The CIA World Factbook Edition 1991 People

Nationality In 35 editions of 36.

Nationality was published in 35 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2025. The 1991 edition carries it in 214 entries, in its People section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 1991 edition
214
the first edition with it
1990
the latest edition with it
2025

Published as “Nationality” (1990 to 2025).

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Africa

56 entries

Algeria

noun--Algerian(s); adjective--Algerian

Angola

noun--Angolan(s); adjective--Angolan

Benin

noun--Beninese (sing., pl.); adjective--Beninese

Botswana

noun and adjective--Motswana (singular), Batswana (plural)

Burkina now Burkina Faso

noun--Burkinabe; adjective--Burkinabe

Burundi

noun--Burundian(s); adjective--Burundi

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

noun--Cape Verdean(s); adjective--Cape Verdean

Cameroon

noun--Cameroonian(s); adjective--Cameroonian

Central African Republic

noun--Central African(s); adjective--Central African

Chad

noun--Chadian(s); adjective--Chadian

Comoros

noun--Comoran(s); adjective--Comoran

Zaire now Democratic Republic of the Congo

noun--Zairian(s); adjective--Zairian

Congo now Republic of the Congo

noun--Congolese (sing., pl.); adjective--Congolese or Congo

Ivory Coast now Cote d'Ivoire

noun--Ivorian(s); adjective--Ivorian

Djibouti

noun--Djiboutian(s); adjective--Djiboutian

Egypt

noun--Egyptian(s); adjective--Egyptian

Equatorial Guinea

noun--Equatorial Guinean(s) or Equatoguinean(s); adjective--Equatorial Guinean or Equatoguinean

Swaziland now Eswatini

noun--Swazi(s); adjective--Swazi

Ethiopia

noun--Ethiopian(s); adjective--Ethiopian

Gabon

noun--Gabonese (sing., pl.); adjective--Gabonese

The Gambia

noun--Gambian(s); adjective--Gambian

Ghana

noun--Ghanaian(s); adjective--Ghanaian

Guinea

noun--Guinean(s); adjective--Guinean

Guinea-Bissau

noun--Guinea-Bissauan(s); adjective--Guinea-Bissauan

Kenya

noun--Kenyan(s); adjective--Kenyan

Lesotho

noun--Mosotho (sing.), Basotho (pl.); adjective--Basotho

Liberia

noun--Liberian(s); adjective--Liberian

Libya

noun--Libyan(s); adjective--Libyan

Madagascar

noun--Malagasy (sing. and pl.); adjective--Malagasy

Malawi

noun--Malawian(s); adjective--Malawian

Mali

noun--Malian(s); adjective--Malian

Mauritania

noun--Mauritanian(s); adjective--Mauritanian

Mauritius

noun--Mauritian(s); adjective--Mauritian

Mayotte

noun--Mahorais (sing., pl.); adjective--Mahoran

Morocco

noun--Moroccan(s); adjective--Moroccan

Mozambique

noun--Mozambican(s); adjective--Mozambican

Namibia

noun--Namibian(s); adjective--Namibian

Niger

noun--Nigerien(s) adjective--Nigerien

Nigeria

noun--Nigerian(s); adjective--Nigerian

Reunion

noun--Reunionese (sing. and pl.); adjective--Reunionese

Rwanda

noun and adjective--Rwandan(s)

