Ethnic groups In 36 editions of 36.

Arab-Berber 99%, European less than 1%

note: although almost all Algerians are Berber in origin (not Arab), only a minority identify themselves as Berber, about 15% of the total population; these people live mostly in the mountainous region of Kabylie east of Algiers; the Berbers are also Muslim but identify with their Berber rather than Arab cultural heritage; Berbers have long agitated, sometimes violently, for autonomy; the government is unlikely to grant autonomy but has offered to begin sponsoring teaching Berber language in schools

• Ovimbundu 37%,
• Kimbundu 25%,
• Bakongo 13%,
• mestico (mixed European and native African) 2%,
• European 1%,
• other 22%

• Fon and related 39.2%,
• Adja and related 15.2%,
• Yoruba and related 12.3%,
• Bariba and related 9.2%,
• Peulh and related 7%,
• Ottamari and related 6.1%,
• Yoa-Lokpa and related 4%,
• Dendi and related 2.5%,
• other 1.6% (includes Europeans),
• unspecified 2.9% (2002 census)

• Tswana (or Setswana) 79%,
• Kalanga 11%,
• Basarwa 3%,
• other,
• including Kgalagadi and white 7%

Mossi over 40%, other approximately 60% (includes Gurunsi, Senufo, Lobi, Bobo, Mande, and Fulani)

Hutu (Bantu) 85%, Tutsi (Hamitic) 14%, Twa (Pygmy) 1%, Europeans 3,000, South Asians 2,000

• 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 33%,
• Banda 27%,
• Mandjia 13%,
• Sara 10%,
• Mboum 7%,
• M'Baka 4%,
• Yakoma 4%,
• other 2%

• Sara 27.7%,
• Arab 12.3%,
• Mayo-Kebbi 11.5%,
• Kanem-Bornou 9%,
• Ouaddai 8.7%,
• Hadjarai 6.7%,
• Tandjile 6.5%,
• Gorane 6.3%,
• Fitri-Batha 4.7%,
• other 6.4%,
• unknown 0.3% (1993 census)

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

• 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

• Kongo 48%,
• Sangha 20%,
• M'Bochi 12%,
• Teke 17%,
• Europeans and other 3%

• Akan 42.1%,
• Voltaiques or Gur 17.6%,
• Northern Mandes 16.5%,
• Krous 11%,
• Southern Mandes 10%,
• other 2.8% (includes 130,000 Lebanese and 14,000 French) (1998)

• Somali 60%,
• Afar 35%,
• other 5% (includes French, Arab, Ethiopian, and Italian)

• Egyptian 99.6%, other 0.4% (2006 census)

• Fang 85.7%,
• Bubi 6.5%,
• Mdowe 3.6%,
• Annobon 1.6%,
• Bujeba 1.1%,
• other 1.4% (1994 census)

nine recognized ethnic groups:

Tigrinya 55%

Tigre 30%

• Tigrinya 55%,
• Tigre 30%,
• Saho 4%,
• Kunama 2%,
• Rashaida 2%,
• Bilen 2%,
• other (Afar, Beni Amir, Nera) 5% (2010 est.)

African 97%, European 3%

• Oromo 34.4%,
• Amhara (Amara) 27%,
• Somali (Somalie) 6.2%,
• Tigray (Tigrinya) 6.1%,
• Sidama 4%,
• Gurage 2.5%,
• Welaita 2.3%,
• Hadiya 1.7%,
• Afar (Affar) 1.7%,
• Gamo 1.5%,
• Gedeo 1.3%,
• Silte 1.3%,
• Kefficho 1.2%,
• other 10.5% (2007 est.)

• Bantu tribes, including four major tribal groupings (Fang, Bapounou, Nzebi, Obamba);
• other Africans and Europeans, 154,000, including 10,700 French and 11,000 persons of dual nationality

African 99% (Mandinka 42%, Fula 18%, Wolof 16%, Jola 10%, Serahuli 9%, other 4%), non-African 1% (2003 census)

• Akan 47.5%,
• Mole-Dagbon 16.6%,
• Ewe 13.9%,
• Ga-Dangme 7.4%,
• Gurma 5.7%,
• Guan 3.7%,
• Grusi 2.5%,
• Mande 1.1%,
• other 1.4% (2010 est.)

• Peuhl 40%,
• Malinke 30%,
• Soussou 20%,
• smaller ethnic groups 10%

• Fulani 28.5%,
• Balanta 22.5%,
• Mandinga 14.7%,
• Papel 9.1%,
• Manjaco 8.3%,
• Beafada 3.5%,
• Mancanha 3.1%,
• Bijago 2.1%,
• Felupe 1.7%,
• Mansoanca 1.4%,
• Balanta Mane 1%,
• other 1.8%,
• none 2.2% (2008 est.)

