_GRUPPI_ETNICI_MONDIALI_PER_NAZIONE_(INGLESE)
_SPIEGAZIONE_DEL_TERMINE_(INGLESE)
AFGHANISTAN
PASHTUN 38%, TAJIK 25%, UZBEK 6%, HAZARA 19%, MINOR ETHNIC GROUPS (AIMAKS, TURKMEN, BALOCH, AND OTHERS)
ALBANIA
ALBANIAN 95%, GREEKS 3%, OTHER 2% (VLACHS, GYPSIES, SERBS, AND BULGARIANS) (1989 EST.)
ALGERIA
ARAB-BERBER 99%, EUROPEAN LESS THAN 1%
AMERICAN SAMOA
SAMOAN (POLYNESIAN) 89%, CAUCASIAN 2%, TONGAN 4%, OTHER 5%
ANDORRA
SPANISH 43%, ANDORRAN 33%, PORTUGUESE 11%, FRENCH 7%, OTHER 6% (1998)
ANGOLA
OVIMBUNDU 37%, KIMBUNDU 25%, BAKONGO 13%, MESTICO (MIXED EUROPEAN AND NATIVE AFRICAN) 2%, EUROPEAN 1%, OTHER 22%
ANGUILLA
BLACK
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
BLACK, BRITISH, PORTUGUESE, LEBANESE, SYRIAN
ARGENTINA
WHITE (MOSTLY SPANISH AND ITALIAN) 97%, MESTIZO, AMERINDIAN, OR OTHER NONWHITE GROUPS 3%
ARMENIA
ARMENIAN 93%, AZERI 3%, RUSSIAN 2%, OTHER (MOSTLY YEZIDI KURDS) 2% (1989)
ARUBA
MIXED WHITE/CARIBBEAN AMERINDIAN 80%
AUSTRALIA
CAUCASIAN 92%, ASIAN 7%, ABORIGINAL AND OTHER 1%
AUSTRIA
GERMAN 98%, CROATIAN, SLOVENE, OTHER (INCLUDES HUNGARIANS, CZECHS, SLOVAKS, ROMA)
AZERBAIJAN
AZERI 90%, DAGESTANI 3.2%, RUSSIAN 2.5%, ARMENIAN 2%, OTHER 2.3% (1998 EST.)
BAHAMAS, THE
BLACK 85%, WHITE 12%, ASIAN AND HISPANIC 3%
BAHRAIN
BAHRAINI 63%, ASIAN 19%, OTHER ARAB 10%, IRANIAN 8%
BANGLADESH
BENGALI 98%, BIHARIS 250,000, TRIBALS LESS THAN 1 MILLION
BARBADOS
BLACK 80%, WHITE 4%, OTHER 16%
BELARUS
BYELORUSSIAN 77.9%, RUSSIAN 13.2%, POLISH 4.1%, UKRAINIAN 2.9%, OTHER 1.9%
BELGIUM
FLEMING 58%, WALLOON 31%, MIXED OR OTHER 11%
BELIZE
MESTIZO 44.1%, CREOLE 31%, MAYA 9.2%, GARIFUNA 6.2%, OTHER 9.5%
BENIN
AFRICAN 99% (42 ETHNIC GROUPS, MOST IMPORTANT BEING FON, ADJA, YORUBA, BARIBA), EUROPEANS 5,500
BERMUDA
BLACK 58%, WHITE 36%, OTHER 6%
BHUTAN
BHOTE 50%, ETHNIC NEPALESE 35%, INDIGENOUS OR MIGRANT TRIBES 15%
BOLIVIA
QUECHUA 30%, AYMARA 25%, MESTIZO (MIXED WHITE AND AMERINDIAN ANCESTRY) 30%, WHITE 15%
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
SERB 31%, BOSNIAK 44%, CROAT 17%, YUGOSLAV 5.5%, OTHER 2.5% (1991)
BOTSWANA
BATSWANA 95%, KALANGA, BASARWA, AND KGALAGADI 4%, WHITE 1%
BRAZIL
WHITE (INCLUDES PORTUGUESE, GERMAN, ITALIAN, SPANISH, POLISH) 55%, MIXED WHITE AND BLACK 38%, BLACK 6%, OTHER (INCLUDES JAPANESE, ARAB, AMERINDIAN) 1%
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
BLACK 90%, WHITE, ASIAN
BRUNEI
MALAY 62%, CHINESE 15%, INDIGENOUS 6%, OTHER 17%
BULGARIA
BULGARIAN 83%, TURK 8.5%, ROMA 2.6%, MACEDONIA, ARMENIAN, TATAR, GAGAUZ, CIRCASSIAN, OTHERS (1998)
BURKINA FASO
MOSSI OVER 40%, GURUNSI, SENUFO, LOBI, BOBO, MANDE, FULANI
BURMA
BURMAN 68%, SHAN 9%, KAREN 7%, RAKHINE 4%, CHINESE 3%, MON 2%, INDIAN 2%, OTHER 5%
BURUNDI