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

noun--Saint Helenian(s); adjective--Saint Helenian

Sao Tome and Principe

noun--Sao Tomean(s); adjective--Sao Tomean

Senegal

noun--Senegalese (sing. and pl.); adjective--Senegalese

Seychelles

noun--Seychellois (sing. and pl.); adjective--Seychelles

Sierra Leone

noun--Sierra Leonean(s); adjective--Sierra Leonean

Somalia

noun--Somali(s); adjective--Somali

South Africa

noun--South African(s); adjective--South African

Sudan

noun--Sudanese (sing. and pl.); adjective--Sudanese

Tanzania

noun--Tanzanian(s); adjective--Tanzanian

Togo

noun--Togolese (sing. and pl.); adjective--Togolese

Tunisia

noun--Tunisian(s); adjective--Tunisian

Uganda

noun--Ugandan(s); adjective--Ugandan

Western Sahara

  • noun--Saharan(s),
  • Moroccan(s);
  • adjective--Saharan,
  • Moroccan

Zambia

noun--Zambian(s); adjective--Zambian

Zimbabwe

noun--Zimbabwean(s); adjective--Zimbabwean

Arctic Region

2 entries

Greenland

noun--Greenlander(s); adjective--Greenlandic

Iceland

noun--Icelander(s); adjective--Icelandic

Asia

13 entries

Afghanistan

noun--Afghan(s); adjective--Afghan

Bangladesh

noun--Bangladeshi(s); adjective--Bangladesh

Bhutan

noun--Bhutanese (sing., pl.); adjective--Bhutanese

China

noun--Chinese (sing., pl.); adjective--Chinese

India

noun--Indian(s); adjective--Indian

Japan

noun--Japanese (sing., pl.); adjective--Japanese

Korea, North now North Korea

noun--Korean(s); adjective--Korean

Korea, South now South Korea

noun--Korean(s); adjective--Korean

Maldives

noun--Maldivian(s); adjective--Maldivian

Mongolia

noun--Mongolian(s); adjective--Mongolian

Nepal

noun--Nepalese (sing. and pl.); adjective--Nepalese

Pakistan

noun--Pakistani(s); adjective--Pakistani

Sri Lanka

noun--Sri Lankan(s); adjective--Sri Lankan

Central America and the Caribbean

31 entries

Anguilla

noun--Anguillan(s); adjective--Anguillan

Antigua and Barbuda

noun--Antiguan(s); adjective--Antiguan

Aruba

noun--Aruban(s); adjective--Aruban

The Bahamas

noun--Bahamian(s); adjective--Bahamian

Barbados

noun--Barbadian(s); adjective--Barbadian

Belize

noun--Belizean(s); adjective--Belizean

British Virgin Islands

noun--British Virgin Islander(s); adjective--British Virgin Islander

Cayman Islands

noun--Caymanian(s); adjective--Caymanian

Costa Rica

noun--Costa Rican(s); adjective--Costa Rican

Cuba

noun--Cuban(s); adjective--Cuban

Dominica

noun--Dominican(s); adjective--Dominican

Dominican Republic

noun--Dominican(s); adjective--Dominican

El Salvador

noun--Salvadoran(s); adjective--Salvadoran

Grenada

noun--Grenadian(s); adjective--Grenadian

Guadeloupe

noun--Guadeloupian(s); adjective--Guadeloupe

Guatemala

noun--Guatemalan(s); adjective--Guatemalan

Haiti

noun--Haitian(s); adjective--Haitian

Honduras

noun--Honduran(s); adjective--Honduran

Jamaica

noun--Jamaican(s); adjective--Jamaican

Martinique

noun--Martiniquais (sing. and pl.); adjective--Martiniquais

Montserrat

noun--Montserratian(s); adjective--Montserratian

Netherlands Antilles

noun--Netherlands Antillean(s); adjective--Netherlands Antillean

Nicaragua

noun--Nicaraguan(s); adjective--Nicaraguan

Panama

noun--Panamanian(s); adjective--Panamanian

Puerto Rico

noun--Puerto Rican(s); adjective--Puerto Rican

Saint Kitts and Nevis

  • noun--Kittsian(s),
  • Nevisian(s);
  • adjective--Kittsian,
  • Nevisian

Saint Lucia

noun--Saint Lucian(s); adjective--Saint Lucian

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

noun--Saint Vincentian(s) or Vincentian(s); adjectives--Saint Vincentian or Vincentian

Trinidad and Tobago

  • noun--Trinidadian(s),
  • Tobagonian(s);
  • adjective--Trinidadian,
  • Tobagonian