• Kikuyu 22%,
• Luhya 14%,
• Luo 13%,
• Kalenjin 12%,
• Kamba 11%,
• Kisii 6%,
• Meru 6%,
• other African 15%,
• non-African (Asian, European, and Arab) 1%

Sotho 99.7%, Europeans, Asians, and other 0.3%,

• Kpelle 20.3%,
• Bassa 13.4%,
• Grebo 10%,
• Gio 8%,
• Mano 7.9%,
• Kru 6%,
• Lorma 5.1%,
• Kissi 4.8%,
• Gola 4.4%,
• other 20.1% (2008 Census)

Berber and Arab 97%, other 3% (includes Greeks, Maltese, Italians, Egyptians, Pakistanis, Turks, Indians, and Tunisians)

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

• Chewa 32.6%,
• Lomwe 17.6%,
• Yao 13.5%,
• Ngoni 11.5%,
• Tumbuka 8.8%,
• Nyanja 5.8%,
• Sena 3.6%,
• Tonga 2.1%,
• Ngonde 1%,
• other 3.5%

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

• black Moors (Haratines - Arab-speaking slaves, former slaves, and their descendants of African origin, enslaved by white Moors) 40%,
• white Moors (of Arab-Berber descent, known as Bidhan) 30%,
• black Africans (non-Arabic speaking, Halpulaar, Soninke, Wolof, and Bamara ethnic groups) 30%

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

Arab-Berber 99%, other 1%

• African 99.66% (Makhuwa, Tsonga, Lomwe, Sena, and others),
• Europeans 0.06%,
• Euro-Africans 0.2%,
• Indians 0.08%

• black 87.5%,
• white 6%,
• mixed 6.5%

note: about 50% of the population belong to the Ovambo tribe and 9% to the Kavangos tribe; other ethnic groups include Herero 7%, Damara 7%, Nama 5%, Caprivian 4%, Bushmen 3%, Baster 2%, Tswana 0.5%

• Haoussa 55.4%,
• Djerma Sonrai 21%,
• Tuareg 9.3%,
• Peuhl 8.5%,
• Kanouri Manga 4.7%,
• other 1.2% (2001 census)

• Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, is composed of more than 250 ethnic groups;
• the most populous and politically influential are: Hausa and the Fulani 29%, Yoruba 21%, Igbo (Ibo) 18%, Ijaw 10%, Kanuri 4%, Ibibio 3.5%, Tiv 2.5%

• Hutu (Bantu) 84%,
• Tutsi (Hamitic) 15%,
• Twa (Pygmy) 1%

• African descent 50%,
• white 25%,
• Chinese 25%

• mestico,
• angolares (descendants of Angolan slaves),
• forros (descendants of freed slaves),
• servicais (contract laborers from Angola, Mozambique, and Cabo Verde),
• tongas (children of servicais born on the islands),
• Europeans (primarily Portuguese),
• Asians (mostly Chinese)

• Wolof 43.3%,
• Pular 23.8%,
• Serer 14.7%,
• Jola 3.7%,
• Mandinka 3%,
• Soninke 1.1%,
• European and Lebanese 1%,
• other 9.4%

mixed French, African, Indian, Chinese, and Arab

• Temne 35%,
• Mende 31%,
• Limba 8%,
• Kono 5%,
• Kriole 2% (descendants of freed Jamaican slaves who were settled in the Freetown area in the late-18th century; also known as Krio),
• Mandingo 2%,
• Loko 2%,
• other 15% (includes refugees from Liberia's recent civil war, and small numbers of Europeans, Lebanese, Pakistanis, and Indians) (2008 census)

Somali 85%, Bantu and other non-Somali 15% (including 30,000 Arabs)

• black African 80.2%,
• white 8.4%,
• colored 8.8%,
• Indian/Asian 2.5%

note: colored is a term used in South Africa, including on the national census, for persons of mixed race ancestry (2014 est.)

• Dinka 35.8%,
• Nuer 15.6%,
• Shilluk,
• Azande,
• Bari,
• Kakwa,
• Kuku,
• Murle,
• Mandari,
• Didinga,
• Ndogo,
• Bviri,
• Lndi,
• Anuak,
• Bongo,
• Lango,
• Dungotona,
• Acholi (2011 est.)

