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Revision as of 20:49, 5 April 2018

The following is a list of contemporary ethnic groups. There has been constant debate over the classification of ethnic groups. Membership of an ethnic group tends to be associated with shared cultural heritage, ancestry, history, homeland, language or dialect, the term culture specifically including aspects such as religion, mythology and ritual, cuisine, dressing style, etc.

By the nature of the concept, ethnic groups tend to be divided into ethnic subgroups, which may themselves be or not be identified as independent ethnic groups depending on the source consulted.

Ethnic groups

The groups commonly identified as "ethnic groups" (as opposed to ethno-linguistic phyla, national groups, racial groups or similar). Smaller groups are often indigenous peoples.

Name Native language (primary language) Primary homeland Population (estimate) Subgroups Majority (plurality) religion and sect
Abkhaz Northwest CaucasianAbazgiAbkhaz Abkhazia, Georgia 0.2 million Bzyb, Abzhui, Zamurzakan ChristianityEastern Orthodoxy, Sunni Islam
Acholi Nilo-SaharanNiloticWestern NiloticLuoAcholi Uganda, South Sudan 1.2 million Christianity, traditional African religions
Afar AfroasiaticCushiticLowland East CushiticAfar Afar Region (Ethiopia), Djibouti, Eritrea 2.3–4.2 million Sunni Islam
Agbagyi Niger-CongoAtlantic–CongoVolta–NigerNupoidGwari Nigeria 0.35 million Christianity, Islam, Traditional African religions
Akan Niger-CongoKwaPotou-TanoAkan Ghana, Ivory Coast 20 million Asante, Akuapem, Akyem, Wassa, Abron, Anyi, Baoulé, Sefwi, Nzema, Ahanta, Tchaman, Abbé, numerous slave descents (Afro-Brazilians, African Americans, Afro-Caribbeans) Christianity, Akan religion, Sunni Islam
Albanians Indo-EuropeanAlbanian Albania, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Ulcinj and Gusinje (Montenegro), Preševo Valley (Serbia) 7–8 million (Balkans only) Ghegs, Tosks, Arbëreshë, Kosovans Sunni Islam, Christianity, Agnosticism
Ambundu Niger-CongoBantuKimbundu Angola 4 million Chokwe Christianity, Traditional African religions
Amhara AfroasiaticSemiticAmharic Ethiopia 30 million ChristianityEthiopian Orthodoxy
Islam
Armenians Indo-EuropeanArmenian Armenia 12 million Hemshin peoples, Cherkesogai ChristianityOriental Orthodoxy
Assamese Indo-EuropeanIndo-IranianIndo-AryanAssamese India (Assam) 15 million[1] Hinduism
Assyrians AfroasiaticSemiticAssyrian Neo-Aramaic Iraq, Iran, Syria, Turkey 2–3.3 million ChristianitySyriac Christianity
Aymara AymaranAymara Bolivia, Peru, Chile 1.75 million ChristianitySyriac Christianity
Azerbaijanis TurkicOghuzAzerbaijani Iran, Azerbaijan 28–35 million Karapapaks, Afshar, Bayat, Baharlu, Shahsevan, Qaradaghis, Ayrums, Qizilbash, Iranian Azerbaijanis, Georgian Azerbaijanis IslamShia Islam
Bakongo Niger-CongoBantuKongo Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Angola, Gabon 10 million numerous slave descents (Afro-Brazilians, African Americans, Afro-Caribbeans) Christianity
Balochis Indo-EuropeanIndo-IranianIranianBalochi Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan
(Balochistan Province, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Nimruz Province)
10 million IslamSunni Islam
Bamars Sino-TibetanLolo-BurmeseBurmishBurmese Myanmar 30 million BuddhismTheravada Buddhism
Bambara Niger-CongoMandeMandingBambara Mali 2.7 million Islam
Bashkirs TurkicKipchakBashkir Bashkortostan (Russia) 2 million Islam
Basques Basque Basque Country (Spain, France) 2.4 million ChristianityRoman Catholicism
Belarusians Indo-EuropeanSlavicEast SlavicBelarusian Belarus 9.5–10 million ChristianityEastern Orthodoxy
Bemba Niger-CongoBantuSabiBemba Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique 0.74[2]–3.3 million Christianity, Traditional African religions
Bengalis Indo-EuropeanIndo-IranianIndo-AryanBengali Bangladesh, India (West Bengal, Tripura Barak Valley) 300 million[3] Bengali Muslims, Bengali Hindus, Assamese people, Rajbongshi people, Chittagonian people, Sylhetis Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism
Berbers AfroasiaticBerber North Africa 25–30 million[4]–50 million[5][6][7][8] Tuaregs, Kabyle, Chaoui, Canary Islanders IslamSunni Islam
Beti-Pahuin Niger-CongoBantuBeti Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea 8.3 million Fang, Ewondo, Eton, Bulu, Bebil, Bebele Christianity, Traditional African religions (including Bwiti)
Bosniaks Indo-EuropeanSlavicSouth SlavicSerbo-CroatianBosnian Bosnia and Herzegovina 3–4.5 million IslamSunni Islam
Brahui DravidianBrahui Pakistan 2.4 million[9] Islam
Bulgarians Indo-EuropeanSlavicSouth SlavicBulgarian Bulgaria, Western Outlands, Budjak, Macedonia 9–11.3 million Macedonian Bulgarians, Bessarabian Bulgarians, Pomaks, Banat Bulgarians ChristianityEastern Orthodoxy
Catalans Indo-EuropeanRomanceCatalan Spain, France 8–10 million[10] Valencians, Balearics, Andorrans ChristianityRoman Catholicism
Chechens Northeast CaucasianNakhChechen Chechnya (Russia) 1.5—2 million IslamSunni Islam
Chuvash TurkicOghurChuvash Chuvashia (Russia) 2 million ChristianityEastern Orthodoxy
Circassians Northwest CaucasianCircassian Russia (see also; Circassia) 4–8 million Adygeans, Kabardians IslamSunni Islam
Chewa Niger CongoBantuNyasaChewa Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique 12 million Christianity, Traditional African religions
Cornish Indo-EuropeanCelticBrittonicCornish

