Editing Koreans (section)

{{Short description|East Asian ethnic group}} 
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{{EngvarB|date=January 2024}}

{{Infobox ethnic group
| group            = Koreans
| native_name      = {{lang|ko|한민족}}{{*}}{{lang|ko|조선민족}}
| pop              = '''{{circa}} {{sigfig|85.680466|2}} million'''<ref name="Kor">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/kor/|title=Korean|publisher=Ethnologue|access-date=5 November 2023}}</ref>
[[File:Map of the Korean Diaspora in the World.svg|center|frameless|260x260px]]
| regions          = {{flag| South Korea }}{{nbsp|6}} {{circa}} 52,081,799 {{small|(2024)}}{{efn| In 2024, 95.1% of South Korea population was South Korean by nationality and 4.9% were of foreign nationality. South Korea is thus considered one of the most ethnically homogeneous societies in the world. Precise number of ethnic Koreans specifically is difficult to estimate since South Korean statistics do not record ethnicity. Furthermore, many immigrants are repatriated ethnic Koreans themselves while unknown number of South Korean citizens are not ethnically Korean which skews any statistical estimate. Some of the largest groups of immigrants are ethnic Koreans from [[China]] (''[[Koreans in China|Joseonjok]]''), [[Japan]] (''[[Koreans in Japan|Zainichi]]'') and the former [[Soviet Union]] (''[[Koryo-saram]]'').}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2020/07/742_283632.html|title=Foreign population in Korea tops 2.5 million|date=24 February 2020|website=[[The Korea Times]]|access-date=20 January 2023|archive-date=16 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716152028/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2020/07/742_283632.html|url-status=live}}</ref><br/>{{flag| North Korea }}{{nbsp|6}} 26,298,666 (2024){{efn|Due to the country's isolationist policies, North Korea is presumed to be almost entirely homogeneous.}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL?locations=KP |title=Worldbank, 2020 |access-date=27 February 2022 |archive-date=27 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220227153353/https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL?locations=KP |url-status=live}}</ref><br/>
'''Diaspora {{as of|2021|lc=on}}'''<br/>{{circa}} 7.3 million<ref name="MOFA">{{Cite book|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs|location=South Korea|year=2021|access-date=21 August 2022|url=http://www.mofa.go.kr/www/wpge/m_21509/contents.do|script-title=ko:재외동포현황(2021)/Total number of overseas Koreans (2021)|archive-date=24 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224142945/http://www.mofa.go.kr/www/wpge/m_21509/contents.do|url-status=live|page=38}}</ref>
| region1          = {{flagcountry|United States}}
| pop1             = [[Korean Americans|2,633,777]]
| ref1             = <ref name="MOFA"/>
| region2          = {{flag|China}}
| pop2             = [[Koreans in China|2,109,727]]{{efn|This includes South Korean and North Korean people in China. Korean with Chinese citizenship is referred to in China as ''[[Chaoxianzu|Joseonjok]]'' in Korean and ''[[Chaoxianzu]]'' in [[Mandarin Chinese]].}}
| ref2             = <ref>{{cite web | url=http://oka.go.kr/oka/information/know/status/ | script-title=ko:재외동포 현황 |trans-title=Current status of overseas Koreans |year=2023 |publisher=Office of Overseas Koreans, Republic of Korea |website=oka.go.kr}}</ref>
| region3          = {{flagcountry|Japan}}
| pop3             = [[Koreans in Japan|818,865]]{{efn|Referred to in Japan as ''[[Koreans in Japan|Zainichi]]'' in Japanese.}}
| ref3             = <ref name="MOFA"/>
| region4          = {{flagcountry|Canada}}
| pop4             = [[Korean Canadians|237,364]]
