Ethnic groups statistics - countries compared

Countries (A to Z)	Description
Afghanistan	Pashtun 42%, Tajik 27%, Hazara 9%, Uzbek 9%, Aimak 4%, Turkmen 3%, Baloch 2%, other 4%
Algeria	Arab-Berber 99%, European less than 1%; note: almost all Algerians are Berber in origin, not Arab; the minority who identify themselves as Berber 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
American Samoa	native Pacific islander 91.6%, Asian 2.8%, white 1.1%, mixed 4.2%, other 0.3%
Andorra	Spanish 43%, Andorran 33%, Portuguese 11%, French 7%, other 6%
Angola	Ovimbundu 37%, Kimbundu 25%, Bakongo 13%, mestico (mixed European and native African) 2%, European 1%, other 22%
Anguilla	black (predominant) 90.1%, mixed, mulatto 4.6%, white 3.7%, other 1.5%
Antigua and Barbuda	black 91%, mixed 4.4%, white 1.7%, other 2.9%
Argentina	white (mostly Spanish and Italian) 97%, mestizo (mixed white and Amerindian ancestry), Amerindian, or other non-white groups 3%
Armenia	Armenian 93%, Azeri 1%, Russian 2%, other (mostly Yezidi Kurds) 4%; note: as of the end of 1993, virtually all Azeris had emigrated from Armenia
Aruba	mixed white/Caribbean Amerindian 80%, other 20%
Australia	white 92%, Asian 7%, aboriginal and other 1%
Austria	German 88.5%, indigenous minorities 1.5% (includes Croatians, Slovenes, Hungarians, Czechs, Slovaks, Roma), recent immigrant groups 10% (includes Turks, Bosnians, Serbians, Croatians)
Azerbaijan	Azeri 90.6%, Dagestani 2.2%, Russian 1.8%, Armenian 1.5%, other 3.9%; note: almost all Armenians live in the separatist Nagorno-Karabakh region
Bahamas, The	black 85%, white 12%, Asian and Hispanic 3%
Bahrain	Bahraini 62.4%, non-Bahraini 37.6%
Bangladesh	Bengali 98%, other 2% (includes tribal groups, non-Bengali Muslims)
Barbados	black 90%, white 4%, Asian and mixed 6%
Belarus	Belarusian 81.2%, Russian 11.4%, Polish 3.9%, Ukrainian 2.4%, other 1.1%
Belgium	Fleming 58%, Walloon 31%, mixed or other 11%
Belize	mestizo 48.7%, Creole 24.9%, Maya 10.6%, Garifuna 6.1%, other 9.7%
Benin	Fon and related 39.2%, Adja and related 15.2%, Yoruba and related 12.3%, Bariba and related 9.2%, Peulh and related 7%, Ottamari and related 6.1%, Yoa-Lokpa and related 4%, Dendi and related 2.5%, other 1.6% (includes Europeans), unspecified 2.9%
Bermuda	black 54.8%, white 34.1%, mixed 6.4%, other races 4.3%, unspecified 0.4%
Bhutan	Bhote 50%, ethnic Nepalese 35% (includes Lhotsampas - one of several Nepalese ethnic groups), indigenous or migrant tribes 15%
Bolivia	Quechua 30%, mestizo (mixed white and Amerindian ancestry) 30%, Aymara 25%, white 15%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bosniak 48%, Serb 37.1%, Croat 14.3%, other 0.6%; note: Bosniak has replaced Muslim as an ethnic term in part to avoid confusion with the religious term Muslim - an adherent of Islam
Botswana	Tswana (or Setswana) 79%, Kalanga 11%, Basarwa 3%, other, including Kgalagadi and white 7%
Brazil	white 53.7%, mulatto (mixed white and black) 38.5%, black 6.2%, other (includes Japanese, Arab, Amerindian) 0.9%, unspecified 0.7%
Brunei	Malay 66.3%, Chinese 11.2%, indigenous 3.4%, other 19.1%