Indo-EuropeanGermanicWest GermanicAnglicEnglish (Anglo-Cornish)

Cornwall (United Kingdom) 6–11 million Christianity
Corsicans Indo-EuropeanRomanceCorsican Corsica (France) 0.33 million Christianity
Cree AlgicAlgonquianCree Canada, Montana 0.392 million Métis (Oji-Cree) Christianity → Various branches, Native American religion
Croats Indo-EuropeanSlavicSouth SlavicSerbo-CroatianCroatian Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina 7.5–8.5 million Italian Croats (Molise Croats) ChristianityRoman Catholicism
Czechs Indo-EuropeanSlavicWest SlavicCzech Czech Republic 10–12 million (ChristianityRoman Catholicism)
Danes Indo-EuropeanGermanicNorth GermanicDanish Denmark 7 million ChristianityLutheranism
Dinka Nilo-SaharanNiloticWestern NiloticDinka South Sudan 5 million Christianity, traditional African religions
Dutch Indo-EuropeanGermanicWest GermanicDutch Netherlands 16–29 million[11] Flemings, Surinamese, Dutch Indonesians, Afrikaners (ChristianityProtestantism, Roman Catholicism)
English Indo-EuropeanGermanicWest GermanicAnglicEnglish (English of England) England 100 million Americans, Canadians, Australians, New Zealanders, Antiguans, Bahamians, Barbadians, Belizeans, Dominicans, Grenadians, Guyanese, Jamaicans, Saint Helenians, Tristanians, Bermudians, Virgin Islanders, Caymanians, Falkland Islanders, Montserratians, Kittitians, Saint Lucians, Vincentians, Trinidadians, Pitcairn Islanders ChristianityProtestantism
Estonians UralicFinnicEstonian Estonia 1.2 million (ChristianityLutheranism)
Ewe Niger-CongoGbeEwe Togo, Ghana 6.7 million numerous slave descents (Afro-Brazilians, African Americans, Afro-Caribbeans) Christianity, traditional African religionsWest African Vodun
Finns UralicFinnicFinnish Finland 6.5 million ChristianityLutheranism
Fon Niger-CongoGbeFon Benin, Nigeria 4.1 million numerous slave descents (Afro-Brazilians, African Americans, Afro-Caribbeans) Christianity, traditional African religionsWest African Vodun
French Indo-EuropeanRomanceFrench France 100 million[12] Quebecers, Walloons, Romands, Arpitans, Aostans, Haitians, French West Indians, French Guianese ChristianityRoman Catholicism
Frisians Indo-EuropeanGermanicWest GermanicFrisian Frisia (Netherlands, Germany) 1.5 million ChristianityLutheranism
Fula Niger-CongoAtlantic-CongoSenegambianFula West Africa 20 million Islam
Ga-Adangbe Niger-CongoKwaGa-Dangme Greater Accra (Ghana) 2 million Ga, Adangbe Christianity, traditional African religions (including Bwiti)
Gagauz TurkicOghuzGagauz Gagauzia (Moldova) 0.2 million ChristianityEastern Orthodoxy
Ganda Niger-CongoBantuGreat Lakes BantuGanda Buganda (Uganda) 6.2 million Christianity, traditional African religions
Georgians KartvelianGeorgian Georgia 5–7 million Mingrelians, Svans, Adjarians, Tushetians ChristianityEastern Orthodoxy
Germans Indo-EuropeanGermanicWest GermanicGerman Germany, Austria, Switzerland 100–150 million[13] Austrians, Bavarians, Franconians, Saxons, Swabians, Thuringii, Prussians, Hessians, Pomeranians, Volga Germans, Swiss, Luxembourgers ChristianityRoman Catholicism, Lutheranism, Calvinism
Greeks Indo-EuropeanGreek Greece,

