List of countries by ethnic groups

The following article lists sovereign states, dependent territories and some quasi-states according to their proportional ethnic population composition. Ethnic classifications vary from country to country and are therefore not comparable across countries. While some countries make classifications based on broad ancestry groups or characteristics such as skin color (e.g., the white ethnic category in the United States and some other countries), other countries use various ethnic, cultural, linguistic, or religious factors for classification. Ethnic groups may be subdivided into subgroups, which may or may not be identified as independent ethnic groups in their own right, depending on the source.

A number of countries also do not collect any estimates on the ethnic composition of their population (like France) and the ethnic composition of the population is of high political sensitivity in many countries, which is why reliable data are not available for many countries. Therefore, in some cases, indicators such as citizenship/nationality, ancestry or origin, country of birth, or language are used as alternative indicators. The data in the list are also of variable quality and timeliness, as only irregularly updated estimates are available for many countries. Most of the entries in the list come from the Central Intelligence Agency's World Factbook database or from national statistical offices.

Ethnic groups by country Countries and territories are sorted alphabetically. Dependent territories and quasi-states that are not universally recognized sovereign states are written in italics in the list.

Country or territoryEstimation or Census DataDetailedBy ethnicityAbkhazians (50.7%), Georgians (19.2%), Armenians (17.4%), Russians (9.1%), Greeks (0.6%), other (3.0%) (2011 Census)By ethnicityPashtuns (42%), Tajiks (27%), Hazaras (9%), Uzbeks (9%), Aimaks (4%), Turkmen (3%), Balochs (2%), other (4%, including Pamiris, Arabs, Nuristanis and others) (2013 estimate)By ethnicityAlbanians (82.6%), Greeks (0.9%), other 1% (including Aromanians, Romani, Macedonians, Montenegrins, and Balkan Egyptians), unspecified (15.5%) (2011 estimate)By ethnicityArabs and Berbers (99%, including pure Berbers approx. 15%), Europeans under 1% (estimate)Arabs, Berbers, Turks, FrenchBy ethnicityPacific Islanders (88.7%, includes Samoans 83.2%, Tongans 2.2%, other 3.3%), Asians (5.8%, includes Filipinos 3.4%, other 2.4%), mixed (4.4%), other 1.1% (2020 estimate)By nationalityAndorrans (48.3%), Spaniards (24.8%), Portuguese (11.2%), French (4.5%), Argentines (1.4%), other (9.8%) (2021 estimate)By ethnicityOvimbundu (37%), Kimbundu (25%), Bakongo (13%), Mestico (2%, mixed European and African descent), Whites (1%), other (22%) (estimate)By ethnicityBlacks (85.3%), Hispanics (4.9%), mixed (3.8%), Whites (3.2%), Indians (1%), other (1.6%), unspecified (0 .3%) (2011 estimate)By ethnicityBlacks (87.3%), mixed (4.7%), Hispanics (2.7%), Whites (1.6%), other (2.7%), unspecified (0.9%) (2011 estimate)By ethnicityWhites/Castizo (mostly Italian and Spanish; 85–88%), Mestizo (10%), Indigenous Argentines (2.8%), Afro-Argentines (0.6%), Asians (0.8%) and others (3%) (2022 estimate)Spaniards, Sephards, Italians, Paraguayans, Chileans, Ukrainians, Croats, Volga Germans, Armenians, Russians, Irish, Boers, Syrians, Lebanese, Mapuche, Cape Verdeans, FrenchBy ethnicityArmenians (98.1%), Yazidis (1.2%), other (0.7% including Russians, Kurds, Assyrians and others) (2011 census)By nationalityDutch (78.7%), Colombians (6.6%), Venezuelans (5.5%), Dominicans (2.8%), Haitians (1.3%), other (5.1%) (2020 estimate)By ethnicityAzerbaijanis (91.6%), Lezgins (2.0%), Russians (1.3%), Armenians (1.3%), Talysh (1.3%), Avars (0.5%), other (1.9%) (2009 census)By most common ancestry English (33%), Australian (29.9%, descent from early settlers), Irish (9.5%), Scots (8.6%), Chinese (5.5%), Italian (4.4%), German (4.0%), Indian (3.1%), Aboriginal Australians (2.9%), Greek (1.7%), unspecified (4.7%) (2021 census)English, Irish, Scottish, Chinese, Indian, Lebanese, Croats, Serbs, Turkish, Greeks, Germans, White South Africans, Zimbabweans, Ghanaians, White New Zealanders, Samoan, Malay, White Americans, Koreans, Russians, Kenyans, Somalis, Iraqis, Italians, DutchBy migration statusAustrians without a migration background (74%), Austrians with a migration background (7%), foreigners (19%) (2023 estimate)