HUTU (BANTU) 85%, TUTSI (HAMITIC) 14%, TWA (PYGMY) 1%, EUROPEANS 3,000, SOUTH ASIANS 2,000
CAMBODIA
KHMER 90%, VIETNAMESE 5%, CHINESE 1%, OTHER 4%
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%
CANADA
BRITISH ISLES ORIGIN 28%, FRENCH ORIGIN 23%, OTHER EUROPEAN 15%, AMERINDIAN 2%, OTHER, MOSTLY ASIAN, AFRICAN, ARAB 6%, MIXED BACKGROUND 26%
CAPE VERDE
CREOLE (MULATTO) 71%, AFRICAN 28%, EUROPEAN 1%
CAYMAN ISLANDS
MIXED 40%, WHITE 20%, BLACK 20%, EXPATRIATES OF VARIOUS ETHNIC GROUPS 20%
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
BAYA 34%, BANDA 27%, SARA 10%, MANDJIA 21%, MBOUM 4%, M'BAKA 4%, EUROPEANS 6,500 (INCLUDING 1,500 FRENCH)
CHAD
MUSLIMS, COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS "NORTHERNERS" OR "GORANE" (ARABS, TOUBOU, HADJERAI, FULBE, KOTOKO, KANEMBOU, BAGUIRMI, BOULALA, ZAGHAWA, AND MABA); NON-MUSLIMS, COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS "SOUTHERNERS" (SARA, NGAMBAYE, MBAYE, GOULAYE, MOUNDANG, MOUSSEI, MASSA) INCLUDING NONINDIGENOUS 150,000 (OF WHOM 1,000 ARE FRENCH)
CHILE
WHITE AND WHITE-AMERINDIAN 95%, AMERINDIAN 3%, OTHER 2%
CHINA
HAN CHINESE 91.9%, ZHUANG, UYGUR, HUI, YI, TIBETAN, MIAO, MANCHU, MONGOL, BUYI, KOREAN, AND OTHER NATIONALITIES 8.1%
CHRISTMAS ISLAND
CHINESE 61%, MALAY 25%, EUROPEAN 11%, OTHER 3%, NO INDIGENOUS POPULATION
COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS
EUROPEANS, COCOS MALAYS
COLOMBIA
MESTIZO 58%, WHITE 20%, MULATTO 14%, BLACK 4%, MIXED BLACK-AMERINDIAN 3%, AMERINDIAN 1%
COMOROS
ANTALOTE, CAFRE, MAKOA, OIMATSAHA, SAKALAVA
CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE
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
KONGO 48%, SANGHA 20%, M'BOCHI 12%, TEKE 17%, EUROPEANS NA%; NOTE - EUROPEANS ESTIMATED AT 8,500, MOSTLY FRENCH, BEFORE THE 1997 CIVIL WAR; MAY BE HALF OF THAT IN 1998, FOLLOWING THE WIDESPREAD DESTRUCTION OF FOREIGN BUSINESSES IN 1997
COOK ISLANDS
POLYNESIAN (FULL BLOOD) 81.3%, POLYNESIAN AND EUROPEAN 7.7%, POLYNESIAN AND NON-EUROPEAN 7.7%, EUROPEAN 2.4%, OTHER 0.9%
COSTA RICA
WHITE (INCLUDING MESTIZO) 94%, BLACK 3%, AMERINDIAN 1%, CHINESE 1%, OTHER 1%
COTE D'IVOIRE
BAOULE 23%, BETE 18%, SENOUFOU 15%, MALINKE 11%, AGNI, AFRICANS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES (MOSTLY BURKINABE AND MALIANS, ABOUT 3 MILLION), NON-AFRICANS 130,000 TO 330,000 (FRENCH 30,000 AND LEBANESE 100,000 TO 300,000)
CROATIA
CROAT 78.1%, SERB 12.2%, MUSLIM 0.9%, HUNGARIAN 0.5%, SLOVENIAN 0.5%, CZECH 0.4%, ALBANIAN 0.3%, MONTENEGRIN 0.3%, ROMA 0.2%, OTHERS 6.6% (1991)
CUBA
MULATTO 51%, WHITE 37%, BLACK 11%, CHINESE 1%
CYPRUS