Cyprus

14–17 million Greek Cypriots, Griko people, Pontic Greeks, Cappadocian Greeks, Albanian Greeks, Northern Epirotes ChristianityEastern Orthodoxy
Guaranis TupiTupi-GuaraniGuaranis Amazonia 0.27 million Paraguayans, Bolivians, Argentines, Brazilians Guarani mythology, Roman Catholicism
Gujarati Indo-EuropeanIndo-IranianIndo-AryanGujarati India (Gujarat) 50–60 million[14] Gujarati Muslims Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Zoroastrianism, Buddhism
Hadiya AfroasiaticCushiticHighland East CushiticHadiyya Hadiya & Gurage Zones (Ethiopia) 1 million Badawwaachcho, Leemo, Mareko, Shaashoogo, Sooro Christianity, Islam
Han Chinese Sino-TibetanSiniticChinese China 1,300 million[15] Chinese Americans,Malaysian Chinese Atheism, Chinese Folk Religion, Christianity, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism
Hausa AfroasiaticChadicHausa Niger, Nigeria 50 million Islam
Herero Niger-CongoBantuHerero Namibia, Angola 0.25 million OvaHimba, Ovambanderu Christianity, Traditional African religions
Hui Sino-TibetanSiniticChinese China 10 million IslamSunni Islam
Hungarians UralicUgricHungarian Hungary 13.1–14.7 million ChristianityRoman Catholicism
Ibibio Niger-CongoAtlantic-CongoBenue–CongoCross RiverLower Cross RiverIbibio-EfikIbibio Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria 5 million Christianity, traditional African religions
Icelanders Indo-EuropeanGermanicNorth GermanicIcelandic Iceland 0.45 million ChristianityLutheranism
Igbo Niger-CongoIgboidIgbo Igboland (Nigeria) 34 million numerous slave descents (Afro-Brazilians, African Americans, Afro-Caribbeans) Christianity, Odinani
Ijaw Niger-CongoIjaw Niger Delta – Rivers, Bayelsa, and Delta states of Nigeria 10 million Christianity
Irish Indo-EuropeanCelticGoidelicIrish

Indo-EuropeanGermanicWest GermanicAnglicEnglish (Hiberno-English)[16]

Ireland 70–80 million[17] Northern Irish, Irish Travellers, Ulster Scots ChristianityRoman Catholicism
Italians Indo-EuropeanRomanceItalian Italy[18] 60–140 million[19] ChristianityRoman Catholicism
Japanese JaponicJapanese Japan 129 million[20] Japanese Americans Buddhism, Shinto
Javanese AustronesianMalayo-PolynesianJavanese Java 105 million[21] Cirebonese, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Banyumasan IslamSunni Islam, Hinduism
Jews AfroasiaticSemiticNorthwest SemiticCanaaniteHebrew Israel 14–14.5 million Israelis, Ashkenazim, Mizrahim, Sephardim, Teimanim, Kochinim, Etiopim, and more. Judaism
Kannadigas DravidianKannada India

(Karnataka)

