The following is a list of contemporary ethnic groups.
Ethnicities of all world countries depends on what people in the country identify as the most socially relevant ethnic identity.
| COUNTRY | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| 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) |
| Algeria | Arab-Berber 99%, European less than 1% |
| 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% |
| Bahrain | Bahraini 46%, non-Bahraini 54% |
| Bangladesh | Bengali 98%, other 2% (includes tribal groups, non-Bengali Muslims) |
| Barbados | black 90%, white 4%, Asian and mixed 6% |
| Belarus | Belarusian 83.7%, Russian 8.3%, Polish 3.1%, Ukrainian 1.7%, other 3.2% |
| 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 53.8%, white 31%, mixed 7.5%, other races 7.1%, unspecified 0.6% |
| 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% |
| British Virgin Islands | black 82%, white 6.8%, other 11.2% (includes Indian and mixed) |
| Brunei | Malay 66.3%, Chinese 11.2%, indigenous 3.4%, other 19.1% |
| Bulgaria | Bulgarian 76.9%, Turk 8%, Roma 4.4%, other 0.7% (including Macedonian, Armenian, Tatar, Circassian), other (unknown) 10% |
| 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% |
| 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% |
| 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, 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% |
| 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) |
| 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 63.7%, Moravian 4.9%, Slovak 1.4%, other 30% |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 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 |
| 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% |
| Equatorial Guinea | Fang 85.7%, Bubi 6.5%, Mdowe 3.6%, Annobon 1.6%, Bujeba 1.1%, other 1.4% |
| Eritrea | nine recognized ethnic groups: Tigrinya 55%, Tigre 30%, Saho 4%, Kunama 2%, Rashaida 2%, Bilen 2%, other (Afar, Beni Amir, Nera) 5% |
| Estonia | Estonian 68.7%, Russian 25.6%, Ukrainian 2.1%, Belarusian 1.2%, Finn 0.8%, other 1.6% |
| Ethiopia | Oromo 34.5%, Amara 26.9%, Somalie 6.2%, Tigraway 6.1%, Sidama 4%, Guragie 2.5%, Welaita 2.3%, Hadiya 1.7%, Affar 1.7%, Gamo 1.5%, Gedeo 1.3%, other 11.3% |
| Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | British |
| Faroe Islands | Scandinavian |
| Federated States of Micronesia | 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% |
| Fiji | Fijian 57.3% (predominantly Melanesian with a Polynesian admixture), Indian 37.6%, Rotuman 1.2%, other 3.9% (European, other Pacific Islanders, Chinese) |
| 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 overseas departments: black, white, mulatto, East Indian, Chinese, Amerindian |
| 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 |
| 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 47.5%, Mole-Dagbon 16.6%, Ewe 13.9%, Ga-Dangme 7.4%, Gurma 5.7%, Guan 3.7%, Grusi 2.5%, Mande-Busanga 1.1%, other 1.6% |
| 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 | Inuit 89%, Danish and other 11% |
| 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 | British 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 93.6%, Filipino 1.9%, Indonesian 1.9%, other 2.6% |
| 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 61%, Azeri 16%, Kurd 10%, Lur 6%, Baloch 2%, Arab 2%, Turkmen and Turkic tribes 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% |
| 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) |
| 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% |
| 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) 63.1%, Russian 23.7%, Uzbek 2.8%, Ukrainian 2.1%, Uighur 1.4%, Tatar 1.3%, German 1.1%, other 4.5% |
| 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% |
| Kosovo | Albanians 92%, other (Serb, Bosniak, Gorani, Roma, Turk, Ashkali, Egyptian) 8% |
| 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% |
| Laos | Lao 55%, Khmou 11%, Hmong 8%, other (over 100 minor ethnic groups) 26% |
| Latvia | Latvian 59.3%, Russian 27.8%, Belarusian 3.6%, Ukrainian 2.5%, Polish 2.4%, Lithuanian 1.3%, other 3.1% |
| Lebanon | Arab 95%, Armenian 4%, other 1% |
| 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 84%, Polish 6.6%, Russian 5.9%, Belarusian 1.2%, other or unspecified 2.3% |
| 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 92.4%, other 7.6% (includes Macanese - mixed Portuguese and Asian ancestry) |
