The CIA World Factbook Edition 2017 People and Society

Ethnic groups In 36 editions of 36.

Ethnic groups was published in 36 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2025. The 2017 edition carries it in 236 entries, in its People and Society section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

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Africa

56 entries

Algeria

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

Angola

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

Benin

  • Fon and related 38.4%,
  • Adja and related 15.1%,
  • Yoruba and related 12%,
  • Bariba and related 9.6%,
  • Fulani and related 8.6%,
  • Ottamari and related 6.1%,
  • Yoa-Lokpa and related 4.3%,
  • Dendi and related 2.9%,
  • other 0.9%,
  • foreigner 1.9% (2013 est.)

Botswana

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

Burkina Faso

  • Mossi 52%,
  • Fulani 8.4%,
  • Gurma 7%,
  • Bobo 4.9%,
  • Gurunsi 4.6%,
  • Senufo 4.5%,
  • Bissa 3.7%,
  • Lobi 2.4%,
  • Dagara 2.4%,
  • Tuareg/Bella 1.9%,
  • Dioula 0.8%,
  • unspecified/no answer 0.3%,
  • other 7.2% (2010 est.)

Burundi

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

Cabo Verde

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

Cameroon

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

Central African Republic

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

Chad

  • Sara (Ngambaye/Sara/Madjingaye/Mbaye) 29.9%,
  • Kanembu/Bornu/Buduma 9.7%,
  • Arab 9.6%,
  • Wadai/Maba/Masalit/Mimi 7.5%,
  • Gorane 5.8%,
  • Masa/Musseye/Musgum 4.9%,
  • Marba/Lele/Mesme 3.7%,
  • Bulala/Medogo/Kuka 3.6%,
  • Bidiyo/Migaama/Kenga/Dangleat 2.6%,
  • Dadjo/Kibet/Muro 2.5%,
  • Mundang 2.5%,
  • Tupuri/Kera 2.1%,
  • Gabri/Kabalaye/Nanchere/Somrai 2%,
  • Fulani/Fulbe/Bodore 1.9%,
  • Karo/Zime/Peve 1.3%,
  • Zaghawa/Bideyat/Kobe 1.1%,
  • Tama/Assongori/Mararit 1.1%,
  • Baguirmi/Barma 1.1%,
  • Mesmedje/Massalat/Kadjakse 0.8%,
  • other Chadian ethnicities 3.2%,
  • Chadians of foreign ethnicities 0.9%,
  • foreign nationals 0.4%,
  • unspecified 1.7% (2014-15 est.)

Comoros

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

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 and other 3%

Cote D'Ivoire now Cote d'Ivoire

  • Akan 28.8%,
  • Voltaique or Gur 16.1%,
  • Northern Mande 14.5%,
  • Kru 8.5%,
  • Southern Mande 6.9%,
  • unspecified 0.9%,
  • non-Ivoirian 42.3% (2014 est.)

Djibouti

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

Egypt

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

Equatorial Guinea

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

Eritrea

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

Swaziland now Eswatini

African 97%, European 3%

Ethiopia

  • 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 8.8% (2007 est.)

Gabon

  • 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

Gambia, The now The Gambia

  • Mandinka/Jahanka 34%,
  • Fulani/Tukulur/Lorobo 22.4%,
  • Wolof 12.6%,
  • Jola/Karoninka 10.7%,
  • Serahuleh 6.6%,
  • Serer 3.2%,
  • Manjago 2.1%,
  • Bambara 1%,
  • Creole/Aku Marabout 0.7%,
  • other 0.9%,
  • non-Gambian 5.2%,
  • no answer 0.6% (2013 est.)

Ghana

  • 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.)

Guinea

  • Fulani (Peul) 32.1%,
  • Malinke 29.8%,
  • Susu 19.8%,
  • Guerze 6.2%,
  • Kissi 4.7%,
  • Toma 2.8%,
  • other/no answer 4.6% (2012 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

  • 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.)

Kenya

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

Lesotho

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

Liberia

  • 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)

Libya

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

Madagascar

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

Malawi

  • Chewa 35.1%,
  • Lomwe 18.9%,
  • Yao 13.1%,
  • Ngoni 12%,
  • Tumbuka 9.4%,
  • Sena 3.5%,
  • Tonga 1.8%,
  • Nyanja 1%,
  • Nkhonde 0.9%,
  • other 1.8% (2015-16 est.)

Mali

  • Bambara 34.1%,
  • Fulani (Peul) 14.7%,
  • Sarakole 10.8%,
  • Senufo 10.5%,
  • Dogon 8.9%,
  • Malinke 8.7%,
  • Bobo 2.9%,
  • Songhai 1.6%,
  • Tuareg 0.9%,
  • other Malian 6.1%,
  • from member of Economic Community of West African States 0.3%,
  • other 0.4% (2012-13 est.)