By citizenshipAustrians (81.0%), Germans (2.5%), Romanians (1.6%), Serbs (1.3%), Turks (1.3%), Hungarians (1.1%), Bosnians (1.1%), Croats (1.1%), Syrians (0.9%), Poles (0.7%), Afghans (0.5%), Slovaks (0.5%), other (6.1%), unspecified (0.3%) (2023, estimate)By ethnicityAfro-Bahamians (90.6%), Whites (4.7%), mixed (2.1%), other (1.9%), unspecified (0.7%) (2010 estimate)By ethnicityBahraini (46%), Asians (45.5%), other Arabs (4.7%), Africans (1.6%), Europeans (1%) (2010 estimate)Bahrainian Arab, Persian, Indian, Pakistanis, Filipinos, Black Bahrainians, EuropeansBy ethnicityBengalis (99%), ethnic minorities (1%, proportion of minorities may underestimated) (2022 census)By ethnicityAfro-Barbadians (92.4%), mixed (3.1%), Whites (2.7%), Indian (1.3%), other (0.2%), unspecified (0.3%) (2010 estimate)By ethnicityBelarusians (84.9%), Russians (7.5%), Poles (3.1%), Ukrainians (1.7%), other (2.8%) (2019 census)By migration statusBelgians without a migration background (65.5%), Belgians with a migration background (21.0%, of which from Europe 10.8%, from Africa 7.0%, from Asia and Oceania 1.7%, from another region or unspecified 1.5%), foreigners (13.4%, of whom from Europe 9.4%, from Africa 2.0%, from Asia and Oceania 1.3%, from another region or unspecified 0.8%) (2023 estimate)

By languageFlemish (60%), Walloon (40%), German (<1%) (2023 estimate)Belgians (Wallons, Flemish), Moroccans, Algerians, French, Italian, British, Russian, Spaniards, Turkish, Congolese, Rwandan, Cameroonian, Iraqi, Afghan, Chinese, Haitians, Greeks, GermansBy ethnicityMestizo (52.9%), Creole (25.9%), Maya (11.3%), Garifuna (6.1%), Indians (3.9%), Mennonites (3.6%), Whites (1.2%), Asians (1%), other (1.2%), unknown (0.3%) (2010 census)By ethnicityFon (38.4%), Aja (15.1%), Yoruba (12.0%), Bariba (9.6%), Fula (8.6%), Ottamari (6.1%), Yoa-Lukpa (4.3%), Dendi (2.9%), other (0.9%), foreigners (1.9%) (2013 census)By ethnicityBlacks (52%), Whites (31%), mixed (9%), Asians (4%), other (4%) (2010 estimate)By ethnicityNgalop (50%), Nepalese (35%), indigenous peoples and migrating tribes (15%) (estimate)By ethnicityMestizo (68%), Native Bolivians (20% including Aymara and Quechua), Whites (5%), Cholo (2%), Afro-Bolivians (1%), other (1%), unspecified (3%) (2009 estimate)By ethnicityBosniaks (50.1%), Serbs (30.8%), Croats (15.4%), other (2.7% including Albanians, Romani, Montenegrins and others), unspecified (1%) (2013 census )By ethnicityTswana (79%), Kalanga (11%), San (3%), other (7% including Kgalagadi, Whites and others) (estimate)By ethnicityPardo/mixed (45.3%), Whites (43.5%), Afro-Brazilians (10.2%), Native Brazilians (0.6%), Asians (0.4%) (2022 census)Black Brazilians, Pardo, Polish, Russians, Germans, Italians, Tupi, Portuguese Brazilians, Angolans, Lebanese, Japanese, Chinese, Haitians, VenezuelansBy ethnicityBlacks (76.3%), Hispanics (5.5%), Whites (5.4%), mixed (5.3%), Indians (3.7%), other (3.0%), unspecified (0.8%) (2010 estimate)By ethnicityMalays (67.4%), Chinese (9.6%), other (23%) (2021 census)By ethnicityBulgarians (84.6%), Turks (8.4%), Romani (4.4%, according to other estimates 9–11%), Russians (0.2%), Armenians (0.1%), other (1.0%), unspecified (1.3%) (2021 census, proportions refer to people who declared their ethnicity)By ethnicityMossi (52%), Fula (8.4%), Gurma (7%), Bobo (4.9%), Gurunsi (4.6%), Senufo (4.5%), Bissa (3.7%) ), Lobi (2.4%), Dagaare (2.4%), Tuareg/Bellah (1.9%), Dioula (0.8%), unspecified/no answer (0.3%), other (7.2%) (2010 estimate)By ethnicityHutu (Bantu) (approx. 85%), Tutsi (approx. 14%) Twa (approx. 1%), Phuthi, South AsiansBy ethnicityKhmer (95.4%), Chams (2.4%), Chinese (1.5%), other (0.7%) (2019/20 estimate)By ethnicityBamileke-Bamum (24.3%), Beti/Bassa, Mbam (21.6%), Biu-Mandara (14.6%), Arabs-Choa/Hausa/Kanuri (11%), Adamawa-Ubangi, (9.8%), Grassfields(7.7%), Kako, Meka/Pygmies (3.3%), Cotier/Ngoe/Oroko (2.7%), Southwestern Bantu (0.7%), foreigners/other ethnic group (4.5%) (2018 estimate)By ethnicityWhites (69.8%), South Asians (7.1%), Native Canadians (5.0%), Chinese (4.7%), Afro-Canadians (4.3%), Southeast Asians (3.7%), Arabs (1.9%), Hispanics (1.6%), West Asians (1.0%), Koreans (0.6%), Japanese (0.3%) mixed (0.9%) Other (0.5%) (2021 census)

