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Ethnicity and Race by Countries (part 2): East Timor Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian), Papuan, small Chinese minority Ecuadormestizo (mixed Amerindian and white) 65%, Amerindian 25%, Spanish and others 7%, black 3% EgyptEgyptian 98%, Berber, Nubian, Bedouin, and Beja 1%, Greek, Armenian, other European (primarily Italian and French) 1% El Salvadormestizo 90%, white 9%, Amerindian 1% Equatorial GuineaBioko (primarily Bubi, some Fernandinos), Río Muni (primarily Fang); less than 1,000 Europeans, mostly Spanish Eritreaethnic Tigrinya 50%, Tigre and Kunama 40%, Afar 4%, Saho (Red Sea coast dwellers) 3%, other 3% EstoniaEstonian 67.9%, Russian 25.6%, Ukrainian 2.1%, Belorussian 1.3%, Finn 0.9%, other 2.2% (2000) EthiopiaOromo 40%, Amhara and Tigrean 32%, Sidamo 9%, Shankella 6%, Somali 6%, Afar 4%, Gurage 2%, other 1% FijiFijian 51%, Indian 44%, European, other Pacific Islanders, overseas Chinese, and other 5% (1998) FinlandFinn 93.4%, Swede 5.7%, Sami (Lapp) 0.1%, Roma 0.2%, Estonian 0.2% FranceCeltic and Latin with Teutonic, Slavic, North African, Southeast Asian, and Basque minorities GabonBantu tribes, including four major tribal groupings: Fang, Punu, Nzeiby, Mbede (Obamba/Bateke); other Africans and Europeans 10.8%, including 0.8% French and 0.8% persons of dual nationality GambiaAfrican 99% (Mandinka 42%, Fula 18%, Wolof 16%, Jola 10%, Serahuli 9%, other 4%), non-African 1% GeorgiaGeorgian 83.8%, Azeri 6.5%, Armenian 5.7%, Russian 1.5%, other 2.5% (2002) GermanyGerman 91.5%, Turkish 2.4%, Italian 0.7%, Greek 0.4%, Polish 0.4%, other 4.6% Ghanablack African 98.5% (major tribes: Akan 44%, Moshi-Dagomba 16%, Ewe 13%, Ga 8%, Gurma 3%, Yoruba 1%), European and other 1.5% (1998) GreeceGreek 98%, other 2%; note: the Greek government states there are no ethnic divisions in Greece Grenadablack 82%, mixed black and European 13%, European and East Indian 5%, and trace of Arawak/Carib Amerindian GuatemalaMestizo (Ladino)—mixed Amerindian-Spanish ancestry—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) GuineaPeuhl 40%, Malinke 30%, Susu 20%, smaller tribes 10% Guinea-BissauAfrican 99% (Balanta 30%, Fula 20%, Manjaca 14%, Mandinga 13%, Papel 7%), European and mulatto less than 1% GuyanaEast Indian 50%; black 36%; Amerindian 7%; white, Chinese, and mixed 7% Haitiblack 95%, mulatto and white 5% Hondurasmestizo 90%, Amerindian 7%, black 2%, white 1% HungaryHungarian 92.3%, Roma 1.9%, other or unknown 5.8% (2001) Icelandhomogeneous mixture of Norse/Celtic descendants 94%, population of foreign origin 6% IndiaIndo-Aryan 72%, Dravidian 25%, Mongoloid and other 3% (2000) IndonesiaJavanese 45%, Sundanese 14%, Madurese 7.5%, coastal Malays 7.5%, other 26% IranPersian 51%, Azerbaijani 24%, Gilaki and Mazandarani 8%, Kurd 7%, Arab 3%, Lur 2%, Baloch 2%, Turkmen 2%, other 1% IraqArab 75%–80%, Kurdish 15%–20%, Turkoman, Assyrian, or other 5% IrelandCeltic, English IsraelJewish 80.1% (Europe/Americas/Oceania-born 32.1%, Israel-born 20.8%, Africa-born 14.6%, Asia-born 12.6%), non-Jewish 19.9% (mostly Arab) (1996 est.) ItalyItalian (includes small clusters of German-, French-, and Slovene-Italians in the north and Albanian- and Greek-Italians in the south) Jamaicablack 90.9%, East Indian 1.3%, white 0.2%, Chinese 0.2%, mixed 7.3%, other 0.1% JapanJapanese 99%; Korean, Chinese, Brazillian, Filipino, other 1% (2004) JordanArab 98%, Circassian 1%, Armenian 1% KazakhstanKazak (Qazaq) 53.4%, Russian 30%, Ukrainian 3.7%, Uzbek 2.5%, German 2.4%, Tatar 1.4%, Uygur 1.4%, other 4.9% (1999) KenyaKikuyu 22%; Luhya 14%; Luo 13%; Kalenjin 12%; Kamba 11%; Kisii 6%; Meru 6%; other African 15%; Asian, European, and Arab 1% KiribatiMicronesian 98.8%, other 1.2% Korea, Northracially homogeneous; small Chinese community, a few ethnic Japanese Korea, Southhomogeneous (except for about 20,000 Chinese) KuwaitKuwaiti 45%, other Arab 35%, South Asian 9%, Iranian 4%, other 7% KyrgyzstanKyrgyz 64.9%, Uzbek 13.8%, Russian 12.5%, Dungan 1.1%, Ukrainian 1%, Uygur 1%, other 5.7% (1999) LaosLao Loum (lowland) 68%, Lao Theung (upland) 22%, Lao Soung (highland) including the Hmong (“Meo”) and the Yao (Mien) 9%, ethnic Vietnamese/Chinese 1% LatviaLatvian 57.7%, Russian 29.6%, Belorussian 4.1%, Ukrainian 2.7%, Polish 2.5%, Lithuanian 1.4%, other 2% (2002) LebanonArab 95%, Armenian 4%, other 1% LesothoSotho 99.7%, Europeans, Asians, and other 0.3% Liberiaindigenous African tribes 95% (including Kpelle, Bassa, Gio, Kru, Grebo, Mano, Krahn, Gola, Gbandi, Loma, Kissi, Vai, Bella, Mandingo, and Mende),