Name
|
Native language (primary language)
|
Primary homeland
|
Population (estimate: 2020)
|
Subgroups
|
Majority (plurality) religion and sect
|
Abazins
|
Northwest Caucasian languages → Abazgi → Abaza
|
Abazinia (Russia)
|
0.1 million
|
significant populations in Turkey, Egypt and Ukraine
|
Islam → Sunni
|
Abkhazians
|
Northwest Caucasian → Abazgi → Abkhaz
|
Abkhazia[note 1]
|
0.2 million[1]
|
|
Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy
|
Acehnese
|
Austronesian → Chamic → Acehnese
|
Aceh (Indonesia)
|
4.1 million[2]
|
Aneuk Jamee
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Acholi
|
Nilo-Saharan → Nilotic → Luo → Acholi
|
Acholiland (Uganda, South Sudan)
|
1 million[3]
|
|
Christianity
|
Afemai
|
Niger–Congo → Edoid → Afenmai
|
Edo State (Nigeria)
|
0.5 million[citation needed]
|
|
Christianity
|
Afar
|
Afroasiatic → Cushitic → Afar
|
Afaria (Ethiopia, Djibouti, Eritrea)
|
2.1 million[4]
|
|
Islam
|
Afrikaners
|
Indo-European → Germanic → Dutch → Afrikaans
|
South Africa (Northern and Western Cape), Namibia, Botswana
|
3.5 million[5]
|
Boers, White Namibians, White Botswanans, Coloureds (including Cape Coloureds, Griqua, Basters, Oorlam, Goffal)
|
Christianity → Protestantism
|
Agaw
|
Afroasiatic → Cushitic → Agaw[note 2]
|
Horn of Africa (Ethiopia, Eritrea)[note 3]
|
1.5 million[citation needed]
|
Bilen, Ximre, Awi, Qemant
|
Christianity → Oriental Orthodoxy
|
Ahom
|
Kra–Dai → Tai → Ahom[note 4]
|
Assam (India)
|
1.3–8 million[6]
|
|
Hinduism
|
Aimaq
|
Indo-European → Iranian → Persian → Aimaq
|
Afghanistan
|
0.7 million[7]
|
Aimaq Hazara, Firozkohi, Jamshidi, Kipchak, Timuri, Taymani
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Aja
|
Niger–Congo → Kwa → Gbe → Adja
|
Benin, Togo
|
1.1 million[8]
|
|
Traditional African religions
|
Adjoukrou
|
Niger–Congo → Kwa → Adjukru
|
Dabou (Ivory Coast)
|
0.1 million
|
|
Christianity
|
Akan
|
Niger–Congo → Kwa → Akan[note 5]
|
Gold Coast (Ghana)[note 6]
|
20.9 million[9]
|
Twi (including Ashanti and Akuapem), Fante, Abbé, Abidji, Ahafo, Ahanta, Akwamu, Akyem, Anyi, Aowin, Assin, Attie, Avatime, Avikam, Baoulé, Brong, Chakosi, Evalue, M'Bato, Nzema, Sefwi, Tchaman, Wassa, Abure, Alladian, along with numerous slave descendants such as Antiguans and Barbudans, African Americans, Afro-Bahamians, Afro-Barbadians, Afro-Brazilians, Afro-Dominicans, Afro-Haitians, Afro-Saint Lucians, Afro-Trinbagonians, Americo-Liberians, Belizean Creoles and Curaçaoans
|
Christianity
|
Akha
|
Sino-Tibetan → Loloish → Hani → Akha
|
Yunnan (Pu'er and Xishuangbanna)[note 7]
|
0.6 million[10]
|
Akeu
|
Animism
|
Albanians
|
Indo-European → Albanian
|
Albania, Kosovo, Ilirida (North Macedonia), Chameria (Greece), Presevo Valley (Serbia)
|
10 million[11][12][13][14][15]
|
Ghegs, Tosks (including Arbëreshë and Arvanites), Kosovars, Cham Albanians, Macedonian Albanians, along with significant populationsinTurkey, Germany, Switzerland and the United States
|
Islam and Christianity
|
Altai
|
Turkic → Common Turkic → Siberian Turkic → Altai
|
Russia (Altai Republic, Altai Krai)
|
80,800
|
Northern Altaians (including Tubalar, Chelkans, Kumandins), Southern Altaians (including Altaian, Telengit, Teleut, Telesy)
|
Orthodox, Burkhanism, Shamanism, Tibetan Buddhism
|
Alur
|
Nilo-Saharan → Nilotic → Luo → Alur
|
West Nile sub-region (Uganda), Ituri (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
|
1.7 million[16]
|
|
Christianity
|
Ambonese
|
Austronesian → Malayic → Malay → Ambonese Malay
|
Ambon Island (Indonesia)
|
0.3 million[17]
|
|
Christianity → Protestantism
|
Ambundu
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Kimbundu
|
Angola
|
2.4 million[18]
|
numerous slave descendants such as Angolares and Curaçaoans
|
Christianity
|
Amhara
|
Afroasiatic → Semitic → Ethiopic → Amharic
