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The term Asian people is strictly a demonym for people from Asia. In actuality, however, the meaning of the term varies by country and person. more...

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The term is used in different manners to refer to people from a particular region or subregion of Asia.

Synonyms include Asians, Asian race, Asian Continental Ancestry Group, Asiatic Race or simply Asian.

Definitions in anglophone countries

In the United States, Australia and New Zealand, Asian refers most commonly to people of predominantly East Asian or Southeast Asian ancestry; however in the United Kingdom, Asian usually refers only to South Asians. Due to political lobbying by South Asians in the 1980s, the U.S. census now groups South Asians with East and Southeast Asians, but this is not reflected in common usage.

Middle Eastern and Central Asian people are usually not considered as Asian people, though the term Asian originally referred to the ancient Near East. This term's modern application varies by region, but people described as Asian generally inhabit or have origins in the countries listed below (not including those of Southwest or Central Asia).

According to the definition that includes East Asia at 23.7%, the Indian Subcontinent at 22.5% and Southeast Asia at 8%, a total of 54.2% of the world's population would be included in this category. The region to which the term applies includes the two most populated states in the world; the People's Republic of China and the Republic of India. The term Asian also includes the largest single ethnic group in the world, the Han Chinese..

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Definitions by country

United States

For purposes of the U.S. Census, the term "Asian" is a race defined as "people who have origins in the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia or the Indian Subcontinent. Respondents can also report more specific ancestry, such as Chinese, Taiwanese, Filipino, Korean, Japanese, Malaysian, Indonesian, Vietnamese, Pakistani, Laotian, Thai, Asian-Indian, and so on, including "Other Asian". Someone reporting these ancestries but no race will be classified as "Asian". Central Asian Americans were classified as "Asiatic" on the 1910 US Census which legally hindered their immigration along with other Asians. Central Asian Turkish Americans were the targets of anti-Asian hysteria during the "yellow race crisis".

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