghanistan |publisher=Newsweek.com |date= 6 January 2020|accessdate=2021-11-25))</ref>

((flagcountry|Macau)) 13,000 (Portugal, 2.3% of total population)<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/macau.htm|title=Macau - Country Profile - Macau Special Administrative Region))</ref>

((flagcountry|Armenia)) 11,911 (Russia, 0.4% of total population)<ref>https://www.armstat.am/file/doc/99486253.pdf ((Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022))</ref>

((flagcountry|Sri Lanka)) 8,856 (Italy, 0.04% of total population)<ref>((cite web|url=https://countryeconomy.com/demography/migration/immigration/sri-lanka |title=Sri Lanka – International immigration 2019 |publisher=countryeconomy.com |date= |accessdate=2021-11-25))</ref>

((flagcountry|Iraq)) 6,000 (United States, 0.015% of total population)<ref name="newsweek.com"/>

((flagcountry|Mongolia)) 3,000 (Russia, 0.1% of total population)<ref>((cite web|url=https://chojbalsan.ucoz.ru/publ/2-1-0-17 |title=п°п╬п╫пЁп╬п╩п╦я▐ – п°п╬п╫пЁп╬п╩п╦я▐ – п п╟я┌п╟п╩п╬пЁ я│я┌п╟я┌п╣п╧ – п╖п╬п╧п╠п╟п╩я│п╟п╫&#124;п°п╬п╫пЁп╬п╩п╦я▐&#124;п²п╬я│я┌п╟п╩я▄пЁп╦я▐ |publisher=Chojbalsan.ucoz.ru |date=2009-02-02 |accessdate=2021-11-25))</ref>

((flagcountry|Nepal)) 3,000 (United States, 0.01% of total population)<ref>((cite web|author=VisitNepal.com – Travel Information Network |url=http://www.visitnepal.com/expatriates/second_year.php |title=What it's like after 1.5 years living in Nepal |publisher=VisitNepal.com |date= |accessdate=2021-11-25))</ref>

((flagcountry|Vietnam)) 2,700 (United States, 0.002% of total population)<ref>((cite web|author=Thu, 25 Nov 2021 11:59:52 -0500 |url=http://vietnamembassy-usa.org/relations/young-envoy-vietnam |title=Young envoy in Vietnam &#124; Embassy of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in the United States |publisher=Vietnamembassy-usa.org |date=2003-10-17 |accessdate=2021-11-25))</ref>

((flagcountry|North Korea)) 2,045 (United States, 0.008% of total population)<ref>((cite web|url=https://countryeconomy.com/demography/migration/immigration/north-korea |title=North Korea – International immigration 2019 |publisher=countryeconomy.com |date= |accessdate=2021-11-25))</ref>

((flagcountry|Maldives)) 1,117 (Germany, 0.25% of total population)<ref>((cite web|url=https://countryeconomy.com/demography/migration/immigration/maldivas |title=Maldives – International immigration 2019 |publisher=countryeconomy.com |date= |accessdate=2021-11-25))</ref>

((flagcountry|Cambodia)) 1,000 (France, 0.006% of total population)<ref>((cite web|url=https://countryeconomy.com/demography/migration/immigration/cambodia |title=Cambodia - International immigration 2019 |publisher=countryeconomy.com |date= |accessdate=2021-11-25))</ref><ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.realestate.com.kh/guides/living-in-cambodia-expat-guide/|title = Living in Cambodia: Expat guide 2021))</ref>

((flagcountry|Yemen)) 1,000 (United States, 0.003% of total population)<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.dailysabah.com/mideast/2018/06/16/french-troops-fighting-houthis-in-yemen-alongside-uae-forces-le-figaro-claims|title=French troops fighting Houthis in Yemen alongside UAE forces, le Figaro claims|website=[[Daily Sabah]]|date=16 June 2018))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/us-special-forces-saudi-arabia-yemen-war-green-berets-houthi-rebels-mohammed-bin-salman-a8335481.html |title=US special forces secretly deployed to assist Saudi Arabia in Yemen conflict |work=The Independent |date=2018-05-03 |accessdate=2021-11-25))</ref>

== See also ==
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*[[Asian people]]
*[[Australoid]]
*[[Black people]]
*[[Brown (racial classification)]]
*[[Caucasoid]]
*[[Culture of Asia]]
*[[Demographics of Asia]]
*[[Indigenous peoples of Asia]]
*[[Languages of Asia]]
*[[Mongoloid]]
*[[Negroid]]
*[[Proto-Australoid]]
*[[White people]]
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== References ==
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== External links ==
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* [https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/9BE67BC3002DB716C1256F2D00484D2E-cia_CAsia240804.pdf Map – Major ethnic groups in Central Asia]

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