Turks and Caicos Islands

no noun or adjectival forms

Virgin Islands

noun--Virgin Islander(s); adjective--Virgin Islander

Europe

36 entries

Albania

noun--Albanian(s); adjective--Albanian

Andorra

noun--Andorran(s); adjective--Andorran

Austria

noun--Austrian(s); adjective--Austrian

Belgium

noun--Belgian(s); adjective--Belgian

Bulgaria

noun--Bulgarian(s); adjective--Bulgarian

Czechoslovakia

noun--Czechoslovak(s); adjective--Czechoslovak

Denmark

noun--Dane(s); adjective--Danish

Faroe Islands

noun--Faroese (sing., pl.); adjective--Faroese

Finland

noun--Finn(s); adjective--Finnish

France

noun--Frenchman(men), Frenchwoman(women); adjective--French

Germany

noun--German(s); adjective--German

Gibraltar

noun--Gibraltarian; adjective--Gibraltar

Greece

noun--Greek(s); adjective--Greek

Guernsey

noun--Channel Islander(s); adjective--Channel Islander

Vatican City now Holy See (Vatican City)

no noun or adjectival forms

Hungary

noun--Hungarian(s); adjective--Hungarian

Ireland

noun--Irishman(men), Irish (collective pl.); adjective--Irish

Man, Isle of now Isle of Man

  • noun--Manxman,
  • Manxwoman,
  • adjective--Manx

Italy

noun--Italian(s); adjective--Italian

Jersey

noun--Channel Islander(s); adjective--Channel Islander

Liechtenstein

noun--Liechtensteiner(s); adjective--Liechtenstein

Luxembourg

noun--Luxembourger(s); adjective--Luxembourg

Malta

noun--Maltese (sing. and pl.); adjective--Maltese

Monaco

noun--Monacan(s) or Monegasque(s); adjective--Monacan or Monegasque

Netherlands

noun--Dutchman(men), Dutchwoman(women); adjective--Dutch

Norway

noun--Norwegian(s); adjective--Norwegian

Poland

noun--Pole(s); adjective--Polish

Portugal

noun--Portuguese (sing. and pl.); adjective--Portuguese

Romania

noun--Romanian(s); adjective--Romanian

San Marino

noun--Sanmarinese (sing. and pl.); adjective--Sanmarinese

Soviet Union

noun--Soviet(s); adjective--Soviet

Spain

noun--Spaniard(s); adjective--Spanish

Sweden

noun--Swede(s); adjective--Swedish

Switzerland

noun--Swiss (sing. & pl.); adjective--Swiss

United Kingdom

noun--Briton(s), British (collective pl.); adjective--British

Yugoslavia

noun--Yugoslav(s); adjective--Yugoslav

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

noun--Bahraini(s); adjective--Bahraini

Cyprus

noun--Cypriot(s); adjective--Cypriot

Gaza Strip

NA

Iran

noun--Iranian(s); adjective--Iranian

Iraq

noun--Iraqi(s); adjective--Iraqi

Israel

noun--Israeli(s); adjective--Israeli

Jordan

noun--Jordanian(s); adjective--Jordanian

Kuwait

noun--Kuwaiti(s); adjective--Kuwaiti

Lebanon

noun--Lebanese (sing., pl.); adjective--Lebanese

Oman

noun--Omani(s); adjective--Omani

Qatar

noun--Qatari(s); adjective--Qatari

Saudi Arabia

noun--Saudi(s); adjective--Saudi or Saudi Arabian

Syria

noun--Syrian(s); adjective--Syrian

Turkey now Turkiye

noun--Turk(s); adjective--Turkish

United Arab Emirates

noun--Emirian(s), adjective--Emirian

West Bank

NA

Yemen

  • noun--Yemeni(s);
  • adjective--Yemeni North--Arab 90%, Afro-Arab (mixed) 10%;
  • South--almost all Arabs;
  • a few Indians, Somalis, and Europeans North--Muslim 100% (Sunni and Shia);
  • South--Sunni Muslim, some Christian and Hindu