Bulgaria	Bulgarian 83.9%, Turk 9.4%, Roma 4.7%, other 2% (including Macedonian, Armenian, Tatar, Circassian)
Burkina Faso	Mossi over 40%, other approximately 60% (includes Gurunsi, Senufo, Lobi, Bobo, Mande, and Fulani)
Burma	Burman 68%, Shan 9%, Karen 7%, Rakhine 4%, Chinese 3%, Indian 2%, Mon 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 33%, Banda 27%, Mandjia 13%, Sara 10%, Mboum 7%, M'Baka 4%, Yakoma 4%, other 2%
Chile	white and white-Amerindian 95.4%, Mapuche 4%, other indigenous groups 0.6%
China	Han Chinese 91.5%, Zhuang, Manchu, Hui, Miao, Uyghur, Tujia, Yi, Mongol, Tibetan, Buyi, Dong, Yao, Korean, and other nationalities 8.5%
Christmas Island	Chinese 70%, European 20%, Malay 10%; note: 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 and other 3%
Cook Islands	Cook Island Maori (Polynesian) 87.7%, part Cook Island Maori 5.8%, other 6.5%
Costa Rica	white (including mestizo) 94%, black 3%, Amerindian 1%, Chinese 1%, other 1%
Croatia	Croat 89.6%, Serb 4.5%, Bosniak 0.5%, Hungarian 0.4%, Slovene 0.3%, Czech 0.2%, Roma 0.2%, Albanian 0.1%, Montenegrin 0.1%, others 4.1%
Cuba	white 65.1%, mulatto and mestizo 24.8%, black 10.1%
Cyprus	Greek 77%, Turkish 18%, other 5%
Czech Republic	Czech 90.4%, Moravian 3.7%, Slovak 1.9%, other 4%
Côte d'Ivoire	Akan 42.1%, Voltaiques or Gur 17.6%, Northern Mandes 16.5%, Krous 11%, Southern Mandes 10%, other 2.8% (includes 130,000 Lebanese and 14,000 French)
Denmark	Scandinavian, Inuit, Faroese, German, Turkish, Iranian, Somali
Djibouti	Somali 60%, Afar 35%, other 5% (includes French, Arab, Ethiopian, and Italian)
Dominica	black 86.8%, mixed 8.9%, Carib Amerindian 2.9%, white 0.8%, other 0.7%
Dominican Republic	mixed 73%, white 16%, black 11%
East Timor	Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian), Papuan, small Chinese minority
Ecuador	mestizo (mixed Amerindian and white) 65%, Amerindian 25%, Spanish and others 7%, black 3%
Egypt	Egyptian 99.6%, other 0.4%
El Salvador	mestizo 90%, white 9%, Amerindian 1%
Eritrea	Tigrinya 50%, Tigre and Kunama 40%, Afar 4%, Saho (Red Sea coast dwellers) 3%, other 3%
Estonia	Estonian 67.9%, Russian 25.6%, Ukrainian 2.1%, Belarusian 1.3%, Finn 0.9%, other 2.2%
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	British
Faroe Islands	Scandinavian
Fiji	Fijian 51% (predominantly Melanesian with a Polynesian admixture), Indian 44%, European, other Pacific Islanders, Chinese, and other 5%
Finland	Finn 93.4%, Swede 5.6%, Russian 0.5%, Estonian 0.3%, Roma (Gypsy) 0.1%, Sami 0.1%
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, Bapounou, Nzebi, Obamba); other Africans and Europeans, 154,000, including 10,700 French and 11,000 persons of dual nationality
Gaza Strip	Palestinian Arab
Georgia	Georgian 83.8%, Azeri 6.5%, Armenian 5.7%, Russian 1.5%, other 2.5%
Germany	German 91.5%, Turkish 2.4%, other 6.1% (made up largely of Greek, Italian, Polish, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish)
Ghana	Akan 45.3%, Mole-Dagbon 15.2%, Ewe 11.7%, Ga-Dangme 7.3%, Guan 4%, Gurma 3.6%, Grusi 2.6%, Mande-Busanga 1%, other tribes 1.4%, other 7.8%
