Ethnic groups of Southeast Asia

The ethnic groups of Southeast Asia comprise many different ethnolinguistic stocks. Besides indigenous Southeast Asians, many East Asians and South Asians call Southeast Asia their home. The total Southeast Asian population stands at 655 million (2019).[1][2]
Austro-Asiatic[edit]


- Vietnamese people
- Thổ people
- Chut people
- Muong people
- Mon people
- Palaung people
- Wa people
- Khmer people
- Bahnar people
- Katuic peoples
- Pear people
- Khmu people
- Nicobarese people
- Senoi peoples
Austronesian[edit]



- Javanese people
- Sundanese people
- Malay people
- Minangkabau people
- Madurese people
- Batak people
- Balinese people
- Sasak people
- Sumbawa people
- Banjar people
- Buginese people
- Mandarese People
- Minahasan People
- Acehnese people
- Bantenese
- Dayak peoples
- Iban people
- Lun Bawang/Lundayeh
- Kadazan
- Murut people
- Melanau people
- Cham people
- Jarai people
- Filipino people
Negrito peoples[edit]
Sino-Tibetan[edit]
Tibeto-Burman[edit]

- Bamar people
- Karen people
- Rakhine people
- Karenni people
- Kachin people
- Zo people
- Naga people
- Meitei people
Hua[edit]
- Han people
- North Han people
- Southwestern Han Chinese
- Fujianese
Primary branches of Chinese according to the Language Atlas of China - Fuzhou people
- Hokchia people (福清人)
- Foochew people (福州人)
- Henghua people
- Hokkien people
- Cambodian Hokkien
- Quanzhou
- Zhangzhou
- Taiwanese Hokkien people (in Malaysia&Singapore, in Vietnam)
- Teochew people
- Hainanese people
- Fuzhou people
- Cantonese
- Hakkanese
- Ho Poh people (河婆人)
- Ngái
- Taiwanese Hakka
- Sam Kiang people (三江人)
- Other Han Chinese subgroups
- Minh Hương
- Tanka
- Peranakan
- Sino-Native Malaysian
- Sino-Dusun
- Sino-Kadazan
- Sino-Murut
- Sino-Burmese
- Sino-Thai
- Chinese mestizo
- Chindian
Hui[edit]
Hmong–Mien[edit]

Kra-Dai[edit]

- Thai people
- Lao people
- Kadai peoples
- Kam–Sui peoples
- Tay people
- Saek people
- Nung people
- Nyaw people
- Lu people
- Kongsat
- White Tai
- Shan people
Indo-Aryan and Dravidian[edit]
Indo Aryan[edit]
Indo-Aryan and Dravidian[edit]
- Burmese Indians
- Indians in Brunei
- Indian Indonesians
- Indian settlement in the Philippines
- Indians in Thailand
- Malaysian Indian
- Singapore Indian
- Sri Lankans in Malaysia
Arabian[edit]
Eurasian[edit]
See also[edit]
- History of Southeast Asia
- Demographics of Southeast Asia
- Genetic history of Southeast Asia
- Classification of Southeast Asian languages
References[edit]
- ^ "World Population Prospects 2022". population.un.org. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
- ^ "World Population Prospects 2022: Demographic indicators by region, subregion and country, annually for 1950-2100" (XSLX). population.un.org ("Total Population, as of 1 July (thousands)"). United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
- ^ "走访沙巴"山东村"甲必丹记略". 美國中文作家協會 (in Chinese (China)). 2019-06-21. Retrieved 2019-11-11.