37–55 million Hinduism
Kanuri Nilo-SaharanSaharanKanuri Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Cameroon 10 million Islam
Karakalpaks TurkicKipchakKarakalpak Karakalpakstan (Uzbekistan) 0.62 million IslamSunni Islam
Karen Sino-TibetanTibeto-BurmanKaren Karen State (Myanmar), Thailand 7 millions Karen, Pwo Karen Theravada Buddhism, Christianity
Kashmiris Indo-EuropeanIndo-IranianIndo-AryanDardicKashmiri India (Kashmir Valley), Pakistan (Neelum Valley and Leepa Valley of Azad Kashmir ) 5.6 million[22][23] Kashmiri Muslims, Kashmiri Pandits, Kashmiris of Punjab IslamSunni Islam, Hinduism
Kazakhs TurkicKipchakKazakh Kazakhstan 17 million IslamSunni Islam
Khas Indo-EuropeanIndo-IranianIndo-AryanNepali Nepal 12.9 million Chhetri, Bahun, Nepalis Hinduism
Khmer AustroasiaticKhmer Cambodia 15–17 million BuddhismTheravada Buddhism
Kikuyu Niger-CongoBantuNortheast BantuKikuyu Kenya 9.9 million Christianity, traditional African religions
Konkani Indo-EuropeanIndo-IranianIndo-AryanKonkani India (Goa) 7.4 million[1] Hinduism
Koreans KoreanicKorean Korea 82.5 million[24] Korean Americans Buddhism, Christianity
Kukis Sino-TibetanKukish North East India Bangladesh Myanmar 0.7 million[25] Thadou, Paite, Simte, Zou, Lamkang, Kom people, Lushai, Hmar people, Anal people, Koireng, Zomi Christianity, Judaism
Kurds Indo-EuropeanIndo-IranianIranianKurdish Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Syria (see also; Kurdistan) 30–38 million Kurmanjis, Sorans, Zazas, Gorans Sunni Islam, Shia Islam -> Alevism, Christianity, Yazidism
Kyrgyz TurkicKipchakKyrgyz Kyrgyzstan 4.5 million IslamSunni Islam
Lango Nilo-SaharanNiloticWestern NiloticLuoLango Uganda 1.8 million Christianity, traditional African religions
Lao Tai-KadaiTaiSouthwestern TaiLao Laos 4 million BuddhismTheravada Buddhism
Latvians Indo-EuropeanBalticLatvian Latvia 1.5–1.6 million ChristianityLutheranism
Lithuanians Indo-EuropeanBalticLithuanian Lithuania 3.7–4.1 million ChristianityRoman Catholicism
Laz KartvelianLaz Turkey, Georgia 0.2–1 million IslamSunni Islam, Christianity
Luba Niger-CongoBantuLubanLuba Democratic Republic of the Congo 13 million Christianity, traditional African religions
Luo Nilo-SaharanNiloticWestern NiloticLuoLuo Kenya, Tanzania 7 million Christianity, traditional African religions
Lurs Indo-EuropeanIndo-IranianIranianLuri Iran 5 million IslamShia Islam
Macedonians Indo-EuropeanSlavicSouth SlavicMacedonian Republic of Macedonia, region of Macedonia 2.5 million Torbesh ChristianityEastern Orthodox Christianity
Malays AustronesianMalayo-PolynesianMalay Malay world 30 million Bruneians, Kedahans, Pattani, Kelantanese, Terengganuans, Pahang, Perakians, Berau IslamSunni Islam
Malayali DravidianMalayalam India (Kerala) 40–60 million Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Jainism
Maldivians Indo-EuropeanIndo-IranianIndo-AryanMaldivian Maldives 0.42 million Mahls IslamSunni Islam
Maltese AfroasiaticSemiticArabicSiculo-ArabicMaltese Malta 0.7 million Gozitans ChristianityRoman Catholicism
Manchu AltaicTungusicManchu (Sino-TibetanSiniticChinese) China 10.4 million Manchu shamanismBuddhism
Mandinka Niger-CongoMandeMandingMandinka (Mandingo), Maninka, Kassonke, Kita Maninka Mali, The Gambia, Guinea, Senegal, Ivory Coast 13 million numerous slave descents (Afro-Brazilians, African Americans, Afro-Caribbeans) Islam
Mapuche AraucanianMapudungun Chile, Argentina 1.7 million Huilliche Christianity (Catholicism, Evangelicalism)
Marathi Indo-EuropeanIndo-IranianIndo-AryanMarathi India (Maharashtra) 87 million[26] Hinduism
Mayans Mayan Guatemala, Belize, Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador 7 million Achi, Chuj, Ch'orti', Itza, K'iche', Q'eqchi', Tz'utujil, Xinca ChristianityRoman Catholicism, Maya religion
Minangkabau AustronesianMalayo-PolynesianNuclear Malayo-PolynesianMalayo-SumbawanMalayicMalayanMinangkabau Indonesia 8 million IslamSunni Islam
Mongo Niger-CongoBantuBangi-NtombaMongo Democratic Republic of the Congo 12 million Christianity, traditional African religions
Mongols AltaicMongolian Inner Mongolia (China), Mongolia 10 million Hazaras BuddhismTibetan Buddhism
Montenegrins Indo-EuropeanSlavicSouth SlavicSerbo-CroatianMontenegrin Montenegro 0.55 million ChristianityEastern Orthodoxy
Naga Sino-TibetanNaga language India (Nagaland, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam), Myanmar 4 million Angami, Ao, Chakhesang, Chang, Konyak, Lotha, Mao, Maram, Poumai, Rongmei, Sangtam, Sumi, Tangkhul, Tangsa and Zeliang ChristianityProtestantism, Roman Catholicism
Norwegians Indo-EuropeanGermanicNorth GermanicNorwegian Norway 12 million ChristianityLutheranism
Nubians Nilo-SaharanNubian languages Nubia, Southern Egypt, North Sudan 2–15 million Sufi Islam, Sunni Islam, Coptic Christian
Nuer Nilo-SaharanNiloticWestern NiloticNuer South Sudan 5 million Christianity, traditional African religions
Nuristanis Indo-EuropeanIndo-IranianNuristani Nuristan (Afghanistan) 0.3 million IslamSunni Islam
Odia Indo-EuropeanIndo-IranianIndo-AryanOdia India (Odisha) 32 million[27] Hinduism
Oromo AfroasiaticCushiticOromo Ethiopia, Kenya 35–45 million[28]