• Sudanese Arab (approximately 70%),
• Fur,
• Beja,
• Nuba,
• Fallata

• mainland - African 99% (of which 95% are Bantu consisting of more than 130 tribes), other 1% (consisting of Asian, European, and Arab);
• Zanzibar - Arab, African, mixed Arab and African

African (37 tribes; largest and most important are Ewe, Mina, and Kabre) 99%, European and Syrian-Lebanese less than 1%

• Arab 98%,
• European 1%,
• Jewish and other 1%

• Baganda 16.9%,
• Banyankole 9.5%,
• Basoga 8.4%,
• Bakiga 6.9%,
• Iteso 6.4%,
• Langi 6.1%,
• Acholi 4.7%,
• Bagisu 4.6%,
• Lugbara 4.2%,
• Bunyoro 2.7%,
• other 29.6% (2002 census)

Arab, Berber

• Bemba 21%,
• Tonga 13.6%,
• Chewa 7.4%,
• Lozi 5.7%,
• Nsenga 5.3%,
• Tumbuka 4.4%,
• Ngoni 4%,
• Lala 3.1%,
• Kaonde 2.9%,
• Namwanga 2.8%,
• Lunda (north Western) 2.6%,
• Mambwe 2.5%,
• Luvale 2.2%,
• Lamba 2.1%,
• Ushi 1.9%,
• Lenje 1.6%,
• Bisa 1.6%,
• Mbunda 1.2%,
• other 13.8%,
• unspecified 0.4% (2010 est.)

• African 99.4% (predominantly Shona; Ndebele is the second largest ethnic group),
• other 0.4%,
• unspecified 0.2% (2012 est.)

• Inuit 88%, Danish and other 12% (2010 est.)

homogeneous mixture of descendants of Norse and Celts 94%, population of foreign origin 6%

• Norwegian 55.4%,
• Russian and Ukrainian 44.3%,
• other 0.3% (1998)

• Pashtun,
• Tajik,
• Hazara,
• Uzbek,
• other (includes smaller numbers of Baloch, Turkmen, Nuristani, Pamiri, Arab, Gujar, Brahui, Qizilbash, Aimaq, Pashai, and Kyrghyz)

note: current statistical data on the sensitive subject of ethnicity in Afghanistan is not available, and ethnicity data from small samples of respondents to opinion polls are not a reliable alternative; Afghanistan's 2004 constitution recognizes 14 ethnic groups: Pashtun, Tajik, Hazara, Uzbek, Baloch, Turkmen, Nuristani, Pamiri, Arab, Gujar, Brahui, Qizilbash, Aimaq, and Pashai (2015)

• Armenian 98.1%,
• Yezidi (Kurd) 1.1%,
• other 0.7% (2011 est.)

• Azerbaijani 91.6%,
• Lezgian 2%,
• Russian 1.3%,
• Armenian 1.3%,
• Talysh 1.3%,
• other 2.4%

note: the separatist Nagorno-Karabakh region is populated almost entirely by ethnic Armenians (2009 est.)

Bengali at least 98%, ethnic groups 1.1%

note: Bangladesh's goverment recognizes 27 ethnic groups under the 2010 Cultural Institution for Small Anthropological Groups Act; other sources estimate there are about 75 ethnic groups; critics of the 2011 census claim that it underestimates the size of Bangladesh's ethnic population (2011 est.)

• Ngalop (also known as Bhote) 50%,
• ethnic Nepalese 35% (includes Lhotsampas - one of several Nepalese ethnic groups),
• indigenous or migrant tribes 15%

• Han Chinese 91.6%,
• Zhuang 1.3%,
• other (includes Hui, Manchu, Uighur, Miao, Yi, Tujia, Tibetan, Mongol, Dong, Buyei, Yao, Bai, Korean, Hani, Li, Kazakh, Dai and other nationalities) 7.1%

note: the Chinese government officially recognizes 56 ethnic groups (2010 est.)

• Georgian 83.8%,
• Azeri 6.5%,
• Armenian 5.7%,
• Russian 1.5%,
• other 2.5% (2002 est.)

• Indo-Aryan 72%,
• Dravidian 25%,
• Mongoloid and other 3% (2000)

• Japanese 98.5%,
• Koreans 0.5%,
• Chinese 0.4%,
• other 0.6%

note: up to 230,000 Brazilians of Japanese origin migrated to Japan in the 1990s to work in industries; some have returned to Brazil (2004)

• Kazakh (Qazaq) 63.1%,
• Russian 23.7%,
• Uzbek 2.9%,
• Ukrainian 2.1%,
• Uighur 1.4%,
• Tatar 1.3%,
• German 1.1%,
• other 4.4% (2009 est.)

racially homogeneous; there is a small Chinese community and a few ethnic Japanese

homogeneous (except for about 20,000 Chinese)

• Kyrgyz 70.9%,
• Uzbek 14.3%,
• Russian 7.7%,
• Dungan 1.1%,
• other 5.9% (includes Uyghur, Tajik, Turk, Kazakh, Tatar, Ukrainian, Korean, German) (2009 est.)

