Ethnic groups In 36 editions of 36.

99% Arab-Berber, less than 1% European

37% Ovimbundu, 25% Kimbundu, 13% Bakongo, 2% Mestico, 1% European

99% African (42 ethnic groups, most important being Fon, Adja, Yoruba, Bariba); 5,500 Europeans

• 95% Batswana;
• about 4% Kalanga, Basarwa, and Kgalagadi;
• about 1% white

• more than 50 tribes;
• principal tribe is Mossi (about 2.5 million);
• other important groups are Gurunsi, Senufo, Lobi, Bobo, Mande, and Fulani

• Africans--85% Hutu (Bantu), 14% Tutsi (Hamitic), 1% Twa (Pygmy);
• other Africans include about 70,000 refugees, mostly Rwandans and Zairians;
• non-Africans include about 3,000 Europeans and 2,000 South Asians

about 71% Creole (mulatto), 28% African, 1% European

• over 200 tribes of widely differing background;
• 31% Cameroon Highlanders, 19% Equatorial Bantu, 11% Kirdi, 10% Fulani, 8% Northwestern Bantu, 7% Eastern Nigritic, 13% other African, less than 1% non-African

• about 80 ethnic groups, the majority of which have related ethnic and linguistic characteristics;
• 34% Baya, 27% Banda, 10% Sara, 21% Mandjia, 4% Mboum, 4% M'Baka;
• 6,500 Europeans, of whom 3,600 are French

• some 200 distinct ethnic groups, most of whom are Muslims (Arabs, Toubou, Fulbe, Kotoko, Hausa, Kanembou, Baguirmi, Boulala, and Maba) in the north and center and non-Muslims (Sara, Ngambaye, Mbaye, Goulaye, Moudang, Moussei, Massa) in the south;
• some 150,000 nonindigenous, of whom 1,000 are French

• Antalote,
• Cafre,
• Makoa,
• Oimatsaha,
• Sakalava

• over 200 African ethnic groups, the majority are Bantu;
• four largest tribes--Mongo, Luba, Kongo (all Bantu), and the Mangbetu-Azande (Hamitic) make up about 45% of the population

• about 15 ethnic groups divided into some 75 tribes, almost all Bantu;
• most important ethnic groups are Kongo (48%) in the south, Sangha (20%) and M'Bochi (12%) in the north, Teke (17%) in the center;
• about 8,500 Europeans, mostly French

• over 60 ethnic groups;
• most important are the Baoule 23%, Bete 18%, Senoufou 15%, Malinke 11%, and Agni;
• about 2 million foreign Africans, mostly Burkinabe;
• about 130,000 to 330,000 non-Africans (30,000 French and 100,000 to 300,000 Lebanese)

60% Somali (Issa); 35% Afar, 5% French, Arab, Ethiopian, and Italian

90% Eastern Hamitic stock; 10% Greek, Italian, Syro-Lebanese

• indigenous population of Bioko, primarily Bubi, some Fernandinos;
• Rio Muni, primarily Fang;
• less than 1,000 Europeans, mostly Spanish

97% African, 3% European

40% Oromo, 32% Amhara and Tigrean, 9% Sidamo, 6% Shankella, 6% Somali, 4% Afar, 2% Gurage, 1% other

• about 40 Bantu tribes, including four major tribal groupings (Fang, Eshira, Bapounou, Bateke);
• about 100,000 expatriate Africans and Europeans, including 27,000 French

99% African (42% Mandinka, 18% Fula, 16% Wolof, 10% Jola, 9% Serahuli, 4% other); 1% non-Gambian

99.8% black African (major tribes--44% Akan, 16% Moshi-Dagomba, 13% Ewe, 8% Ga), 0.2% European and other

Fulani, Malinke, Sousou, 15 smaller tribes

about 99% African (30% Balanta, 20% Fula, 14% Manjaca, 13% Mandinga, 7% Papel); less than 1% European and mulatto

21% Kikuyu, 14% Luhya, 13% Luo, 11% Kalenjin, 11% Kamba, 6% Kisii, 6% Meru, 1% Asian, European, and Arab

99.7% Sotho; 1,600 Europeans, 800 Asians

• 95% indigenous African tribes, including Kpelle, Bassa, Gio, Kru, Grebo, Mano, Krahn, Gola, Gbandi, Loma, Kissi, Vai, and Bella;
• 5% descendants of repatriated slaves known as Americo-Liberians

97% Berber and Arab; some Greeks, Maltese, Italians, Egyptians, Pakistanis, Turks, Indians, and Tunisians

