The CIA World Factbook Edition 2021 People and Society

Nationality In 35 editions of 36.

Nationality was published in 35 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2025. The 2021 edition carries it in 232 entries, in its People and Society section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2021 edition
232
the first edition with it
1990
the latest edition with it
2025

Published as “Nationality” (1990 to 2025).

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Africa

55 entries

Algeria

noun:
Algerian(s)
adjective:
Algerian

Angola

noun:
Angolan(s)
adjective:
Angolan

Benin

noun:
Beninese (singular and plural)
adjective:
Beninese

Botswana

noun:
Motswana (singular), Batswana (plural)
adjective:
Motswana (singular), Batswana (plural)

Burkina Faso

noun:
Burkinabe (singular and plural)
adjective:
Burkinabe

Burundi

noun:
Burundian(s)
adjective:
Burundian

Cabo Verde

noun:
Cabo Verdean(s)
adjective:
Cabo 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

Congo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo

noun:
Congolese (singular and plural)
adjective:
Congolese or Congo

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

noun:
Congolese (singular and plural)
adjective:
Congolese or Congo

Cote d'Ivoire

noun:
Ivoirian(s)
adjective:
Ivoirian

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

Eritrea

noun:
Eritrean(s)
adjective:
Eritrean

Eswatini

noun:
  • liSwati (singular),
  • emaSwati (plural);
  • note - former term,
  • Swazi(s),
  • still used among English speakers
adjective:
  • Swati;
  • note - former term,
  • Swazi,
  • still used among English speakers

Ethiopia

noun:
Ethiopian(s)
adjective:
Ethiopian

Gabon

noun:
Gabonese (singular and plural)
adjective:
Gabonese

Gambia, The now The Gambia

noun:
Gambian(s)
adjective:
Gambian

Ghana

noun:
Ghanaian(s)
adjective:
Ghanaian

Guinea

noun:
Guinean(s)
adjective:
Guinean

Guinea-Bissau

noun:
Bissau-Guinean(s)
adjective:
Bissau-Guinean

Kenya

noun:
Kenyan(s)
adjective:
Kenyan

Lesotho

noun:
Mosotho (singular), Basotho (plural)
adjective:
Basotho

Liberia

noun:
Liberian(s)
adjective:
Liberian

Libya

noun:
Libyan(s)
adjective:
Libyan

Madagascar

noun:
Malagasy (singular and plural)
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

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

Rwanda

noun:
Rwandan(s)
adjective:
Rwandan

Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

noun:
Saint Helenian(s)
adjective:
Saint Helenian

note: referred to locally as "Saints"