GREEK 78% (99.5% OF THE GREEKS LIVE IN THE GREEK CYPRIOT AREA; 0.5% OF THE GREEKS LIVE IN THE TURKISH CYPRIOT AREA), TURKISH 18% (1.3% OF THE TURKS LIVE IN THE GREEK CYPRIOT AREA; 98.7% OF THE TURKS LIVE IN THE TURKISH CYPRIOT AREA), OTHER 4% (99.2% OF THE OTHER ETHNIC GROUPS LIVE IN THE GREEK CYPRIOT AREA; 0.8% OF THE OTHER ETHNIC GROUPS LIVE IN THE TURKISH CYPRIOT AREA)
CZECH REPUBLIC
CZECH 81.2%, MORAVIAN 13.2%, SLOVAK 3.1%, POLISH 0.6%, GERMAN 0.5%, SILESIAN 0.4%, ROMA 0.3%, HUNGARIAN 0.2%, OTHER 0.5% (MARCH 1991)
DENMARK
SCANDINAVIAN, INUIT, FAROESE, GERMAN
DJIBOUTI
SOMALI 60%, AFAR 35%, FRENCH, ARAB, ETHIOPIAN, AND ITALIAN 5%
DOMINICA
BLACK, CARIB AMERINDIAN
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
WHITE 16%, BLACK 11%, MIXED 73%
ECUADOR
MESTIZO (MIXED AMERINDIAN AND SPANISH) 65%, AMERINDIAN 25%, SPANISH AND OTHERS 7%, BLACK 3%
EGYPT
EASTERN HAMITIC STOCK (EGYPTIANS, BEDOUINS, AND BERBERS) 99%, GREEK, NUBIAN, ARMENIAN, OTHER EUROPEAN (PRIMARILY ITALIAN AND FRENCH) 1%
EL SALVADOR
MESTIZO 90%, AMERINDIAN 1%, WHITE 9%
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
BIOKO (PRIMARILY BUBI, SOME FERNANDINOS), RIO MUNI (PRIMARILY FANG), EUROPEANS LESS THAN 1,000, MOSTLY SPANISH
ERITREA
ETHNIC TIGRINYA 50%, TIGRE AND KUNAMA 40%, AFAR 4%, SAHO (RED SEA COAST DWELLERS) 3%
ESTONIA
ESTONIAN 65.1%, RUSSIAN 28.1%, UKRAINIAN 2.5%, BYELORUSSIAN 1.5%, FINN 1%, OTHER 1.8% (1998)
ETHIOPIA
OROMO 40%, AMHARA AND TIGRE 32%, SIDAMO 9%, SHANKELLA 6%, SOMALI 6%, AFAR 4%, GURAGE 2%, OTHER 1%
FALKLAND ISLANDS (ISLAS MALVINAS)
BRITISH
FAROE ISLANDS
SCANDINAVIAN
FIJI
FIJIAN 51% (PREDOMINANTLY MELANESIAN WITH A POLYNESIAN ADMIXTURE), INDIAN 44%, EUROPEAN, OTHER PACIFIC ISLANDERS, OVERSEAS CHINESE, AND OTHER 5% (1998 EST.)
FINLAND
FINN 93%, SWEDE 6%, LAPP 0.11%, ROMA 0.12%, TATAR 0.02%
FRANCE
CELTIC AND LATIN WITH TEUTONIC, SLAVIC, NORTH AFRICAN, INDOCHINESE, BASQUE MINORITIES
FRENCH GUIANA
BLACK OR MULATTO 66%, WHITE 12%, EAST INDIAN, CHINESE, AMERINDIAN 12%, OTHER 10%
FRENCH POLYNESIA
POLYNESIAN 78%, CHINESE 12%, LOCAL FRENCH 6%, METROPOLITAN FRENCH 4%
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
GAMBIA, THE
AFRICAN 99% (MANDINKA 42%, FULA 18%, WOLOF 16%, JOLA 10%, SERAHULI 9%, OTHER 4%), NON-AFRICAN 1%
GAZA STRIP
PALESTINIAN ARAB AND OTHER 99.4%, JEWISH 0.6%
GEORGIA
GEORGIAN 70.1%, ARMENIAN 8.1%, RUSSIAN 6.3%, AZERI 5.7%, OSSETIAN 3%, ABKHAZ 1.8%, OTHER 5%
GERMANY
GERMAN 91.5%, TURKISH 2.4%, OTHER 6.1% (MADE UP LARGELY OF SERBO-CROATIAN, ITALIAN, RUSSIAN, GREEK, POLISH, SPANISH)
GHANA
BLACK AFRICAN 99.8% (MAJOR TRIBES - AKAN 44%, MOSHI-DAGOMBA 16%, EWE 13%, GA 8%), EUROPEAN AND OTHER 0.2%
GIBRALTAR
ITALIAN, ENGLISH, MALTESE, PORTUGUESE, SPANISH
GREECE
GREEK 98%, OTHER 2%
GREENLAND
GREENLANDER 87% (INUIT AND GREENLAND-BORN WHITES), DANISH AND OTHERS 13%
GRENADA
BLACK 82% SOME SOUTH ASIANS (EAST INDIANS) AND EUROPEANS, TRACE ARAWAK/CARIB AMERINDIAN
