Country ranking for field: ethnic groups 2001

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This entry provides an ordered listing of ethnic groups starting with the largest and normally includes the percent of total population.

1	Sierra Leone	20
2	Afghanistan	Pashtun 38% Tajik 25% Hazara 19% minor ethnic groups
3	Papua New Guinea	Melanesian Papuan Negrito Micronesian Polynesian
4	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
5	Niue	Polynesian
6	Norfolk Island	descendants of the Bounty mutineers Australian New Zealander Polynesians
7	North Korea	racially homogeneous; there is a small Chinese community and a few ethnic Japanese
8	Northern Mariana Islands	Chamorro Carolinians and other Micronesians Caucasian Japanese Chinese Korean
9	Norway	Norwegian
10	Oman	Arab Baluchi South Asian
11	Pakistan	Punjabi Sindhi Pashtun
12	Palau	Palauan
13	Panama	mestizo
14	Peru	Amerindian 45% mestizo
15	Paraguay	mestizo
16	Nicaragua	mestizo
17	Philippines	Christian Malay 91	.5% Muslim Malay 4% Chinese 1
18	Pitcairn Islands	descendants of the Bounty mutineers and their Tahitian wives
19	Poland	Polish 97	.6% German 1
20	Portugal	homogeneous Mediterranean stock; citizens of black African descent who immigrated to mainland during decolonization number less than 100000
21	Puerto Rico	white
22	Qatar	Arab 40% Pakistani 18% Indian 18% Iranian 10% other 14%
23	Romania	Romanian 89	.5% Hungarian 7
24	Russia	Russian 81	.5% Tatar 3
25	Rwanda	Hutu 84% Tutsi 15% Twa
26	Réunion	French African Malagasy Chinese Pakistani Indian
27	Niger	Hausa 56% Djerma 22% Fula 8	.5% Tuareg 8% Beri Beri
28	New Zealand	New Zealand European 74	.5% Maori 9
29	Saint Kitts and Nevis	predominantly black some British Portuguese and Lebanese
30	Mauritania	mixed Maur/black 40% Maur 30% black 30%
31	Luxembourg	Celtic base
32	Macau	Chinese 95% Macanese
33	Macedonia	Macedonian 66	.6% Albanian 22
34	Madagascar	Malayo-Indonesian
35	Malawi	Chewa Nyanja Tumbuko Yao Lomwe Sena Tonga Ngoni Ngonde Asian European
36	Malaysia	Malay and other indigenous 58% Chinese 27% Indian 8% others 7%
37	Maldives	South Indians Sinhalese Arabs
38	Mali	Mande 50%
39	Malta	Maltese
40	Marshall Islands	Micronesian
41	Martinique	African and African-white-Indian mixture 90% white 5% East Indian Chinese less than 5%
42	Mauritius	Indo-Mauritian 68% Creole 27% Sino-Mauritian 3% Franco-Mauritian 2%
43	New Caledonia	Melanesian 42	.5% European 37
44	Mayotte	NA
45	Mexico	mestizo
46	Monaco	French 47% Monegasque 16% Italian 16% other 21%
47	Mongolia	Mongol
48	Montserrat	black white
49	Morocco	Arab-Berber 99	.1% other 0
50	Mozambique	indigenous tribal groups 99	.66%
51	Myanmar	Burman 68% Shan 9% Karen 7% Rakhine 4% Chinese 3% Mon 2% Indian 2% other 5%
52	Nauru	Nauruan 58% other Pacific Islander 26% Chinese 8% European 8%
53	Nepal	Brahman Chetri Newar Gurung Magar Tamang Rai Limbu Sherpa Tharu and others
54	Netherlands Antilles	mixed black 85% Carib Amerindian white East Asian
55	Saint Helena	African descent 50% white 25% Chinese 25%