Sao Tome and Principe

noun:
Sao Tomean(s)
adjective:
Sao Tomean

Senegal

noun:
Senegalese (singular and plural)
adjective:
Senegalese

Seychelles

noun:
Seychellois (singular and plural)
adjective:
Seychellois

Sierra Leone

noun:
Sierra Leonean(s)
adjective:
Sierra Leonean

Somalia

noun:
Somali(s)
adjective:
Somali

South Africa

noun:
South African(s)
adjective:
South African

South Sudan

noun:
South Sudanese (singular and plural)
adjective:
South Sudanese

Sudan

noun:
Sudanese (singular and plural)
adjective:
Sudanese

Tanzania

noun:
Tanzanian(s)
adjective:
Tanzanian

Togo

noun:
Togolese (singular and plural)
adjective:
Togolese

Tunisia

noun:
Tunisian(s)
adjective:
Tunisian

Uganda

noun:
Ugandan(s)
adjective:
Ugandan

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

22 entries

Afghanistan

noun:
Afghan(s)
adjective:
Afghan

Armenia

noun:
Armenian(s)
adjective:
Armenian

Azerbaijan

noun:
Azerbaijani(s)
adjective:
Azerbaijani

Bangladesh

noun:
Bangladeshi(s)
adjective:
Bangladeshi

Bhutan

noun:
Bhutanese (singular and plural)
adjective:
Bhutanese

China

noun:
Chinese (singular and plural)
adjective:
Chinese

Georgia

noun:
Georgian(s)
adjective:
Georgian

India

noun:
Indian(s)
adjective:
Indian

Japan

noun:
Japanese (singular and plural)
adjective:
Japanese

Kazakhstan

noun:
Kazakhstani(s)
adjective:
Kazakhstani

Korea, North now North Korea

noun:
Korean(s)
adjective:
Korean

Korea, South now South Korea

noun:
Korean(s)
adjective:
Korean

Kyrgyzstan

noun:
Kyrgyzstani(s)
adjective:
Kyrgyzstani

Maldives

noun:
Maldivian(s)
adjective:
Maldivian

Mongolia

noun:
Mongolian(s)
adjective:
Mongolian

Nepal

noun:
Nepali (singular and plural)
adjective:
Nepali

Pakistan

noun:
Pakistani(s)
adjective:
Pakistani

Russia

noun:
Russian(s)
adjective:
Russian

Sri Lanka

noun:
Sri Lankan(s)
adjective:
Sri Lankan

Tajikistan

noun:
Tajikistani(s)
adjective:
Tajikistani

Turkmenistan

noun:
Turkmenistani(s)
adjective:
Turkmenistani

Uzbekistan

noun:
Uzbekistani
adjective:
Uzbekistani

Central America and the Caribbean

29 entries

Anguilla

noun:
Anguillan(s)
adjective:
Anguillan

Antigua and Barbuda

noun:
Antiguan(s), Barbudan(s)
adjective:
Antiguan, Barbudan

Aruba

noun:
Aruban(s)
adjective:
Aruban; Dutch

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

noun:
Bahamian(s)
adjective:
Bahamian

Barbados

noun:
Barbadian(s) or Bajan (colloquial)
adjective:
Barbadian or Bajan (colloquial)

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

Curacao

noun:
Curacaoan
adjective:
Curacaoan; Dutch

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

Guatemala

noun:
Guatemalan(s)
adjective:
Guatemalan

Haiti

noun:
Haitian(s)
adjective:
Haitian

Honduras

noun:
Honduran(s)
adjective:
Honduran

Jamaica

noun:
Jamaican(s)
adjective:
Jamaican

Montserrat

noun:
Montserratian(s)
adjective:
Montserratian

Nicaragua

noun:
Nicaraguan(s)
adjective:
Nicaraguan

Panama

noun:
Panamanian(s)
adjective:
Panamanian

Puerto Rico

noun:
Puerto Rican(s) (US citizens)
adjective:
Puerto Rican

Saint Kitts and Nevis

noun:
Kittitian(s), Nevisian(s)
adjective:
Kittitian, Nevisian

Saint Lucia

noun:
Saint Lucian(s)
adjective:
Saint Lucian

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

noun:
Saint Vincentian(s) or Vincentian(s)
adjective:
Saint Vincentian or Vincentian

Trinidad and Tobago

noun:
Trinidadian(s), Tobagonian(s)
adjective:
Trinidadian, Tobagonian

note: Trinbagonian is used on occasion to describe a citizen of the country without specifying the island of origin

Turks and Caicos Islands

noun:
none
adjective:
none

Virgin Islands

noun:
Virgin Islander(s) (US citizens)
adjective:
Virgin Islander

Europe

48 entries

Albania

noun:
Albanian(s)
adjective:
Albanian

Andorra

noun:
Andorran(s)
adjective:
Andorran

Austria

noun:
Austrian(s)
adjective:
Austrian

Belarus

noun:
Belarusian(s)
adjective:
Belarusian

Belgium

noun:
Belgian(s)
adjective:
Belgian

Bosnia and Herzegovina

noun:
Bosnian(s), Herzegovinian(s)
adjective:
Bosnian, Herzegovinian

Bulgaria

noun:
Bulgarian(s)
adjective:
Bulgarian

Croatia

noun:
Croat(s), Croatian(s)
adjective:
Croatian

note: the French designation of "Croate" to Croatian mercenaries in the 17th century eventually became "Cravate" and later came to be applied to the soldiers' scarves - the cravat; Croatia celebrates Cravat Day every 18 October

Czechia

noun:
Czech(s)
adjective:
Czech

Denmark

noun:
Dane(s)
adjective:
Danish

Estonia

noun:
Estonian(s)
adjective:
Estonian

Faroe Islands

noun:
Faroese (singular and plural)
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(s)
adjective:
Gibraltar

Greece

noun:
Greek(s)
adjective:
Greek

Guernsey

noun:
Channel Islander(s)
adjective:
Channel Islander

Holy See (Vatican City)

noun:
none
adjective:
none

Hungary

noun:
Hungarian(s)
adjective:
Hungarian

Ireland

noun:
  • Irishman(men),
  • Irishwoman(women),
  • Irish (collective plural)
adjective:
Irish

Isle of Man

noun:
Manxman(men), Manxwoman(women)
adjective:
Manx

Italy

noun:
Italian(s)
adjective:
Italian

Jersey

noun:
Channel Islander(s)
adjective:
Channel Islander

Kosovo

noun:
Kosovan
adjective:
Kosovan

note: Kosovo, a neutral term, is sometimes also used as a noun or adjective as in Kosovo Albanian, Kosovo Serb, Kosovo minority, or Kosovo citizen