Mauritania

  • 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%,
  • Sub-Saharan Mauritanians (non-Arabic speaking, Halpulaar, Soninke, Wolof, and Bamara ethnic groups) 30%

Mauritius

  • Indo-Mauritian (compose approximately two thirds of the total population),
  • Creole,
  • Sino-Mauritian,
  • Franco-Mauritian

note: Mauritius has not had a question on ethnicity on its national census since 1972

Morocco

Arab-Berber 99%, other 1%

Mozambique

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

Namibia

  • 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 indigenous ethnic groups include Herero 7%, Damara 7%, Nama 5%, Caprivian 4%, San 3%, Baster 2%, Tswana 0.5%

Niger

  • Hausa 53.1%,
  • Zarma/Songhai 21.2%,
  • Tuareg 11%,
  • Fulani (Peul) 6.5%,
  • Kanuri 5.9%,
  • Gurma 0.8%,
  • Arab 0.4%,
  • Tubu 0.4%,
  • other/unavailable 0.9% (2006 est.)

Nigeria

  • 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%

Rwanda

  • Hutu (Bantu),
  • Tutsi (Hamitic),
  • Twa (Pygmy)

Saint Helena, Ascension, And Tristan Da Cunha now Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

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

Sao Tome And Principe now Sao Tome and Principe

  • 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)

Senegal

  • Wolof 38.6%,
  • Pular 26.6%,
  • Serer 14.9%,
  • Mandinka 4.6%,
  • Jola 4.1%,
  • Soninke 2.3%,
  • other 8.9% (includes Europeans and persons of Lebanese descent) (2010-11 est.)

Seychelles

mixed French, African, Indian, Chinese, and Arab

Sierra Leone

  • 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)

Somalia

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

South Africa

  • 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.)

South Sudan

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

Sudan

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

Tanzania

  • 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

Togo

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

Tunisia

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

Uganda

  • Baganda 16.5%,
  • Banyankole 9.6%,
  • Basoga 8.8%,
  • Bakiga 7.1%,
  • Iteso 7%,
  • Langi 6.3%,
  • Bagisu 4.9%,
  • Acholi 4.4%,
  • Lugbara 3.3%,
  • other 32.1% (2014 est.)

Western Sahara

Arab, Berber

Zambia

  • 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.)

Zimbabwe

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

Arctic Region

3 entries

Greenland

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

Iceland

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

Svalbard

  • Norwegian 59.8%,
  • Russian and Ukrainian 20.4%,
  • other 19.4% (primarily Swedish, Thai, and Philippine) (2016 est.)

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

  • 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 are 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)

Armenia

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

Azerbaijan

  • Azerbaijani 91.6%,
  • Lezghin 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.)

Bangladesh

Bengali at least 98%, ethnic groups 1.1%

note: Bangladesh's government 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.)

Bhutan

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

China

  • 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.)

Georgia

  • Georgian 86.8%,
  • Azeri 6.3%,
  • Armenian 4.5%,
  • other 2.3% (includes Russian, Ossetian, Yazidi, Ukrainian, Kist, Greek) (2014 est.)

India

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

Japan

  • 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)

Kazakhstan

  • 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.)

Korea, North now North Korea

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

Korea, South now South Korea

homogeneous

Kyrgyzstan

  • 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.)

Maldives

  • South Indians,
  • Sinhalese,
  • Arabs

Mongolia

  • 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.)

Nepal

  • 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.)

Pakistan

  • Punjabi 44.7%,
  • Pashtun (Pathan) 15.4%,
  • Sindhi 14.1%,
  • Sariaki 8.4%,
  • Muhajirs 7.6%,
  • Balochi 3.6%,
  • other 6.3%

Russia

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

note: nearly 200 national and/or ethnic groups are represented in Russia's 2010 census (2010 est.)

Sri Lanka

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

Tajikistan

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

Turkmenistan

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

Uzbekistan

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

Central America and the Caribbean

31 entries

Anguilla

  • African/black 85.3%,
  • hispanic 4.9%,
  • mixed 3.8%,
  • white 3.2%,
  • East Indian/Indian 1%,
  • other 1.6%,
  • unspecified 0.3% (2011 est.)

Antigua And Barbuda now Antigua and Barbuda

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

Aruba

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

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

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

Barbados

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

Belize

  • 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.)

British Virgin Islands

  • African/black 76.3%,
  • Latino 5.5%,
  • white 5.4%,
  • mixed 5.3%,
  • Indian 2.1%,
  • East Indian 1.6%,
  • other 3%,
  • unspecified 0.8% (2010 est.)

Cayman Islands

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

Costa Rica

  • 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.)

Cuba

  • white 64.1%,
  • mulatto or mixed 26.6%,
  • black 9.3%

note: data represent racial self-identification from Cuba's 2012 national census (2012 est.)

Curacao

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

Dominica

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

Dominican Republic

  • mixed 70.4% (mestizo/indio 58%, mulatto 12.4%),
  • black 15.8%,
  • white 13.5%,
  • other 0.3%

note: respondents self-identified their race; the term "indio" in the Dominican Republic is not associated with people of indigenous ancestry but people of mixed ancestry or skin color between light and dark (2014 est.)

El Salvador

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

Grenada

  • African descent 82.4%,
  • mixed 13.3%,
  • East Indian 2.2%,
  • other 1.3%,
  • unspecified 0.9% (2011 est.)