| ref4             = <ref name="MOFA"/>
| region5          = {{flagcountry|Uzbekistan}}
| pop5             = [[Koreans in Uzbekistan|175,865]]{{efn|Koreans of Uzbekistan are part of the wider ''[[Koryo-saram]]'' identity.}}
| ref5             = <ref name="MOFA"/>
| region6          = {{flagcountry|Russia}}
| pop6             = [[Koreans in Russia|168,526]]{{efn|Koreans of Russia are part of the wider ''[[Koryo-saram]]'' identity.}}
| ref6             = <ref name="MOFA"/>
| region7          = {{flagcountry|Australia}}
| pop7             = [[Korean Australians|158,103]]
| ref7             = <ref name="MOFA"/>
| region8          = {{flagcountry|Vietnam}}
| pop8             = [[Koreans in Vietnam|156,330]]
| ref8             = <ref name="MOFA"/>
| region9          = {{flagcountry|Kazakhstan}}
| pop9             = [[Koreans in Kazakhstan|109,495]]{{efn|Koreans of Kazkahstan are part of the wider ''[[Koryo-saram]]'' identity.}}
| ref9             = <ref name="MOFA"/>
| region10         = {{flagcountry|Germany}}
| pop10            = [[Koreans in Germany|47,428]]
| ref10            = <ref name="MOFA"/>
| region11         = {{flagcountry|United Kingdom}}
| pop11            = [[British Koreans|36,690]]
| ref11            = <ref name="MOFA"/>
| region12         = {{flagcountry|Brazil}}
| pop12            = [[Koreans in Brazil|36,540]]
| ref12            = <ref name="MOFA"/>
| region13         = {{flagcountry|New Zealand}}
| pop13            = [[Korean New Zealanders|33,812]]
| ref13            = <ref name="MOFA"/>
| region14         = {{flagcountry|Philippines}}
| pop14            = [[Koreans in the Philippines|33,032]]
| ref14            = <ref name="MOFA"/>
| region15         = {{flagcountry|France}}
| pop15            = [[Koreans in France|29,367]]
| ref15            = <ref name="MOFA"/>
| region16         = {{flagcountry|Argentina}}
| pop16            = [[Koreans in Argentina|22,847]]
| ref16            = <ref name="MOFA"/>
| region17         = {{flagcountry|Singapore}}
| pop17            = [[Koreans in Singapore|20,983]]
| ref17            = <ref name="MOFA"/>
| region18         = {{flagcountry|Thailand}}
| pop18            = [[Koreans in Thailand|18,130]]
| ref18            = <ref name="MOFA"/>
| region19         = {{flagcountry|Kyrgyzstan}}
| pop19            = [[Koreans in Kyrgyzstan|18,106]]
| ref19            = <ref name="MOFA"/>
| region20         = {{flagcountry|Indonesia}}
| pop20            = [[Koreans in Indonesia|17,297]]
| ref20            = <ref name="MOFA"/>
| region21         = {{flagcountry|Malaysia}}
| pop21            = [[Koreans in Malaysia|13,667]]
| ref21            = <ref name="MOFA"/>
| region22         = {{flagcountry|Ukraine}}
| pop22            = [[Koreans in Ukraine|13,524]]{{efn|Koreans of Ukraine are part of the wider ''[[Koryo-saram]]'' identity.}}
| ref22            = <ref name="MOFA"/>
| region23         = {{flagcountry|Hong Kong}}
| pop23            = [[Koreans in Hong Kong|13,288]]
| region24         = {{flagcountry|Sweden}}
| pop24            = [[Koreans in Sweden|13,055]]
| ref24            = <ref name="MOFA"/>
| region25         = {{flag|Guatemala}}
| pop25            = [[Koreans in Guatemala|12,918]]
| ref25            = <ref name="MOFAT2011">{{citation|url=http://www.mofat.go.kr/webmodule/htsboard/template/read/korboardread.jsp?typeID=6&boardid=232&seqno=334627&c=&t=&pagenum=1&tableName=TYPE_DATABOARD&pc=&dc=&wc=&lu=&vu=&iu=&du=|script-title=ko:재외동포 본문(지역별 상세)|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade|date=2011-07-15|access-date=2012-02-25}}</ref>{{rp|142}}
| region26         = {{flagcountry|Mexico}}
| pop26            = [[Koreans in Mexico|11,107]]
| ref26            = <ref name="MOFA"/>
