| Country | Ethnic groups |
| Afghanistan | Pashtun 42%, Tajik 27%, Hazara 9%, Uzbek 9%, Aimak 4%, Turkmen 3%, Baloch 2%, other 4% |
| Akrotiri | void |
| Albania | Albanian 95%, Greek 3%, other 2% (Vlach, Roma (Gypsy), Serb, Macedonian, Bulgarian) (1989 est.)
note: in 1989, other estimates of the Greek population ranged from 1% (official Albanian statistics) to 12% (from a Greek organization) |
| 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 |
| American Samoa | native Pacific islander 91.6%, Asian 2.8%, white 1.1%, mixed 4.2%, other 0.3% (2000 census) |
| Andorra | Spanish 43%, Andorran 33%, Portuguese 11%, French 7%, other 6% (1998) |
| Angola | Ovimbundu 37%, Kimbundu 25%, Bakongo 13%, mestico (mixed European and Native African) 2%, European 1%, other 22% |
| Anguilla | black (predominant) 90.1%, mixed, mulatto 4.6%, white 3.7%, other 1.5% (2001 Census) |
| Antarctica | void |
| Antigua and Barbuda | black 91%, mixed 4.4%, white 1.7%, other 2.9% (2001 census) |
| Arctic Ocean | void |
| Argentina | white (mostly Spanish and Italian) 97%, mestizo (mixed white and Amerindian ancestry), Amerindian, or other non-white groups 3% |
| Armenia | Armenian 97.9%, Yezidi (Kurd) 1.3%, Russian 0.5%, other 0.3% (2001 census) |
| Aruba | mixed white/Caribbean Amerindian 80%, other 20% |
| Ashmore and Cartier Islands | void |
| Atlantic Ocean | void |
| Australia | white 92%, Asian 7%, aboriginal and other 1% |
| Austria | Austrians 91.1%, former Yugoslavs 4% (includes Croatians, Slovenes, Serbs, and Bosniaks), Turks 1.6%, German 0.9%, other or unspecified 2.4% (2001 census) |
| Azerbaijan | Azeri 90.6%, Dagestani 2.2%, Russian 1.8%, Armenian 1.5%, other 3.9% (1999 census)
note: almost all Armenians live in the separatist Nagorno-Karabakh region |
| Bahamas, The | black 85%, white 12%, Asian and Hispanic 3% |
| Bahrain | Bahraini 62.4%, non-Bahraini 37.6% (2001 census) |
| Bangladesh | Bengali 98%, other 2% (includes tribal groups, non-Bengali Muslims) (1998) |
| Barbados | black 90%, white 4%, Asian and mixed 6% |
| Belarus | Belarusian 81.2%, Russian 11.4%, Polish 3.9%, Ukrainian 2.4%, other 1.1% (1999 census) |
| Belgium | Fleming 58%, Walloon 31%, mixed or other 11% |
| Belize | mestizo 48.7%, Creole 24.9%, Maya 10.6%, Garifuna 6.1%, other 9.7% (2000 census) |
| Benin | Fon and related 39.2%, Adja and related 15.2%, Yoruba and related 12.3%, Bariba and related 9.2%, Peulh and related 7%, Ottamari and related 6.1%, Yoa-Lokpa and related 4%, Dendi and related 2.5%, other 1.6% (includes Europeans), unspecified 2.9% (2002 census) |
| Bermuda | black 54.8%, white 34.1%, mixed 6.4%, other races 4.3%, unspecified 0.4% (2000 census) |
| Bhutan | Bhote 50%, ethnic Nepalese 35% (includes Lhotsampas - one of several Nepalese ethnic groups), indigenous or migrant tribes 15% |
| Bolivia | Quechua 30%, mestizo (mixed white and Amerindian ancestry) 30%, Aymara 25%, white 15% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Bosniak 48%, Serb 37.1%, Croat 14.3%, other 0.6% (2000)
note: Bosniak has replaced Muslim as an ethnic term in part to avoid confusion with the religious term Muslim - an adherent of Islam |
| Botswana | Tswana (or Setswana) 79%, Kalanga 11%, Basarwa 3%, other, including Kgalagadi and white 7% |
| Bouvet Island | void |
| 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) |
| British Indian Ocean Territory | void |
| British Virgin Islands | black 83.4%, white 7%, mixed 5.4%, Indian 3.4%, other 0.8% (1991 census) |
| Brunei | Malay 66.3%, Chinese 11.2%, indigenous 3.4%, other 19.1% (2004 est.) |
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