Korean diaspora

The Korean diaspora consists of around 7.3 million people, both descendants of early emigrants from the Korean Peninsula, as well as more recent emigrants from Korea. Around 84.5% of overseas Koreans live in just five countries: China, the United States, Japan, Canada, and Uzbekistan.^[1] Other countries with greater than 0.5% Korean minorities include Brazil, Russia, Kazakhstan, Vietnam, the Philippines, and Indonesia. All these figures include both permanent migrants and sojourners.^[4]

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Korean diaspora

Total population
7,325,143 (2021)[1]
Regions with significant populations
United States	2,633,777[1]
China	2,350,422[1]
Japan	818,865[1]
Canada	237,364[1]
Uzbekistan	175,865[1]
Russia	168,526[1]
Australia	158,103[1]
Vietnam	156,330[1]
Kazakhstan	109,495[1]
Germany	47,428[1]
United Kingdom	36,690[1]
Brazil	36,540[1]
New Zealand	33,812[1]
Philippines	33,032[1]
France	25,417[1]
Argentina	22,847[1]
Singapore	20,983[1]
Thailand	18,130[1]
Kyrgyzstan	18,106[1]
Indonesia	17,297[1]
Malaysia	13,667[1]
Ukraine	13,524[1]
Sweden	13,055[1]
Mexico	11,107[1]
India	10,674[1]
Cambodia	10,608[1]
United Arab Emirates	9,642[1]
Netherlands	9,473[1]
Denmark	8,694[1]
Norway	7,744[1]
Guam	5,016[2]
South Africa	3,300
Peru	1,500[3]
Sri Lanka	948
Uruguay	130
Languages
Predominantly Korean, English, Chinese, Japanese and Russian, among others
Religion
Predominantly: Irreligious Minorities: Korean Buddhism, Korean shamanism, Cheondoism, Korean Confucianism and Christianity (Roman Catholicism, Protestantism and Unification Church)
Related ethnic groups
Koreans (including North Koreans, South Koreans, Jejuans, Koryo-saram, Sakhalin Koreans), Manchus

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