56	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	black 66% mixed 19% East Indian 6% Carib Amerindian 2%
57	Saint Lucia	black 90% mixed 6% East Indian 3% white 1%
58	Uganda	Baganda 17% Karamojong 12% Basogo 8% Iteso 8% Langi 6% Rwanda 6% Bagisu 5% Acholi 4% Lugbara 4% Bunyoro 3% Batoro 3% non-African
59	The Gambia	African 99%
60	The Netherlands	Dutch 91% Moroccans Turks and other 9%
61	Togo	native African
62	Tokelau	Polynesian
63	Tonga	Polynesian Europeans about 300
64	Trinidad and Tobago	black 39	.5% East Indian
65	Tunisia	Arab 98% European 1% Jewish and other 1%
66	Turkey	Turkish 80% Kurdish 20%
67	Turkmenistan	Turkmen 77% Uzbek 9	.2% Russian 6
68	Turks and Caicos Islands	black
69	Tuvalu	Polynesian 96%
70	Ukraine	Ukrainian 73% Russian 22% Jewish 1% other 4%
71	Thailand	Thai 75% Chinese 14% other 11%
72	United Kingdom	English 81	.5% Scottish 9
73	Uruguay	white 88% mestizo 8% black 4% Amerindian practically nonexistent
74	Uzbekistan	Uzbek 80% Russian 5	.5% Tajik 5% Kazakh 3% Karakalpak 2
75	Vanuatu	indigenous Melanesian 94% French 4% Vietnamese Chinese Pacific Islanders
76	Venezuela	Spanish Italian Portuguese Arab German African indigenous people
77	Vietnam	Vietnamese 85%-90% Chinese Hmong Thai Khmer Cham mountain groups
78	Wallis and Futuna	Polynesian
79	West Bank	Palestinian Arab and other 83% Jewish 17%
80	Western Sahara	Arab Berber
81	Yemen	predominantly Arab; but also Afro-Arab South Asians Europeans
82	Zambia	African 98	.7% European 1
83	The Bahamas	black 85% white 12% Asian and Hispanic 3%
84	Tanzania	mainland - native African 99%
85	Liechtenstein	Alemannic 87	.5% Italian Turkish and other 12
86	South Africa	black 75	.2% white 13
87	Saint-Pierre and Miquelon	Basques and Bretons
88	Samoa	Samoan 92	.6% Euronesians 7%
89	San Marino	Sammarinese Italian
90	Saudi Arabia	Arab 90% Afro-Asian 10%
91	Senegal	Wolof 43	.3% Pular 23
92	Seychelles	Seychellois
93	Singapore	Chinese 76	.7% Malay 14% Indian 7
94	Slovakia	Slovak 85	.7% Hungarian 10
95	Slovenia	Slovene 88% Croat 3% Serb 2% Bosniak 1% Yugoslav 0	.6% Hungarian 0
96	Solomon Islands	Melanesian 93% Polynesian 4% Micronesian 1	.5% European 0
97	Somalia	Somali 85% Bantu Arabs 30000
98	South Korea	homogeneous
99	Tajikistan	Tajik 64	.9% Uzbek 25% Russian 3
100	Spain	composite of Mediterranean and Nordic types
101	Sri Lanka	Sinhalese 74% Tamil 18% Moor 7% Burgher Malay and Vedda 1%
102	Sudan	black 52% Arab 39% Beja 6% foreigners 2% other 1%
103	Suriname	Hindustani
104	Svalbard	Norwegian 55	.4% Russian and Ukrainian 44
105	Swaziland	African 97% European 3%
106	Sweden	indigenous population: Swedes and Finnish and Sami minorities; foreign-born or first-generation immigrants: Finns Yugoslavs Danes Norwegians Greeks Turks
107	Switzerland	German 65% French 18% Italian 10% Romansch 1% other 6%
108	Syria	Arab 90	.3% Kurds Armenians and other 9
109	São Tomé and Príncipe	mestico angolares
110	Taiwan	Taiwanese
111	Lithuania	Lithuanian 80	.6% Russian 8
112	Libya	Berber and Arab 97% Greeks Maltese Italians Egyptians Pakistanis Turks Indians Tunisians
