Ethnic groups In 36 editions of 36.

Arab-Berber 99%, European less than 1%

• Ovimbundu 37%,
• Kimbundu 25%,
• Bakongo 13%,
• mestico (mixed European and Native African) 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 4%, white 1%

• Mossi (about 2.5 million),
• Gurunsi,
• Senufo,
• Lobi,
• Bobo,
• Mande,
• Fulani

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

• Cameroon Highlanders 31%,
• Equatorial Bantu 19%,
• Kirdi 11%,
• Fulani 10%,
• Northwestern Bantu 8%,
• Eastern Nigritic 7%,
• other African 13%,
• non-African less than 1%

Baya 34%, Banda 27%, Sara 10%, Mandjia 21%, Mboum 4%, M'Baka 4%, Europeans 6,500 (including 3,600 French)

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

• 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

south:

Kongo 48%

north:

Sangha 20%, M'Bochi 12%

center:

Teke 17%, Europeans 8,500 (mostly French)

Baoule 23%, Bete 18%, Senoufou 15%, Malinke 11%, Agni, foreign Africans (mostly Burkinabe and Malians, about 3 million), non-Africans 130,000 to 330,000 (French 30,000 and Lebanese 100,000 to 300,000)

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

• Eastern Hamitic stock (Egyptians, Bedouins, and Berbers) 99%,
• Greek,
• Nubian,
• Armenian,
• other European (primarily Italian and French) 1%

Bioko (primarily Bubi, some Fernandinos), Rio Muni (primarily Fang), Europeans less than 1,000, mostly Spanish

• ethnic Tigrays 50%,
• Tigre and Kunama 40%,
• Afar 4%,
• Saho (Red Sea coast dwellers) 3%

African 97%, European 3%

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

Bantu tribes including four major tribal groupings (Fang, Eshira, Bapounou, Bateke), other Africans and Europeans 100,000, 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%

• Peuhl 40%,
• Malinke 30%,
• Soussou 20%,
• smaller tribes 10%

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

Kikuyu 22%, Luhya 14%, Luo 13%, Kalenjin 12%, Kamba 11%, Kisii 6%, Meru 6%, Asian, European, and Arab 1%, other 15%

Sotho 99.7%, Europeans 1,600, Asians 800

indigenous African tribes 95% (including Kpelle, Bassa, Gio, Kru, Grebo, Mano, Krahn, Gola, Gbandi, Loma, Kissi, Vai, and Bella), Americo-Liberians 5% (descendants of former slaves)

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

• Malayo-Indonesian (Merina and related Betsileo),
• Cotiers (mixed African, Malayo-Indonesian, and Arab ancestry - Betsimisaraka, Tsimihety, Antaisaka, Sakalava),
• French,
• Indian,
• Creole,
• Comoran

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

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

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

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

NA

• Arab-Berber 99.1%,
• other 0.7%,
• Jewish 0.2%

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

• black 86%,
• white 6.6%,
• mixed 7.4%

note: about 50% of the population belong to the Ovambo tribe and 9% to the Kavangos tribe; other ethnic groups include (with approximate

share of total population):

• Herero 7%,
• Damara 7%,
• Nama 5%,
• Caprivian 4%,
• Bushmen 3%,
• Baster 2%,
• Tswana 0.5%

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

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

• French,
• African,
• Malagasy,
• Chinese,
• Pakistani,
• Indian

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

NA

• 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)

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

Seychellois (mixture of Asians, Africans, Europeans)

13 native African tribes 99% (Temne 30%, Mende 30%, other 39%), Creole, European, Lebanese, and Asian 1%

Somali 85%, Bantu, Arabs 30,000

• 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 99% (consisting of well over 100 tribes), Asian, European, and Arab 1%

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

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

• Baganda 17%,
• Karamojong 12%,
• Basogo 8%,
• Iteso 8%,
• Langi 6%,
• Rwanda 6%,
• Bagisu 5%,
• Acholi 4%,
• Lugbara 4%,
• Bunyoro 3%,
• Batobo 3%,
• European,
• Asian,
• Arab 1%,
• other 23%

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

homogeneous mixture of descendants of Norwegians and Celts

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

• Pashtun 38%,
• Tajik 25%,
• Uzbek 6%,
• Hazara 19%,
• minor ethnic groups (Chahar Aimaks, Turkmen, Baloch, and others)