IslamSunni Islam ChristianCoptic Orthodox and Protestant

Ossetians Indo-EuropeanIndo-IranianIranianEast IranianOssetian South Ossetia, Georgia; North Ossetia-Alania, Russia 0.75 million Iron, Digor

ChristianEastern Orthodox Assianism

Ovambo Niger-CongoBantuOshiwambo Namibia, Angola 1.6 million ChristianityLutheranism
Ovimbundu Niger-CongoBantuUmbundu Angola 6 million Christianity, Traditional African religions
Pashtuns Indo-EuropeanIndo-IranianIranianPashto Pashtunistan (Afghanistan, Pakistan) 40–60 million[29] IslamSunni Islam
Persians Indo-EuropeanIndo-IranianIranianPersian Iran 90–110 million[30] Tajiks, Hazaras, Pamiris, Aimaq IslamShia Islam
Poles Indo-EuropeanSlavicWest SlavicPolish Poland 58–60 million[31][32][33][34][35] ChristianityRoman Catholicism
Portuguese Indo-EuropeanRomancePortuguese Portugal 42 million[36] Brazilians, Cape Verdeans, São Tomenses, Luso-Indians, Macanese, Galicians ChristianityRoman Catholicism
Punjabis Indo-EuropeanIndo-IranianIndo-AryanPunjabi East and West Punjab (Pakistan, India) 121 million[37] Punjabi Muslims, Sikhs, Punjabi Hindus Sikhism, Hinduism, Islam
Pedi Niger-CongoBantuSouthern BantuSotho-TswanaPedi South Africa 4.7 million Christianity, traditional African religions
Rohingyas Indo-EuropeanIndo-IranianIndo-AryanRohingya Rakhine State, Myanmar. 2.4 million +[38] Islam, Hinduism
Romanians Indo-EuropeanRomanceRomanian Romania 24 million[39] Moldovans ChristianityEastern Orthodoxy
Romani Indo-EuropeanIndo-IranianIndo-AryanRomani Europe, North India (Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan), The Middle East 12 million Roma, Sinti, Iberian Kale, Welsh Kale, Finnish Kale, Romanichal Christianity, Eastern Orthodoxy, Roman Catholicism, Islam[40]
Russians Indo-EuropeanSlavicEast SlavicRussian Russia 130–150 million[41] ChristianityEastern Orthodoxy
Samoans AustronesianMalayo-PolynesianOceanicPolynesianSamoan Samoan Islands (Samoa, American Samoa 0.5 million ChristianityProtestantism
Sara Nilo-SaharanCentral SudanicSara Chad, Central African Republic 3–4 million Christianity, traditional African religions, Islam
Sardinians Indo-EuropeanRomanceSardinian Sardinia (Italy) 1.7 million[42] ChristianityRoman Catholicism
Scottish Indo-EuropeanCelticGoidelicScottish Gaelic

