Ethnic groups (2008)

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	Afghanistan	Pashtun 42%, Tajik 27%, Hazara 9%, Uzbek 9%, Aimak 4%, Turkmen 3%, Baloch 2%, other 4%
	Albania	Albanian 95%, Greek 3%, other 2% (Vlach, Roma (Gypsy), Serb, Macedonian, Bulgarian) (1989 est.) note: in 1989, other estimates of the Greek population ranged from 1% (official Albanian statistics) to 12% (from a Greek organization)
	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 92.9%, Asian 2.9%, white 1.2%, mixed 2.8%, other 0.2% (2000 census)
	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 (predominant) 90.1%, mixed, mulatto 4.6%, white 3.7%, other 1.5% (2001 Census)
	Antigua and Barbuda	black 91%, mixed 4.4%, white 1.7%, other 2.9% (2001 census)
	Argentina	white (mostly Spanish and Italian) 97%, mestizo (mixed white and Amerindian ancestry), Amerindian, or other non-white groups 3%
	Armenia	Armenian 97.9%, Yezidi (Kurd) 1.3%, Russian 0.5%, other 0.3% (2001 census)
	Aruba	mixed white/Caribbean Amerindian 80%, other 20%
	Australia	white 92%, Asian 7%, aboriginal and other 1%
	Austria	Austrians 91.1%, former Yugoslavs 4% (includes Croatians, Slovenes, Serbs, and Bosniaks), Turks 1.6%, German 0.9%, other or unspecified 2.4% (2001 census)
	Azerbaijan	Azeri 90.6%, Dagestani 2.2%, Russian 1.8%, Armenian 1.5%, other 3.9% (1999 census) 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% (2001 census)
	Bangladesh	Bengali 98%, other 2% (includes tribal groups, non-Bengali Muslims) (1998)
	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% (1999 census)
	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% (2002 census)
	Bermuda	black 54.8%, white 34.1%, mixed 6.4%, other races 4.3%, unspecified 0.4% (2000 census)
	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% (2000) 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% (2000 census)
	British Virgin Islands	black 83%, other 17% (includes white, Indian, Asian and mixed)
	Brunei	Malay 67%, Chinese 15%, indigenous 6%, other 12%
	Bulgaria	Bulgarian 83.9%, Turk 9.4%, Roma 4.7%, other 2% (including Macedonian, Armenian, Tatar, Circassian) (2001 census)
	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%
	Chad	Sara 27.7%, Arab 12.3%, Mayo-Kebbi 11.5%, Kanem-Bornou 9%, Ouaddai 8.7%, Hadjarai 6.7%, Tandjile 6.5%, Gorane 6.3%, Fitri-Batha 4.7%, other 6.4%, unknown 0.3% (1993 census)
	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 70%, European 20%, Malay 10% note: no indigenous population (2001)
	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% (2001 census)
	Costa Rica	white (including mestizo) 94%, black 3%, Amerindian 1%, Chinese 1%, other 1%
	Cote 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) (1998)
	Croatia	Croat 89.6%, Serb 4.5%, other 5.9% (including Bosniak, Hungarian, Slovene, Czech, and Roma) (2001 census)
	Cuba	mulatto 51%, white 37%, black 11%, Chinese 1%
	Cyprus	Greek 77%, Turkish 18%, other 5% (2001)
	Czech Republic	Czech 90.4%, Moravian 3.7%, Slovak 1.9%, other 4% (2001 census)
	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% (2001 census)
	Dominican Republic	mixed 73%, white 16%, black 11%
	Ecuador	mestizo (mixed Amerindian and white) 65%, Amerindian 25%, Spanish and others 7%, black 3%
	Egypt	Egyptian 98%, Berber, Nubian, Bedouin, and Beja 1%, Greek, Armenian, other European (primarily Italian and French) 1%
	El Salvador	mestizo 90%, white 9%, Amerindian 1%
	Equatorial Guinea	Fang 85.7%, Bubi 6.5%, Mdowe 3.6%, Annobon 1.6%, Bujeba 1.1%, other 1.4% (1994 census)
	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% (2000 census)
	Ethiopia	Oromo 32.1%, Amara 30.1%, Tigraway 6.2%, Somalie 5.9%, Guragie 4.3%, Sidama 3.5%, Welaita 2.4%, other 15.4% (1994 census)
