There are 54 ethnic groups in Vietnam recognized by the Vietnamese government.[1] Each ethnicity has their own language, traditions, and subculture. The largest ethnic groups are: Vietnamese 85.32%, Tay 1.92%, Thái 1.89%, Mường 1.51%, Hmong 1.45%, Khmer 1.37%, Nùng 1.13%, Dao 0.93%, Hoa 0.78%, with all others comprising the remaining 3.7% [2019 census].[2] The Vietnamese term for minority ethnic groups are người thiểu số and dân tộc ít người [minority people].
List of ethnic groups[edit]
The total population of Vietnam was 96,208,984 according to the 2019 census.[2][3]
| Total | 85,846,997 | 96,208,984 | 1.14% | ||||
| 1. Vietic | Kinh | 85.32% | 73,594,427 | 82,085,826 | 1.09% | throughout Vietnam | also called Viet, the largest ethnic group in Vietnam |
| Chứt | 0.01% | 6,022 | 7,513 | 2.21% | Quảng Bình [6,572 people, comprising 87.5% of all Chứt in Vietnam] | Cheut - related to the Kinh | |
| Mường | 1.51% | 1,268,963 | 1,452,095 | 1.35% | Hòa Bình [549,026 people, comprising 64.28% of the province's population], Thanh Hóa [376,340 people, comprising 10.34% of the province's population], Phú Thọ [218,404 people, comprising 14.92% of the province's population], Sơn La [84,676 people, comprising 6.78% of the province's population], Hà Nội [62,239 people], Ninh Bình [27,345 people] | closest to the Kinh, the other main part of the Viet–Mường branch of the Vietic subfamily | |
| Thổ | 0.1% | 74,458 | 91,430 | 2.05% | Nghệ An [71,420 people, comprising 78.11% of all Thổ in Vietnam], Thanh Hóa [11,470 people, comprising 12.55% of all Thổ in Vietnam] | Tho - Related to Kinh Vietnamese | |
| 2. Austroasiatic [non-Vietic] | Ba Na | 0.3% | 227,716 | 286,910 | 2.31% | Gia Lai [189,367 people, comprising 12.51% of the province's population and 66.00% of all Ba Na in Vietnam], Kon Tum [68,799 people, comprising 12.73% of the province's population and 23.98% of all Ba Na in Vietnam], Bình Định [21,650 people, comprising 1.46% of the province's population and 7.55% of all Ba Na in Vietnam] | Bahnar |
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