Indo-EuropeanGermanicWest GermanicAnglicEnglish (Scottish English) and Scots

Scotland 28–40 million[43] Ulster Scots ChristianityChurch of Scotland
Serbs Indo-EuropeanSlavicSouth SlavicSerbo-CroatianSerbian Serbia, Republika Srpska (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Montenegro 11 million ChristianityEastern Orthodoxy
Shan Tai-KadaiTaiSouthwestern TaiShan Shan State (Myanmar) 4—6 million BuddhismTheravada Buddhism
Shona Niger-CongoBantuShona Zimbabwe, Mozambique 10.7–11.7 million Manyika, Ndau, Kalanga Christianity, traditional African religions
Sindhis Indo-EuropeanIndo-IranianIndo-AryanSindhi Pakistan (Sindh), India 40 million[citation needed] Indian Sindhis, Sindhi Muslims, Sindhi Hindus, Sindhi Sikhs IslamSunni Islam (66%)
Hinduism (32%)
Buddhism (1%)
Christianity (0.1%)
Sinhalese Indo-EuropeanIndo-IranianIndo-AryanSinhalese Sri Lanka 16 million[44] BuddhismTheravada
Christianity
Slovaks Indo-EuropeanSlavicWest SlavicSlovak Slovakia 6 million ChristianityRoman Catholicism
Slovenes Indo-EuropeanSlavicSouth SlavicSlovene Slovenia 2.5 million ChristianityRoman Catholicism
Soga Niger-CongoBantuNortheast BantuGreat Lakes BantuSoga Busoga (Uganda) 2.1 million Christianity, traditional African religions
Somalis AfroasiaticCushiticLowland East CushiticSomaliSomali Greater Somalia (Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Kenya 16–20 million Islam
Songhai Nilo-SaharanSonghai Mali, Niger 4.5 million Zarma Islam
Soninke Niger-CongoMandeSoninke Mali 1 million Islam
Sotho Niger-CongoBantuSouthern BantuSotho-TswanaSotho South Africa, Lesotho 5.3–6.4 million Christianity, traditional African religions
Spaniards (West Iberians, exc. Portuguese) Indo-EuropeanRomanceSpanish Spain 47[45]–500 million Castilians, Asturians, Leonese, Aragonese, Extremadurans, Fala, Mexicans, Colombians, Argentinians, Peruvians, Venezuelans, Chileans, Ecuadorians, Guatemalans, Cubans, Bolivians, Dominicans, Hondurans, Paraguayans, Salvadorians, Nicaraguans, Costa Ricans, Puerto Ricans, Panamanians, Uruguayans, Hispanic-Americans, Hispanic-Californians, Hispanic-New Mexicans ChristianityRoman Catholicism
Sundanese AustronesianMalayo-PolynesianSundanese Java 40 million IslamSunni Islam
Sukuma Niger-CongoBantuNortheast BantuSukuma Tanzania 5.5 million Christianity, traditional African religions
Swazi Niger-CongoBantuSouthern BantuNguniSwazi South Africa, Swaziland 2.4 million Christianity, traditional African religions
Swedes Indo-EuropeanGermanicNorth GermanicSwedish Sweden 14.2 Million Åland Swedes ChristianityLutheranism
Tagalogs AustronesianMalayo-PolynesianPhilippineTagalog Philippines 30 million ChristianityRoman Catholicism
Tamils DravidianTamil India (Tamil Nadu), Sri Lanka 78 million[46] Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil Muslims Hinduism, Islam, Christianity
Thais Tai-KadaiThai Thailand 59 million Southern, Khorat), Lanna, Isans, Tai Lü, Buddhism, Hinduism
Tatars TurkicKipchakTatar Tatarstan (Russia) 6.8 million Volga Tatars, Crimean Tatars, Lipka Tatars, Siberian Tatars, Mishar Tatars, Finnish Tatars, Chinese Tatars IslamSunni Islam
Telugu DravidianTelugu India (Andhra Pradesh, Telangana) 90 million[47] Hinduism
Temne Niger-CongoAtlantic–CongoMelTemne Sierra Leone 2.2 million Islam, Poro, Sande, Christianity
Tibetans Sino-TibetanTibeto-KanauriBodishTibetan Tibet (China) 6.2 million BuddhismTibetan Buddhism
Tigrayans/Tigrinyas AfroasiaticSemiticTigrinya Eritrea, Ethiopia 9 Million ChristianityOriental Orthodoxy
Tswana Niger-CongoBantuSouthern BantuSotho-TswanaTswana South Africa, Botswana 6 million Christianity, traditional African religions
Turks TurkicOghuzTurkish Turkey 63–72 million Turkish Cypriots, Manavs, Yörüks IslamSunni Islam, IslamAlevism
Turkmens TurkicOghuzTurkmen Turkmenistan 6 million IslamSunni Islam
Ukrainians Indo-EuropeanSlavicEast SlavicUkrainian Ukraine; Kuban, Belgorod, Kursk, Voronezh, Rostov, (Russia); Prešov (Slovakia); Zakerzonia (Poland); Brest (Belarus) 38–59 million[48] Boyko, Hutsul, Kozak, Lemko, Pannonian Rusyn, Poleshuks, Rusyn ChristianityEastern Orthodoxy, Ukrainian Catholic
Uyghur TurkicKarlukUyghur Xinjiang (China) 10 million IslamSunni Islam
Uzbeks TurkicKarlukUzbek Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan 25 million IslamSunni Islam
Vietnamese AustroasiaticVieticVietnamese Vietnam 84 million[49] BuddhismMahayana
Vietnamese folk religion
Welsh Indo-EuropeanCelticBrittonicWelsh

