Afghanistan to Bosnia Herzegovina

World Cultures

Afghanistan

The people of Afghanistan are called Afghanis. The Pashtun make up about 43 percent of the population and are often referred to as "true Afghans." The Tajiks comprise nearly 25 percent of the population, the Uzbeks, 6 percent, and the Hazaras, about 5 percent.

Afghanis

Hazaras

Pashtun

Albania

The people of Albania are called Albanians. About 98 percent of the population trace their descent to Albania.

Albanians

Algeria

Algerians are sometimes referred to as Berbers, descendents of North African peoples related by language and the Islamic faith. In fact, Algerians do not call themselves "Berbers," preferring instead to refer to themselves according to their tribe or the region where they live.

Algerians

Andorra

Andorrans make up only about 30 percent of the population of Andorra. More than half of the population is Spanish, and the remaining population is French (less than 10 percent).

Andorrans

Angola

The people of Angola are called Angolans. More than 95 percent of the population of Angola speaks one of the many Bantu languages.

Angolans

Antigua and Barbuda

Approximately 95 percent of Antiguans and Barbudans descended from African slaves. The rest are of European, Asian, Arab, and mixed descent.

Antiguans and Barbudans

Argentina

The people of Argentina are called Argentines. Most Argentines are of European origin (principally from Spain and Italy).

Argentines

Armenia

Ethnic Armenians make up 93 percent of the population of Armenia. About 3 percent of the population are Azerbaijanis, and Kurds and Russians represent about 2 percent each.

Armenians

Australia

Most Australians (94 percent) are of British or Irish ancestry. About 5 percent of the population is of Asian descent.

Australians

Australian Aborigines

Austria

The people of Austria are called Austrians. Austrians are of mixed European origin.

Austrians

Azerbaijan

The people of Azerbaijan are called Azerbaijanis. About 83 percent of the population trace their origin to Azerbaijan.

Azerbaijanis

Bahamas

The people of Bahamas are called Bahamians. Descendants of slaves brought to the Western Hemisphere from Africa make up about 86 percent of the population.

Bahamians

Bahrain

The people of Bahrain are called Bahrainis. About two- thirds of the population consists of native Bahrainis.

Bahrainis

Bangladesh

The people of Bangladesh are called Bangladeshis. Some 98 percent of the people are Bengalis (or Banglas).

Bangladeshis

Bengalis

Chakmas

Barbados

About 90 percent of all Barbadians (sometimes called Bajans) are the descendants of former African slaves. Some 5 percent are mulattos (mixed descent) and another 5 percent are white.

Barbadians

Belarus

The people of Belarus are called Belarusans (sometimes spelled Belarussians). Over three-fourths of the population are native Belarusans; Russians represent 13 percent; Poles, 4 percent; Ukrainians, 3 percent; and Jews, 1 percent.

Belarusans

Belgium

The people of Belguim are called Belgians. The ancestors of Belgium's present population are believed to have settled there during the fourth century AD.

Belgians

Flemings

Walloons

Belize

The people of Belize are called Belizeans. About one-third of the population is of African descent, while about 45 percent is mestizo (mixed race).

Belizeans

Garifuna

Benin

The people of Benin are called the Beninese. There are more than forty-two ethnic groups in Benin.

Beninese

Bhutan

The people of Bhutan are known as Bhutanese. There are three major ethnic groups: the Bhutia (also Bhotia, or Bhote), comprising roughly 50 percent of the population; the Nepalese, accounting for another 35 percent; and the Assamese, making up 15 percent.