The CIA World Factbook Edition 1997 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 1997 edition carries it in 235 entries, in its People section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.
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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
Muslims (Arabs, Toubou, Hadjerai, Fulbe, Kotoko, Kanembou, Baguirmi, Boulala, Zaghawa, and Maba), non-Muslims (Sara, Ngambaye, Mbaye, Goulaye, Moundang, Moussei, Massa), nonindigenous 150,000 (of whom 1,000 are French)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo
- over 200 African ethnic groups of which the majority are Bantu;
- the four largest tribes - Mongo, Luba, Kongo (all Bantu), and the Mangbetu-Azande (Hamitic) make up about 45% of the population
Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo
Kongo 48%, Sangha 20%, M'Bochi 12%, Teke 17%, Europeans 8,500 (mostly French)
Cote d'Ivoire
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)
Egypt
- Eastern Hamitic stock (Egyptians, Bedouins, and Berbers) 99%,
- Greek,
- Nubian,
- Armenian,
- other European (primarily Italian and French) 1%
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), other Africans and Europeans 154,000, including 6,000 French and 11,000 persons of dual nationality
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%
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 former 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
Namibia
note: about 50% of the population belong to the Ovambo tribe and 9% to the Kavangos tribe; other ethnic groups are: Herero 7%, Damara 7%, Nama 5%, Caprivian 4%, Bushmen 3%, Baster 2%, Tswana 0.5%
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
Sao Tome and Principe
- mestico,
- angolares (descendants of Angolan slaves),
- forros (descendants 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% (of which 95% are Bantu consisting of more than 130 tribes), other 1% (consisting of Asian, European, and Arab)
note: Zanzibar - Arab, native African, mixed Arab and native African
Togo
native African (37 tribes; largest and most important are Ewe, Mina, and Kabre) 99%, European and Syrian-Lebanese less than 1%
Arctic Region
3 entriesAsia
22 entriesAfghanistan
- Pashtun 38%,
- Tajik 25%,
- Uzbek 6%,
- Hazara 19%,
- minor ethnic groups (Aimaks, Turkmen, Baloch, and others)
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 descendants)
Central America and the Caribbean
31 entriesGuatemala
Mestizo (mixed Amerindian-Spanish - in local Spanish called Ladino) 56%, Amerindian or predominantly Amerindian 44%
Martinique
- African and African-white-Indian mixture 90%,
- white 5%,
- East Indian,
- Lebanese,
- Chinese less than 5%
Europe
46 entriesAlbania
note: in 1989, other estimates of the Greek population ranged from 1% (official Albanian statistics) to 12% (from a Greek organization)
Italy
Italian (includes small clusters of German-, French-, and Slovene-Italians in the north and Albanian-Italians and Greek-Italians in the south)
Luxembourg
Celtic base (with French and German blend), Portuguese, Italian, and European (guest and worker residents)
Malta
Maltese (descendants of ancient Carthaginians and Phoenicians, with strong elements of Italian and other Mediterranean stock)
Moldova
note : internal disputes with ethnic Russians and Ukrainians in the Nistru 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%
Sweden
- white,
- Lapp (Sami),
- 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 entriesIsrael
Jewish 82% (Israel-born 50%, Europe/Americas/Oceania-born 20%, Africa-born 7%, Asia-born 5%), non-Jewish 18% (mostly Arab) (1993 est.)
Yemen
- predominantly Arab;
- Afro-Arab concentrations in western coastal locations;
- South Asians in southern regions;
- small European communities in major metropolitan areas
North America
5 entriesCanada
- British Isles origin 40%,
- French origin 27%,
- other European 20%,
- Amerindian 1.5%,
- other,
- mostly Asian 11.5%
Oceania
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
South America
14 entriesBolivia
- Quechua 30%,
- Aymara 25%,
- mestizo (mixed white and Amerindian ancestry) 25%-30%,
- white 5%-15%
Peru
Amerindian 45%, mestizo (mixed Amerindian and white) 37%, white 15%, black, Japanese, Chinese, and other 3%
Uruguay
white 88%, mestizo 8%, black 4%, Amerindian, specifically, the Charrua, which are practically nonexistent and make up probably less than 1%
Southeast Asia
15 entriesCite this page
Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 1997, “Ethnic groups”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/ethnic-groups/1997.