Gibraltar	Spanish, Italian, English, Maltese, Portuguese, German, North Africans
Greece	population: Greek 93%, other (foreign citizens) 7%; note: percents represent citizenship, since Greece does not collect data on ethnicity
Greenland	Greenlander 88% (Inuit and Greenland-born whites), Danish and others 12%
Grenada	black 82%, mixed black and European 13%, European and East Indian 5%, and trace of Arawak/Carib Amerindian
Guadeloupe	black or mulatto 90%, white 5%, East Indian, Lebanese, Chinese less than 5%
Guam	Chamorro 37.1%, Filipino 26.3%, other Pacific islander 11.3%, white 6.9%, other Asian 6.3%, other ethnic origin or race 2.3%, mixed 9.8%
Guatemala	Mestizo (mixed Amerindian-Spanish - in local Spanish called Ladino) and European 59.4%, K'iche 9.1%, Kaqchikel 8.4%, Mam 7.9%, Q'eqchi 6.3%, other Mayan 8.6%, indigenous non-Mayan 0.2%, other 0.1%
Guernsey	UK and Norman-French descent with small percentages from other European countries
Guinea	Peuhl 40%, Malinke 30%, Soussou 20%, smaller ethnic groups 10%
Guinea-Bissau	African 99% (includes Balanta 30%, Fula 20%, Manjaca 14%, Mandinga 13%, Papel 7%), European and mulatto less than 1%
Guyana	East Indian 43.5%, black (African) 30.2%, mixed 16.7%, Amerindian 9.1%, other 0.5%
Haiti	black 95%, mulatto and 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%, Filipino 1.6%, Indonesian 1.3%, other 2.1%
Hungary	Hungarian 92.3%, Roma 1.9%, other or unknown 5.8%
Iceland	homogeneous mixture of descendants of Norse and Celts 94%, population of foreign origin 6%
India	Indo-Aryan 72%, Dravidian 25%, Mongoloid and other 3%
Indonesia	Javanese 40.6%, Sundanese 15%, Madurese 3.3%, Minangkabau 2.7%, Betawi 2.4%, Bugis 2.4%, Banten 2%, Banjar 1.7%, other or unspecified 29.9%
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	Irish 87.4%, other white 7.5%, Asian 1.3%, black 1.1%, mixed 1.1%, unspecified 1.6%
Israel	Jewish 76.4% (of which Israel-born 67.1%, Europe/America-born 22.6%, Africa-born 5.9%, Asia-born 4.2%), non-Jewish 23.6% (mostly Arab)
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 91.2%, mixed 6.2%, other or unknown 2.6%
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
Jersey	Jersey 51.1%, Britons 34.8%, Irish, French, and other white 6.6%, Portuguese/Madeiran 6.4%, other 1.1%
Jordan	Arab 98%, Circassian 1%, Armenian 1%
Kazakhstan	Kazakh (Qazaq) 53.4%, Russian 30%, Ukrainian 3.7%, Uzbek 2.5%, German 2.4%, Tatar 1.7%, Uygur 1.4%, other 4.9%
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 98.8%, other 1.2%
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	Kyrgyz 64.9%, Uzbek 13.8%, Russian 12.5%, Dungan 1.1%, Ukrainian 1%, Uygur 1%, other 5.7%
Latvia	Latvian 57.7%, Russian 29.6%, Belarusian 4.1%, Ukrainian 2.7%, Polish 2.5%, Lithuanian 1.4%, other 2%
Lebanon	Arab 95%, Armenian 4%, other 1%; note: many Christian Lebanese do not identify themselves as Arab but rather as descendents of the ancient Canaanites and prefer to be called Phoenicians
Lesotho	Sotho 99.7%, Europeans, Asians, and other 0.3%