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

noun--Bermudian(s); adjective--Bermudian

Canada

noun--Canadian(s); adjective--Canadian

Mexico

noun--Mexican(s); adjective--Mexican

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

noun--Frenchman(men), Frenchwoman(women); adjective--French

United States

noun--American(s); adjective--American

Oceania

25 entries

American Samoa

noun--American Samoan(s); adjective--American Samoan

Australia

noun--Australian(s); adjective--Australian

Cook Islands

noun--Cook Islander(s); adjective--Cook Islander

Fiji

noun--Fijian(s); adjective--Fijian

French Polynesia

noun--French Polynesian(s); adjective--French Polynesian

Guam

noun--Guamanian(s); adjective--Guamanian

Kiribati

noun--I-Kiribati (sing., pl.); adjective--I-Kiribati

Marshall Islands

noun--Marshallese; adjective--Marshallese

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

  • noun--Micronesian(s);
  • adjective--Micronesian;
  • Kosrae(s), Pohnpeian(s), Trukese, Yapese

Nauru

noun--Nauruan(s); adjective--Nauruan

New Caledonia

noun--New Caledonian(s); adjective--New Caledonian

New Zealand

noun--New Zealander(s); adjective--New Zealand

Niue

noun--Niuean(s); adjective--Niuean

Norfolk Island

noun--Norfolk Islander(s); adjective--Norfolk Islander(s)

Northern Mariana Islands

undetermined

Pacific Islands, Trust Territory of the now Palau

noun--Palauan(s); adjective--Palauan

Papua New Guinea

noun--Papua New Guinean(s); adjective--Papua New Guinean

Pitcairn Islands

noun--Pitcairn Islander(s); adjective--Pitcairn Islander

Western Samoa now Samoa

noun--Western Samoan(s); adjective--Western Samoan

Solomon Islands

noun--Solomon Islander(s); adjective--Solomon Islander

Tokelau

noun--Tokelauan(s); adjective--Tokelauan

Tonga

noun--Tongan(s); adjective--Tongan

Tuvalu

noun--Tuvaluans(s); adjective--Tuvaluan

Vanuatu

noun--Ni-Vanuatu (singular and plural); adjective--Ni-Vanuatu

Wallis and Futuna

noun--Wallisian(s), Futunan(s), or Wallis and Futuna Islanders; adjective--Wallisian, Futunan, or Wallis and Futuna Islander

South America

14 entries

Argentina

noun--Argentine(s); adjective--Argentine

Bolivia

noun--Bolivian(s); adjective Bolivian

Brazil

noun--Brazilian(s); adjective--Brazilian

Chile

noun--Chilean(s); adjective--Chilean

Colombia

noun--Colombian(s); adjective--Colombian

Ecuador

noun--Ecuadorian(s); adjective--Ecuadorian

Falkland Islands now Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

noun--Falkland Islander(s); adjective--Falkland Island

French Guiana

noun--French Guianese (sing., pl.); adjective--French Guiana

Guyana

noun--Guyanese (sing., pl.); adjective--Guyanese

Paraguay

noun--Paraguayan(s); adjective--Paraguayan

Peru

noun--Peruvian(s); adjective--Peruvian

Suriname

noun--Surinamer(s); adjective--Surinamese

Uruguay

noun--Uruguayan(s); adjective--Uruguayan

Venezuela

noun--Venezuelan(s); adjective--Venezuelan

Southeast Asia

15 entries

Brunei

noun--Bruneian(s); adjective--Bruneian

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

noun--Burmese; adjective--Burmese

Cambodia

noun--Cambodian(s); adjective--Cambodian

Christmas Island

noun--Christmas Islander(s), adjective--Christmas Island

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

noun--Cocos Islander(s); adjective--Cocos Islander(s)

Hong Kong

adjective--Hong Kong

Indonesia

noun--Indonesian(s); adjective--Indonesian

Laos

noun--Lao (sing., Lao or Laotian); adjective--Lao or Laotian

Macau

noun--Macanese (sing. and pl.); adjective--Macau

Malaysia

noun--Malaysian(s); adjective--Malaysian

Philippines

noun--Filipino(s); adjective--Philippine

Singapore

noun--Singaporean(s), adjective--Singapore

Taiwan

noun--Chinese (sing., pl.); adjective--Chinese

Thailand

noun--Thai (sing. and pl.); adjective--Thai

Vietnam

noun--Vietnamese (sing. and pl.); adjective--Vietnamese

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 1991, “Nationality”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/nationality/1991.

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