• basic split between highlanders of predominantly Malayo-Indonesian origin (Merina 1,643,000 and related Betsileo 760,000) on the one hand and coastal tribes, collectively termed the Cotiers, with mixed African, Malayo-Indonesian, and Arab ancestry (Betsimisaraka 941,000, Tsimihety 442,000, Antaisaka 415,000, Sakalava 375,000), on the other;
• there are also 11,000 European French, 5,000 Indians of French nationality, and 5,000 Creoles

• Chewa,
• Nyanja,
• Tumbuko,
• Yao,
• Lomwe,
• Sena,
• Tonga,
• Ngoni,
• Ngonde,
• Asian,
• European

50% Mande (Bambara, Malinke, Sarakole), 17% Peul, 12% Voltaic, 6% Songhai, 5% Tuareg and Moor, 10% other

40% mixed Maur/black, 30% Maur, 30% black

68% Indo-Mauritian, 27% Creole, 3% Sino-Mauritian, 2% Franco-Mauritian

99.1% Arab-Berber, 0.7% non-Moroccan, 0.2% Jewish

majority from indigenous tribal groups; about 10,000 Europeans, 35,000 Euro-Africans, 15,000 Indians

86% black, 6.5% white, 7.5% mixed; about 50% of the population belong to the Ovambo tribe and 9% from the Kavangos tribe

• 56% Hausa;
• 22% Djerma;
• 8.5% Fula;
• 8% Tuareg;
• 4.3% Beri Beri (Kanouri);
• 1.2% Arab, Toubou, and Gourmantche;
• about 4,000 French expatriates

• more than 250 tribal groups;
• Hausa and Fulani of the north, Yoruba of the southwest, and Ibos of the southeast make up 65% of the population;
• about 27,000 non-Africans

most of the population is of intermixed French, African, Malagasy, Chinese, Pakistani, and Indian ancestry

• Hutu 90%,
• Tutsi 9%,
• Twa (Pygmoid) 1%

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mestico, angolares (descendents of Angolan slaves), forros (descendents of freed slaves), servicais (contract laborers from Angola, Mozambique, and Cape Verde), tongas (children of servicais born on the islands), and Europeans (primarily Portuguese)

36% Wolof, 17% Fulani, 17% Serer, 9% Toucouleur, 9% Diola, 9% Mandingo, 1% European and Lebanese, 2% other

Seychellois (mixture of Asians, Africans, Europeans)

• 99% native African (30% Temne, 30% Mende);
• 1% Creole, European, Lebanese, and Asian;
• 13 tribes

85% Somali, rest mainly Bantu; 30,000 Arabs, 3,000 Europeans, 800 Asians

73.8% black, 14.3% white, 9.1% Colored, 2.8% Indian

52% black, 39% Arab, 6% Beja, 2% foreigners, 1% other

mainland--99% native African consisting of well over 100 tribes; 1% Asian, European, and Arab

• 37 tribes;
• largest and most important are Ewe, Mina, and Kabye;
• under 1% European and Syrian-Lebanese

98% Arab, 1% European, less than 1% Jewish

99% African, 1% European, Asian, Arab

Arab and Berber

98.7% African, 1.1% European, 0.2% other

98% African (71% Shona, 16% Ndebele, 11% other); 1% white, 1% mixed and Asian

86% Greenlander (Eskimos and Greenland-born Caucasians), 14% Danish

homogeneous mixture of descendants of Norwegians and Celts

• 64% Russian, 35% Norwegian, 1% other (1981)

50% Pashtun, 25% Tajik, 9% Uzbek, 12-15% Hazara; minor ethnic groups include Chahar Aimaks, Turkmen, Baloch, and others

98% Bengali; 250,000 Biharis, and less than 1 million tribals

60% Bhote, 25% ethnic Nepalese, 15% indigenous or migrant tribes

civilian inhabitants, known as the Ilois, evacuated to Mauritius before construction of UK and US defense facilities

93.3% Han Chinese; 6.7% Zhuang, Uygur, Hui, Yi, Tibetan, Miao, Manchu, Mongol, Buyi, Korean, and other nationalities

72% Indo-Aryan, 25% Dravidian, 3% Mongoloid and other

99.4% Japanese, 0.6% other (mostly Korean)

racially homogeneous

homogeneous; small Chinese minority (about 20,000)

admixtures of Sinhalese, Dravidian, Arab, and black

90% Mongol, 4% Kazakh, 2% Chinese, 2% Russian, 2% other

• Newars,
• Indians,
• Tibetans,
• Gurungs,
• Magars,
• Tamangs,
• Bhotias,
• Rais,
• Limbus,
• Sherpas,
• as well as many smaller groups