|
Amharia (Ethiopia)
|
19.9 million[19]
|
|
Christianity → Oriental Orthodoxy
|
Amis
|
Austronesian → Formosan → Amis
|
Taiwan (Taitung and Hualien Counties)
|
0.2 million[20]
|
|
Animism, Christianity
|
Anaang
|
Niger–Congo → Cross River → Ibibio-Efik → Anaang
|
Akwa Ibom State (Nigeria)
|
2.6 million[21]
|
|
Christianity
|
Anuak
|
Nilo-Saharan → Nilotic → Luo → Anuak
|
Anuakia (Ethiopia), Boma (South Sudan)
|
0.1 million[22]
|
|
Christianity
|
Apache
|
Dené–Yeniseian → Na-Dene → Apachean[note 8]
|
Apacheria (United States)
|
0.1 million[23]
|
Chiricahua, Jicarilla, Lipan, Mescalero, Salinero, Plains Apache, Western Apache
|
Native American religion → Native American Church
|
Arabs
|
Afroasiatic → Semitic → Arabic
|
The Levant (Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Jordan) and Northern Arabia (Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates)[note 9]
|
350-450 million[24]
|
Bedouins, Druze, Shirazis (including Zanzibaris, Comorians and Maores), Baggara, Arab-Berbers (including Algerians, Libyans, Mauritanians, Moroccans, Sahrawis and Tunisians), Bahrainis, Sudanese, Egyptians, Iraqis (including Marsh Arabs), Jordanians, Lebanese (including Maronites), Kuwaitis, Omanis (including Dhofaris), Qataris, Saudis (including Rashaida, Hejazis, and Najdis), Syrians (including Alawites), Palestinians, Emiratis, Yemenis (including Hadhrami, Ta'izzis-Adenis, Akhdam, Sanʽani, and Tihami), along with significant populationsinBrazil, Indonesia, Iran, Turkey, Pakistan (including Mugheri), Venezuela, Afghanistan, and the United States
|
Islam
|
Argobba
|
Afroasiatic → Semitic → Ethiopic → Argobba[note 10]
|
Ethiopia (Afar, Harari, Amhara, and Oromia Regions)[note 3]
|
0.1 million[19]
|
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Armenians
|
Indo-European → Armenian
|
Greater Armenia (Armenia, Republic of Artsakh, Turkey)[note 11]
|
6[25]–8 million[26]
|
Turkish Armenians (including Armenians in Istanbul, Hemshin and Hidden Armenians), Cherkesogai, Armeno-Tats, Hayhurum Karabakhis, along with significant populationsinRussia, the United States, France, Georgia (including the Javakheti Armenians), Lebanon, and Germany
|
Christianity → Oriental Orthodoxy
|
Aromanians
|
Indo-European → Romance → Aromanian
|
Balkans (Greece, Albania, North Macedonia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania)[note 3]
|
0.3 million[27]
|
Significant populationsinGreece, Albania, and North Macedonia
|
Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy
|
Assyrians
|
Afroasiatic → Semitic → Neo-Aramaic[note 12]
|
Assyria (Iraq, Iran, Syria, Turkey)[note 13]
|
2[28]–4 million[29]
|
Iraqi Assyrians, Turkish Assyrians, Syrian Assyrians and Iranian Assyrians. Groupings include Chaldean Assyrians from Nineveh and Bohtan, Syriac Assyrians from Tur Abdin, Hakkari and Urmia tribes including; Tyari, Jilu, Baz, Tkhuma, Nochiya. Majority in diaspora
|
Christianity → Syriac Christianity
|
Atayal
|
Austronesian → Formosan → Atayal
|
Taiwan
|
0.1 million[30]
|
|
Animism, Christianity
|
Atoni
|
Austronesian → Timoric → Uab Meto
|
West Timor (Indonesia), Oecusse (East Timor)
|
0.5 million[31]
|
Amarasi
|
Christianity
|
Atyap
|
Niger–Congo → Plateau → Atyap
|
Kaduna State (South Sudan)
|
0.2 million[citation needed]
|
|
Christianity
|
Austrians
|
Indo-European → Germanic → German → Bavarian
|
Austria, South Tyrol
|
8.1 million[32]
|
Significant populations in United States, Canada, and Australia
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Avars
|
Northeast Caucasian → Avar
|
Dagestan (Russia)
|
1.3 million[33]
|
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Awadhis
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Hindustani → Awadhi
|
Awadh (India)
|
3.9 million[34]
|
Barhai
|
Hinduism