Guatemala

  • mestizo (mixed Amerindian-Spanish - in local Spanish called Ladino) and European 60.1%,
  • Maya 39.3% (K'iche 11.3%, Q'eqchi 7.6%, Kaqchikel 7.4%, Mam 5.5%, other 7.5%),
  • non-Maya,
  • non-mestizo 0.15% (Xinca (indigenous, non-Maya), Garifuna (mixed West and Central African, Island Carib, and Arawak)),
  • other 0.5% (2001 est.)

Haiti

black 95%, mulatto and white 5%

Honduras

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

Jamaica

  • black 92.1%,
  • mixed 6.1%,
  • East Indian 0.8%,
  • other 0.4%,
  • unspecified 0.7% (2011 est.)

Montserrat

  • African/black 88.4%,
  • mixed 3.7%,
  • hispanic/Spanish 3%,
  • caucasian/white 2.7%,
  • East Indian/Indian 1.5%,
  • other 0.7% (2011 est.)

Nicaragua

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

Panama

  • mestizo (mixed Amerindian and white) 65%,
  • Native American 12.3% (Ngabe 7.6%, Kuna 2.4%, Embera 0.9%, Bugle 0.8%, other 0.4%, unspecified 0.2%),
  • black or African descent 9.2%,
  • mulatto 6.8%,
  • white 6.7% (2010 est.)

Puerto Rico

  • white 75.8%,
  • black/African American 12.4%,
  • other 8.5% (includes American Indian, Alaskan Native, Native Hawaiian, other Pacific Islander, and others),
  • mixed 3.3%

note: 99% of the population is Latino (2010 est.)

Saint Barthelemy

  • white,
  • Creole (mulatto),
  • black,
  • Guadeloupe Mestizo (French-East Asia)

Saint Kitts And Nevis now Saint Kitts and Nevis

predominantly black; some British, Portuguese, and Lebanese

Saint Lucia

  • black/African descent 85.3%,
  • mixed 10.9%,
  • East Indian 2.2%,
  • other 1.6%,
  • unspecified 0.1% (2010 est.)

Saint Martin

  • Creole (mulatto),
  • black,
  • Guadeloupe Mestizo (French-East Asia),
  • white,
  • East Indian

Saint Vincent And The Grenadines now Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

  • black 66%,
  • mixed 19%,
  • East Indian 6%,
  • European 4%,
  • Carib Amerindian 2%,
  • other 3%

Trinidad And Tobago now Trinidad and Tobago

  • East Indian 35.4%,
  • African 34.2%,
  • mixed - other 15.3%,
  • mixed African/East Indian 7.7%,
  • other 1.3%,
  • unspecified 6.2% (2011 est.)

Turks And Caicos Islands now Turks and Caicos Islands

  • black 87.6%,
  • white 7.9%,
  • mixed 2.5%,
  • East Indian 1.3%,
  • other 0.7% (2006)

Virgin Islands

  • black 76%,
  • white 15.6%,
  • Asian 1.4%,
  • other 4.9%,
  • mixed 2.1%

note: 17.4% self-identify as latino (2010 est.)

Europe

48 entries

Albania

  • Albanian 82.6%,
  • Greek 0.9%,
  • other 1% (including Vlach, Romani, Macedonian, Montenegrin, and Egyptian),
  • unspecified 15.5% (2011 est.)

Andorra

  • Andorran 46.2%,
  • Spanish 26.4%,
  • Portuguese 12.8%,
  • French 5%,
  • other 9.6% (2016 est.)

Austria

  • Austrians 91.1%,
  • former Yugoslavs 4% (includes Croatians, Slovenes, Serbs, and Bosniaks),
  • Turks 1.6%,
  • Germans 0.9%,
  • other or unspecified 2.4% (2001 census)

Belarus

  • Belarusian 83.7%,
  • Russian 8.3%,
  • Polish 3.1%,
  • Ukrainian 1.7%,
  • other 2.4%,
  • unspecified 0.9% (2009 est.)

Belgium

  • Belgian 75%,
  • Italian 4.1%,
  • Moroccan 3.7%,
  • French 2.4%,
  • Turkish 2%,
  • Dutch 2%,
  • other 12.8% (2011 est.)

Bosnia And Herzegovina now Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • Bosniak 50.1%,
  • Serb 30.8%,
  • Croat 15.4%,
  • other 2.7%,
  • not declared/no answer 1%

note: the methodology remains disputed and Republika Srspka authorities refuse to recognize the results; Bosniak has replaced Muslim as an ethnic term in part to avoid confusion with the religious term Muslim - an adherent of Islam (2013 est.)

Bulgaria

  • Bulgarian 76.9%,
  • Turkish 8%,
  • Romani 4.4%,
  • other 0.7% (including Russian, Armenian, and Vlach),
  • other (unknown) 10% (2011 est.)

note: Romani populations are usually underestimated in official statistics and may represent 9–11% of Bulgaria's population

Croatia

  • Croat 90.4%,
  • Serb 4.4%,
  • other 4.4% (including Bosniak, Hungarian, Slovene, Czech, and Romani),
  • unspecified 0.8% (2011 est.)

Czechia

  • Czech 64.3%,
  • Moravian 5%,
  • Slovak 1.4%,
  • other 1.8%,
  • unspecified 27.5% (2011 est.)