	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	British
	Faroe Islands	Scandinavian
	Fiji	Fijian 54.8% (predominantly Melanesian with a Polynesian admixture), Indian 37.4%, other 7.9% (European, other Pacific Islanders, Chinese) (2005 estimate)
	Finland	Finn 93.4%, Swede 5.7%, Russian 0.4%, Estonian 0.2%, Roma (Gypsy) 0.2%, Sami 0.1%
	France	Celtic and Latin with Teutonic, Slavic, North African, Indochinese, Basque minorities overseas departments: black, white, mulatto, East Indian, Chinese, Amerindian
	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
	Gambia, The	African 99% (Mandinka 42%, Fula 18%, Wolof 16%, Jola 10%, Serahuli 9%, other 4%), non-African 1%
	Gaza Strip	Palestinian Arab
	Georgia	Georgian 83.8%, Azeri 6.5%, Armenian 5.7%, Russian 1.5%, other 2.5% (2002 census)
	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% (2000 census)
	Gibraltar	Spanish, Italian, English, Maltese, Portuguese, German, North Africans
	Greece	population: Greek 93%, other (foreign citizens) 7% (2001 census) note: percents represent citizenship, since Greece does not collect data on ethnicity
	Greenland	Greenlander 88% (Inuit and Greenland-born whites), Danish and others 12% (2000)
	Grenada	black 82%, mixed black and European 13%, European and East Indian 5%, and trace of Arawak/Carib Amerindian
	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% (2000 census)
	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% (2001 census)
	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 50%, black 36%, Amerindian 7%, white, Chinese, and mixed 7%
	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 94.9%, Filipino 2.1%, other 3% (2001 census)
	Hungary	Hungarian 92.3%, Roma 1.9%, other or unknown 5.8% (2001 census)
	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% (2000)
	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% (2000 census)
	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
	Isle of Man	Manx (Norse-Celtic descent), Britons
	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) (2004)
	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% (2001 census)
	Japan	Japanese 98.5%, Koreans 0.5%, Chinese 0.4%, other 0.7% note: up to 230,000 Brazilians of Japanese origin migrated to Japan in the 1990s to work in industries; some have returned to Brazil (2004)
	Jersey	Jersey 51.1%, Britons 34.8%, Irish, French, and other white 6.6%, Portuguese/Madeiran 6.4%, other 1.1% (2001 census)
	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% (1999 census)
	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% (2000 census)
	Korea, North	racially homogeneous; there is a small Chinese community and a few ethnic Japanese
	Korea, South	homogeneous (except for about 20,000 Chinese)
	Kosovo	Albanians 88%, Serbs 7%, other 5% (Bosniak, Gorani, Roma, Turk)
	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% (1999 census)
	Laos	Lao Loum (lowland) 68%, Lao Theung (upland) 22%, Lao Soung (highland) including the Hmong and the Yao 9%, ethnic Vietnamese/Chinese 1%
	Latvia	Latvian 57.7%, Russian 29.6%, Belarusian 4.1%, Ukrainian 2.7%, Polish 2.5%, Lithuanian 1.4%, other 2% (2002)
	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	Alemannic 86%, Italian, Turkish, and other 14%
	Lithuania	Lithuanian 83.4%, Polish 6.7%, Russian 6.3%, other or unspecified 3.6% (2001 census)
	Luxembourg	Celtic base (with French and German blend), Portuguese, Italian, Slavs (from Montenegro, Albania, and Kosovo) and European (guest and resident workers)
	Macau	Chinese 95.7%, Macanese (mixed Portuguese and Asian ancestry) 1%, other 3.3% (2001 census)
	Macedonia	Macedonian 64.2%, Albanian 25.2%, Turkish 3.9%, Roma (Gypsy) 2.7%, Serb 1.8%, other 2.2% (2002 census)
	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% (2004 est.)
