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====Vietnam====
{{further|Demographics of Vietnam|List of ethnic groups in Vietnam}}
The Vietnamese government recognizes [[List of ethnic groups in Vietnam|54 ethnic groups]], of which the Viet (Kinh) is the largest; according to official Vietnamese figures (2019 census), [[Vietnamese people|ethnic Vietnamese]] account for 85.32% of the nation's population and the non-Vietnamese ethnic groups account for the remaining percent. The ethnic Vietnamese inhabit a little less than half of Vietnam, while the ethnic minorities inhabit the majority of Vietnam's land (albeit the least fertile parts of the country).

The central highland peoples commonly termed [[Degar]] or Montagnards ([[mountain people]]) consist of two main ethnolinguistic types--[[Malayo-Polynesian]] and [[Mon–Khmer]]. About 30 groups of various cultures and dialects are spread over the highland territory.

Other minority groups include the [[Chams]]—remnants of the once-mighty [[Champa]] Kingdom, conquered by the Vietnamese through a progress called "[[Nam Tiến]]", [[Hmong people|Hmong]], [[Hoa people|Chinese]], and [[Thai people in Vietnam|Thái]].