word | | Ethnic groups |
Arab
 map | 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 |
Arab
map | Brazil | ... 38.5%, black 6.2%, other (includes Japanese, Arab, Amerindian) 0.9%, unspecified 0.7% (2000 census ... |
Arab
map | Canada | British Isles origin 28%, French origin 23%, other European 15%, Amerindian 2%, other, mostly Asian, African, Arab 6%, mixed background 26% |
Arab
map | Chad | Sara 27.7%, Arab 12.3%, Mayo-Kebbi 11.5%, Kanem-Bornou 9%, Ouaddai 8.7%, Hadjarai 6.7%, Tandjile 6.5%, Gorane 6.3%, Fitri-Batha 4.7%, other 6.4%, unknown 0.3% (1993 census ... |
Arab
map | Djibouti | Somali 60%, Afar 35%, other 5% (includes French, Arab, Ethiopian, and Italian) |
Arab
map | Iran | Persian 51%, Azeri 24%, Gilaki and Mazandarani 8%, Kurd 7%, Arab 3%, Lur 2%, Baloch 2%, Turkmen 2%, other 1% |
Arab
map | Iraq | Arab 75%-80%, Kurdish 15%-20%, Turkoman, Assyrian, or other 5% |
Arab
map | Jordan | Arab 98%, Circassian 1%, Armenian 1% |
Arab
map | Kenya | ... 11%, Kisii 6%, Meru 6%, other African 15%, non-African (Asian, European, and Arab) 1 |
Arab
map | Kuwait | Kuwaiti 45%, other Arab 35%, South Asian 9%, Iranian 4%, other 7% |
Arab
map | Lebanon | Arab 95%, Armenian 4%, other 1%
note: many Christian Lebanese do not identify themselves as Arab but rather as descendents of the ancient Canaanites and prefer to be called Phoenicians |
Arab
map | Libya | Berber and Arab 97%, other 3% (includes Greeks, Maltese, Italians, Egyptians, Pakistanis, Turks, Indians, and Tunisians) |
Arab
map | Morocco | Arab-Berber 99.1%, other 0.7%, Jewish 0.2% |
Arab
map | Oman | Arab, Baluchi, South Asian (Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan, Bangladeshi), African |
Arab
map | Qatar | Arab 40%, Indian 18%, Pakistani 18%, Iranian 10%, other 14% |
Arab
map | Saudi Arabia | Arab 90%, Afro-Asian 10% |
Arab
map | Seychelles | mixed French, African, Indian, Chinese, and Arab |
Arab
map | Sudan | black 52%, Arab 39%, Beja 6%, foreigners 2%, other 1% |
Arab
map | Syria | Arab 90.3%, Kurds, Armenians, and other 9.7% |
Arab
map | Tanzania | mainland - African 99% (of which 95% are Bantu consisting of more than 130 tribes), other 1% (consisting of Asian, European, and Arab); Zanzibar - Arab, African, mixed Arab and African |
Arab
map | Tunisia | Arab 98%, European 1%, Jewish and other 1% |
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