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Ethnicity and Race by Countries (part 1): Find the ethnic and racial composition of every country in the world, listed alphabetically. AfghanistanPashtun 42%, Tajik 27%, Hazara 9%, Uzbek 9%, Aimaks 4%, Turkmen 3%, Baloch 2%, others 4% AlbaniaAlbanian 95%, Greeks 3%, other 2%: Vlachs, Gypsies, Serbs, and Bulgarians (1989 est.) AlgeriaArab-Berber 99%, European less than 1% AndorraSpanish 43%, Andorran 33%, Portuguese 11%, French 7%, other 6% (1998) AngolaOvimbundu 37%, Kimbundu 25%, Bakongo 13%, mestico (mixed European and Native African) 2%, European 1%, other 22% Antigua and Barbudablack, British, Portuguese, Lebanese, Syrian Argentinawhite (mostly Spanish and Italian) 97%; mestizo, Amerindian, other 3% ArmeniaArmenian 97.9%, Russian 0.5%, Kurds 1.3%, other 0.3% (2001) AustraliaCaucasian 92%, Asian 7%, aboriginal and other 1% AustriaAustrians 91.1%, former Yugoslavs 4% (includes Croatians, Slovenes, Serbs, Bosniaks), Turks 1.6%, German 0.9%, other or unspecified 2.4% (2001) AzerbaijanAzeri 90.6%, Dagestani 2.2%, Russian 1.8%, Armenian 1.5%, other 3.9% (1999). Note: almost all Armenians live in the separatist Nagorno-Karabakh region Bahamasblack 85%, white 12%, Asian and Hispanic 3% BahrainBahraini 62.4%, non-Bahraini 37.6% (2001) BangladeshBengali 98%, tribal groups, non-Bengali Muslims (1998) Barbadosblack 90%, white 4%, Asian and mixed 6% BelarusBelorussian 81.2%, Russian 11.4%, Polish 3.9%, Ukrainian 2.4%, other 1.1% (1999) BelgiumFleming 58%, Walloon 31%, mixed or other 11% Belizemestizo 48.7%, Creole 24.9%, Maya 10.6%, Garifuna 6.1%, other 9.7% BeninAfrican 99% (42 ethnic groups, most important being Fon, Adja, Yoruba, Bariba), Europeans 5,500 BhutanBhote 50%, ethnic Nepalese 35%, indigenous or migrant tribes 15% BoliviaQuechua 30%, mestizo 30%, Aymara 25%, white 15% Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosniak 48%, Serb 37.1%, Croat 14.3%, other 0.6% (2000) BotswanaTswana (or Setswana) 79%, Kalanga 11%, Basarwa 3%, other (including Kgalagadi and white) 7% Brazilwhite 53.7%, mulatto (mixed white and black) 38.5%, black 6.2%, other (includes Japanese, Arab, Amerindian) 0.9%, unspecified 0.7% (2000) BruneiMalay 67%, Chinese 15%, indigenous 6%, other 12% BulgariaBulgarian 83.9%, Turk 9.4%, Roma 4.7%, other (including Macedonian, Armenian, Tatar, Circassian) 2% (2001) Burkina FasoMossi (over 40%), Gurunsi, Senufo, Lobi, Bobo, Mande, Fulani BurundiHutu (Bantu) 85%, Tutsi (Hamitic) 14%, Twa (Pygmy) 1% CambodiaKhmer 90%, Vietnamese 5%, Chinese 1%, other 4% CameroonCameroon Highlanders 31%, Equatorial Bantu 19%, Kirdi 11%, Fulani 10%, Northwest Bantu 8%, Eastern Nigritic 7%, other African 13%, non-African less than 1% CanadaBritish Isles origin 28%, French origin 23%, other European 15%, indigenous Indian and Inuit 2%, other, mostly Asian, African, Arab 6%, mixed background 26% Cape VerdeCreole (mulatto) 71%, African 28%, European 1% Central African RepublicBaya 33%, Banda 27%, Mandjia 13%, Sara 10%, Mboum 7%, M'Baka 4%, Yakoma 4%, other 2% Chad200 distinct groups. North and center, mostly Muslim: Arabs, Gorane (Toubou, Daza, Kreda), Zaghawa, Kanembou, Ouaddai, Baguirmi, Hadjerai, Fulbe, Kotoko, Hausa, Boulala, and Maba. South, mostly Christian or animist: Sara (Ngambaye, Mbaye, Goulaye), Moundang, Moussei, Massa Chilewhite and white-Amerindian 95%, Amerindian 3%, other 2% ChinaHan Chinese 91.9%, Zhuang, Uygur, Hui, Yi, Tibetan, Miao, Manchu, Mongol, Buyi, Korean, and other nationalities 8.1% Colombiamestizo 58%, white 20%, mulatto 14%, black 4%, mixed black-Amerindian 3%, Amerindian 1% ComorosAntalote, Cafre, Makoa, Oimatsaha, Sakalava Congo, Democratic Republic of theWith over 200 African ethnic groups, 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 ofKongo 48%, Sangha 20%, M'Bochi 12%, Teke 17%, Europeans and other 3% Costa Ricawhite (including mestizo) 94%, black 3%, Amerindian 1%, Chinese 1%, other 1% Côte d'IvoireAkan 42.1%, Voltaiques (Gur) 17.6%, Northern Mandes 16.5%, Krous 11%, Southern Mandes 10%, other 2.8% (includes 130,000 Lebanese and 14,000 French) (1998) CroatiaCroat 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% (2001) Cubamulatto 51%, white 37%, black 11%, Chinese 1% CyprusGreek 77%, Turkish 18% (each concentrated almost exclusively in separate areas); other 5% (2001) Czech RepublicCzech 90.4%, Moravian 3.7%, Slovak 1.9%, other 4% (2001) DenmarkScandinavian, Inuit, Faroese, German, Turkish, Iranian, Somali DjiboutiSomali 60%, Afar 35%, French, Arab, Ethiopian, and Italian 5% Dominicablack, mixed black and European, European, Syrian, Carib Amerindian Dominican Republicwhite 16%, black 11%, mixed 73%