• Punjabi,
• Sindhi,
• Pashtun (Pathan),
• Baloch,
• Muhajir (immigrants from India and their descendents)

• 74% Sinhalese;
• 18% Tamil;
• 7% Moor;
• 1% Burgher, Malay, and Veddha

mainly of black African descent

almost entirely of black African origin; some of British, Portuguese, Lebanese, and Syrian origin

80% mixed European/Caribbean Indian

85% black, 15% white

80% African, 16% mixed, 4% European

39.7% Creole, 33.1% Mestizo, 9.5% Maya, 7.6% Garifuna, 2.1% East Indian, 8.0% other

over 90% black, remainder of white and Asian origin

40% mixed, 20% white, 20% black, 20% expatriates of various ethnic groups

96% white (including mestizo), 2% black, 1% Indian, 1% Chinese

51% mulatto, 37% white, 11% black, 1% Chinese

mostly black; some Carib indians

73% mixed, 16% white, 11% black

89% mestizo, 10% Indian, 1% white

mainly of black African descent

• 90% black or mulatto;
• 5% white;
• less than 5% East Indian, Lebanese, Chinese

56% Ladino (mestizo--mixed Indian and European ancestry), 44% Indian

95% black, 5% mulatto and European

90% mestizo (mixed Indian and European), 7% Indian, 2% black, 1% white

76.3% African, 15.1% Afro-European, 3.4% East Indian and Afro-East Indian, 3.2% white, 1.2% Chinese and Afro-Chinese, 0.8% other

90% African and African-Caucasian-Indian mixture, 5% Caucasian, less than 5% East Indian, Lebanese, Chinese

mostly black with a few Europeans

85% mixed African; remainder Carib Indian, European, Latin, and Oriental

69% mestizo, 17% white, 9% black, 5% Indian

70% mestizo (mixed Indian and European ancestry), 14% West Indian, 10% white, 6% Indian

almost entirely Hispanic

mainly of black African descent

90.3% African descent, 5.5% mixed, 3.2% East Indian, 0.8% Caucasian

• mainly of black African descent;
• remainder mixed,
• with some white,
• East Indian,
• Carib Indian

43% black, 40% East Indian, 14% mixed, 1% white, 1% Chinese, 1% other

majority of African descent

• 74% West Indian (45% born in the Virgin Islands and 29% born elsewhere in the West Indies), 13% US mainland, 5% Puerto Rican, 8% other;
• 80% black, 15% white, 5% other;
• 14% of Hispanic origin

• Albanian 90%,
• Greeks 8%,
• other 2% (Vlachs, Gypsies, Serbs, and Bulgarians) (1989 est.)

Catalan stock; 61% Spanish, 30% Andorran, 6% French, 3% other

99.4% German, 0.3% Croatian, 0.2% Slovene, 0.1% other

55% Fleming, 33% Walloon, 12% mixed or other

85.3% Bulgarian, 8.5% Turk, 2.6% Gypsy, 2.5% Macedonian, 0.3% Armenian, 0.2% Russian, 0.6% other

64.3% Czech, 30.5% Slovak, 3.8% Hungarian, 0.4% German, 0.4% Polish, 0.3% Ukrainian, 0.1% Russian, 0.2% other (Jewish, Gypsy)

• Scandinavian,
• Eskimo,
• Faroese,
• German

homogeneous Scandinavian population

• Finn,
• Swede,
• Lapp,
• Gypsy,
• Tatar

Celtic and Latin with Teutonic, Slavic, North African, Indochinese, and Basque minorities

99.7% German, 0.3% Slavic and other

primarily German; Danish minority

mostly Italian, English, Maltese, Portuguese, and Spanish descent

Greek 98%, others 2%; note--the Greek Government states there are no ethnic divisions in Greece

UK and Norman-French descent

primarily Italians but also many other nationalities

96.6% Hungarian, 1.6% German, 1.1% Slovak, 0.3% Southern Slav, 0.2% Romanian

Celtic, with English minority

native Manx of Norse-Celtic descent; British

• primarily Italian but population includes small clusters of German-, French-, and Slovene-Italians in the north and Albanian-Italians in the south;
• Sicilians;
• Sardinians

UK and Norman-French descent

95% Alemannic, 5% Italian and other

Celtic base, with French and German blend; also guest and worker residents from Portugal, Italy, and European countries

