Mauritania
The people of Mauritania are called Mauritanians. Members of the main ethnic group, the Maures (also called Moors or Maurs), speak Hassaniyya Arabic (a dialect of Arabic).
Mauritanians
Mexico
The people of Mexico are called Mexicans. About 75 percent are mestizoes, a mixture of Amerindian (native people) and Spanish heritage.
Mexicans
Maya
Micronesia
The islanders of Micronesia are called Micronesians. A small number are of Polynesian descent.
Micronesians
Moldova
The people of Moldova are called Moldovans. About 65 percent are ethnic Moldovans.
Moldovans
Monaco
The people of Monaco are called Monégasques. The native-born population is about 15 percent of the total.
Monégasques
Mongolia
Almost 90 percent of the population of Mongolia are Mongols. The Kazaks are the leading minority group, making up about 6 percent of the population.
Mongols
Ewenki
Morocco
Berbers make up about 34 percent of the population, and Arabs, 66 percent. In the past, the Jewish community played a significant role in the economic life of Morocco, but its numbers have decreased as many have emigrated to Israel since it was established in 1948.
Moroccans
Mozambique
The people of Mozambique are called Mozambicans. There are ten major ethnic groups.
Mozambicans
Myanmar
The people of Myanmar are called Burmese. The population is comprised of a number of ethnic groups.
Burman
Karens
Shans
Namibia
The people of Namibia are called Namibians. The largest ethnic group is the Ovambo, who live in northen Namibia and number about 665,000.
Namibians
Nepal
The people of Nepal are called Nepalis or Nepalese. Sherpas, the people who live in the Himalaya Mountains, have become well known as guides for mountain-climbing expeditions.
Nepalis
Sherpas
The Netherlands
The people of the Netherlands are called Netherlanders or Dutch. Ethnically, they are a unified people, but ethnic makeup changed slightly in the 1980s and 1990s when about 300,000 immigrants and returning Dutch arrived from from Indonesia, and more than 140,000 arrived from Suriname.
Netherlanders
Frisians
New Zealand
The people of New Zealand are called New Zealanders. About 80 percent of the population is classified as European; the majority are of British descent.
New Zealanders
Maori
Polynesians
Nicaragua
The people of Nicaragua are called Nicaraguans. The population is estimated to be about 70 percent mestizo (mixture of white and Amerindian or native), 14 percent white, and 13 percent black.
Nicaraguans
Sumu and Miskito
Niger
The people of Niger are called Nigeriens. The Hausa are the largest ethnic group living in Niger, forming 53 percent of the total population.
Nigeriens
Tuareg
Nigeria
The people of Nigeria are called Nigerians. The main ethnic groups, distinguished by different languages, are the Hausa, the Igbo (Ibo), the Yoruba, and the Fulani.