ethnic groups in Asia

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{{Main|Ethnic groups in the Middle East}}

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West Asia is sometimes referred to as "Southwest Asia". West Asia consists of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Cyprus, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, 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 (about 50 million) and Kurds (about 35 million). Other indigenous minorities include Jews (6.2 million), 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 deserts, and thus many nomadic groups exist today, most notably the Bedouin Arabs.

{{Main|Demographics of Central Asia}}

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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, Indo-Iranian, and Mongolic peoples comprise its general ethnicities.

The main religions of Central Asia are Islam (Turkic/Indo-Iranian peoples) and Buddhism (Mongolia, Tibet). 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, Timurids, Uzbeks, Persians, Tatars, Russians, Afghans and Sarmatians, and thus has a very distinct, vibrant culture.{{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}} The culture is influenced by Chinese, Indian, Jewish/Hebrew, Persian, Afghan, Arabian, Turkish, Russian, Sarmatian, and Mongolian cultures.

The music of Central Asia is rich and varied and is appreciated worldwide. Meanwhile, Central Asian cuisine is one of the most prominent cuisines of Asia, with cuisines from Pakistan, India, China, Turkey 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 Persian Empire for a lot of its history. Furthermore, sitting at the junction of the Silk Road, it has numerous Chinese, Indian and Arabian literary works.

{{Main|East Asian people}}

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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.{{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}}{{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}}{{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}}{{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}}{{Cite book |title=Asia Civilizations: Ancient to 1800 AD |last= Lim |first= SK |publisher=ASIAPAC |isbn=978-9812295941 |page=56|date= 1 November 2011 }} The major ethnic groups that form the core of East Asia are the Han, Korean, and Yamato.{{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 }}{{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 }}{{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}}{{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}}{{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 |journal=Applied Ergonomics |volume=35 |issue=2 |pages=173–8 |department=Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management |publisher=Elsevier Ltd. |publication-date=23 June 2003 |doi=10.1016/j.apergo.2004.01.004 |pmid=15105079 |doi-access=free }}{{Cite book |title=Current Controversies in Experimental Philosophy (Current Controversies in Philosophy) |last1=Machery |first1=Edouard |last2=O'Neill |first2= Elizabeth |publisher=Routledge |year=2014 |isbn=978-0415519670 |publication-date=28 February 2014 |page=6}}{{Cite book |title=Spiritual Care in Nursing Practice |last=Ludwig |first=Theodore M. |publisher=LWW |year=2003 |isbn=978-0781740968 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/spiritualcareinn0000unse/page/165 165] |url=https://archive.org/details/spiritualcareinn0000unse/page/165 }}{{Cite book |title=Deep Culture: The Hidden Challenges of Global Living |url=https://archive.org/details/deepculturehidde00shau |url-access=limited |last= Shaules |first=Joseph |publisher=Multilingual Matters |year=2007 |isbn= 978-1847690173 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/deepculturehidde00shau/page/n55 43]}}{{Cite book |title=Race and Racism in Modern East Asia: Western and Eastern Constructions |last1=Kowner |first1=Rotem |last2=Demel |first2=Walter |publisher=Brill 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North, East, and Central Asia: An Encyclopedia |last= Minahan |first= James B. |publisher=ABC-CLIO |year=2014 |isbn=978-1610690171 |pages=xx–xxvi}}{{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}}{{Excessive citations inline|date=March 2024}} Other ethnic groups of East Asia include the Bai, Hui, Tibetans, Turkic, Manchus, Ryukyuan, Ainu, Zhuang, Mongols, and other Mongolic peoples.{{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 }}{{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}} 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.{{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 }}{{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 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The major East Asian language families are the Sinitic, Japonic, and Koreanic families.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 Qín. (OED)Shimabukuro, Moriyo. (2007). The Accentual History of the Japanese and Ryukyuan Languages: a Reconstruction, p. 1.Miyake, Marc Hideo. (2008). {{google books|MkSDqluKPxsC|Old Japanese: a Phonetic Reconstruction. p. 66.|page=66}}{{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}} Other language families are Tibeto-Burman, Ainu languages, Mongolic, Tungusic, Turkic, Miao–Yao, Tai–Kadai, Austronesian, and Mon–Khmer.{{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}}