| region27         = {{flagcountry|India}}
| pop27            = [[Koreans in India|10,674]]
| ref27            = <ref name="MOFA"/>
| region28         = {{flagcountry|Cambodia}}
| pop28            = [[Koreans in Cambodia|10,608]]
| ref28            = <ref name="MOFA"/>
| region29         = {{flagcountry|Netherlands}}
| pop29            = [[Koreans in the Netherlands|9,473]]
| ref29            = <ref name="MOFA"/>
| region30         = {{flag|United Arab Emirates}}
| pop30            = [[Koreans in the United Arab Emirates|9,227]]
| ref30            = <ref name="OKA">{{Cite book|publisher=Overseas Koreans Agency|location=South Korea|year=2023|access-date=2024-09-07|url=https://oka.go.kr/oka/information/know/status/;jsessionid=t01O8I5Ku691X68lpVC4hfDdaws3LAL8UveexiKARYfOrb0dzUJxVa1zUm2BsBTL.blue1_servlet_engine24|script-title=ko:다수거주 국가 현황}}</ref>
| region31         = {{flagcountry|Denmark}}
| pop31            = [[Koreans in Denmark|8,694]]
| ref31            = <ref name="MOFA"/>
| region32         = {{flagcountry|Norway}}
| pop32            = [[Koreans in Norway|7,744]]
| ref32            = <ref name="MOFA"/>
| region33         = {{flagcountry|Paraguay}}
| pop33            = [[Koreans in Paraguay|5,205]]
| ref33            = <ref name="MOFAT2011" />{{rp|171}}
| region34         = {{flagcountry|Saudi Arabia}}
| pop34            = [[Koreans in the Arab world|5,189]]
| ref34            = <ref name="MOFAT2015">{{cite book |date=2015 |language=ko-kr |script-title=ko:재외동포현황 |trans-title=Current Status of Overseas Compatriots |url=http://www.index.go.kr/potal/main/EachDtlPageDetail.do?idx_cd=1682 |location=South Korea |publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade |access-date=2 August 2016}}</ref>
| region35         = {{flagcountry|Taiwan}}
| pop35            = [[Koreans in Taiwan|5,132]]
| ref35            = <ref name="immigration">{{cite web|url=https://www.immigration.gov.tw/5385/7344/7350/%E5%A4%96%E5%83%91%E5%B1%85%E7%95%99/?alias=settledown|script-title=ko:재외동포 본문(지역별 상세)|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade|date=15 July 2011|accessdate=25 February 2012|page=64|archive-date=8 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210908093850/https://www.immigration.gov.tw/5385/7344/7350/%E5%A4%96%E5%83%91%E5%B1%85%E7%95%99/?alias=settledown|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|access-date=12 April 2023|title=Wachtregister asiel 2012-2021|url=http://www.npdata.be/BuG/469-Migratieachtergrond/|website=npdata.be}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
| region36         = {{flagcountry|Guam}}
| pop36            = [[Koreans in Micronesia|5,016]]
| ref36            = <ref name="MOFA2013p133">{{harvnb|MOFA|2013|p=133}} (Chapter 3)</ref>
| region37         = {{flagcountry|Italy}}
| pop37            = 5,000
| ref37            = <ref name=MPI>{{cite web|title=Immigrant and Emigrant Populations by Country of Origin and Destination|url=https://www.migrationpolicy.org/programs/data-hub/charts/immigrant-and-emigrant-populations-country-origin-and-destination|date=10 February 2014}}</ref>
| region38         = {{flagcountry|Belgium}}
| pop38            = 5,000
| ref38            = <ref name=MPI>{{cite web|title=Immigrant and Emigrant Populations by Country of Origin and Destination|url=https://www.migrationpolicy.org/programs/data-hub/charts/immigrant-and-emigrant-populations-country-origin-and-destination|date=10 February 2014}}</ref>
| region39         = {{flagcountry|Spain}}
| pop39            = [[Koreans in Spain|4,080]]
| ref39            = <ref name="MOFAT2011" />{{rp|235}}
| region40         = {{flagcountry|Switzerland}}
| pop40            = 4,000
