{{Infobox ethnic group | group = Burmese people | native_name = | native_name_lang = my | image = | image_caption = | image_alt = | population = | total = | total_ref = | genealogy = | total_year = | total_source = | popplace = (2014) | region1 = | pop1 = 1,418,472 (2014) | region2 = | pop2 = 303,996 (2014) | region3 = | pop3 = 200,000 (2017) | region4 = | pop4 = 189,000 (2019) | region5 = | pop5 = 92,263 (2014) | region6 = | pop6 = 49,204 (2016) | region7 = | pop7 = 40,000 (2017) | region8 = | pop8 = 35,049 (2020) | region9 = | pop9 = 17,975 (2014) | region10 = | pop10 = 14,592 (2014) | region11 = | pop11 = 9,335 (2016) | region12 = | pop12 = 8,543 (2011) | region13 = | pop13 = 4,307 (2022) | region14 = | pop14 = 2,666 (2022) | region15 = | pop15 = 2,154 (2021) | region16 = | pop16 = 2,069 (2021) | region17 = | pop17 = 1,683 (2022) | languages = Languages of Myanmar, including Burmese, Shan, Karenic languages, Rakhine, Kachin, Mon, Kuki-Chin languages, and Burmese English | religions = Predominantly Theravada BuddhismMinority IslamChristianityHinduismAnimism | related_groups = | footnotes = | image_upright = }}Burmese people or Myanma people' () are citizens or people from Myanmar (Burma), irrespective of their ethnic or religious background. Myanmar is a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural and multi-lingual country. The Burmese government officially recognises 135 ethnic groups, who are grouped into eight 'national races,' namely the Bamar (Burmans), Shan, Karen, Rakhine (Arakanese), Mon, Kachin, Chin, and Kayah (Karenni). Many ethnic and ethnoreligious communities exist outside these defined groupings, such as the Burmese Chinese and Panthay, Burmese Indians, Anglo-Burmese, and Gurkhas. The 2014 Myanmar Census enumerated 51,486,253 persons. There is also a substantial Burmese diaspora, the majority of whom have settled in neighbouring Asian countries. Refugees and asylum seekers from Myanmar make up one of the world's five largest refugee populations. Concept of Myanmar Similar to the concepts of pribumi in Indonesia and bumiputera in Malaysia, Burmese society categorises indigenous peoples who had historically lived in what is now modern-day Myanmar as taing-yin-tha (တိုင်းရင်းသား), which is typically translated as 'national race' or 'indigenous race.' Taing-yin-tha literally means 'those who form the basis of the state' or 'offspring of a region.' The Burmese government officially recognizes