Denmark

  • Scandinavian,
  • Inuit,
  • Faroese,
  • Turkish,
  • Polish,
  • Syrian,
  • German,
  • Iraqi (2017 est.)

Estonia

  • Estonian 68.7%,
  • Russian 24.8%,
  • Ukrainian 1.7%,
  • Belarusian 1%,
  • Finn 0.6%,
  • other 1.6%,
  • unspecified 1.6% (2011 est.)

Faroe Islands

  • Faroese 89.2% (Scandinavian and Anglo-Saxon descent),
  • Danish 7.1%,
  • other 3.7% (includes Icelander, Norwegian, Greenlander, Filipino, Thai, British)

note: data represent respondents by country of birth (2011 est.)

Finland

  • Finn 93.4%,
  • Swede 5.6%,
  • Russian 0.5%,
  • Estonian 0.3%,
  • Romani 0.1%,
  • Sami 0.1% (2006)

France

  • Celtic and Latin with Teutonic,
  • Slavic,
  • North African,
  • Indochinese,
  • Basque minorities
overseas departments:
  • black,
  • white,
  • mulatto,
  • East Indian,
  • Chinese,
  • Amerindian

Germany

  • German 91.5%,
  • Turkish 2.4%,
  • other 6.1% (made up largely of Polish, Italian, Romanian, Syrian, and Greek)

Gibraltar

  • Gibraltarian 79%,
  • other British 13.2%,
  • Spanish 2.1%,
  • Moroccan 1.6%,
  • other EU 2.4%,
  • other 1.6% (2012 est.)

Greece

population:
Greek 93%, other (foreign citizens) 7% (2001 census)

note: data represent citizenship, since Greece does not collect data on ethnicity

Guernsey

British and Norman-French descent with small percentages from other European countries

Holy See (Vatican City)

Italian, Swiss, Argentinian, and other nationalities from around the world (2017)

Hungary

  • Hungarian 85.6%,
  • Romani 3.2%,
  • German 1.9%,
  • other 2.6%,
  • unspecified 14.1% (2011 est.)

note: percentages add up to more than 100% because respondents were able to identify more than one ethnic group; Romani populations are usually underestimated in official statistics and may represent 5–10% of Hungary's population

Ireland

  • Irish 82.2%,
  • Irish travelers 0.7%,
  • other white 9.5%,
  • Asian 2.1%,
  • black 1.4%,
  • other 1.5%,
  • unspecified 2.6% (2016 est.)

Isle Of Man now Isle of Man

  • white 96.5%,
  • Asian/Asian British 1.9%,
  • other 1.5% (2011 est.)

Italy

Italian (includes small clusters of German-, French-, and Slovene-Italians in the north and Albanian-Italians and Greek-Italians in the south)

Jersey

Jersey 46.4%, British 32.7%, Portuguese/Madeiran 8.2%, Polish 3.3%, Irish, French, and other white 7.1%, other 2.4% (2011 est.)

Kosovo

  • Albanians 92.9%,
  • Bosniaks 1.6%,
  • Serbs 1.5%,
  • Turk 1.1%,
  • Ashkali 0.9%,
  • Egyptian 0.7%,
  • Gorani 0.6%,
  • Romani 0.5%,
  • other/unspecified 0.2%

note: these estimates may under-represent Serb, Romani, and some other ethnic minorities because they are based on the 2011 Kosovo national census, which excluded northern Kosovo (a largely Serb-inhabited region) and was partially boycotted by Serb and Romani communities in southern Kosovo (2011 est.)

Latvia

  • Latvian 61.8%,
  • Russian 25.6%,
  • Belarusian 3.4%,
  • Ukrainian 2.3%,
  • Polish 2.1%,
  • Lithuanian 1.2%,
  • other 3.6% (2016 est.)

Liechtenstein

  • Liechtensteiner 66%, other 34% (2013 est.)

Lithuania

  • Lithuanian 84.1%,
  • Polish 6.6%,
  • Russian 5.8%,
  • Belarusian 1.2%,
  • other 1.1%,
  • unspecified 1.2% (2011 est.)

Luxembourg

  • Luxembourger 53.3%,
  • Portuguese 16.2%,
  • French 7.2%,
  • Italian 3.5%,
  • Belgian 3.4%,
  • German 2.2%,
  • British 1.1%,
  • other 13.2%

note: data represent population by nationality (2016 est.)

Malta

Maltese (descendants of ancient Carthaginians and Phoenicians with strong elements of Italian and other Mediterranean stock)

Moldova

  • Moldovan 75.1%,
  • Romanian 7%,
  • Ukrainian 6.6%,
  • Gagauz 4.6%,
  • Russian 4.1%,
  • Bulgarian 1.9%,
  • other 0.8% (2014 est.)

Monaco

  • French (official) 47%,
  • Monegasque 16%,
  • Italian 16%,
  • other 21%

Montenegro

  • Montenegrin 45%,
  • Serbian 28.7%,
  • Bosniak 8.7%,
  • Albanian 4.9%,
  • Muslim 3.3%,
  • Romani 1%,
  • Croat 1%,
  • other 2.6%,
  • unspecified 4.9% (2011 est.)