|
Aymara
|
Aymaran → Aymara
|
Bolivia, Peru, Chile
|
3 million[35]
|
Mestizos such as Bolivians
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Azerbaijanis
|
Turkic → Oghuz → Azerbaijani
|
Azerbaijan, Iranian Azerbaijan (Iran)
|
30–35 million[36]
|
Ayrums, Bayat, Karadaghis, Qajars, Küresünni, Qarapapaqs, Shahsevan, Terekeme, Yeraz, Afshar, Iranian Azerbaijanis, along with significant populationsinGeorgia and Russia
|
Islam → Shia Islam
|
Bahnar
|
Austroasiatic → Bahnar
|
Central Highlands (Vietnam)
|
0.2 million[37]
|
|
Animism
|
Bai
|
Sino-Tibetan→ Bai
|
Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture (China)
|
1.9 million[38]
|
|
Buddhism
|
Bakossi
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Akoose
|
Bakossi Mountains (Cameroon)
|
0.2 million[39]
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Balanta
|
Niger–Congo → Atlantic → Senegambian → Balanta
|
Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, The Gambia
|
0.5 million[40]
|
|
Traditional African religions
|
Balinese
|
Austronesian → Balinese
|
Bali (Indonesia)
|
3.9 million[2]
|
Bali Aga
|
Hinduism
|
Balkars
|
Turkic → Kipchak → Balkar
|
Kabardino-Balkaria (Russia)
|
0.1 million[33]
|
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Balochs
|
Indo-European → Iranian → Balochi
|
Balochistan (Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan)
|
10 million[41]
|
Askani, Bajkani, Bangulzai, Barazani, Bhurgari, Bugti, Buledi, Chandio, Darzada, Dehwar, Dodai, Dombki, Gabol, Ghazini, Jamali, Jatoi, Kalmati, Khetran, Kunara, Langhani, Lango, Lashkrani, Loharani, Lund, Marri, Mazari, Mengal, Mirali, Mugheri, Muhammad Shahi, Mullazai, Nothazai, Pitafi, Qaisrani, Rind, Sadozai, Sethwi, Shaikhzadah, Talpur, Tauki, Umrani, Yarahmadzai, Zardari, Makrani, along with significant populationsinthe United Arab Emirates (including Al Balushi) and Turkmenistan
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Balti
|
Sino-Tibetan → Tibetic → Balti
|
Gilgit-Baltistan (Pakistan)
|
0.3 million[42]
|
|
Islam → Shia Islam
|
Bamars
|
Sino-Tibetan → Burmese
|
Myanmar
|
32.9 million[43]
|
Taungyo, Yaw, Intha, Danu, Anglo-Burmese
|
Buddhism → Theravada Buddhism
|
Bambara
|
Niger–Congo → Mande → Manding → Bambara
|
Mali
|
4.1 million[44]
|
Haratin
|
Islam
|
Bamileke
|
Niger–Congo → Grassfields → Bamileke[note 2]
|
Cameroon (West and Northwest Regions)
|
2.1 million[45]
|
Mengaka, Ngiemboon, Ngombale, Ngomba, Ngwe, Yemba, Fe'fe', Ghomala', Kwa', Nda’nda', Medumba
|
Christianity
|
Bamum
|
Niger–Congo → Grassfields → Bamum
|
West Region (Cameroon)
|
0.4 million[46]
|
|
Islam
|
Banda
|
Niger–Congo → Ubangian → Banda[note 2]
|
Central African Republic, South Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
1.3 million[47]
|
Central Banda, South Banda, West Banda
|
Christianity
|
Banjarese
|
Austronesian → Malayic → Malay → Banjarese
|
South Kalimantan (Indonesia)
|
4.1 million[2]
|
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Bari
|
Nilo-Saharan → Nilotic → Bari
|
Central Equatoria (South Sudan), Uganda
|
0.8 million[48]
|
Pojulu, Kakwa, Nyangwara, Mandari, Kuku
|
Christianity
|
Bariba
|
Niger–Congo → Gur → Bariba
|
Borgu (Benin, Nigeria)
|
1.1 million[49]
|
|
Islam
|
Bassa
|
Niger–Congo → Kru → Bassa
|
Bassaland (Liberia)
|
0.6 million[50]
|
|
Christianity → Protestantism
|
Bashkirs
|
Turkic → Kipchak → Bashkir
|
Bashkortostan (Russia)
|
1.6 million[33]
|
|
Islam
|
Basques
|
Basque[note 14]
|
Basque Country (Spain, France)
|
1.2 million[51]
|
Significant populationsinArgentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela, and Uruguay
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Batak
|
Austronesian → Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands → Batak[note 2]
|
North Sumatra (Indonesia)
|
8.5 million[2]