GUADELOUPE
BLACK OR MULATTO 90%, WHITE 5%, EAST INDIAN, LEBANESE, CHINESE LESS THAN 5%
GUAM
CHAMORRO 47%, FILIPINO 25%, WHITE 10%, CHINESE, JAPANESE, KOREAN, AND OTHER 18%
GUATEMALA
MESTIZO (MIXED AMERINDIAN-SPANISH OR ASSIMILATED AMERINDIAN - IN LOCAL SPANISH CALLED LADINO), APPROXIMATELY 56%, AMERINDIAN OR PREDOMINANTLY AMERINDIAN, APPROXIMATELY 44%
GUERNSEY
UK AND NORMAN-FRENCH DESCENT
GUINEA
PEUHL 40%, MALINKE 30%, SOUSSOU 20%, SMALLER ETHNIC GROUPS 10%
GUINEA-BISSAU
AFRICAN 99% (BALANTA 30%, FULA 20%, MANJACA 14%, MANDINGA 13%, PAPEL 7%), EUROPEAN AND MULATTO LESS THAN 1%
GUYANA
EAST INDIAN 51%, BLACK 30%, MIXED 14%, AMERINDIAN 4%, WHITE AND CHINESE 1%
HAITI
BLACK 95%, MULATTO PLUS WHITE 5%
HOLY SEE (VATICAN CITY)
ITALIANS, SWISS, OTHER
HONDURAS
MESTIZO (MIXED AMERINDIAN AND EUROPEAN) 90%, AMERINDIAN 7%, BLACK 2%, WHITE 1%
HONG KONG
CHINESE 95%, OTHER 5%
HUNGARY
HUNGARIAN 89.9%, ROMA 4%, GERMAN 2.6%, SERB 2%, SLOVAK 0.8%, ROMANIAN 0.7%
ICELAND
HOMOGENEOUS MIXTURE OF DESCENDANTS OF NORWEGIANS AND CELTS
INDIA
INDO-ARYAN 72%, DRAVIDIAN 25%, MONGOLOID AND OTHER 3%
INDONESIA
JAVANESE 45%, SUNDANESE 14%, MADURESE 7.5%, COASTAL MALAYS 7.5%, OTHER 26%
IRAN
PERSIAN 51%, AZERI 24%, GILAKI AND MAZANDARANI 8%, KURD 7%, ARAB 3%, LUR 2%, BALOCH 2%, TURKMEN 2%, OTHER 1%
IRAQ
ARAB 75%-80%, KURDISH 15%-20%, TURKOMAN, ASSYRIAN OR OTHER 5%
IRELAND
CELTIC, ENGLISH
ISRAEL
JEWISH 80.1% (EUROPE/AMERICA-BORN 32.1%, ISRAEL-BORN 20.8%, AFRICA-BORN 14.6%, ASIA-BORN 12.6%), NON-JEWISH 19.9% (MOSTLY ARAB) (1996 EST.)
ITALY
ITALIAN (INCLUDES SMALL CLUSTERS OF GERMAN-, FRENCH-, AND SLOVENE-ITALIANS IN THE NORTH AND ALBANIAN-ITALIANS AND GREEK-ITALIANS IN THE SOUTH)
JAMAICA
BLACK 90.9%, EAST INDIAN 1.3%, WHITE 0.2%, CHINESE 0.2%, MIXED 7.3%, OTHER 0.1%
JAPAN
JAPANESE 99.4%, OTHER 0.6% (MOSTLY KOREAN)
JERSEY
UK AND NORMAN-FRENCH DESCENT
JORDAN
ARAB 98%, CIRCASSIAN 1%, ARMENIAN 1%
KAZAKHSTAN
KAZAKH (QAZAQ) 46%, RUSSIAN 34.7%, UKRAINIAN 4.9%, GERMAN 3.1%, UZBEK 2.3%, TATAR 1.9%, OTHER 7.1% (1996)
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%
KIRIBATI
MICRONESIAN
KOREA, NORTH
RACIALLY HOMOGENEOUS; THERE IS A SMALL CHINESE COMMUNITY AND A FEW ETHNIC JAPANESE
KOREA, SOUTH
HOMOGENEOUS (EXCEPT FOR ABOUT 20,000 CHINESE)
KUWAIT
KUWAITI 45%, OTHER ARAB 35%, SOUTH ASIAN 9%, IRANIAN 4%, OTHER 7%
KYRGYZSTAN
KIRGHIZ 52.4%, RUSSIAN 18%, UZBEK 12.9%, UKRAINIAN 2.5%, GERMAN 2.4%, OTHER 11.8%
LAOS
LAO LOUM (LOWLAND) 68%, LAO THEUNG (UPLAND) 22%, LAO SOUNG (HIGHLAND) INCLUDING THE HMONG ("MEO") AND THE YAO (MIEN) 9%, ETHNIC VIETNAMESE/CHINESE 1%
LATVIA
LATVIAN 56.5%, RUSSIAN 30.4%, BYELORUSSIAN 4.3%, UKRAINIAN 2.8%, POLISH 2.6%, OTHER 3.4%
LEBANON
ARAB 95%, ARMENIAN 4%, OTHER 1%
LESOTHO
