Hmong people

Hmong people
𖬌𖬣𖬵
Flower Hmong women in traditional dress at the market in Bắc Hà, Vietnam
Total population
4–5 million[1]
Regions with significant populations
 China2,777,039 (2000, estimate)[note 1][1]
 Vietnam1,393,547 (2019)[2]
 Laos595,028 (2015)[3]
 United States368,609 (2021)[4]
 Thailand250,070 (2015)
 Myanmar40,000
 Argentina600 (1999)[5]
 Australia3,438 (2011)[6]
 France (French Guiana)2,000 (2001)[7]
 France15,000[5]
 Canada600 (1999)[5]
Languages
Native: Hmong
Regional: Chinese, Thai, Vietnamese, Lao, French, English, Burmese
Religion
Shamanism • Christianity • Buddhism
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The Hmong people (RPA: Hmoob, Nyiakeng Puachue: 𞄀𞄩𞄰‎, Pahawh Hmong: 𖬌𖬣𖬵, IPA: [m̥ɔ̃́], 苗族) are an indigenous group in East Asia and Southeast Asia. In China, the Hmong people are classified as a sub-group of the Miao people. The modern Hmong reside mainly in Southwest China (Guizhou, Yunnan, Sichuan, Chongqing, and Guangxi) and Mainland Southeast Asian countries such as Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, and Myanmar. There is also a large diasporic community in the United States of more than 300,000. The Hmong diaspora has smaller communities in Australia and South America (specifically Argentina and French Guiana, the latter being an overseas region of France).

  1. ^ a b Lemoine, Jacques (2005). "What is the actual number of (H)mong in the world?" (PDF). Hmong Studies Journal. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 1 March 2009.
  2. ^ "Report on Results of the 2019 Census". General Statistics Office of Vietnam. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Results of Population and Housing Census 2015" (PDF). Lao Statistics Bureau. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  4. ^ "B02018 ASIAN ALONE OR IN ANY COMBINATION BY SELECTED GROUPS – 2021: 1-year estimates Detailed Tables – United States". United States Census Bureau.
  5. ^ a b c Jacques Lemoine (2005). "What is the actual number of the (H)mong in the world" (PDF). Hmong Studies Journal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 1 March 2009.
  6. ^ "ABS Census – ethnicity". Archived from the original on 18 May 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
  7. ^ "Hmong's new lives in Caribbean". 10 March 2004. Retrieved 11 March 2014.


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