Liberia	indigenous African 95% (including Kpelle, Bassa, Gio, Kru, Grebo, Mano, Krahn, Gola, Gbandi, Loma, Kissi, Vai, Dei, Bella, Mandingo, and Mende), 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%, other 3% (includes Greeks, Maltese, Italians, Egyptians, Pakistanis, Turks, Indians, and Tunisians)
Liechtenstein	Liechtensteiner 65.6%, other 34.4%
Lithuania	Lithuanian 83.4%, Polish 6.7%, Russian 6.3%, other or unspecified 3.6%
Luxembourg	Luxembourger 63.1%, Portuguese 13.3%, French 4.5%, Italian 4.3%, German 2.3%, other EU 7.3%, other 5.2%
Macau	Chinese 94.3%, other 5.7% (includes Macanese (mixed Portuguese and Asian ancestry))
Macedonia, Republic of	Macedonian 64.2%, Albanian 25.2%, Turkish 3.9%, Roma (Gypsy) 2.7%, Serb 1.8%, other 2.2%
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, Tumbuka, Yao, Lomwe, Sena, Tonga, Ngoni, Ngonde, Asian, European
Malaysia	Malay 50.4%, Chinese 23.7%, indigenous 11%, Indian 7.1%, others 7.8%
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), Britons
Marshall Islands	Marshallese 92.1%, mixed Marshallese 5.9%, other 2%
Martinique	African and African-white-Indian mixture 90%, white 5%, East Indian and Chinese less than 5%
Mauritania	mixed Moor/black 40%, Moor 30%, black 30%
Mauritius	Indo-Mauritian 68%, Creole 27%, Sino-Mauritian 3%, Franco-Mauritian 2%
Mexico	mestizo (Amerindian-Spanish) 60%, Amerindian or predominantly Amerindian 30%, white 9%, other 1%
Micronesia, Federated States of	Chuukese 48.8%, Pohnpeian 24.2%, Kosraean 6.2%, Yapese 5.2%, Yap outer islands 4.5%, Asian 1.8%, Polynesian 1.5%, other 6.4%, unknown 1.4%
Moldova	Moldovan/Romanian 78.2%, Ukrainian 8.4%, Russian 5.8%, Gagauz 4.4%, Bulgarian 1.9%, other 1.3%; note: internal disputes with ethnic Slavs in the Transnistrian region
Monaco	French 47%, Monegasque 16%, Italian 16%, other 21%
Mongolia	Mongol (mostly Khalkha) 94.9%, Turkic (mostly Kazakh) 5%, other (including Chinese and Russian) 0.1%
Montserrat	black, white
Morocco	Arab-Berber 99.1%, other 0.7%, Jewish 0.2%
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 ethnic groups include Herero 7%, Damara 7%, Nama 5%, Caprivian 4%, Bushmen 3%, Baster 2%, Tswana 0.5%
Nauru	Nauruan 58%, other Pacific Islander 26%, Chinese 8%, European 8%
Nepal	Chhettri 15.5%, Brahman-Hill 12.5%, Magar 7%, Tharu 6.6%, Tamang 5.5%, Newar 5.4%, Muslim 4.2%, Kami 3.9%, Yadav 3.9%, other 32.7%, unspecified 2.8%
Netherlands	Dutch 80.7%, EU 5%, Indonesian 2.4%, Turkish 2.2%, Surinamese 2%, Moroccan 2%, Netherlands Antilles & Aruba 0.8%, other 4.8%
Netherlands Antilles	mixed black 85%, other 15% (includes Carib Amerindian, white, East Asian)
New Zealand	European 69.8%, Maori 7.9%, Asian 5.7%, Pacific islander 4.4%, other 0.5%, mixed 7.8%, unspecified 3.8%
Nicaragua	mestizo (mixed Amerindian and white) 69%, white 17%, black 9%, Amerindian 5%
Niger	Haoussa 55.4%, Djerma Sonrai 21%, Tuareg 9.3%, Peuhl 8.5%, Kanouri Manga 4.7%, other 1.2%
Nigeria	Nigeria, 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	Niuen 78.2%, Pacific islander 10.2%, European 4.5%, mixed 3.9%, Asian 0.2%, unspecified 3%