• Armenian 93%,
• Azeri 3%,
• Russian 2%,
• other (mostly Yezidi Kurds) 2% (1989)

note: as of the end of 1994, most Azeris had emigrated from Armenia

• Azeri 90%,
• Dagestani Peoples 3.2%,
• Russian 2.5%,
• Armenian 2.3%,
• other 2% (1995 est.)

note: almost all Armenians live in the separatist Nagorno-Karabakh region

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

• Bhote 50%,
• ethnic Nepalese 35%,
• indigenous or migrant tribes 15%

Han Chinese 91.9%, Zhuang, Uygur, Hui, Yi, Tibetan, Miao, Manchu, Mongol, Buyi, Korean, and other nationalities 8.1%

• Georgian 70.1%,
• Armenian 8.1%,
• Russian 6.3%,
• Azeri 5.7%,
• Ossetian 3%,
• Abkhaz 1.8%,
• other 5%

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

Japanese 99.4%, other 0.6% (mostly Korean)

• Kazakh (Qazaq) 41.9%,
• Russian 37%,
• Ukrainian 5.2%,
• German 4.7%,
• Uzbek 2.1%,
• Tatar 2%,
• other 7.1% (1991 official data)

racially homogeneous

homogeneous (except for about 20,000 Chinese)

• Kirghiz 52.4%,
• Russian 21.5%,
• Uzbek 12.9%,
• Ukrainian 2.5%,
• German 2.4%,
• other 8.3%

• Sinhalese,
• Dravidian,
• Arab,
• African

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

• Newars,
• Indians,
• Tibetans,
• Gurungs,
• Magars,
• Tamangs,
• Bhotias,
• Rais,
• Limbus,
• Sherpas

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

• Russian 81.5%,
• Tatar 3.8%,
• Ukrainian 3%,
• Chuvash 1.2%,
• Bashkir 0.9%,
• Byelorussian 0.8%,
• Moldavian 0.7%,
• other 8.1%

Sinhalese 74%, Tamil 18%, Moor 7%, Burgher, Malay, and Vedda 1%

• Tajik 64.9%,
• Uzbek 25%,
• Russian 3.5% (declining because of emigration),
• other 6.6%

• Turkmen 73.3%,
• Russian 9.8%,
• Uzbek 9%,
• Kazakh 2%,
• other 5.9%

• Uzbek 71.4%,
• Russian 8.3%,
• Tajik 4.7%,
• Kazakh 4.1%,
• Tatar 2.4%,
• Karakalpak 2.1%,
• other 7%

black African

• black African,
• British,
• Portuguese,
• Lebanese,
• Syrian

mixed European/Caribbean Indian 80%

black 85%, white 15%

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

• mestizo 44%,
• Creole 30%,
• Maya 11%,
• Garifuna 7%,
• other 8%

• black 90%,
• white,
• Asian

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

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

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

black, Carib Indians

• white 16%,
• black 11%,
• mixed 73%

• mestizo 94%,
• Indian 5%,
• white 1%

black African

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

Mestizo - mixed Amerindian-Spanish ancestry (in local Spanish called Ladino) 56%, Amerindian or predominently Amerindian 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%,
• 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%

black, Europeans

• mixed African 85%,
• Carib Indian,
• European,
• Latin,
• Oriental

• mestizo (mixed Amerindian and Caucasian) 69%,
• white 17%,
• black 9%,
• Indian 5%

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

Hispanic

black African

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

• African descent,
• Caucasian,
• East Indian,
• Carib Indian

• black 43%,
• East Indian (a local term - primarily immigrants from northern India) 40%,
• mixed 14%,
• white 1%,
• Chinese 1%,
• other 1%

African

• black 80%,
• white 15%,
• other 5%

• Albanian 95%,
• Greeks 3%,
• other 2% (Vlachs, Gypsies, Serbs, and Bulgarians) (1989 est.)

• Spanish 61%,
• Andorran 30%,
• French 6%,
• other 3%

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

• Byelorussian 77.9%,
• Russian 13.2%,
• Polish 4.1%,
• Ukrainian 2.9%,
• other 1.9%

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

• Muslim 38%,
• Serb 40%,
• Croat 22% (est.)

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

• Croat 78%,
• Serb 12%,
• Muslim 0.9%,
• Hungarian 0.5%,
• Slovenian 0.5%,
• others 8.1% (1991)

• Czech 94.4%,
• Slovak 3%,
• Polish 0.6%,
• German 0.5%,
• Gypsy 0.3%,
• Hungarian 0.2%,
• other 1%

• Scandinavian,
• Eskimo,
• Faroese,
• German