Latvia

noun:
Latvian(s)
adjective:
Latvian

Liechtenstein

noun:
Liechtensteiner(s)
adjective:
Liechtenstein

Lithuania

noun:
Lithuanian(s)
adjective:
Lithuanian

Luxembourg

noun:
Luxembourger(s)
adjective:
Luxembourg

Malta

noun:
Maltese (singular and plural)
adjective:
Maltese

Moldova

noun:
Moldovan(s)
adjective:
Moldovan

Monaco

noun:
Monegasque(s) or Monacan(s)
adjective:
Monegasque or Monacan

Montenegro

noun:
Montenegrin(s)
adjective:
Montenegrin

Netherlands

noun:
Dutchman(men), Dutchwoman(women)
adjective:
Dutch

North Macedonia

noun:
Macedonian(s)
adjective:
Macedonian

Norway

noun:
Norwegian(s)
adjective:
Norwegian

Poland

noun:
Pole(s)
adjective:
Polish

Portugal

noun:
Portuguese (singular and plural)
adjective:
Portuguese

Romania

noun:
Romanian(s)
adjective:
Romanian

San Marino

noun:
Sammarinese (singular and plural)
adjective:
Sammarinese

Serbia

noun:
Serb(s)
adjective:
Serbian

Slovakia

noun:
Slovak(s)
adjective:
Slovak

Slovenia

noun:
Slovene(s)
adjective:
Slovenian

Spain

noun:
Spaniard(s)
adjective:
Spanish

Sweden

noun:
Swede(s)
adjective:
Swedish

Switzerland

noun:
Swiss (singular and plural)
adjective:
Swiss

Ukraine

noun:
Ukrainian(s)
adjective:
Ukrainian

United Kingdom

noun:
Briton(s), British (collective plural)
adjective:
British

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

noun:
Bahraini(s)
adjective:
Bahraini

Cyprus

noun:
Cypriot(s)
adjective:
Cypriot

Gaza Strip

noun:
NA
adjective:
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 (singular and plural)
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:
Emirati(s)
adjective:
Emirati

West Bank

noun:
NA
adjective:
NA

Yemen

noun:
Yemeni(s)
adjective:
Yemeni

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) (US nationals)
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) (US citizens)
adjective:
Guamanian

Kiribati

noun:
I-Kiribati (singular and plural)
adjective:
I-Kiribati

Marshall Islands

noun:
Marshallese (singular and plural)
adjective:
Marshallese

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

noun:
Micronesian(s)
adjective:
  • Micronesian;
  • Chuukese,
  • Kosraen(s),
  • Pohnpeian(s),
  • 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

noun:
NA (US citizens)
adjective:
NA

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

Samoa

noun:
Samoan(s)
adjective:
Samoan

Solomon Islands

noun:
Solomon Islander(s)
adjective:
Solomon Islander

Tokelau

noun:
Tokelauan(s)
adjective:
Tokelauan

Tonga

noun:
Tongan(s)
adjective:
Tongan

Tuvalu

noun:
Tuvaluan(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

13 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 (Islas Malvinas)

noun:
Falkland Islander(s)
adjective:
Falkland Island

Guyana

noun:
Guyanese (singular and plural)
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

16 entries

Brunei

noun:
Bruneian(s)
adjective:
Bruneian

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

noun:
Burmese (singular and plural)
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

Hong Kong

noun:
Chinese/Hong Konger
adjective:
Chinese/Hong Kong

Indonesia

noun:
Indonesian(s)
adjective:
Indonesian

Laos

noun:
Lao(s) or Laotian(s)
adjective:
Lao or Laotian

Macau

noun:
Chinese
adjective:
Chinese

Malaysia

noun:
Malaysian(s)
adjective:
Malaysian

Philippines

noun:
Filipino(s)
adjective:
Philippine

Singapore

noun:
Singaporean(s)
adjective:
Singapore

Taiwan

noun:
Taiwan (singular and plural)
adjective:
Taiwan (or Taiwanese)

note: example - he or she is from Taiwan; they are from Taiwan

Thailand

noun:
Thai (singular and plural)
adjective:
Thai

Timor-Leste

noun:
Timorese
adjective:
Timorese

Vietnam

noun:
Vietnamese (singular and plural)
adjective:
Vietnamese

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2021, “Nationality”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/nationality/2021.

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