Norfolk Island	descendants of the Bounty mutineers, Australian, New Zealander, Polynesian
Northern Mariana Islands	Asian 56.3%, Pacific islander 36.3%, Caucasian 1.8%, other 0.8%, mixed 4.8%
Norway	Norwegian 94.4% (includes Sami, about 60,000), other European 3.6%, other 2% (2007 estimate)
Oman	Arab, Baluchi, South Asian (Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan, Bangladeshi), African
Pakistan	Punjabi 44.68%, Pashtun (Pathan) 15.42%, Sindhi 14.1%, Sariaki 8.38%, Muhagirs 7.57%, Balochi 3.57%, other 6.28%
Palau	Palauan (Micronesian with Malayan and Melanesian admixtures) 70%, Asian (mainly Filipinos, followed by Chinese, Taiwanese, and Vietnamese) 28%, white 2%
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%, other 5%
Peru	Amerindian 45%, mestizo (mixed Amerindian and white) 37%, white 15%, black, Japanese, Chinese, and other 3%
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%
Pitcairn Islands	descendants of the Bounty mutineers and their Tahitian wives
Poland	Polish 96.7%, German 0.4%, Belarusian 0.1%, Ukrainian 0.1%, other and unspecified 2.7%
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
Puerto Rico	white (mostly Spanish origin) 80.5%, black 8%, Amerindian 0.4%, Asian 0.2%, mixed 4.2%, other 6.7%
Qatar	Arab 40%, Indian 18%, Pakistani 18%, Iranian 10%, other 14%
Romania	Romanian 89.5%, Hungarian 6.6%, Roma 2.5%, Ukrainian 0.3%, German 0.3%, Russian 0.2%, Turkish 0.2%, other 0.4%
Russia	Russian 79.8%, Tatar 3.8%, Ukrainian 2%, Bashkir 1.2%, Chuvash 1.1%, other or unspecified 12.1%
Rwanda	Hutu (Bantu) 84%, Tutsi (Hamitic) 15%, Twa (Pygmy) 1%
Réunion	French, African, Malagasy, Chinese, Pakistani, Indian
Saint Barthelemy	white, Creole (mulatto), black, Guadeloupe Mestizo (French-East Asia)
Saint Helena	African descent 50%, white 25%, Chinese 25%
Saint Kitts and Nevis	predominantly black; some British, Portuguese, and Lebanese
Saint Lucia	black 82.5%, mixed 11.9%, East Indian 2.4%, other or unspecified 3.1%
Saint Martin	creole (mulatto), black, Guadeloupe Mestizo (French-East Asia), white, East Indian
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	Basques and Bretons (French fishermen)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	black 66%, mixed 19%, East Indian 6%, European 4%, Carib Amerindian 2%, other 3%
Samoa	Samoan 92.6%, Euronesians (persons of European and Polynesian blood) 7%, Europeans 0.4%
San Marino	Sammarinese, Italian
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 82.9%, Hungarian 3.9%, Romany (Gypsy) 1.4%, Yugoslavs 1.1%, Bosniaks 1.8%, Montenegrin 0.9%, other 8%
Seychelles	mixed French, African, Indian, Chinese, and Arab
Sierra Leone	20 African ethnic groups 90% (Temne 30%, Mende 30%, other 30%), Creole (Krio) 10% (descendants of freed Jamaican slaves who were settled in the Freetown area in the late-18th century), refugees from Liberia's recent civil war, small numbers of Europeans, Lebanese, Pakistanis, and Indians
Singapore	Chinese 76.8%, Malay 13.9%, Indian 7.9%, other 1.4%
Slovakia	Slovak 85.8%, Hungarian 9.7%, Roma 1.7%, Ruthenian/Ukrainian 1%, other and unspecified 1.8%