Throughout the ages, the greatest influence on East Asia historically has been from China, where the span of its cultural influence is generally known as the Sinosphere laid the foundation for East Asian civilization.{{Cite book |title=East Asia: A New History |last=Walker |first=Hugh Dyson |publisher=AuthorHouse |year=2012 |page=2}} 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.{{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}} 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 examinations that emphasized a knowledge of Chinese classics, political philosophy and culture, as well as historically sharing a common writing system reflected in the histories of Japan and Korea.{{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}}{{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}}{{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}}{{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}}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 }}{{Cite book |title=Asia Civilizations: Ancient to 1800 AD |last= Lim |first= SK |publisher=ASIAPAC |isbn=978-9812295941 |page=89|date= 1 November 2011 }} 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 World. Major characteristics exported by China towards Japan and Korea include shared Chinese-derived language characteristics, as well as similar social and moral philosophies derived from Confucianist thought.{{Cite book |title=The Penguin History of Modern Vietnam: A History |last= Goscha |first= Christopher |publisher= Allen Lane |year=2016 |isbn= 978-1846143106}}

The 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. Chinese characters became the unifying language of bureaucratic politics and religious expression in East Asia. 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 orthographic system for the Korean language in the 19th century.{{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}} In Japan, much of the Japanese language is written in hiragana and katakana in addition to Chinese characters.

{{Main|Indigenous peoples of Siberia}}

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European influences, especially Russian, are strong in the southwestern and central part of the region, due to its high Russian population from Eastern Europe which began to settle the area in the 18th century.{{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}} For the most part, North Asia is considered to be made up of the 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, Turkic, Mongolic, and Tungusic language families, along with East Slavs and various "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 expansion of its territory however, took control of the region now known as Siberia, and thus today it is under Russian rule. There are roughly 33 million people in North Asia.

{{Main|Ethnic groups in South Asia}}

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South Asia in general definition, consists of the countries of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. The five Southern Indian states and north-eastern Sri Lanka share a Dravidian culture, due to the prominence of Dravidian languages there. The 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 Indian province West Bengal share a common Bengali language and culture. The provinces of Jammu Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan of Pakistan share a common Dardic and Tibetic heritage with the Indian territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. Similarly the Punjab province of Pakistan and Indian state of Punjab share a common Punjabi ethnicity, language and culture. In Pakistan, the two western regions of Baluchistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa share a greater Iranian heritage and while the provinces of Sindh share a more Indo-Aryan culture. Iranian is most prevalent in Afghanistan, with significant 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 Indian 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.

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

Indo-Aryan languages are spoken in most of North, East, West, and 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, North Pakistan, 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 speakers are significant in Afghanistan and due to the Afghan diaspora in parts of Pakistan as well.

{{Main|Ethnic groups in 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 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 houses, 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 Indian, Hindu, Chinese, Islamic and Buddhist literature.

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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){{cite web|url=https://stat.gov.kz/ |title=stat.gov.kz |publisher=stat.gov.kz |date= |accessdate=2021-11-25}}

{{flagcountry|India}} 1.7 million (United Kingdom, 0.12% of total population)[https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/fact-sheet-united-states-india-prosperity-partnership/ www.whitehouse.gov]{{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 }}

{{flagcountry|Kyrgyzstan}} 837,000 (Russia, 13.5% of total population){{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}}

{{flagcountry|Uzbekistan}} 750,000 (Russia, 2.3% of total population){{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}}