| ref40            = <ref name=MPI>{{cite web|title=Immigrant and Emigrant Populations by Country of Origin and Destination|url=https://www.migrationpolicy.org/programs/data-hub/charts/immigrant-and-emigrant-populations-country-origin-and-destination|date=10 February 2014}}</ref>
| region41         = {{flag country|Brunei}}
| pop41            = [[Koreans in Brunei|3,771]]
| ref41            = <ref name="MOFA"/>
| region42         = {{flagcountry|South Africa}}
| pop42            = [[Koreans in South Africa|3,300]]
| ref42            = <ref name="통계청 자료(2014)">{{citation|url=http://www.index.go.kr/potal/main/EachDtlPageDetail.do?idx_cd=1682=0|language=ko-kr |script-title=ko:2014년 재외국민 통계청자료=|year=2014|access-date=2013-05-01}}</ref>
| region43         = {{flagcountry|Qatar}}
| pop43            = [[Koreans in the Arab world|3,000]]
| ref43            = <ref name="MOFAT2011"/>{{verify inline|date=April 2025|reason=Presumptive fix for undefined reference}}
| region44         = {{flagcountry|Austria}}
| pop44            = 3,000
| ref44            = <ref name=MPI>{{cite web|title=Immigrant and Emigrant Populations by Country of Origin and Destination|url=https://www.migrationpolicy.org/programs/data-hub/charts/immigrant-and-emigrant-populations-country-origin-and-destination|date=10 February 2014}}</ref>
| region45         = {{flagcountry|Czechia}}
| pop45            = 3,000
| ref45            = <ref name=MPI>{{cite web|title=Immigrant and Emigrant Populations by Country of Origin and Destination|url=https://www.migrationpolicy.org/programs/data-hub/charts/immigrant-and-emigrant-populations-country-origin-and-destination|date=10 February 2014}}</ref>
| region46         = {{flagcountry|Chile}}
| pop46            = [[Koreans in Chile|2,510]]
| ref46            = <ref name="MOFAT2011" />{{rp|172}}
| region47         = {{flagcountry|Mongolia}}
| pop47            = [[Koreans in Mongolia|2,284]]
| ref47            = <ref name="MOFAT">{{citation |url=http://www.mofa.go.kr/webmodule/common/download.jsp?boardid=232&tablename=TYPE_DATABOARD&seqno=fcefeefd6f8e05d012031027&fileseq=00b03707a059027fc7069fbf |script-chapter=ko:남아시아태평양 |script-title=ko:재외동포현황 |trans-title=Overseas Koreans Status |publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade |date=2013-09-30 |page=103 |access-date=2015-04-30}}</ref>
| region48         = {{flagcountry|Northern Mariana Islands|name=Northern Marianas}}
| pop48            = [[Koreans in Micronesia|2,281]]
| ref48            = <ref name="MOFA2013p133"/>
| region49         = {{flagcountry|Hungary}}
| pop49            = 2,000
| ref49            = <ref name=MPI>{{cite web|title=Immigrant and Emigrant Populations by Country of Origin and Destination|url=https://www.migrationpolicy.org/programs/data-hub/charts/immigrant-and-emigrant-populations-country-origin-and-destination|date=10 February 2014}}</ref>
| region50         = {{flagcountry|Peru}}
| pop50            = [[Koreans in Peru|1,305]]
| ref50            = <ref name="MOFAT2011" />{{rp|172}}
| langs            = [[Korean language|Korean]],<ref>{{Ethnologue17|kor}}</ref><br>[[Jeju language|Jeju]] and [[Korean Sign Language]] minorities
| rels             = Predominantly: [[Irreligion|Irreligious]]<br> 
Significant: [[Korean shamanism|Korean shamanic]], [[Christianity in Korea|Christian]], and [[Korean Buddhism|Buddhist]]
Minority: [[Islam in Korea|Islam]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=INSAMER |title=South Korean Muslims - İnsamer - İnsamer |url=https://en.insamer.com/south-korean-muslims_1042.html |access-date=2025-04-07 |website=INSAMER |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite thesis |last=Park |first=Hyunseo |title=Food Globalization and Culture War: The Case of the Halal Food Complex in South Korea |date=August 2017 |access-date=2025-04-15 |type=Master's thesis |publisher=Michigan State University |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/320871910 |doi=10.13140/RG.2.2.27796.81286 |doi-access=free |language=English |format=Pdf |page=38 }}</ref>