Netherlands

  • Dutch 78.6%,
  • EU 5.8%,
  • Turkish 2.4%,
  • Indonesian 2.2%,
  • Moroccan 2.2%,
  • Surinamese 2.1%,
  • Bonairian,
  • Saba Islander,
  • Sint Eustatian 0.8%,
  • other 5.9% (2014 est.)

Macedonia now North Macedonia

  • Macedonian 64.2%,
  • Albanian 25.2%,
  • Turkish 3.9%,
  • Romani 2.7%,
  • Serb 1.8%,
  • other 2.2% (2002 est.)

note: Romani populations are usually underestimated in official statistics and may represent 6.5–13% of Macedonia’s population

Norway

  • Norwegian 83.2% (includes about 60,000 Sami),
  • other European 8.3%,
  • other 8.5% (2017 est.)

Poland

  • Polish 96.9%,
  • Silesian 1.1%,
  • German 0.2%,
  • Ukrainian 0.1%,
  • other and unspecified 1.7%

note: represents ethnicity declared first (2011 est.)

Portugal

  • homogeneous Mediterranean stock;
  • citizens of black African descent who immigrated to mainland during decolonization number less than 100,000;
  • since 1990 East Europeans have entered Portugal

Romania

  • Romanian 83.4%,
  • Hungarian 6.1%,
  • Romani 3.1%,
  • Ukrainian 0.3%,
  • German 0.2%,
  • other 0.7%,
  • unspecified 6.1% (2011 est.)

note: Romani populations are usually underestimated in official statistics and may represent 5–11% of Romania's population

San Marino

Sammarinese, Italian

Serbia

  • Serb 83.3%,
  • Hungarian 3.5%,
  • Romani 2.1%,
  • Bosniak 2%,
  • other 5.7%,
  • undeclared or unknown 3.4% (2011 est.)

note: Romani populations are usually underestimated in official statistics and may represent 5–11% of Serbia's population

Slovakia

  • Slovak 80.7%,
  • Hungarian 8.5%,
  • Romani 2%,
  • other and unspecified 8.8% (2011 est.)

note: Romani populations are usually underestimated in official statistics and may represent 7–11% of Slovakia's population

Slovenia

  • Slovene 83.1%,
  • Serb 2%,
  • Croat 1.8%,
  • Bosniak 1.1%,
  • other or unspecified 12% (2002 census)

Spain

composite of Mediterranean and Nordic types

Sweden

indigenous population:
Swedes with Finnish and Sami minorities; most common countries of origin among immigrants: Finland, Syria, Iraq, Poland, Iran

Switzerland

  • German 65%,
  • French 18%,
  • Italian 10%,
  • Romansch 1%,
  • other 6%

Ukraine

  • Ukrainian 77.8%,
  • Russian 17.3%,
  • Belarusian 0.6%,
  • Moldovan 0.5%,
  • Crimean Tatar 0.5%,
  • Bulgarian 0.4%,
  • Hungarian 0.3%,
  • Romanian 0.3%,
  • Polish 0.3%,
  • Jewish 0.2%,
  • other 1.8% (2001 est.)

United Kingdom

  • white 87.2%,
  • black/African/Caribbean/black British 3%,
  • Asian/Asian British: Indian 2.3%,
  • Asian/Asian British: Pakistani 1.9%,
  • mixed 2%,
  • other 3.7% (2011 est.)

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

  • Bahraini 46%,
  • Asian 45.5%,
  • other Arab 4.7%,
  • African 1.6%,
  • European 1%,
  • other 1.2% (includes Gulf Co-operative country nationals, North and South Americans, and Oceanians) (2010 est.)

Cyprus

  • Greek 98.8%,
  • other 1% (includes Maronite, Armenian, Turkish-Cypriot),
  • unspecified 0.2%

note: data represent only the government-controlled area of Cyprus (2011 est.)

Gaza Strip

Palestinian Arab

Iran

  • Persian,
  • Azeri,
  • Kurd,
  • Lur,
  • Baloch,
  • Arab,
  • Turkmen and Turkic tribes

Iraq

  • Arab 75%-80%,
  • Kurdish 15%-20%,
  • Turkmen,
  • Assyrian,
  • Shabak,
  • Yazidi,
  • other 5%

Israel

Jewish 74.8% (of which Israel-born 75.6%, Europe/America/Oceania-born 16.6%, Africa-born 4.9%, Asia-born 2.9%), non-Jewish 25.2% (mostly Arab) (2015 est.)

Jordan

  • Arab 98%,
  • Circassian 1%,
  • Armenian 1%

Kuwait

  • Kuwaiti 31.3%,
  • other Arab 27.9%,
  • Asian 37.8%,
  • African 1.9%,
  • other 1.1% (includes European, North American, South American, and Australian) (2013 est.)

Lebanon

  • Arab 95%,
  • Armenian 4%,
  • other 1%

note: many Christian Lebanese do not identify themselves as Arab but rather as descendants of the ancient Canaanites and prefer to be called Phoenicians

Oman

  • Arab,
  • Baluchi,
  • South Asian (Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan, Bangladeshi),
  • African

Qatar

  • non-Qatari 88.4%, Qatari 11.6% (2015 est.)