By ancestry (most common)Canadians (descent from early settlers 15.6%), English (14.7%), Scots (12.1%), Irish (12.1%), French (11.0%), Germans (8.1%), Chinese (4.7%), Italians (4.3%), Indians (3.7%), Ukrainians (3.5%), First Nations (1.7%), Métis (1.5%) (2021 census)White (Anglo-Canadians, Franco-Canadians, Germans, Ukrainians, Greeks, Russians, Italians, Dutch, Irish, Scottish, Portuguese, Polish, Norwegians, White South Africans, White Americans), Chinese, Hong Kongers (Chinese), Taiwanese, Korean, Japanese, Latinos (Colombians, Mexicans, Salvadorans, Cubans, Venezuelans), South Asians (Indians, Bengalis, Pakistanis, Sri Lankans), Vietnamese, Fijians, Black Novo Scotians, African Americans, Jamaicans, Black Guyanese, Haitians, Cameroonians, Ivorians, Nigerians, Somalis, Ethiopians, Kenyans, Ghanaians, Arabs (Lebanese, Moroccans, Algerians, Tunisians, Syrians, Emiratis, Iraqis), Persians, Iranian Azerbaijanis, Armenians, Afghans, Native Americans, MixedBy ethnicityMulatto (71%), Africans (28%), Whites (1%) (estimate)By ethnicityMixed (40%), Whites (20%), Blacks (20%), Foreigner (20%) (estimate)By ethnicityGbaya (28.8%), Banda (22.9%), Mandja (9.9%), Sara (7.9%), Mbaka (7.9%), Arabs-Fula (6%), Mbum 6%, Ngbandi (5.5%), Azande (3%), other (2%), foreigners (0.1%) (2003 estimate)By ethnicitySara (26.6%), Arabs (12.9%), Kanembu (8.5%), Masalit (7.2%), Tubu (6.9%), Masa (4.8%), Bidiyo (3.7%), Bilala (3.7%), Maba (3.0%), Daju (2.6%), Mundang (1.5%), Gabri (2.4%), Zaghawa (2.4%), Fula (2.1%), Tupuri (2.0%), Tama (1.6%), Karo (1.4%), Bagirmi (1.3%), Masmaje (1.0% ), other (2.6%), foreigners (0.7%) (2009 census)By ethnicityWhite and Mestizo (88.9%), Mapuche (9.1%), Aymara (0.7%), other Native Chileans (0.3% including Rapanu, Quechua and others) (2012 estimate)Mapuche, Basque, Irish, English, Haitians, Venezuelans, Croats, Germans, Mestizos, PalestinianBy ethnicityHan Chinese (91.1%), Zhuang (1.4%), Uyghurs (0.8%), Miao (0.8%), Manchu (0.7%), Yi (0.7%), Tujia (0.7%), Tibetans (0.5%), Mongols (0.5%), other (2.1%, including Dong, Yao, Koreans and over 100 others) (2020 census)By ethnicityChinese (70%), Europeans (20%), Malays (10%) (2001 estimate)Cocos (Keeling) IslandsBy ethnicityEuropeans, Cocos MalaysBy ethnicityMestizo and White (87.6%), Afro-Colombians (6.8%), Native Colombians (4.4%) (2018 census)