SOTHO 99.7%, EUROPEANS, ASIANS, AND OTHER 0.3%,
LIBERIA
INDIGENOUS AFRICAN TRIBES 95% (INCLUDING KPELLE, BASSA, GIO, KRU, GREBO, MANO, KRAHN, GOLA, GBANDI, LOMA, KISSI, VAI, AND BELLA), AMERICO-LIBERIANS 2.5% (DESCENDANTS OF IMMIGRANTS FROM THE US WHO HAD BEEN SLAVES), CONGO PEOPLE 2.5% (DESCENDANTS OF IMMIGRANTS FROM THE CARIBBEAN WHO HAD BEEN SLAVES)
LIBYA
BERBER AND ARAB 97%, GREEKS, MALTESE, ITALIANS, EGYPTIANS, PAKISTANIS, TURKS, INDIANS, TUNISIANS
LIECHTENSTEIN
ALEMANNIC 87.5%, ITALIAN, TURKISH, AND OTHER 12.5%
LITHUANIA
LITHUANIAN 80.6%, RUSSIAN 8.7%, POLISH 7%, BYELORUSSIAN 1.6%, OTHER 2.1%
LUXEMBOURG
CELTIC BASE (WITH FRENCH AND GERMAN BLEND), PORTUGUESE, ITALIAN, AND EUROPEAN (GUEST AND WORKER RESIDENTS)
MACAU
CHINESE 95%, MACANESE (MIXED PORTUGUESE AND ASIAN ANCESTRY), PORTUGUESE, OTHER
MACEDONIA, THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF
MACEDONIAN 66.6%, ALBANIAN 22.7%, TURKISH 4%, ROMA 2.2%, SERB 2.1%, OTHER 2.4% (1994)
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, NYANJA, TUMBUKO, YAO, LOMWE, SENA, TONGA, NGONI, NGONDE, ASIAN, EUROPEAN
MALAYSIA
MALAY AND OTHER INDIGENOUS 58%, CHINESE 26%, INDIAN 7%, OTHERS 9%
MALDIVES
SOUTH INDIANS, SINHALESE, ARABS
MALI
MANDE 50% (BAMBARA, MALINKE, SONINKE), PEUL 17%, VOLTAIC 12%, SONGHAI 6%, TUAREG AND MOOR 10%, OTHER 5%
MALTA
MALTESE (DESCENDANTS OF ANCIENT CARTHAGINIANS AND PHOENICIANS, WITH STRONG ELEMENTS OF ITALIAN AND OTHER MEDITERRANEAN STOCK)
MAN, ISLE OF
MANX (NORSE-CELTIC DESCENT), BRITON
MARSHALL ISLANDS
MICRONESIAN
MARTINIQUE
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN-WHITE-INDIAN MIXTURE 90%, WHITE 5%, EAST INDIAN, LEBANESE, CHINESE LESS THAN 5%
MAURITANIA
MIXED MAUR/BLACK 40%, MAUR 30%, BLACK 30%
MAURITIUS
INDO-MAURITIAN 68%, CREOLE 27%, SINO-MAURITIAN 3%, FRANCO-MAURITIAN 2%
MAYOTTE
NA
MEXICO
MESTIZO (AMERINDIAN-SPANISH) 60%, AMERINDIAN OR PREDOMINANTLY AMERINDIAN 30%, WHITE 9%, OTHER 1%
MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STATES OF
NINE ETHNIC MICRONESIAN AND POLYNESIAN GROUPS
MOLDOVA
MOLDAVIAN/ROMANIAN 64.5%, UKRAINIAN 13.8%, RUSSIAN 13%, GAGAUZ 3.5%, JEWISH 1.5%, BULGARIAN 2%, OTHER 1.7% (1989 EST.)
MONACO
FRENCH 47%, MONEGASQUE 16%, ITALIAN 16%, OTHER 21%
MONGOLIA
MONGOL 90%, KAZAKH 4%, OTHER 6%
MONTSERRAT
BLACK, WHITE
MOROCCO
ARAB-BERBER 99.1%, OTHER 0.7%, JEWISH 0.2%
MOZAMBIQUE
INDIGENOUS TRIBAL GROUPS 99.66% (SHANGAAN, CHOKWE, MANYIKA, SENA, MAKUA, AND OTHERS), EUROPEANS 0.06%, EURO-AFRICANS 0.2%, INDIANS 0.08%
NAMIBIA
BLACK 87.5%, WHITE 6%, MIXED 6.5%
NAURU
NAURUAN 58%, OTHER PACIFIC ISLANDER 26%, CHINESE 8%, EUROPEAN 8%
NEPAL
NEWARS, INDIANS, TIBETANS, GURUNGS, MAGARS, TAMANGS, BHOTIAS, RAIS, LIMBUS, SHERPAS
NETHERLANDS
DUTCH 91%, MOROCCANS, TURKS, AND OTHER 9% (1999 EST.)