Saudi Arabia

Arab 90%, Afro-Asian 10%

Syria

Arab 90.3%, Kurdish, Armenian, and other 9.7%

Turkey now Turkiye

  • Turkish 70-75%,
  • Kurdish 19%,
  • other minorities 7-12% (2016 est.)

United Arab Emirates

  • Emirati 11.6%,
  • South Asian 59.4% (includes Indian 38.2%, Bangladeshi 9.5%, Pakistani 9.4%, other 2.3%),
  • Egyptian 10.2%,
  • Philippine 6.1%,
  • other 12.8% (2015 est.)

West Bank

  • Palestinian Arab,
  • Jewish,
  • other

Yemen

  • predominantly Arab;
  • but also Afro-Arab,
  • South Asians,
  • Europeans

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

  • black 53.8%,
  • white 31%,
  • mixed 7.5%,
  • other 7.1%,
  • unspecified 0.6% (2010 est.)

Canada

  • Canadian 32.2%,
  • English 19.8%,
  • French 15.5%,
  • Scottish 14.4%,
  • Irish 13.8%,
  • German 9.8%,
  • Italian 4.5%,
  • Chinese 4.5%,
  • North American Indian 4.2%,
  • other 50.9%

note: percentages add up to more than 100% because respondents were able to identify more than one ethnic origin (2011 est.)

Mexico

  • mestizo (Amerindian-Spanish) 62%,
  • predominantly Amerindian 21%,
  • Amerindian 7%,
  • other 10% (mostly European)

note: Mexico does not collect census data on ethnicity (2012 est.)

Saint Pierre And Miquelon now Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Basques and Bretons (French fishermen)

United States

  • white 72.4%,
  • black 12.6%,
  • Asian 4.8%,
  • Amerindian and Alaska native 0.9%,
  • native Hawaiian and other Pacific islander 0.2%,
  • other 6.2%,
  • two or more races 2.9% (2010 estimate)

note: a separate listing for Hispanic is not included because the US Census Bureau considers Hispanic to mean persons of Spanish/Hispanic/Latino origin including those of Mexican, Cuban, Puerto Rican, Dominican Republic, Spanish, and Central or South American origin living in the US who may be of any race or ethnic group (white, black, Asian, etc.); an estimated 16.3% of the total US population is Hispanic as of 2010

Oceania

25 entries

American Samoa

  • Pacific Islander 92.6% (includes Samoan 88.9%, Tongan 2.9%, other .8%),
  • Asian 3.6% (includes Filipino 2.2%, other 1.4%),
  • mixed 2.7%,
  • other 1.2% (2010 est.)

Australia

  • English 25.9%,
  • Australian 25.4%,
  • Irish 7.5%,
  • Scottish 6.4%,
  • Italian 3.3%,
  • German 3.2%,
  • Chinese 3.1%,
  • Indian 1.4%,
  • Greek 1.4%,
  • Dutch 1.2%,
  • other 15.8% (includes Australian aboriginal .5%),
  • unspecified 5.4%

note: data represent self-identified ancestry, over a third of respondents reported two ancestries (2011 est.)

Cook Islands

  • Cook Island Maori (Polynesian) 81.3%,
  • part Cook Island Maori 6.7%,
  • other 11.9% (2011 est.)

Fiji

  • iTaukei 56.8% (predominantly Melanesian with a Polynesian admixture),
  • Indian 37.5%,
  • Rotuman 1.2%,
  • other 4.5% (European, part European, other Pacific Islanders, Chinese)

note: a 2010 law replaces 'Fijian' with 'iTuakei' when referring to the original and native settlers of Fiji (2007 est.)

French Polynesia

  • Polynesian 78%,
  • Chinese 12%,
  • local French 6%,
  • metropolitan French 4%

Guam

  • Chamorro 37.3%,
  • Filipino 26.3%,
  • white 7.1%,
  • Chuukese 7%,
  • Korean 2.2%,
  • other Pacific Islander 2%,
  • other Asian 2%,
  • Chinese 1.6%,
  • Palauan 1.6%,
  • Japanese 1.5%,
  • Pohnpeian 1.4%,
  • mixed 9.4%,
  • other 0.6% (2010 est.)

Kiribati

  • I-Kiribati 96.2%,
  • I-Kiribati/mixed 1.8%,
  • Tuvaluan 0.2%,
  • other 1.8% (2015 est.)

Marshall Islands

  • Marshallese 92.1%,
  • mixed Marshallese 5.9%,
  • other 2% (2006)

Micronesia, Federated States Of now Federated States of Micronesia

  • Chuukese/Mortlockese 49.3%,
  • Pohnpeian 29.8%,
  • Kosraean 6.3%,
  • Yapese 5.7%,
  • Yap outer islanders 5.1%,
  • Polynesian 1.6%,
  • Asian 1.4%,
  • other 0.8% (2010 est.)

Nauru

  • Nauruan 58%,
  • other Pacific Islander 26%,
  • Chinese 8%,
  • European 8%

New Caledonia

  • Kanak 40.3%,
  • European 29.2%,
  • Wallisian,
  • Futunian 8.7%,
  • Tahitian 2%,
  • Indonesian 1.6%,
  • Vietnamese 1%,
  • Ni-Vanuatu 0.9%,
  • other 16.2% (2009 est.)