Indo-EuropeanGermanicWest GermanicAnglicEnglish (Welsh English)

Wales 6–16.3 million Welsh Argentine ChristianityChurch in Wales, Presbyterian Church of Wales
Wolof Niger-CongoAtlantic–CongoSenegambianWolof Senegambia (Senegal, The Gambia) 6.2 million numerous slave descents (Afro-Brazilians, African Americans, Afro-Caribbeans) IslamSufismMouride, Tijaniyyah
Xhosa Niger-CongoBantuSouthern BantuNguniXhosa South Africa 8 million Christianity, traditional African religions
Yakuts TurkicSiberian TurkicYakut Yakutia (Russia) 0.5 million ChristianityRussian Orthodox Christianity
Yoruba Niger-CongoAtlantic-CongoVolta-NigerYoruboidEdekiriYoruba Yorubaland (Nigeria, Benin, Togo) 43 million numerous slave descents (Afro-Brazilians, African Americans, Afro-Caribbeans) Christianity, Islam, Yoruba religion
Zhuang Tai KadaiTaiZhuang Guangxi (China) 16.9 million Moism
Zulu Niger-CongoBantuSouthern BantuNguniZulu KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) 10–11 million Christianity, traditional African religions
Hmong Hmong–Mien → HmongicWest HmongicHmong Guizhou, Hunan, Yunnan, Sichuan, Guangxi, Hainan, Guangdong, Hubei (China); Vietnam, Laos, Thailand 14 to 15 million Hmong folk religion, Buddhism, Christianity