NETHERLANDS ANTILLES
MIXED BLACK 85%, CARIB AMERINDIAN, WHITE, EAST ASIAN
NEW CALEDONIA
MELANESIAN 42.5%, EUROPEAN 37.1%, WALLISIAN 8.4%, POLYNESIAN 3.8%, INDONESIAN 3.6%, VIETNAMESE 1.6%, OTHER 3%
NEW ZEALAND
NEW ZEALAND EUROPEAN 74.5%, MAORI 9.7%, OTHER EUROPEAN 4.6%, PACIFIC ISLANDER 3.8%, ASIAN AND OTHERS 7.4%
NICARAGUA
MESTIZO (MIXED AMERINDIAN AND WHITE) 69%, WHITE 17%, BLACK 9%, AMERINDIAN 5%
NIGER
HAUSA 56%, DJERMA 22%, FULA 8.5%, TUAREG 8%, BERI BERI (KANOURI) 4.3%, ARAB, TOUBOU, AND GOURMANTCHE 1.2%, ABOUT 1,200 FRENCH EXPATRIATES
NIGERIA
NIGERIA, WHICH IS AFRICA'S MOST POPULOUS COUNTRY, IS COMPOSED OF MORE THAN 250 ETHNIC GROUPS; THE FOLLOWING ARE THE MOST POPULOUS AND POLITICALLY INFLUENTIAL: HAUSA AND FULANI 29%, YORUBA 21%, IGBO (IBO) 18%, IJAW 10%, KANURI 4%, IBIBIO 3.5%, TIV 2.5%
NIUE
POLYNESIAN (WITH SOME 200 EUROPEANS, SAMOANS, AND TONGANS)
NORFOLK ISLAND
DESCENDANTS OF THE BOUNTY MUTINEERS, AUSTRALIAN, NEW ZEALANDER, POLYNESIANS
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS
CHAMORRO, CAROLINIANS AND OTHER MICRONESIANS, CAUCASIAN, JAPANESE, CHINESE, KOREAN
NORWAY
NORWEGIAN (NORDIC, ALPINE, BALTIC), LAPPS (SAMI) 20,000
NOTE
BOSNIAK HAS REPLACED MUSLIM AS AN ETHNIC TERM IN PART TO AVOID CONFUSION WITH THE RELIGIOUS TERM MUSLIM - AN ADHERENT OF ISLAM
OMAN
ARAB, BALUCHI, SOUTH ASIAN (INDIAN, PAKISTANI, SRI LANKAN, BANGLADESHI), AFRICAN
PAKISTAN
PUNJABI, SINDHI, PASHTUN (PATHAN), BALOCH, MUHAJIR (IMMIGRANTS FROM INDIA AT THE TIME OF PARTITION AND THEIR DESCENDANTS)
PALAU
PALAUANS ARE MICRONESIAN WITH MALAYAN AND MELANESIAN ADMIXTURES
PANAMA
MESTIZO (MIXED AMERINDIAN AND WHITE) 70%, AMERINDIAN AND MIXED (WEST INDIAN) 14%, WHITE 10%, AMERINDIAN 6%
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
MELANESIAN, PAPUAN, NEGRITO, MICRONESIAN, POLYNESIAN
PARAGUAY
MESTIZO (MIXED SPANISH AND AMERINDIAN) 95%
PERU
AMERINDIAN 45%, MESTIZO (MIXED AMERINDIAN AND WHITE) 37%, WHITE 15%, BLACK, JAPANESE, CHINESE, AND OTHER 3%
PHILIPPINES
CHRISTIAN MALAY 91.5%, MUSLIM MALAY 4%, CHINESE 1.5%, OTHER 3%
PITCAIRN ISLANDS
DESCENDANTS OF THE BOUNTY MUTINEERS AND THEIR TAHITIAN WIVES
POLAND
POLISH 97.6%, GERMAN 1.3%, UKRAINIAN 0.6%, BYELORUSSIAN 0.5% (1990 EST.)
