East Asian people

<p>East Asian people (also East Asians or Northeast Asians) are the people from <a href="/facts/East_Asia/D8yGVCQX">East Asia</a>, which consists of <a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p">China</a>, <a href="/facts/Japan/U5mz0SRT">Japan</a>, <a href="/facts/Mongolia/ogQzUcQb">Mongolia</a>, <a href="/facts/North_Korea/Q41laakP">North Korea</a>, <a href="/facts/South_Korea/pCobAaVw">South Korea</a>, and <a href="/facts/Taiwan/VcJoUD8w">Taiwan</a>. The total population of all countries within this region is estimated to be 1.677 billion and 21% of the world's population in 2020. However, large <a href="/facts/East_Asian_diaspora/n7bLlVHB">East Asian diasporas</a>, such as the <a href="/facts/Overseas_Chinese/WIF67bsX">Chinese</a>, <a href="/facts/Japanese_diaspora/4xuG9X89">Japanese</a>, <a href="/facts/Korean_diaspora/1BqHH2b3">Korean</a>, and <a href="/facts/Mongolian_diaspora/nlpzEQQ9">Mongolian diasporas</a>, as well as diasporas of other East Asian ethnic groups, mean that the 1.677 billion does not necessarily represent an accurate figure for the number of East Asian people worldwide.
</p><p>The major ethnic groups that form the core of traditional East Asia are the <a href="/facts/Han_Chinese/gMl0sKy0">Han Chinese</a>, <a href="/facts/Koreans/GDk7QLdA">Koreans</a>, and <a href="/facts/Yamato_people/NBt0hk1o">Yamato</a>. Other ethnic groups of East Asia include the <a href="/facts/Ainu_people/odg3PUUW">Ainu</a>, <a href="/facts/Bai_people/uTSctwCX">Bai</a>, <a href="/facts/Daur_people/qoWecA0X">Daur</a>, <a href="/facts/Manchu_people/orGs7jQx">Manchus</a>, <a href="/facts/Mongols/fb4zx1s8">Mongols</a>, <a href="/facts/Qiang_people/6NVMyTts">Qiang</a>, <a href="/facts/Ryukyuan_people/oCd8tWza">Ryukyuans</a>, and <a href="/facts/Tibetan_people/Qz832p7E">Tibetans</a>.
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East Asian people