• mixture of Arab,
• Sicilian,
• Norman,
• Spanish,
• Italian,
• English

47% French, 16% Monegasque, 16% Italian, 21% other

• 96% Dutch, 4% Moroccans, Turks, and others (1988)

Germanic (Nordic, Alpine, Baltic) and racial-cultural minority of 20,000 Lapps

98.7% Polish, 0.6% Ukrainian, 0.5% Byelorussian, less than 0.05% Jewish

• homogeneous Mediterranean stock in mainland, Azores, Madeira Islands;
• citizens of black African descent who immigrated to mainland during decolonization number less than 100,000

• 89.1% Romanian;
• 7.8% Hungarian;
• 1.5% German;
• 1.6% Ukrainian, Serb, Croat, Russian, Turk, and Gypsy

Sanmarinese, Italian

• Russian 50.78%,
• Ukrainian 15.45%,
• Uzbek 5.84%,
• Byelorussian 3.51%,
• Kazakh 2.85%,
• Azerbaijan 2.38%,
• Armenian 1.62%,
• Tajik 1.48%,
• Georgian 1.39%,
• Moldavian 1.17%,
• Lithuanian 1.07%,
• Turkmen 0.95%,
• Kirghiz 0.89%,
• Latvian 0.51%,
• Estonian 0.36%,
• others 9.75%

composite of Mediterranean and Nordic types

• homogeneous white population;
• small Lappish minority;
• about 12% foreign born or first-generation immigrants (Finns, Yugoslavs, Danes, Norwegians, Greeks, Turks)

total population--65% German, 18% French, 10% Italian, 1% Romansch, 6% other; Swiss nationals--74% German, 20% French, 4% Italian, 1% Romansch, 1% other

81.5% English, 9.6% Scottish, 2.4% Irish, 1.9% Welsh, 1.8% Ulster, 2.8% West Indian, Indian, Pakistani, and other

36.3% Serb, 19.7% Croat, 8.9% Muslim, 7.8% Slovene, 7.7% Albanian, 5.9% Macedonian, 5.4% Yugoslav, 2.5% Montenegrin, 1.9% Hungarian, 3.9% other (1981 census)

63% Bahraini, 13% Asian, 10% other Arab, 8% Iranian, 6% other

• 78% Greek;
• 18% Turkish;
• 4% other

99.8% Palestinian Arab and other, 0.2% Jewish

51% Persian, 25% Azerbaijani, 9% Kurd, 8% Gilaki and Mazandarani, 2% Lur, 1% Baloch, 1% Arab, 3% other

75-80% Arab, 15-20% Kurdish, 5% Turkoman, Assyrian or other

83% Jewish, 17% non-Jewish (mostly Arab)

98% Arab, 1% Circassian, 1% Armenian

27.9% Kuwaiti, 39% other Arab, 9% South Asian, 4% Iranian, 20.1% other

93% Arab, 6% Armenian, 1% other

almost entirely Arab, with small Balochi, Zanzibari, and Indian groups

40% Arab, 18% Pakistani, 18% Indian, 10% Iranian, 14% other

90% Arab, 10% Afro-Asian

90.3% Arab; 9.7% Kurds, Armenians, and other

85% Turkish, 12% Kurd, 3% other

• 19% Emirian, 23% other Arab, 50% South Asian (fluctuating), 8% other expatriates (includes Westerners and East Asians);
• less than 20% of the population are UAE citizens (1982)

88% Palestinian Arab and other, 12% Jewish

90% Arab, 10% Afro-Arab (mixed)

almost all Arabs; a few Indians, Somalis, and Europeans

61% black, 39% white and other

40% British Isles origin, 27% French origin, 20% other European, 1.5% indigenous Indian and Eskimo

60% mestizo (Indian-Spanish), 30% Amerindian or predominantly Amerindian, 9% white or predominantly white, 1% other

originally Basques and Bretons (French fishermen)

• 85% white, 12% black, 3% other (1985)

90% Samoan (Polynesian), 2% Caucasian, 2% Tongan, 6% other

95% Caucasian, 4% Asian, 1% Aboriginal and other

81.3% Polynesian (full blood), 7.7% Polynesian and European, 7.7% Polynesian and other, 2.4% European, 0.9% other

49% Indian, 46% Fijian, 5% European, other Pacific Islanders, overseas Chinese, and others

78% Polynesian, 12% Chinese, 6% local French, 4% metropolitan French

47% Chamorro, 25% Filipino, 10% Caucasian, 18% Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and other

Micronesian

almost entirely Micronesian

nine ethnic Micronesian and Polynesian groups

58% Nauruan, 26% other Pacific Islander, 8% Chinese, 8% European