• South Indians,
• Sinhalese,
• Arabs

• Khalkh 81.9%,
• Kazak 3.8%,
• Dorvod 2.7%,
• Bayad 2.1%,
• Buryat-Bouriates 1.7%,
• Zakhchin 1.2%,
• Dariganga 1%,
• Uriankhai 1%,
• other 4.6% (2010 est.)

• Chhettri 16.6%,
• Brahman-Hill 12.2%,
• Magar 7.1%,
• Tharu 6.6%,
• Tamang 5.8%,
• Newar 5%,
• Kami 4.8%,
• Muslim 4.4%,
• Yadav 4%,
• Rai 2.3%,
• Gurung 2%,
• Damai/Dholii 1.8%,
• Thakuri 1.6%,
• Limbu 1.5%,
• Sarki 1.4%,
• Teli 1.4%,
• Chamar/Harijan/Ram 1.3%,
• Koiri/Kushwaha 1.2%,
• other 19%

note: 125 caste/ethnic groups were reported in the 2011 national census (2011 est.)

• Punjabi 44.68%,
• Pashtun (Pathan) 15.42%,
• Sindhi 14.1%,
• Sariaki 8.38%,
• Muhajirs 7.57%,
• Balochi 3.57%,
• other 6.28%

• Russian 77.7%,
• Tatar 3.7%,
• Ukrainian 1.4%,
• Bashkir 1.1%,
• Chuvash 1%,
• Chechen 1%,
• other 10.2%,
• unspecified 3.9%

note: more than 190 ethnic groups are represented in Russia's 2010 census (2010 est.)

• Sinhalese 74.9%,
• Sri Lankan Tamil 11.2%,
• Sri Lankan Moors 9.2%,
• Indian Tamil 4.2%,
• other 0.5% (2012 est.)

• Tajik 84.3%,
• Uzbek 13.8% (includes Lakai, Kongrat, Katagan, Barlos, Yuz),
• other 2% (includes Kyrgyz, Russian, Turkmen, Tatar, Arab) (2010 est.)

• Turkmen 85%,
• Uzbek 5%,
• Russian 4%,
• other 6% (2003)

• Uzbek 80%,
• Russian 5.5%,
• Tajik 5%,
• Kazakh 3%,
• Karakalpak 2.5%,
• Tatar 1.5%,
• other 2.5% (1996 est.)

• black 90.1%,
• mixed 4.6%,
• white 3.7%,
• other 1.5% (2001 est.)

• black 87.3%,
• mixed 4.7%,
• hispanic 2.7%,
• white 1.6%,
• other 2.7%,
• unspecified 0.9% (2011 est.)

• Dutch 82.1%,
• Colombian 6.6%,
• Venezuelan 2.2%,
• Dominican 2.2%,
• Haitian 1.2%,
• other 5.5%,
• unspecified 0.1% (2010 est.)

• black 90.6%,
• white 4.7%,
• black and white 2.1%,
• other 1.9%,
• unspecified 0.7% (2010 est.)

• black 92.4%,
• white 2.7%,
• mixed 3.1%,
• East Indian 1.3%,
• other 0.2%,
• unspecified 0.2% (2010 est.)

• mestizo 52.9%,
• Creole 25.9%,
• Maya 11.3%,
• Garifuna 6.1%,
• East Indian 3.9%,
• Mennonite 3.6%,
• white 1.2%,
• Asian 1%,
• other 1.2%,
• unknown 0.3%

note: percentages add up to more than 100% because respondents were able to identify more than one ethnic origin (2010 est.)

• black 82%,
• white 6.8%,
• mixed 5.9%,
• East Indian 3%,
• other 1.6%,
• unspecified 0.7% (2001 est.)

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

• white or mestizo 83.6%,
• mulato 6.7%,
• indigenous 2.4%,
• black of African descent 1.1%,
• other 1.1%,
• none 2.9%,
• unspecified 2.2% (2011 est.)

• white 64.1%,
• mestizo 26.6%,
• black 9.3% (2012 est.)

• Afro-Caribbean majority;
• Dutch,
• French,
• Latin American,
• East Asian,
• South Asian,
• Jewish minorities

• black 86.6%,
• mixed 9.1%,
• indigenous 2.9%,
• other 1.3%,
• unspecified 0.2% (2001 est.)

• mixed 73%,
• white 16%,
• black 11%

• mestizo 86.3%,
• white 12.7%,
• Amerindian 0.2% (includes Lenca, Kakawira, Nahua-Pipil),
• black 0.1%,
• other 0.6% (2007 est.)