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PG Name	Country Of Birth	IMB Affinity Group	Affinity Bloc	Primary Religion	Population Total

Chinese, Teochew	Malaysia	East Asian Peoples	East Asian Peoples	Buddhism - Mahayana	32,000
Mongolian	Mongolia	East Asian Peoples	East Asian Peoples	Buddhism	21,360
Oirat, Western Mongol	Mongolia	East Asian Peoples	East Asian Peoples	Buddhism	1,700
Okinawan	Japan	East Asian Peoples	East Asian Peoples	Buddhism	14,000
Sino-Vietnamese	Vietnam	East Asian Peoples	East Asian Peoples	Buddhism	3,700
Chinese, Hakka	Taiwan	East Asian Peoples	East Asian Peoples	Buddhism - Mahayana	4,700
Chinese, Cantonese	Hong Kong	East Asian Peoples	East Asian Peoples	Buddhism - Mahayana	994,855
Chinese, Mandarin	China	East Asian Peoples	East Asian Peoples	Buddhism - Mahayana	2,391,070
Chinese, Fuzhou Min Dong	China	East Asian Peoples	East Asian Peoples	Buddhism - Mahayana	19,000
Chinese, Hokkien	Taiwan	East Asian Peoples	East Asian Peoples	Buddhism - Mahayana	203,000
Lamet	Laos	Southeast Asian Peoples	Southeast Asian Peoples	Buddhism	30
Lao	Laos	Southeast Asian Peoples	Southeast Asian Peoples	Buddhism	450,000
Mon	Myanmar [Burma]	Southeast Asian Peoples	Southeast Asian Peoples	Buddhism - Theravada	100
Black Tai	Vietnam	Southeast Asian Peoples	Southeast Asian Peoples	Ethnic Religions	10,000
Boloven	Laos	Southeast Asian Peoples	Southeast Asian Peoples	Buddhism	37,500
Brao	Laos	Southeast Asian Peoples	Southeast Asian Peoples	Buddhism	100
Tai Lu	China	Southeast Asian Peoples	Southeast Asian Peoples	Ethnic Religions	4,600
Tay	Vietnam	Southeast Asian Peoples	Southeast Asian Peoples	Ethnic Religions	600
Thai	Thailand	Southeast Asian Peoples	Southeast Asian Peoples	Buddhism - Theravada	172,000
Cham	Cambodia	Southeast Asian Peoples	Southeast Asian Peoples	Ethnic Religions	1,100
Thai, Isaan	Thailand	Southeast Asian Peoples	Southeast Asian Peoples	Buddhism - Theravada	1,250
Vietnamese	Vietnam	Southeast Asian Peoples	Southeast Asian Peoples	Buddhism - Mahayana	1,737,433
White Tai	Vietnam	Southeast Asian Peoples	Southeast Asian Peoples	Ethnic Religions	12,500
Yao	China	Southeast Asian Peoples	Southeast Asian Peoples	Ethnic Religions	26,500
Cambodian, Khmer	Cambodia	Southeast Asian Peoples	Southeast Asian Peoples	Buddhism	225,000
Khmu	Laos	Southeast Asian Peoples	Southeast Asian Peoples	Buddhism	9,100
Khuen	Laos	Southeast Asian Peoples	Southeast Asian Peoples	Ethnic Religions	3,100
Sri Lankan, Sinhalese	Sri Lanka	South Asian Peoples	South Asian Peoples	Buddhism	17,000
Nepali, Bantawa	Nepal	South Asian Peoples	Tibetan / Himalayan Peoples	Ethnic Religions	100
Nepali, Limbu	Nepal	South Asian Peoples	Tibetan / Himalayan Peoples	Buddhism	900
Nepali, Sherpa	Nepal	South Asian Peoples	Tibetan / Himalayan Peoples	Buddhism	4,200
Nepali, Gurung	Nepal	South Asian Peoples	Tibetan / Himalayan Peoples	Buddhism	1,200
Burmese, Bhama	Myanmar [Burma]	Southeast Asian Peoples	Tibetan / Himalayan Peoples	Buddhism - Theravada	94,000
Rakhine	Myanmar [Burma]	Southeast Asian Peoples	Tibetan / Himalayan Peoples	Buddhism - Theravada	350
Tibetan	China	East Asian Peoples	Tibetan / Himalayan Peoples	Buddhism - Lamaism	21,185
Karen, Pwo	Myanmar [Burma]	Southeast Asian Peoples	Tibetan / Himalayan Peoples	Buddhism - Theravada	5,100