| 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 32.6%, Lomwe 17.6%, Yao 13.5%, Ngoni 11.5%, Tumbuka 8.8%, Nyanja 5.8%, Sena 3.6%, Tonga 2.1%, Ngonde 1%, other 3.5% |
| 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) |
| 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% |
| Mayotte | 92% Comorian (Bantu, Arab, and Malagasy), 3% Swahili, 2% French, 1% Makua, 2% other |
| Mexico | mestizo (Amerindian-Spanish) 60%, Amerindian or predominantly Amerindian 30%, white 9%, other 1% |
| Moldova | Moldovan/Romanian 78.2%, Ukrainian 8.4%, Russian 5.8%, Gagauz 4.4%, Bulgarian 1.9%, other 1.3% |
| 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% |
| Montenegro | Montenegrin 43%, Serbian 32%, Bosniak 8%, Albanian 5%, other (Muslims, Croats, Roma (Gypsy)) 12% |
| Montenegro | Montenegrin 45%, Serbian 28.7%, Bosniak 8.7%, Albanian 4.9%, Muslim 3.3%, Roma 1%, Croat 1%, other 2.6%, unspecified 4.9% |
| Montserrat | black, white |
| Morocco | Arab-Berber 99%, other 1% |
| 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% |
| 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 Caledonia | Melanesian 44.1%, European 34.1%, Wallisian & Futunian 9%, Tahitian 2.6%, Indonesian 2.5%, Vietnamese 1.4%, Ni-Vanuatu 1.1%, other 5.2% |
| New Zealand | European 56.8%, Asian 8%, Maori 7.4%, Pacific islander 4.6%, mixed 9.7%, other 13.5% |
| 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% |
| North Korea | racially homogeneous; there is a small Chinese community and a few ethnic Japanese |
| 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%, Muhajirs 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% |
| Palestine | Palestinian Arab and other 83%, Jewish 17% |
| 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) 76.2%, black 6.9%, Asian 0.3%, Amerindian 0.2%, mixed 4.4%, other 12% |
| Qatar | Arab 40%, Indian 18%, Pakistani 18%, Iranian 10%, other 14% |
| Republic of Macedonia | Macedonian 64.2%, Albanian 25.2%, Turkish 3.9%, Roma (Gypsy) 2.7%, Serb 1.8%, other 2.2% |
| Reunion | French, African, Malagasy, Chinese, Pakistani, Indian |
| 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% |
| 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 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | mestico, angolares (descendants of Angolan slaves), forros (descendants of freed slaves), servicais (contract laborers from Angola, Mozambique, and Cabo 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% |
| 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 30,000 Arabs) |
| South Africa | black African 79%, white 9.6%, colored 8.9%, Indian/Asian 2.5% |
| South Korea | homogeneous (except for about 20,000 Chinese) |
| South Sudan | Dinka, Kakwa, Bari, Azande, Shilluk, Kuku, Murle, Mandari, Didinga, Ndogo, Bviri, Lndi, Anuak, Bongo, Lango, Dungotona, Acholi |
| 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 | Sudanese Arab (approximately 70%), Fur, Beja, Nuba, Fallata |
| 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% |
| 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% |
| The Bahamas | black 85%, white 12%, Asian and Hispanic 3% |
| The Gambia | African 99% (Mandinka 42%, Fula 18%, Wolof 16%, Jola 10%, Serahuli 9%, other 4%), non-African 1% |
| 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 70-75%, Kurdish 18%, other minorities 7-12% |
| Turkmenistan | Turkmen 85%, Uzbek 5%, Russian 4%, other 6% |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | black 87.6%, white 7.9%, mixed 2.5%, East Indian 1.3%, other 0.7% |
| 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 Arab Emirates | Emirati 19%, other Arab and Iranian 23%, South Asian 50%, other expatriates (includes Westerners and East Asians) 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 79.96%, black 12.85%, Asian 4.43%, Amerindian and Alaska native 0.97%, native Hawaiian and other Pacific islander 0.18%, two or more races 1.61% (July 2007 estimate) |
| 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% |
| Vanuatu | Ni-Vanuatu 98.5%, other 1.5% (1999 Census) |
| Venezuela | Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Arab, German, African, indigenous people |
| Vietnam | Kinh (Viet) 85.7%, Tay 1.9%, Thai 1.8%, Muong 1.5%, Khmer 1.5%, Mong 1.2%, Nung 1.1%, others 5.3% |
| Virgin Islands | black 76.2%, white 13.1%, Asian 1.1%, other 6.1%, mixed 3.5% |
| Wallis and Futuna | Polynesian |
| 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% |
