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Koreans
한국인/조선인
Tot population
(85 million (est.)[1])
Regions wi signeeficant populations
 Sooth Korea      50,062,000 (2009 est.)[2]
 North Korea      24,051,218 (2009 est.)[3]

Overseas populations as o 2009
 Fowkrepublic o Cheenae2,336,771
 Unitit States2,102,283
 Japan904,512
 Canadae223,322
 Roushie222,027[4]
 Australie203,633
 Uzbekistan175,939
 Philippines115,400
 Kazakhstan103,952
 Vietnam88,120
 Brazil48,419
 Unitit Kinrick45,295
 Thailand40,370
 Ukraine35,000[5]
 Indonesie31,760
 Germany31,248
 New Zealand30,792
 Argentinae22,024
 Kyrgyzstan19,420
 Fraunce14,738
 Malaysie14,580
 Singapore13,509
 Hong Kong13,288[6]
 Mexico12,072
 Guatemala9,921
 Indie8,337
 Swaden7,000
 Paraguay5,229
 Cambodie4,772
 Italy4,203
 Sooth Africae3,949
Leids
Korean speakers: 76 million[7]
Releegion
majority: nan-releegious an atheist, minority: Korean Buddhism, Korean Christianity, Muism (Korean Shamanism), Cheondoism, Islam. Backgrund o Korean Confucianism.[8][9]

The Koreans are an ethnic group oreeginatin in the Korean peninsulae.

Sooth Koreans caw thairsels Hanguk-in (한국인; 韓國人), or simply Han-in (한인; 韓人). Informally they caw themselves Hanguk-saram (한국 사람).

North Koreans caw theairsels Chosŏn-in (조선인) or Chosŏn-saram (조선 사람).

The ethnic Koreans, who live in Central Asie, caw thairsels Koryo-saram (Hangul: 고려 사람, Cyrillic: Корё сарам).

  1. ↑ Korean Peninsulae (52 million + 26 million) + Korean diaspora (6.8 million)
  2. ↑ "Population of South Korea 2010". English.chosun.com. 1 Februar 2010. Retrieved 4 Mey 2012.
  3. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived frae the original (PDF) on 25 Mairch 2009. Retrieved 16 Januar 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ↑ The 2002 Russian census gave a figure of 148,556. See "Население по национальности и владению русским языком по субъектам Российской Федерации" (in Russian). Федеральная служба государственной статистики. Archived frae the original (Microsoft Excel) on 4 November 2006. Retrieved 1 December 2006. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
  5. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived frae the original on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 16 Januar 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived frae the original on 26 Mey 2012. Retrieved 16 Januar 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ↑ Nationalencyklopedin "Världens 100 största språk 2007" The World's 100 Largest Languages in 2007
  8. ↑ "International Religious Freedom Report 2008 – Korea, Republic of". U.S. Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. 22 Januar 2009. Retrieved 31 Januar 2009.
  9. ↑ "state.gov". state.gov. 12 Apryle 2012. Retrieved 4 Mey 2012.