	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)
	Marshall Islands	Micronesian
	Mauritania	mixed Moor/black 40%, Moor 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	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% (2000 census)
	Moldova	Moldovan/Romanian 78.2%, Ukrainian 8.4%, Russian 5.8%, Gagauz 4.4%, Bulgarian 1.9%, other 1.3% (2004 census) 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% (2000)
	Montenegro	Montenegrin 43%, Serbian 32%, Bosniak 8%, Albanian 5%, other (Muslims, Croats, Roma (Gypsy)) 12%
	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 includes 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% (2001 census)
	Netherlands	Dutch 83%, other 17% (of which 9% are non-Western origin mainly Turks, Moroccans, Antilleans, Surinamese, and Indonesians) (1999 est.)
	Netherlands Antilles	mixed black 85%, other 15% (includes 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	European 69.8%, Maori 7.9%, Asian 5.7%, Pacific islander 4.4%, other 0.5%, mixed 7.8%, unspecified 3.8% (2001 census)
	Nicaragua	mestizo (mixed Amerindian and white) 69%, white 17%, black 9%, Amerindian 5%
	Niger	Haoussa 55.4%, Djerma Sonrai 21%, Touareg 9.3%, Peuhl 8.5%, Kanouri Manga 4.7%, other 1.2% (2001 census)
	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% (2001 census)
	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% (2000 census)
	Norway	Norwegian, Sami 20,000
	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	Palauan (Micronesian with Malayan and Melanesian admixtures) 69.9%, Filipino 15.3%, Chinese 4.9%, other Asian 2.4%, white 1.9%, Carolinian 1.4%, other Micronesian 1.1%, other or unspecified 3.2% (2000 census)
	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% (2000 census)
	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% (2002 census)
	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 and other 10.9%
	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% (2002 census)
	Russia	Russian 79.8%, Tatar 3.8%, Ukrainian 2%, Bashkir 1.2%, Chuvash 1.1%, other or unspecified 12.1% (2002 census)
	Rwanda	Hutu (Bantu) 84%, Tutsi (Hamitic) 15%, Twa (Pygmy) 1%
	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% (2001 census)
	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%, Carib Amerindian 2%, other 7%
	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	Serb 82.9%, Hungarian 3.9%, Romany (Gypsy) 1.4%, Yugoslavs 1.1%, Bosniaks 1.8%, Montenegrin 0.9%, other 8% (2002 census)
	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% (2000 census)
	Slovakia	Slovak 85.8%, Hungarian 9.7%, Roma 1.7%, Ruthenian/Ukrainian 1%, other and unspecified 1.8% (2001 census)
	Slovenia	Slovene 83.1%, Serb 2%, Croat 1.8%, Bosniak 1.1%, other or unspecified 12% (2002 census)
	Solomon Islands	Melanesian 94.5%, Polynesian 3%, Micronesian 1.2%, other 1.1%, unspecified 0.2% (1999 census)
	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% (2001 census)
	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% (1998)
	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%
	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% (2000 census)
	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%
	Timor-Leste	Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian), Papuan, small Chinese minority
	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% (2000 census)
	Tunisia	Arab 98%, European 1%, Jewish and other 1%
	Turkey	Turkish 80%, Kurdish 20% (estimated)
	Turkmenistan	Turkmen 85%, Uzbek 5%, Russian 4%, other 6% (2003)
	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% (2002 census)
	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% (2001 census)
	United Arab Emirates	Emirati 19%, other Arab and Iranian 23%, South Asian 50%, other expatriates (includes Westerners and East Asians) 8% (1982) note: less than 20% are UAE citizens (1982)
	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% (2001 census)
	United States	white 81.7%, black 12.9%, Asian 4.2%, Amerindian and Alaska native 1%, native Hawaiian and other Pacific islander 0.2% (2003 est.) 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)
	Uzbekistan	Uzbek 80%, Russian 5.5%, Tajik 5%, Kazakh 3%, Karakalpak 2.5%, Tatar 1.5%, other 2.5% (1996 est.)
	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% (1999 census)
	Virgin Islands	black 76.2%, white 13.1%, Asian 1.1%, other 6.1%, mixed 3.5% (2000 census)
	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%