| related_groups   = [[Jeju people|Jejuans]]
}}

{{Korean people}}
{{Culture of Korea}}

'''Koreans'''{{efn|<small>[[South Korean standard language|South Korean]]:</small> {{lang|ko|한민족/한국인/한국사람, 韓民族/韓國人/韓國사람}}, {{transliteration|ko|Han minjok (Han ethnic group), Hanguk-in (persons of the Han country), Hanguksaram (Han country people)}}, <small>[[North Korean standard language|North Korean]]:</small> {{lang|ko|조선민족/조선인/조선사람, 朝鮮民族/朝鮮人/朝鮮사람}}, {{transliteration|ko|Joseon minjok (Korean ethnic group), Joseon-in (Joseon persons)/Joseonsaram (Joseon people)}}; see [[Names of Korea]]}} are an [[East Asian people|East Asian]] [[ethnicity|ethnic group]] native to the [[Korean Peninsula]].<ref name="Cell Press">{{Cite journal |last1= Horai |first1=Satoshi |last2=Murayama |first2=Kumiko |date=1996 |title=mtDNA Polymorphism in East Asian Populations, with Special Reference to the Peopling of Japan |journal=[[American Journal of Human Genetics]] |location=Cambridge, Massachusetts |publisher=[[Cell Press]] |publication-date=1996  |volume=59   |issue=3 |pages=579–590 |pmid=8751859 |pmc=1914908}}</ref><ref name="John Wiley & Sons">{{Cite journal |last1= Yi |first1=SoJeong |last2=An |first2=Hyungmi| last3=Lee |first3=Howard | last4=Lee |first4=Sangin |date= 2014 |title=Ancestry informative SNP panels for discriminating the major East Asian populations: Han Chinese, Japanese and Korean |journal=[[Annals of Human Genetics]] |location=Cambridge |publisher=[[John Wiley & Sons]] |publication-date=2013  |volume=35 |issue=10 |pages=477–485 |doi=10.1097/FPC.0000000000000075 |pmid=25029633 |s2cid=43243512}}</ref><ref name="GW">{{cite journal |author1=Siska, Veronika|author2=Jones, Eppie Ruth |author3=Jeon, Sungwon |author4=Bhak, Youngjune |author5=Kim, Hak-Min |author6= Cho, Yun Sung|author7= Kim, Hyunho |author8= Lee, Kyusang|author9= Veselovskaya, Elizaveta |author10=Balueva, Tatiana |author11=Gallego-Llorente, Marcos|author12=Hofreiter, Michael |author13=Bradley, Daniel G.|author14= Eriksson, Anders |author15=Pinhasi, Ron |author16=Bhak, Jong |author17= Manica, Andrea |title=Genome-wide data from two early Neolithic East Asian individuals dating to 7700 years ago |journal=[[Science Advances]] |volume=3 |issue=2 |pages=e1601877 |publication-date=1 February 2017 |doi=10.1126/sciadv.1601877 |pmid=28164156 |pmc=5287702|year=2017 |bibcode=2017SciA....3E1877S}}</ref><ref name="Wang Yuchen">{{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 |pages=19 |publication-date=6 April 2018 |doi=10.1186/s41065-018-0057-5 |pmid=29636655 |pmc=5889524 |year=2018 |doi-access=free}}</ref> The majority of Koreans live in the two Korean [[sovereign state]]s of North and South Korea, which are collectively referred to as Korea. As of 2021, an estimated 7.3 million ethnic [[Korean diaspora|Koreans resided outside of Korea]].<ref name="MOFA" /> Koreans are also an officially recognised ethnic minority in other several Continental and East Asian countries, including [[Koreans in China|China]], [[Koreans in Japan|Japan]], [[Koryo-saram|Kazakhstan]], [[Koryo-saram|Russia]], and [[Koryo-saram|Uzbekistan]]. Outside of Continental and East Asia, sizeable Korean communities have formed in [[Koreans in Germany|Germany]], the [[British Koreans|United Kingdom]], [[Koreans in France|France]], the [[Korean Americans|United States]], [[Korean Canadians|Canada]], [[Korean Australians|Australia]], and [[Korean New Zealanders|New Zealand]].