PORTUGAL
HOMOGENEOUS MEDITERRANEAN STOCK; CITIZENS OF BLACK AFRICAN DESCENT WHO IMMIGRATED TO MAINLAND DURING DECOLONIZATION NUMBER LESS THAN 100,000
PUERTO RICO
NA
QATAR
ARAB 40%, PAKISTANI 18%, INDIAN 18%, IRANIAN 10%, OTHER 14%
REUNION
FRENCH, AFRICAN, MALAGASY, CHINESE, PAKISTANI, INDIAN
ROMANIA
ROMANIAN 89.5%, HUNGARIAN 7.1%, ROMA 1.8%, GERMAN 0.5%, UKRAINIAN 0.3%, OTHER 0.8% (1992)
RUSSIA
RUSSIAN 81.5%, TATAR 3.8%, UKRAINIAN 3%, CHUVASH 1.2%, BASHKIR 0.9%, BYELORUSSIAN 0.8%, MOLDAVIAN 0.7%, OTHER 8.1%
RWANDA
HUTU 84%, TUTSI 15%, TWA (PYGMOID) 1%
SAINT HELENA
AFRICAN DESCENT, WHITE
SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS
PREDOMINANTLY BLACK SOME BRITISH, PORTUGUESE, AND LEBANESE
SAINT LUCIA
BLACK 90%, MIXED 6%, EAST INDIAN 3%, WHITE 1%
SAINT PIERRE AND MIQUELON
BASQUES AND BRETONS (FRENCH FISHERMEN)
SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
BLACK 66%, MIXED 19%, EAST INDIAN 6%, CARIB AMERINDIAN 2%
SAMOA
SAMOAN 92.6%, EURONESIANS 7% (PERSONS OF EUROPEAN AND POLYNESIAN BLOOD), EUROPEANS 0.4%
SAN MARINO
SAMMARINESE, ITALIAN
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)
SAUDI ARABIA
ARAB 90%, AFRO-ASIAN 10%
SENEGAL
WOLOF 43.3%, PULAR 23.8%, SERER 14.7%, JOLA 3.7%, MANDINKA 3%, SONINKE 1.1%, EUROPEAN AND LEBANESE 1%, OTHER 9.4%
SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO
SERB 62.6%, ALBANIAN 16.5%, MONTENEGRIN 5%, YUGOSLAV 3.4%, HUNGARIAN 3.3%, OTHER 9.2% (1991)
SEYCHELLES
SEYCHELLOIS (MIXTURE OF ASIANS, AFRICANS, EUROPEANS)
SIERRA LEONE
20 NATIVE AFRICAN TRIBES 90% (TEMNE 30%, MENDE 30%, OTHER 30%), CREOLE 10% (DESCENDANTS OF FREED JAMAICAN SLAVES WHO WERE SETTLED IN THE FREETOWN AREA IN THE LATE-EIGHTEENTH CENTURY), REFUGEES FROM LIBERIA'S RECENT CIVIL WAR, SMALL NUMBERS OF EUROPEANS, LEBANESE, PAKISTANIS, AND INDIANS
SINGAPORE
CHINESE 77%, MALAY 14%, INDIAN 7.6%, OTHER 1.4%
SLOVAKIA
SLOVAK 85.7%, HUNGARIAN 10.6%, GYPSY 1.6% (THE 1992 CENSUS FIGURES UNDERREPORT THE GYPSY/ROMANY COMMUNITY, WHICH IS ABOUT 500,000), CZECH, MORAVIAN, SILESIAN 1.1%, RUTHENIAN AND UKRAINIAN 0.6%, GERMAN 0.1%, POLISH 0.1%, OTHER 0.2% (1996)
SLOVENIA
SLOVENE 88%, CROAT 3%, SERB 2%, BOSNIAK 1%, YUGOSLAV 0.6%, HUNGARIAN 0.4%, OTHER 5% (1991)
SOLOMON ISLANDS
MELANESIAN 93%, POLYNESIAN 4%, MICRONESIAN 1.5%, EUROPEAN 0.8%, CHINESE 0.3%, OTHER 0.4%
SOMALIA
SOMALI 85%, BANTU, ARABS 30,000
SOUTH AFRICA
BLACK 75.2%, WHITE 13.6%, COLORED 8.6%, INDIAN 2.6%
SPAIN
COMPOSITE OF MEDITERRANEAN AND NORDIC TYPES
SRI LANKA
SINHALESE 74%, TAMIL 18%, MOOR 7%, BURGHER, MALAY, AND VEDDA 1%
SUDAN
BLACK 52%, ARAB 39%, BEJA 6%, FOREIGNERS 2%, OTHER 1%
SURINAME
HINDUSTANI (ALSO KNOWN LOCALLY AS "EAST INDIANS"; THEIR ANCESTORS EMIGRATED FROM NORTHERN INDIA IN THE LATTER PART OF THE 19TH CENTURY) 37%, CREOLE (MIXED WHITE AND BLACK) 31%, JAVANESE 15%, "MAROONS" (THEIR AFRICAN ANCESTORS WERE BROUGHT TO THE COUNTRY IN THE 17TH AND 18TH CENTURIES AS SLAVES AND ESCAPED TO THE INTERIOR) 10%, AMERINDIAN 2%, CHINESE 2%, WHITE 1%, OTHER 2%