New Zealand

  • European 71.2%,
  • Maori 14.1%,
  • Asian 11.3%,
  • Pacific peoples 7.6%,
  • Middle Eastern,
  • Latin American,
  • African 1.1%,
  • other 1.6%,
  • not stated or unidentified 5.4%

note: based on the 2013 census of the usually resident population; percentages add up to more than 100% because respondents were able to identify more than one ethnic group (2013 est.)

Niue

  • Niuen 66.5%,
  • part-Niuen 13.4%,
  • non-Niuen 20.1% (includes 12% European and Asian and 8% Pacific Islanders) (2011 est.)

Norfolk Island

  • Australian 79.5%,
  • New Zealander 13.3%,
  • Fijian 2.5%,
  • Filipino 1.1%,
  • English 1%,
  • other 1.8%,
  • unspecified 0.8% (2011 est.)

Northern Mariana Islands

  • Asian 50% (includes Filipino 35.3%, Chinese 6.8%, Korean 4.2%, and other Asian 3.7%),
  • Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander 34.9% (includes Chamorro 23.9%, Carolinian 4.6%, and other Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 6.4%),
  • other 2.5%,
  • two or more ethnicities or races 12.7% (2010 est.)

Palau

  • Palauan (Micronesian with Malayan and Melanesian admixtures) 73%,
  • Carolinian 2%,
  • Asian 21.7%,
  • caucasian 1.2%,
  • other 2.1% (2015 est.)

Papua New Guinea

  • Melanesian,
  • Papuan,
  • Negrito,
  • Micronesian,
  • Polynesian

Pitcairn Islands

descendants of the Bounty mutineers and their Tahitian wives

Samoa

  • Samoan 92.6%,
  • Euronesians (persons of European and Polynesian blood) 7%,
  • Europeans 0.4% (2001 census)

Solomon Islands

  • Melanesian 95.3%,
  • Polynesian 3.1%,
  • Micronesian 1.2%,
  • other 0.3% (2009 est.)

Tokelau

  • Tokelauan 64.5%,
  • part Tokelauan/Samoan 9.7%,
  • part Tokelauan/Tuvaluan 2.8%,
  • Tuvaluan 7.5%,
  • Samoan 5.8%,
  • other Pacific islander 3.4%,
  • other 5.6%,
  • unspecified 0.8% (2016 est.)

Tonga

  • Tongan 96.6%,
  • part-Tongan 1.7%,
  • other 1.7%,
  • unspecified 0.03% (2006 est.)

Tuvalu

Polynesian 96%, Micronesian 4%

Vanuatu

  • Ni-Vanuatu 97.6%,
  • part Ni-Vanuatu 1.1%,
  • other 1.3% (2009 est.)

Wallis And Futuna now Wallis and Futuna

Polynesian

South America

13 entries

Argentina

  • European (mostly Spanish and Italian descent) and mestizo (mixed European and Amerindian ancestry) 97.2%,
  • Amerindian 2.4%,
  • African 0.4% (2010 est.)

Bolivia

  • mestizo (mixed white and Amerindian ancestry) 68%, indigenous 20%, white 5%, cholo/chola 2%, black 1%, other 1%, unspecified 3% ;
  • 44% of respondents indicated feeling part of some indigenous group, predominantly Quechua or Aymara

note: results among surveys vary based on the wording of the ethnicity question and the available response choices; the 2001 national census did not provide "mestizo" as a response choice, resulting in a much higher proportion of respondents identifying themselves as belonging to one of the available indigenous ethnicity choices; the use of "mestizo" and "cholo" varies among response choices in surveys, with surveys using the terms interchangeably, providing one or the other as a response choice, or providing the two as separate response choices (2009 est.)

Brazil

  • white 47.7%,
  • mulatto (mixed white and black) 43.1%,
  • black 7.6%,
  • Asian 1.1%,
  • indigenous 0.4% (2010 est.)

Chile

  • white and non-indigenous 88.9%,
  • Mapuche 9.1%,
  • Aymara 0.7%,
  • other indigenous groups 1% (includes Rapa Nui, Likan Antai, Quechua, Colla, Diaguita, Kawesqar, Yagan or Yamana),
  • unspecified 0.3% (2012 est.)

Colombia

mestizo and white 84.2%, Afro-Colombian (includes mulatto, Raizal, and Palenquero) 10.4%, Amerindian 3.4%, Romani <.01, unspecified 2.1% (2005 est.)

Ecuador

  • mestizo (mixed Amerindian and white) 71.9%,
  • Montubio 7.4%,
  • Amerindian 7%,
  • white 6.1%,
  • Afroecuadorian 4.3%,
  • mulatto 1.9%,
  • black 1%,
  • other 0.4% (2010 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

  • Falkland Islander 48.3%,
  • British 23.1%,
  • St. Helenian 7.5%,
  • Chilean 4.6%,
  • mixed 6%,
  • other 8.5%,
  • unspecified 2% (2016 est.)

Guyana

  • East Indian 39.8%,
  • black (African) 29.3%,
  • mixed 19.9%,
  • Amerindian 10.5%,
  • other 0.5% (includes Portuguese, Chinese, white) (2012 est.)

