Ethnic groups In 36 editions of 36.

Arab-Berber 99%, European less than 1%

• Ovimbundu 37%,
• Kimbundu 25%,
• Bakongo 13%,
• Mestico 2%,
• European 1%,
• other 22%

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• some 200 distinct ethnic groups, most of whom are Muslims (Arabs, Toubou, Hadjerai, Fulbe, Kotoko, Kanembou, Baguirmi, Boulala, Zaghawa, and Maba) in the north and center and non-Muslims (Sara, Ngambaye, Mbaye, Goulaye, Moundang, 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;
• foreign Africans, mostly Burkinabe about 2 million;
• non-Africans about 130,000 to 330,000 (French 30,000 and Lebanese 100,000 to 300,000)

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

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

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

African 97%, European 3%

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

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

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

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

• Fulani 35%,
• Malinke 30%,
• Soussou 20%,
• small indigenous tribes 15%

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

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

Sotho 99.7%; Europeans 1,600, Asians 800

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

Berber and Arab 97%; 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

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

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

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

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

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

black 86%, white 6.6%, mixed 7.4%; about 50% of the population belong to the Ovambo tribe and 9% from the Kavangos tribe

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

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

Seychellois (mixture of Asians, Africans, Europeans)

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

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

• black 75.2%,
• white 13.6%,
• Colored 8.6%,
• Indian 2.6%

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

• mainland--native African consisting of well over 100 tribes 99%;
• Asian, European, and Arab 1% mainland--Christian 33%, Muslim 33%, indigenous beliefs 33%;
• Zanzibar--almost all Muslim

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

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

• African 99%,
• European,
• Asian,
• Arab 1%

Arab and Berber

• African 98.7%,
• European 1.1%,
• other 0.2%

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

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

homogeneous mixture of descendants of Norwegians and Celts

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Japanese 99.4%, other (mostly Korean) 0.6%

racially homogeneous

homogeneous; small Chinese minority (about 20,000)

admixtures of Sinhalese, Dravidian, Arab, and black

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

• 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)

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

mainly of black African descent

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

mixed European/Caribbean Indian 80%

black 85%, white 15%

• African 80%,
• mixed 16%,
• European 4%

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

black over 90%, remainder of white and Asian origin

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

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

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

mostly black; some Carib indians

• mixed 73%,
• white 16%,
• black 11%

• mestizo 89%,
• Indian 10%,
• white 1%

mainly of black African descent

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

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

black 95%, mulatto and European 5%

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

• African 76.3%,
• Afro-European 15.1%,
• East Indian and Afro-East Indian 3.0%,
• white 3.2%,
• Chinese and Afro-Chinese 1.2%,
• other 1.2%

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

mostly black with a few Europeans

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

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

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

almost entirely Hispanic

mainly of black African descent

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

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

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

majority of African descent

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

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

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

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

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

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

• Czech 62.9%,
• Slovak 31.8%,
• Hungarian 3.8%,
• Polish 0.5%,
• German 0.3%,
• Ukrainian 0.3%,
• Russian 0.1%,
• other 0.3%

• Scandinavian,
• Eskimo,
• Faroese,
• German

homogeneous Scandinavian population

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

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

primarily German; small Danish and Slavic minorities

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

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

UK and Norman-French descent

primarily Italians but also Swiss and other nationalities

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

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 and Greek-Italians in the south;
• Sicilians;
• Sardinians

UK and Norman-French descent

Alemannic 95%, Italian and other 5%

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

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

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

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

• Polish 97.6%,
• German 1.3%,
• Ukrainian 0.6%,
• Belorussian (Byelorussian) 0.5% (1990 est.)

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

• Romanian 89.1%;
• Hungarian 8.9%;
• German 0.4%;
• Ukrainian, Serb, Croat, Russian, Turk, and Gypsy 1.6%

Sanmarinese, Italian

• Russian 50.78%,
• Ukrainian 15.45%,
• Uzbek 5.84%,
• Belorussian (Byelorussian) 3.51%,
• Kazakh 2.85%,
• Azeri 2.38%,
• Armenian 1.62%,
• Tajik 1.48%,
• Georgian 1.39%,
• Moldovan 1.17%,
• Lithuanian 1.07%,
• Turkmen 0.95%,
• Kirghiz 0.89%,
• Latvian 0.51%,
• Estonian 0.36%,
• other 9.75%

composite of Mediterranean and Nordic types