{{flagcountry|United Arab Emirates}} 461,000 (United Kingdom, 4.9% of total population){{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|url-status=usurped|title=A Breakdown of the United Arab Emirates Population by Nationality – BQ Doha}}{{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}}

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

{{flagcountry|Thailand}} 250,000 (United Kingdom, 0.36% of total population)http://www.ms.ipsr.mahidol.ac.th/ConferenceXI/Download/Book/447-IPSR-Conference-A12-fulltext.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412025602/http://www.ms.ipsr.mahidol.ac.th/ConferenceXI/Download/Book/447-IPSR-Conference-A12-fulltext.pdf |date=12 April 2019 }} {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}

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

{{flagcountry|Hong Kong}} 218,209 (United States, 3.1% of total population){{cite web|url=https://www.bycensus2016.gov.hk/en/bc-mt.html|title=Main Tables | 2016 Population By-census|access-date=11 February 2020|archive-date=8 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181008214316/https://www.bycensus2016.gov.hk/en/bc-mt.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/outofdate/bgn/hongkong/191071.htm|title = Hong Kong (10/11/11)}}{{cite web|url=https://hongkong.china.embassy.gov.au/hkng/australia-hong-kong-relations.html|title = Australian Consulate-General in}}

{{flagcountry|Indonesia}} 189,000 (Netherlands, 0.071% of total population){{cite web|url=https://countryeconomy.com/demography/migration/immigration/indonesia|title=Indonesia – International immigration 2019}}{{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}}

{{flagcountry|Pakistan}} 149,253 (United Kingdom, 0.07% of total population){{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}}

{{flagcountry|Syria}} 120,000 (Russia, 0.7% of total population){{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 }}

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

{{flagcountry|Qatar}} 115,000 (United States, 4.3% of total population){{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}}

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

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

{{flagcountry|Japan}} 106,000 (United States, 0.08% of total population){{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}}

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

{{flagcountry|Singapore}} 76,900 (United Kingdom, 1.3% of total population){{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}}{{cite web|url=https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/im-eurasian-singaporean-not-ang-moh|title = 'I'm Eurasian Singaporean, not ang moh'}}

{{flagcountry|Tajikistan}} 68,200 (Russia, 1.1% of total population)

{{flagcountry|Jordan}} 65,000 (Russia, 0.67% of total population){{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}}

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

{{flagcountry|Malaysia}} 37,000 (Portugal, 0.11% of total population){{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}}

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

{{flagcountry|Lebanon}} 25,000 (United States, 0.41% of total population)

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

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

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

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

{{flagcountry|Afghanistan}} 13,000 (United States, 0.037% of total population){{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}}

{{flagcountry|Kuwait}} 13,000 (United States, 0.031% of total population){{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}}

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

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

{{flagcountry|Sri Lanka}} 8,856 (Italy, 0.04% of total population){{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}}

{{flagcountry|Iraq}} 6,000 (United States, 0.015% of total population)

{{flagcountry|Mongolia}} 3,000 (Russia, 0.1% of total population){{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╫|п°п╬п╫пЁп╬п╩п╦я▐|п²п╬я│я┌п╟п╩я▄пЁп╦я▐ |publisher=Chojbalsan.ucoz.ru |date=2009-02-02 |accessdate=2021-11-25}}

{{flagcountry|Nepal}} 3,000 (United States, 0.01% of total population){{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}}

{{flagcountry|Vietnam}} 2,700 (United States, 0.002% of total population){{cite web|author=Margie Mason |url=http://vietnamembassy-usa.org/relations/young-envoy-vietnam |title=Young envoy in Vietnam | Embassy of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in the United States |publisher=Vietnamembassy-usa.org |date=2003-10-17 |accessdate=2021-11-25}}

{{flagcountry|North Korea}} 2,045 (United States, 0.008% of total population){{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}}

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

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

{{flagcountry|Yemen}} 1,000 (United States, 0.003% of total population){{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}}{{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}}

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