Slovenia	Slovene 83.1%, Serb 2%, Croat 1.8%, Bosniak 1.1%, other or unspecified 12%
Solomon Islands	Melanesian 94.5%, Polynesian 3%, Micronesian 1.2%, other 1.1%, unspecified 0.2%
Somalia	Somali 85%, Bantu and other non-Somali 15% (including Arabs 30,000)
South Africa	black African 79%, white 9.6%, colored 8.9%, Indian/Asian 2.5%
Spain	composite of Mediterranean and Nordic types
Sri Lanka	Sinhalese 73.8%, Sri Lankan Moors 7.2%, Indian Tamil 4.6%, Sri Lankan Tamil 3.9%, other 0.5%, unspecified 10% (2001 census provisional data)
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	Norwegian 55.4%, Russian and Ukrainian 44.3%, other 0.3%
Swaziland	African 97%, European 3%
Sweden	indigenous population: Swedes with Finnish and 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%
São Tomé and Príncipe	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)
Taiwan	Taiwanese (including Hakka) 84%, mainland Chinese 14%, indigenous 2%
Tajikistan	Tajik 79.9%, Uzbek 15.3%, Russian 1.1%, Kyrgyz 1.1%, other 2.6%
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
Thailand	Thai 75%, Chinese 14%, other 11%
Togo	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
Trinidad and Tobago	Indian (South Asian) 40%, African 37.5%, mixed 20.5%, other 1.2%, unspecified 0.8%
Tunisia	Arab 98%, European 1%, Jewish and other 1%
Turkey	Turkish 80%, Kurdish 20% (estimated)
Turks and Caicos Islands	black 90%, mixed, European, or North American 10%
Tuvalu	Polynesian 96%, Micronesian 4%
Uganda	Baganda 16.9%, Banyakole 9.5%, Basoga 8.4%, Bakiga 6.9%, Iteso 6.4%, Langi 6.1%, Acholi 4.7%, Bagisu 4.6%, Lugbara 4.2%, Bunyoro 2.7%, other 29.6%
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%
United Kingdom	white (of which English 83.6%, Scottish 8.6%, Welsh 4.9%, Northern Irish 2.9%) 92.1%, black 2%, Indian 1.8%, Pakistani 1.3%, mixed 1.2%, other 1.6%
United States	white 77.1%, black 12.9%, Asian 4.2%, Amerindian and Alaska native 1.5%, native Hawaiian and other Pacific islander 0.3%, other 4%; note: a separate listing for Hispanic is not included because the US Census Bureau considers Hispanic to mean a person of Latin American descent (including persons of Cuban, Mexican, or Puerto Rican origin) living in the US who may be of any race or ethnic group (white, black, Asian, etc.)
Uruguay	white 88%, mestizo 8%, black 4%, Amerindian (practically nonexistent)
Vanuatu	Ni-Vanuatu 98.5%, other 1.5% (1999 Census)
Venezuela	Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Arab, German, African, indigenous people
Vietnam	Kinh (Viet) 86.2%, Tay 1.9%, Thai 1.7%, Muong 1.5%, Khome 1.4%, Hoa 1.1%, Nun 1.1%, Hmong 1%, others 4.1%
Virgin Islands	black 76.2%, white 13.1%, Asian 1.1%, other 6.1%, mixed 3.5%
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 82%, Ndebele 14%, other 2%), mixed and Asian 1%, white less than 1%

DEFINITION: This entry provides a rank ordering of ethnic groups starting with the largest and normally includes the percent of total population.

SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

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