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| Berbers have long agitated | Algeria | Arab-Berber 99%, European less than 1%
note: almost all Algerians are Berber in origin, not Arab; the minority who identify themselves as Berber live mostly in the mountainous region of Kabylie east of Algiers; the Berbers are also Muslim but identify with their Berber rather than Arab cultural heritage; Berbers have long agitated, sometimes violently, for autonomy; the government is unlikely to grant autonomy but has offered to begin sponsoring teaching Berber language in schools |
| Betawi | Indonesia | ... Madurese 3.3%, Minangkabau 2.7%, Betawi 2.4%, Bugis 2.4%, Banten 2%, Banjar 1.7%, other or unspecified 29.9% (2000 census ... |
| Betsimisaraka | Madagascar | Malayo-Indonesian (Merina and related Betsileo), Cotiers (mixed African, Malayo-Indonesian, and Arab ancestry - Betsimisaraka, Tsimihety, Antaisaka, Sakalava), French, Indian, Creole, Comoran |
| Bhote | Bhutan | Bhote 50%, ethnic Nepalese 35% (includes Lhotsampas - one of several Nepalese ethnic groups), indigenous or migrant tribes 15% |
| Bikol | Philippines | ... Hiligaynon Ilonggo 7.5%, Bikol 6%, Waray 3.4%, other 25.3% (2000 census ... |
| Bisaya/Binisaya | 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% (2000 census ... |
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 map | Anguilla | black (predominant) 90.1%, mixed, mulatto 4.6%, white 3.7%, other 1.5% (2001 Census ... |
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map | Antigua and Barbuda | black 91%, mixed 4.4%, white 1.7%, other 2.9% (2001 census) |
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map | Bahamas, The | black 85%, white 12%, Asian and Hispanic 3% |
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map | Barbados | black 90%, white 4%, Asian and mixed 6% |
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map | Bermuda | black 54.8%, white 34.1%, mixed 6.4%, other races 4.3%, unspecified 0.4% (2000 census ... |
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map | Brazil | white 53.7%, mulatto (mixed white and black) 38.5%, black 6.2%, other (includes Japanese, Arab, Amerindian) 0.9%, unspecified 0.7% (2000 census ... |
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map | British Virgin Islands | black 83.4%, white 7%, mixed 5.4%, Indian 3.4%, other 0.8% (1991 census ... |
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map | Cayman Islands | mixed 40%, white 20%, black 20%, expatriates of various ethnic groups 20% |
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map | Colombia | mestizo 58%, white 20%, mulatto 14%, black 4%, mixed black-Amerindian 3%, Amerindian 1% |
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map | Costa Rica | white (including mestizo) 94%, black 3%, Amerindian 1%, Chinese 1%, other 1% |
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map | Cuba | white 65.1%, mulatto and mestizo 24.8%, black 10.1% (2002 census) |
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map | Dominica | black 86.8%, mixed 8.9%, Carib Amerindian 2.9%, white 0.8%, other 0.7% (2001 census ... |
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map | Dominican Republic | mixed 73%, white 16%, black 11% |
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map | Ecuador | mestizo (mixed Amerindian and white) 65%, Amerindian 25%, Spanish and others 7%, black 3% |
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