Paraguay

mestizo (mixed Spanish and Amerindian) 95%, other 5%

Peru

Amerindian 45%, mestizo (mixed Amerindian and white) 37%, white 15%, black, Japanese, Chinese, and other 3%

Suriname

  • Hindustani (also known locally as "East Indians"; their ancestors emigrated from northern India in the latter part of the 19th century) 27.4%,
  • "Maroon" (their African ancestors were brought to the country in the 17th and 18th centuries as slaves and escaped to the interior) 21.7%,
  • Creole (mixed white and black) 15.7%,
  • Javanese 13.7%,
  • mixed 13.4%,
  • other 7.6%,
  • unspecified 0.6% (2012 est.)

Uruguay

  • white 88%,
  • mestizo 8%,
  • black 4%,
  • Amerindian (practically nonexistent)

Venezuela

  • Spanish,
  • Italian,
  • Portuguese,
  • Arab,
  • German,
  • African,
  • indigenous people

Southeast Asia

16 entries

Brunei

  • Malay 65.7%,
  • Chinese 10.3%,
  • other indigenous 3.4%,
  • other 20.6% (2011 est.)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

  • Burman (Bamar) 68%,
  • Shan 9%,
  • Karen 7%,
  • Rakhine 4%,
  • Chinese 3%,
  • Indian 2%,
  • Mon 2%,
  • other 5%

note: government recognizes 135 indigenous ethnic groups

Cambodia

  • Khmer 97.6%,
  • Cham 1.2%,
  • Chinese 0.1%,
  • Vietnamese 0.1%,
  • other 0.9% (2013 est.)

Christmas Island

  • Chinese 70%,
  • European 20%,
  • Malay 10%

note: no indigenous population (2001)

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Europeans, Cocos Malays

Hong Kong

  • Chinese 93.1%,
  • Indonesian 1.9%,
  • Filipino 1.9%,
  • other 3% (2011 est.)

Indonesia

  • Javanese 40.1%,
  • Sundanese 15.5%,
  • Malay 3.7%,
  • Batak 3.6%,
  • Madurese 3%,
  • Betawi 2.9%,
  • Minangkabau 2.7%,
  • Buginese 2.7%,
  • Bantenese 2%,
  • Banjarese 1.7%,
  • Balinese 1.7%,
  • Acehnese 1.4%,
  • Dayak 1.4%,
  • Sasak 1.3%,
  • Chinese 1.2%,
  • other 15% (2010 est.)

Laos

  • Lao 53.2%,
  • Khmou 11%,
  • Hmong 9.2%,
  • Phouthay 3.4%,
  • Tai 3.1%,
  • Makong 2.5%,
  • Katong 2.2%,
  • Lue 2%,
  • Akha 1.8%,
  • other 11.6%

note: the Laos Government officially recognizes 49 ethnic groups, but the total number of ethnic groups is estimated to be well over 200 (2015 est.)

Macau

  • Chinese 92.4%,
  • Portuguese 0.6%,
  • mixed 1.1%,
  • other 5.9% (includes Macanese - mixed Portuguese and Asian ancestry) (2011 est.)

Malaysia

  • Malay 50.1%,
  • Chinese 22.6%,
  • indigenous 11.8%,
  • Indian 6.7%,
  • other 0.7%,
  • non-citizens 8.2% (2010 est.)

Philippines

  • Tagalog 28.1%,
  • Cebuano 13.1%,
  • Ilocano 9%,
  • Bisaya/Binisaya 7.6%,
  • Hiligaynon Ilonggo 7.5%,
  • Bikol 6%,
  • Waray 3.4%,
  • other 25.3% (2000 census)

Singapore

  • Chinese 74.3%,
  • Malay 13.4%,
  • Indian 9.1% (includes Sri Lankan),
  • other 3.2% (2016 est.)

Taiwan

more than 95% Han Chinese (including Hoklo, who compose approximately 70% of Taiwan's population, Hakka, and other groups originating in mainland China), 2.3% indigenous Malayo-Polynesian peoples

note: there are 16 officially recognized indigenous groups: Amis, Atayal, Bunun, Hla'alua, Kanakaravu, Kavalan, Paiwan, Puyuma, Rukai, Saisiyat, Sakizaya, Seediq, Thao, Truku, Tsou, and Yami; Amis, Paiwan, and Atayal are the largest and account for roughly 70% of the indigenous population

Thailand

  • Thai 97.5%,
  • Burmese 1.3%,
  • other 1.1%,
  • unspecified <.1% (2015 est.)

Timor-Leste

  • Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) (includes Tetun, Mambai, Tokodede, Galoli, Kemak, Baikeno),
  • Melanesian-Papuan (includes Bunak, Fataluku, Bakasai),
  • small Chinese minority

Vietnam

  • Kinh (Viet) 85.7%,
  • Tay 1.9%,
  • Thai 1.8%,
  • Muong 1.5%,
  • Khmer 1.5%,
  • Mong 1.2%,
  • Nung 1.1%,
  • Hoa 1%,
  • other 4.3%

note: 54 ethnic groups are recognized by the Vietnamese Government (2009 est.)

Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2017, “Ethnic groups”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/ethnic-groups/2017.

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