113	Algeria	Arab-Berber 99% European less than 1%
114	Cook Islands	Polynesian
115	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%
116	Canada	British Isles origin 28% French origin 23% other European 15% Amerindian 2% other mostly Asian African Arab 6% mixed background 26%
117	Cayman Islands	mixed 40% white 20% black 20% expatriates of various ethnic groups 20%
118	Central African Republic	Baya 34% Banda 27% Sara 10% Mandjia 21% Mboum 4% M'Baka 4% Europeans 6500
119	Chile	white and white-Amerindian 95% Amerindian 3% other 2%
120	China	Han Chinese 91	.9% Zhuang Uygur Hui Yi Tibetan Miao Manchu Mongol Buyi Korean and other nationalities 8
121	Christmas Island	Chinese 61% Malay 25% European 11% other 3% no indigenous population
122	Cocos Islands	Europeans Cocos Malays
123	Colombia	mestizo 58% white 20% mulatto 14% black 4% mixed black-Amerindian 3% Amerindian 1%
124	Comoros	Antalote Cafre Makoa Oimatsaha Sakalava
125	Congo	Kongo 48% Sangha 20% M'Bochi 12% Teke 17% Europeans NA%; note - Europeans estimated at 8500 mostly French before the 1997 civil war; may be half that of 1998 following the widespread destruction of foreign businesses in 1997
126	Costa Rica	white
127	Cabo Verde	Creole
128	Croatia	Croat 78	.1% Serb 12
129	Cuba	mulatto 51% white 37% black 11% Chinese 1%
130	Cyprus	Greek 78%
131	Czech Republic	Czech 81	.2% Moravian 13
132	Côte d'Ivoire	Akan 42	.1% Voltaiques or Gur 17
133	Democratic Republic of the Congo	over 200 African ethnic groups of which the majority are Bantu; the four largest tribes - Mongo Luba Kongo
134	Denmark	Scandinavian Inuit Faroese German Turkish Iranian Somali
135	Djibouti	Somali 60% Afar 35% French Arab Ethiopian and Italian 5%
136	Dominica	black Carib Amerindian
137	Dominican Republic	white 16% black 11% mixed 73%
138	Ecuador	mestizo
139	Cambodia	Khmer 90% Vietnamese 5% Chinese 1% other 4%
140	Burundi	Hutu
141	El Salvador	mestizo 90% Amerindian 1% white 9%
142	Barbados	black 80% white 4% other 16%
143	American Samoa	Samoan
144	Andorra	Spanish 43% Andorran 33% Portuguese 11% French 7% other 6%
145	Angola	Ovimbundu 37% Kimbundu 25% Bakongo 13% mestico
146	Anguilla	black
147	Antigua and Barbuda	black British Portuguese Lebanese Syrian
148	Argentina	white
149	Aruba	mixed white/Caribbean Amerindian 80%
150	Australia	Caucasian 92% Asian 7% aboriginal and other 1%
151	Austria	German 98% Croatian Slovene other
152	Bahrain	Bahraini 63% Asian 19% other Arab 10% Iranian 8%
153	Bangladesh	Bengali 98% tribal groups non-Bengali Muslims
154	Belarus	Byelorussian 81	.2% Russian 11
155	Burkina Faso	Mossi over 40% Gurunsi Senufo Lobi Bobo Mande Fulani
156	Belgium	Fleming 58% Walloon 31% mixed or other 11%
157	Belize	mestizo 43	.7% Creole 29
158	Benin	African 99%
159	Bermuda	black 58% white 36% other 6%
160	Bhutan	Bhote 50% ethnic Nepalese 35% indigenous or migrant tribes 15%
161	Bolivia	Quechua 30% Aymara 25% mestizo
162	Botswana	Tswana
163	Brazil	white
164	British Virgin Islands	black 90% white Asian
