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China
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| Population: |
1,298,847,624 |
| Ethnic groups: |
Han Chinese 92%
Zhuang, Uygur, Hui, Yi, Tibetan, Miao, Manchu, Mongol, Buyi, Korean, and
other 8% |
| Religions: |
Taoism
Buddhism
Muslim
Christian |
| Languages: |
Standard Chinese or Mandarin
Cantonese
Shanghaiese
Fuzhou
Hokkien-Taiwanese
Xiang
Gan
Hakka dialects
Minority languages |
| Capital: |
Beijing |
Mongolia
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| Population: |
2,751,314 |
| Ethnic groups: |
Mongol (predominantly Khalkha)
85%
Turkic 7%
Tungusic 5%
Other 3% |
| Religions: |
Tibetan Buddhist Lamaism 96%
Muslim, Shamanism and Christian
4% |
| Languages: |
Khalkha Mongol 90%
Turkic
Russian |
| Capital: |
Ulaanbaatar |
Thailand
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| Population: |
64,865,523 |
| Ethnic groups: |
Thai 75%
Chinese 14%
Other 11% |
| Religions: |
Buddhism 95%
Muslim 3.8%
Christianity 0.5%
Hinduism 0.1%
Other 0.6% |
| Languages: |
Thai
English (language of the
elite)
Ethnic and regional dialects |
| Capital: |
Bangkok |
Myanmar (formerly
Burma)
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| Population: |
42,720,196 |
| Ethnic groups: |
Burman 68%
Shan 9%
Karen 7%
Rakhine 4%
Chinese 3%
Mon 2%
Indian 2%
Other 5% |
| Religions: |
Buddhist 89%
Christian 4%
Muslim 4%
Animist 1%
Other 2% |
| Languages: |
Burmese
Minority ethnic groups have their own languages |
| Capital: |
Rangoon |
Malaysia |
| Population: |
23,522,482 |
| Ethnic groups:
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Malay and other indigenous
58% Chinese 24%
Indian 8%
Others 10% |
| Religions: |
Muslim
Buddhist
Daoist
Hindu
Christian
Sikh
Shamanism (East Malaysia)
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| Languages: |
Bahasa Melayu (official)
English
Chinese dialects
Tamil
Telugu
Malayalam
Panjabi
Thai
Several indigenous languages
(East Malaysia) |
| Capital: |
Kuala Lumpur |
Cambodia |
| Population: |
13,363,421 |
| Ethnic groups:
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Khmer 90%
Vietnamese 5%
Chinese 1%
Other 4% |
| Religions: |
Theravada Buddhist 95%
Other 5% |
| Languages: |
Khmer (official) 95%
French
English |
| Capital: |
Phnom Penh |
Laos |
| Population: |
6,068,117 |
| Ethnic groups:
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Lao Loum (lowland) 68%
Lao Theung (upland) 22%
Lao Soung (highland) 9%
Ethnic Vietnamese/Chinese
1% |
| Religions: |
Buddhist 60%
Animist and other 40% (including
various Christian denominations
1.5%) |
| Languages: |
Lao (official)
French
English
Various ethnic languages
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| Capital: |
Vientiane |
Vietnam |
| Population: |
82,689,518 |
| Ethnic groups:
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Vietnamese 85%-90%
Chinese
Hmong
Thai
Khmer
Cham
Mountain groups |
| Religions: |
Buddhist
Hoa Hao
Cao Dai
Christian (predominantly
Roman Catholic, some Protestant)
Indigenous beliefs
Muslim |
| Languages: |
Vietnamese (official)
English
French
Chinese
Khmer
Mountain area languages
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| Capital: |
Hanoi |
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