word | | Ethnic groups |
| Koreans | Japan | Japanese 98.5%, Koreans 0.5%, Chinese 0.4%, other 0.6%
note: up to 230,000 Brazilians of Japanese origin migrated to Japan in the 1990s to work in industries; some have returned ... |
| Kosraean | Micronesia, Federated States of | Chuukese 48.8%, Pohnpeian 24.2%, Kosraean 6.2%, Yapese 5.2%, Yap outer islands 4.5%, Asian 1.8%, Polynesian 1.5%, other 6.4%, unknown 1.4% (2000 census ... |
| Krahn | Liberia | indigenous African 95% (including Kpelle, Bassa, Gio, Kru, Grebo, Mano, Krahn, Gola, Gbandi, Loma, Kissi, Vai, Dei, Bella, Mandingo, and Mende), Americo-Liberians 2.5% (descendants of immigrants from the US who had ... |
| Krio | Sierra Leone | ... Temne 30%, Mende 30%, other 30%), Creole (Krio) 10% (descendants of freed Jamaican slaves who were settled in the Freetown area in the late-18th century), refugees from Liberia's recent civil ... |
| Krous | Cote d'Ivoire | ... Voltaiques or Gur 17.6%, Northern Mandes 16.5%, Krous 11%, Southern Mandes 10%, other 2.8% (includes 130,000 Lebanese and 14,000 French) (1998 ... |
| Kru | Liberia | indigenous African 95% (including Kpelle, Bassa, Gio, Kru, Grebo, Mano, Krahn, Gola, Gbandi, Loma, Kissi, Vai, Dei, Bella, Mandingo, and Mende), Americo-Liberians 2.5% (descendants of immigrants from the US who had ... |
| Kunama | Eritrea | Tigrinya 50%, Tigre and Kunama 40%, Afar 4%, Saho (Red Sea coast dwellers) 3%, other 3% |
Kurd
 map | Armenia | Armenian 97.9%, Yezidi (Kurd) 1.3%, Russian 0.5%, other 0.3% (2001 census) |
Kurd
map | Iran | Persian 51%, Azeri 24%, Gilaki and Mazandarani 8%, Kurd 7%, Arab 3%, Lur 2%, Baloch 2%, Turkmen 2%, other 1% |
Kurdish
map | Iraq | Arab 75%-80%, Kurdish 15%-20%, Turkoman, Assyrian, or other 5% |
Kurdish
map | Turkey | Turkish 80%, Kurdish 20% (estimated) |
| Kurds | Syria | Arab 90.3%, Kurds, Armenians, and other 9.7% |
| Kuwaiti | Kuwait | Kuwaiti 45%, other Arab 35%, South Asian 9%, Iranian 4%, other 7% |
Kyrgyz
map | Kyrgyzstan | Kyrgyz 64.9%, Uzbek 13.8%, Russian 12.5%, Dungan 1.1%, Ukrainian 1%, Uygur 1%, other 5.7% (1999 census ... |
Kyrgyz
map | Tajikistan | ... 79.9%, Uzbek 15.3%, Russian 1.1%, Kyrgyz 1.1%, other 2.6% (2000 census ... |
| Langi | Uganda | ... Langi 6.1%, Acholi 4.7%, Bagisu 4.6%, Lugbara 4.2%, Bunyoro 2.7%, other 29.6% (2002 census ... |
| Lao | Laos | Lao 55%, Khmou 11%, Hmong 8%, other (over 100 minor ethnic groups) 26% (2005 census) |
| Latin with Teutonic | France | Celtic and Latin with Teutonic, Slavic, North African, Indochinese, Basque minorities
overseas departments: black, white, mulatto, East Indian, Chinese, Amerindian |
| Latvian | Latvia | Latvian 57.7%, Russian 29.6%, Belarusian 4.1%, Ukrainian 2.7%, Polish 2.5%, Lithuanian 1.4%, other 2% (2002 ... |
Lebanese
map | Cote d'Ivoire | ... |
Lebanese
map | Saint Kitts and Nevis | predominantly black; some British, Portuguese, and Lebanese |
Lebanese
map | Senegal | ... Soninke 1.1%, European and Lebanese 1%, other 9.4 |
Lebanese
map | Sierra Leone | ... 30%, Mende 30%, other 30%), Creole (Krio) 10% (descendants of freed Jamaican slaves who were settled in the Freetown area in the late-18th century), refugees from Liberia's recent civil war |
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