165	Brunei	Malay 67% Chinese 15% indigenous 6% other 12%
166	Bulgaria	Bulgarian 83% Turk 8	.5% Roma 2
167	Egypt	Eastern Hamitic stock
168	Equatorial Guinea	Bioko
169	Liberia	indigenous African tribes 95%
170	Jamaica	black 90	.9% East Indian 1
171	Hong Kong	Chinese 95% other 5%
172	Hungary	Hungarian 89	.9% Roma 4% German 2
173	Iceland	homogeneous mixture of descendants of Norse and Celts
174	India	Indo-Aryan 72% Dravidian 25% Mongoloid and other 3%
175	Indonesia	Javanese 45% Sundanese 14% Madurese 7	.5% coastal Malays 7
176	Iran	Persian 51% Azeri 24% Gilaki and Mazandarani 8% Kurd 7% Arab 3% Lur 2% Baloch 2% Turkmen 2% other 1%
177	Iraq	Arab 75%-80% Kurdish 15%-20% Turkoman Assyrian or other 5%
178	Ireland	Celtic English
179	Isle of Man	Manx
180	Israel	Jewish 80	.1%
181	Italy	Italian
182	Japan	Japanese 99	.4% Korean 0
183	Holy See	Italians Swiss other
184	Jersey	UK and Norman-French descent
185	Jordan	Arab 98% Circassian 1% Armenian 1%
186	Kazakhstan	Kazakh
187	Kenya	Kikuyu 22% Luhya 14% Luo 13% Kalenjin 12% Kamba 11% Kisii 6% Meru 6% other African 15% non-African
188	Kiribati	predominantly Micronesian with some Polynesian
189	Kuwait	Kuwaiti 45% other Arab 35% South Asian 9% Iranian 4% other 7%
190	Kyrgyzstan	Kirghiz 52	.4% Russian 18% Uzbek 12
191	Laos	Lao Loum
192	Latvia	Latvian 56	.5% Russian 30
193	Lebanon	Arab 95% Armenian 4% other 1%
194	Lesotho	Sotho 99	.7% Europeans Asians and other 0
195	Honduras	mestizo
196	Haiti	black 95% mulatto and white 5%
197	Eritrea	ethnic Tigrinya 50% Tigre and Kunama 40% Afar 4% Saho
198	Gaza Strip	Palestinian Arab and other 99	.4% Jewish 0
199	Estonia	Estonian 65	.1% Russian 28
200	Ethiopia	Oromo 40% Amhara and Tigre 32% Sidamo 9% Shankella 6% Somali 6% Afar 4% Gurage 2% other 1%
201	Falkland Islands	British
202	Faroe Islands	Scandinavian
203	Federated States of Micronesia	nine ethnic Micronesian and Polynesian groups
204	Fiji	Fijian 51%
205	Finland	Finn 93% Swede 6% Sami 0	.11% Roma 0
206	France	Celtic and Latin with Teutonic Slavic North African Indochinese Basque minorities
207	French Guiana	black or mulatto 66% white 12% East Indian Chinese Amerindian 12% other 10%
208	French Polynesia	Polynesian 78% Chinese 12% local French 6% metropolitan French 4%
209	Gabon	Bantu tribes including four major tribal groupings
210	Georgia	Georgian 70	.1% Armenian 8
211	Guyana	East Indian 49% black 32% mixed 12% Amerindian 6% white and Chinese 1%
212	Germany	German 91	.5% Turkish 2
213	Ghana	black African 99	.8%
214	Gibraltar	Spanish Italian English Maltese Portuguese
215	Greenland	Greenlander 88%
216	Grenada	black 82% some South Asians
217	Guadeloupe	black or mulatto 90% white 5% East Indian Lebanese Chinese less than 5%
218	Guam	Chamorro 47% Filipino 25% white 10% Chinese Japanese Korean and other 18%
219	Guatemala	Mestizo
220	Guernsey	UK and Norman-French descent
221	Guinea-Bissau	African 99%
222	Guinea	Peuhl 40% Malinke 30% Soussou 20% smaller ethnic groups 10%
223	Zimbabwe	African 98%

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