SVALBARD
RUSSIAN AND UKRAINIAN 62%, NORWEGIAN 38%, OTHER NEGL% (1994)
SWAZILAND
AFRICAN 97%, EUROPEAN 3%
SWEDEN
INDIGENOUS POPULATION: SWEDES AND FINNISH AND LAPP (SAMI) MINORITIES; FOREIGN-BORN OR FIRST-GENERATION IMMIGRANTS: FINNS, YUGOSLAVS, DANES, NORWEGIANS, GREEKS, TURKS
SWITZERLAND
GERMAN 65%, FRENCH 18%, ITALIAN 10%, ROMANSCH 1%, OTHER 6%
SYRIA
ARAB 90.3%, KURDS, ARMENIANS, AND OTHER 9.7%
TAIWAN
TAIWANESE (INCLUDING HAKKA) 84%, MAINLAND CHINESE 14%, ABORIGINE 2%  [FIELD LISTING] [THE WORLD FACTBOOK
TAJIKISTAN
TAJIK 64.9%, UZBEK 25%, RUSSIAN 3.5% (DECLINING BECAUSE OF EMIGRATION), OTHER 6.6%
TANZANIA
MAINLAND - NATIVE AFRICAN 99% (OF WHICH 95% ARE BANTU CONSISTING OF MORE THAN 130 TRIBES), OTHER 1% (CONSISTING OF ASIAN, EUROPEAN, AND ARAB); ZANZIBAR - ARAB, NATIVE AFRICAN, MIXED ARAB AND NATIVE AFRICAN
THAILAND
THAI 75%, CHINESE 14%, OTHER 11%
TOGO
NATIVE AFRICAN (37 TRIBES; LARGEST AND MOST IMPORTANT ARE EWE, MINA, AND KABRE) 99%, EUROPEAN AND SYRIAN-LEBANESE LESS THAN 1%
TOKELAU
POLYNESIAN
TONGA
POLYNESIAN, EUROPEANS ABOUT 300
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
BLACK 39.5%, EAST INDIAN (A LOCAL TERM - PRIMARILY IMMIGRANTS FROM NORTHERN INDIA) 40.3%, MIXED 18.4%, WHITE 0.6%, CHINESE AND OTHER 1.2%
TUNISIA
ARAB 98%, EUROPEAN 1%, JEWISH AND OTHER 1%
TURKEY
TURKISH 80%, KURDISH 20%
TURKMENISTAN
TURKMEN 77%, UZBEK 9.2%, RUSSIAN 6.7%, KAZAKH 2%, OTHER 5.1% (1995)
TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS
BLACK
TUVALU
POLYNESIAN 96%
UGANDA
BAGANDA 17%, KARAMOJONG 12%, BASOGO 8%, ITESO 8%, LANGI 6%, RWANDA 6%, BAGISU 5%, ACHOLI 4%, LUGBARA 4%, BUNYORO 3%, BATOBO 3%, NON-AFRICAN (EUROPEAN, ASIAN, ARAB) 1%, OTHER 23%
UKRAINE
UKRAINIAN 73%, RUSSIAN 22%, JEWISH 1%, OTHER 4%
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
EMIRI 19%, OTHER ARAB AND IRANIAN 23%, SOUTH ASIAN 50%, OTHER EXPATRIATES (INCLUDES WESTERNERS AND EAST ASIANS) 8% (1982)
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%
UNITED STATES
WHITE 83.5%, BLACK 12.4%, ASIAN 3.3%, AMERINDIAN 0.8% (1992)
URUGUAY
WHITE 88%, MESTIZO 8%, BLACK 4%, AMERINDIAN, PRACTICALLY NONEXISTENT
UZBEKISTAN
UZBEK 80%, RUSSIAN 5.5%, TAJIK 5%, KAZAKH 3%, KARAKALPAK 2.5%, TATAR 1.5%, OTHER 2.5% (1996 EST.)
VANUATU
INDIGENOUS MELANESIAN 94%, FRENCH 4%, VIETNAMESE, CHINESE, PACIFIC ISLANDERS
VENEZUELA
SPANISH, ITALIAN, PORTUGUESE, ARAB, GERMAN, AFRICAN, INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
VIETNAM
VIETNAMESE 85%-90%, CHINESE 3%, MUONG, TAI, MEO, KHMER, MAN, CHAM
VIRGIN ISLANDS
BLACK 80%, WHITE 15%, OTHER 5%
WALLIS AND FUTUNA
POLYNESIAN
WEST BANK
PALESTINIAN ARAB AND OTHER 83%, JEWISH 17%
WESTERN SAHARA
ARAB, BERBER
YEMEN
PREDOMINANTLY ARAB; BUT ALSO AFRO-ARAB, SOUTH ASIANS, EUROPEANS
ZAMBIA
AFRICAN 98.7%, EUROPEAN 1.1%, OTHER 0.2%
ZIMBABWE
AFRICAN 98% (SHONA 71%, NDEBELE 16%, OTHER 11%), WHITE 1%, MIXED AND ASIAN 1%