The CIA World Factbook Edition 1993 People
Ethnic groups In 36 editions of 36.
Ethnic groups was published in 36 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2025. The 1993 edition carries it in 235 entries, in its People section, under the heading “Ethnic divisions”. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.
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- 1990
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
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Africa
57 entriesBenin
African 99% (42 ethnic groups, most important being Fon, Adja, Yoruba, Bariba), Europeans 5,500
Central African Republic
Baya 34%, Banda 27%, Sara 10%, Mandjia 21%, Mboum 4%, M'Baka 4%, Europeans 6,500 (including 3,600 French)
Chad
- north and center:
- Muslims (Arabs, Toubou, Hadjerai, Fulbe, Kotoko, Kanembou, Baguirmi, Boulala, Zaghawa, and Maba)
- south:
- non-Muslims (Sara, Ngambaye, Mbaye, Goulaye, Moundang, Moussei, Massa) nonindigenous 150,000, of whom 1,000 are French
Zaire now Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 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
Congo now Republic of the Congo
- south:
- Kongo 48%
- north:
- Sangha 20%, M'Bochi 12%
- center:
- Teke 17%, Europeans 8,500 (mostly French)
Cote d'Ivoire
Baoule 23%, Bete 18%, Senoufou 15%, Malinke 11%, Agni, foreign Africans (mostly Burkinabe about 2 million), non-Africans 130,000 to 330,000 (French 30,000 and Lebanese 100,000 to 300,000)
Equatorial Guinea
Bioko (primarily Bubi, some Fernandinos), Rio Muni (primarily Fang), Europeans less than 1,000, mostly Spanish
Gabon
Bantu tribes including four major tribal groupings (Fang, Eshira, Bapounou, Bateke), Africans and Europeans 100,000, including 27,000 French
The Gambia
African 99% (Mandinka 42%, Fula 18%, Wolof 16%, Jola 10%, Serahuli 9%, other 4%), non-Gambian 1%
Ghana
black African 99.8% (major tribes - Akan 44%, Moshi-Dagomba 16%, Ewe 13%, Ga 8%), European and other 0.2%
Guinea-Bissau
African 99% (Balanta 30%, Fula 20%, Manjaca 14%, Mandinga 13%, Papel 7%), European and mulatto less than 1%
Kenya
Kikuyu 21%, Luhya 14%, Luo 13%, Kalenjin 11%, Kamba 11%, Kisii 6%, Meru 6%, Asian, European, and Arab 1%
Liberia
indigenous African tribes 95% (including Kpelle, Bassa, Gio, Kru, Grebo, Mano, Krahn, Gola, Gbandi, Loma, Kissi, Vai, and Bella), Americo-Liberians 5% (descendants of repatriated slaves)
Libya
- Berber and Arab 97%,
- Greeks,
- Maltese,
- Italians,
- Egyptians,
- Pakistanis,
- Turks,
- Indians,
- Tunisians
Madagascar
- Malayo-Indonesian (Merina and related Betsileo),
- Cotiers (mixed African, Malayo-Indonesian, and Arab ancestry - Betsimisaraka, Tsimihety, Antaisaka, Sakalava),
- French,
- Indian,
- Creole,
- Comoran
Niger
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
Nigeria
- north:
- Hausa and Fulani
- southwest:
- Yoruba
- southeast:
- Ibos non-Africans 27,000
note: Hausa and Fulani, Yoruba, and Ibos together make up 65% of population
Sao Tome and Principe
- 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),
- Europeans (primarily Portuguese)
Sierra Leone
13 native African tribes 99% (Temne 30%, Mende 30%, other 39%), Creole, European, Lebanese, and Asian 1%
Tanzania
- mainland:
- native African 99% (consisting of well over 100 tribes) Asian, European, and Arab 1%
- Zanzibar:
- NA
Togo
37 tribes; largest and most important are Ewe, Mina, and Kabye, European and Syrian-Lebanese under 1%
Arctic Region
3 entriesAsia
22 entriesAfghanistan
- Pashtun 38%,
- Tajik 25%,
- Uzbek 6%,
- Hazara 19%,
- minor ethnic groups (Chahar Aimaks, Turkmen, Baloch, and others)
Azerbaijan
Azeri 82.7%, Russian 5.6%, Armenian 5.6%, Daghestanis 3.2%, other 2.9%, note - Armenian share may be less than 5.6% because many Armenians have fled the ethnic violence since 1989 census
China
Han Chinese 91.9%, Zhuang, Uygur, Hui, Yi, Tibetan, Miao, Manchu, Mongol, Buyi, Korean, and other nationalities 8.1%
Pakistan
- Punjabi,
- Sindhi,
- Pashtun (Pathan),
- Baloch,
- Muhajir (immigrants from India and their descendents)
Central America and the Caribbean
31 entriesMartinique
- African and African-Caucasian-Indian mixture 90%,
- Caucasian 5%,
- East Indian,
- Lebanese,
- Chinese less than 5%
Europe
46 entriesItaly
- Italian (includes small clusters of German-, French-, and Slovene-Italians in the north and Albanian-Italians and Greek-Italians in the south),
- Sicilians,
- Sardinians
Luxembourg
Celtic base (with French and German blend), Portuguese, Italian, and European (guest and worker residents)
Moldova
note: internal disputes with ethnic Russians and Ukrainians in the Dniester region and Gagauz Turks in the south
Portugal
- homogeneous Mediterranean stock in mainland, Azores, Madeira Islands;
- citizens of black African descent who immigrated to mainland during decolonization number less than 100,000
Romania
Romanian 89.1%, Hungarian 8.9%, German 0.4%, Ukrainian, Serb, Croat, Russian, Turk, and Gypsy 1.6%
Slovakia
Slovak 85.6%, Hungarian 10.8%, Gypsy 1.5% (the 1992 census figures underreport the Gypsy/Romany community, which could reach 500,000 or more), Czech 1.1%, Ruthenian 15,000, Ukrainian 13,000, Moravian 6,000, German 5,000, Polish 3,000
Sweden
- white,
- Lapp,
- foreign born or first-generation immigrants 12% (Finns, Yugoslavs, Danes, Norwegians, Greeks, Turks)
United Kingdom
English 81.5%, Scottish 9.6%, Irish 2.4%, Welsh 1.9%, Ulster 1.8%, West Indian, Indian, Pakistani, and other 2.8%
Middle East
17 entriesYemen
- predominantly Arab;
- Afro-Arab concentrations in coastal locations;
- South Asians in southern regions;
- small European communities in major metropolitan areas;
- 60,000 (est.) Somali refugees encamped near Aden
North America
5 entriesOceania
25 entriesMicronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia
nine ethnic Micronesian and Polynesian groups
Northern Mariana Islands
- Chamorro,
- Carolinians and other Micronesians,
- Caucasian,
- Japanese,
- Chinese,
- Korean
Pacific Islands, Trust Territory of the (Palau) now Palau
Palauans are a composite of Polynesian, Malayan, and Melanesian races
South America
14 entriesPeru
Indian 45%, mestizo (mixed Indian and European ancestry) 37%, white 15%, black, Japanese, Chinese, and other 3%
Southeast Asia
15 entriesCite this page
Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 1993, “Ethnic groups”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/ethnic-groups/1993.