Lists of ethnic groups

by status
regional lists

See also

References

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  12. ^ "Ethnic Groups of Europe: An Encyclopedia" by Jeffrey Cole (2011), p. 171; "Estimates of the total number of Germans in the world range from 100 million to 150 million, depending on how German is defined, ..."
  13. ^ CIA Factbook (2014) estimates 55 million in India. SIL Ethnologue cites 46 million native speakers of Gujarati. About 1 million in Pakistan and 1 million in the USA.
  14. ^ 1.24 billion (92% of total population) in the PRC (CIA Factbook 2014 est.), about 22 million in Taiwan, and an estimated 50 million Overseas Chinese
  15. ^ The Irish were predominantly Gaelic-speaking until the 17th century, but significantly anglicized during the early modern period. Since the mid-19th century, the large majority of Irish have been native speakers of English.
  16. ^ ceu@scotland.gsi.gov.uk, Scottish Government, St. Andrew's House, Regent Road, Edinburgh EH1 3DG Tel:0131 556 8400 (29 May 2009). "The Scottish Diaspora and Diaspora Strategy: Insights and Lessons from Ireland". www.scotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 22 October 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  17. ^ Ethnic and Cultural Diversity by Country, James D. Fearon. Department of Political Science, Stanford University
  18. ^ Figures cited range anywhere between some 60 and 140 million, the latter figure including citizens of Brazil and the United States who identify as of partial Italian ancestry. The Italian language has some 60 million native speakers.[2]
  19. ^ 127 million in Japan, about 2.5 million abroad.
  20. ^ 102 million in Indonesia (CIA Factbook 2014 estimate); small numbers in Malaysia, Suriname and elsewhere.
  21. ^ ORGI. "Census of India: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues −2001". www.censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  22. ^ Shakil, Mohsin. "Languages of Erstwhile State of Jammu Kashmir (A Preliminary Study)". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  23. ^ 50 million in South Korea, 25 million in North Korea, roughly 7 million in diaspora.
  24. ^ .5 million in India, .1 million in Myanmar, .1 million in Bangladesh roughly 20 thousand in diaspora.
  25. ^ 87 million in the Republic of India (CIA Factbook 2014 estimate), subject to rapid population growth.
  26. ^ "Odia". ethnologue.com. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  27. ^ About 38 million in Ethiopia, ~2 million in Kenya, roughly half a million in diaspora. Afan Oromo language has an estimated 45 million native speakers.
  28. ^ About 30 million in Pakistan and 12 million in Afghanistan; Penzl and Sloan, Pashto Grammar (2009) estimated a total number of Pashto speakers between 40 and 60 million. SIL Ethnologue in 2011 estimated an ethnic population of 49 million.
  29. ^ 50 million in Iran, roughly 3 million in diaspora.
  30. ^ 37.5–38 million in Poland and 21–22 million ethnic Poles or people of ethnic Polish extraction elsewhere. "Polmap. Rozmieszczenie ludności pochodzenia polskiego (w mln)"
  31. ^ Główny Urząd Statystyczny (January 2013). Ludność. Stan i struktura demograficzno-społeczna [Narodowy Spis Powszechny Ludności i Mieszkań 2011] (pdf) (in Polish). Główny Urząd Statystyczny. pp. 89–101. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  32. ^ Struktura narodowo-etniczna, językowa i wyznaniowa ludności Polski [Narodowy Spis Powszechny Ludności i Mieszkań 2011] (PDF) (in Polish). Warsaw: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. November 2015. pp. 129–136. ISBN 978-83-7027-597-6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
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  34. ^ Central Statistical Office (January 2013). "The national-ethnic affiliation in the population – The results of the census of population and housing in 2011" (PDF) (in Polish). p. 1. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
  35. ^ Portuguese ethnicity is more clear-cut than Spanish ethnicity, but here also, the case is complicated by the Portuguese ancestry of populations in the former colonial empire. Portugal has 11 million nationals. The 42 million figure is due to a study estimating a total of an additional 31 million descendants from Portuguese grandparents; these people would be eligible for Portuguese citizenship under Portuguese nationality law (which grants citizenship to grandchildren of Portuguese nationals). Emigração: A diáspora dos portugueses Archived 28 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine (2009)
  36. ^ Lahnda/Western Punjabi 90,512,900 Pakistan and other countries (2014). Eastern: 28,200,000 India (2001), other countries: 1,314,770. Ethnologue 19.
  37. ^ David Mathieson (2009). Perilous Plight: Burma's Rohingya Take to the Seas. Human Rights Watch. p. 3. ISBN 9781564324856.
  38. ^ "Romanian". Ethnologue. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  39. ^ Gall, Timothy L, ed. (1998), Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life, vol. 4. Europe, Cleveland, OH: Eastword, pp. 316, 318, 'Religion: An underlay of Hinduism with an overlay of either Christianity or Islam (host country religion)'; Roma religious beliefs are rooted in Hinduism. Roma believe in a universal balance, called kuntari... Despite a 1,000-year separation from India, Roma still practice 'shaktism', the worship of a god through his female consort...
  40. ^ Estimates range between 130 and 150 million. 111 million in the Russian Federation (2010 census), about 16 million ethnic Russians in post-Soviet states (8 M in Ukraine, 4.5 M in Kazakhstan, 1 M in Belarus, 0.6 M Latvia, 0.6 M in Uzbekistan, 0.6 M in Kyrgyzstan. Up to 10 million Russian diaspora elsewhere (mostly Americas and Western Europe).
  41. ^ "Statistiche demografiche ISTAT". www.demo.istat.it. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  42. ^ ceu@scotland.gsi.gov.uk, Scottish Government, St. Andrew's House, Regent Road, Edinburgh EH1 3DG Tel:0131 556 8400 (29 May 2009). "The Scottish Diaspora and Diaspora Strategy: Insights and Lessons from Ireland". www.scotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 22 October 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  43. ^ "Sinhala". ethnologue.com. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  44. ^ There is no clear definition of Spanish ethnicity. In Spain, ethnic identity is divided into regional groups, and internationally, Spanish ethnicity is not clearly delineated from "Spanish ancestry" in the territories of the former colonial empire. There are 41 million Spanish nationals in Spain, and some 2 million living abroad. The total worldwide rounds to more than 47 million.
  45. ^ 73 million in the Republic of India (CIA Factbook 2014 estimate, subject to rapid population growth), 2 million in Sri Lanka (CIA Factbook 2014 estimate), roughly 3 million in diaspora.
  46. ^ 89 million in the Republic of India (CIA Factbook 2014 estimate), subject to rapid population growth.
  47. ^ Project, Joshua. "Ukrainian – Joshua Project". www.joshuaproject.net. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  48. ^ 80 million in Vietnam (CIA Factbook 2014 estimate), roughly 4 million in diaspora.
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