Chin people
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 Chin women and children | |||||||||||
| Total population | |||||||||||
| c. 1.2 million | |||||||||||
| Regions with significant populations | |||||||||||
 Myanmar | c. 1,000,000 | ||||||||||
| India | 100,000+ | ||||||||||
| Mizoram | 70,000–100,000 (2012) | ||||||||||
| Manipur | 12,000 | ||||||||||
 United States | 70,000 | ||||||||||
| Malaysia | 27,250 (2024) | ||||||||||
| Australia | 8,407 (2021) | ||||||||||
| New Zealand | 1,110 (2023) | ||||||||||
| Languages | |||||||||||
| Lingua franca: Burmese or Native: other Kuki-Chin languages | |||||||||||
| Religion | |||||||||||
| Majority: Christianity 90% Minority: 10% Buddhism, traditional religion | |||||||||||
| Related ethnic groups | |||||||||||
related. Replace with related_groups.caption. Replace with image_caption.rels. Replace with religions.total. Replace with population.langs. Replace with languages.The Chin peoples (Burmese: ချင်းလူမျိုး, MLCTS: hkyang: lu. myui:, pronounced [tɕɪ́ɰ̃ lù mjó]) are a collection of Tibeto-Burman ethnic groups native to western Myanmar (Burma). The Chin primarily live in the mountains of Chin State but are also found in parts of Sagaing Region, Magway Region, and Lower Myanmar. Significant Chin diaspora communities are also present in northeast India, the United States, Malaysia, and Australia.
The Chin are divided into numerous tribes and speak a variety of Kuki-Chin languages that are closely related but often mutually unintelligible. The Chin identity, as a pan-ethnic identity, is a modern construction, shaped by British rule and post-independence ethnic politics, built upon older tribal and regional identities.