|
Angkola, Karo, Mandailing, Pakpak, Simalungun, Toba, Alas, Kluet, Singkil
|
Christianity → Protestantism
|
Beja
|
Afroasiatic → Cushitic → Beja
|
Sudan, Egypt, Eritrea
|
1.9 million[52]
|
Bishari, Ababda, Hadendoa, Hedareb, Amarar, Beni-Amer
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Belarusians
|
Indo-European → Slavic → Belarusian[note 15]
|
Belarus
|
10 million[citation needed]
|
Significant populations in the United States, Ukraine, and Russia
|
Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy
|
Bemba
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Bemba
|
Zambia (Northern, Luapula, and Copperbelt Provinces), Katanga Province (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
|
5.3 million[citation needed]
|
|
Christianity → Protestantism
|
Bembe
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Bembe
|
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania
|
0.3 million[53]
|
|
Christianity
|
Bengalis
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Bengali
|
Bengal (Bangladesh, India)
|
230 million[54]
|
Bengali Muslims, Bengali Hindus, Bangladeshis, along with the Bangladeshi diaspora, Bengali Hindu diaspora, Bangal, Ghotis, (British Bangladeshis, Middle Eastern Bangladeshis, Malaysian Bangladeshis, Bangladeshi Canadians, Italo-Bangladeshis, Polish Bangladeshis, Bangladeshi New Zealanders, Bangladeshi Australians, Maldivian Bangladeshis, Japanese Bangladeshis, Bengali Americans and Bangladeshi Americans), Dhakaiyas, Sylhetis
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
Hinduism
|
Berbers
|
Afroasiatic → Berber[note 2]
|
Maghreb (Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Libya)
|
20[55]–50 million[56]
|
Brabers, Chaouis, Kabyle, Sahrawi, Chenouas, Ghomaras, Houara, Jerbis, Matmatas, Mozabite, Nafusis, Rifian, Sanhaja de Srair, Shilha, Siwi, Tuaregs, Awjila, Arab-Berbers (including Algerians, Libyans, Moroccans, and Tunisians), along with significant populations in France, Belgium, and the Netherlands
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Berom
|
Niger–Congo → Plateau → Berom
|
Plateau State (Nigeria)
|
1 million[57]
|
|
Christianity
|
Berta
|
Nilo-Saharan → Berta
|
Benishangul-Gumuz Region (Ethiopia), South Sudan
|
0.4 million[58]
|
|
Islam
|
Betawis
|
Austronesian → Malayic → Malay → Betawian
|
Jakarta (Indonesia)
|
6.8 million[2]
|
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Beti
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Beti[note 16]
|
Cameroon
|
1 million[59]
|
Ewondo, Eton
|
Christianity
|
Bhils
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Bhil[note 2]
|
India (Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra)
|
17.1 million[60]
|
Barda, Bhagalia, Bhilala, Bhil Gametia, Bhil Garasia, Bhil Kataria, Bhil Mama, Bhil Mavchi, Dholi Bhil, Dungri Bhil, Damor, Dungri Garasia, Mewasi Bhil, Nirdhi Bhil, Rawal Bhil, Tadvi Bhil, Vasava, Bhil Meena, Chaudhri
|
Hinduism
|
Bhojpuris
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Bihari → Bhojpuri
|
India, Nepal
|
50.6 million[34]
|
Paswan
|
Hinduism
|
Bhumij
|
Austroasiatic → Munda → Bhumij[note 17]
|
India (West Bengal, Odisha, Jharkhand)
|
0.9 million[60]
|
|
Sarnaism
|
Bicolanos
|
Austronesian → Philippine → Bikol[note 2]
|
Bicol Region (Philippines)
|
4.1 million[61]
|
Central Bikol, Sorsoganons, Catandunganons, Rinconada, Albayanon
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Bidayuh
|
Austronesian → Malayo-Polynesian → Land Dayak[note 2]
|
Sarawak (Malaysia)
|
0.2 million[62]
|
Kendayan, Selako, Bakati', Sara Bakati', Laraʼ, Bukar Sadong, Biatah, Tringgus, Jagoi, Jangkang, Kembayan, Semandang, Ribun, Nyadu', Sanggau
|
Christianity
|
Bilala
|
Nilo-Saharan → Central Sudanic → Naba
|
Lake Fitri (Chad)
|
0.1 million[63]
|
|
Islam
|
Bishnupriya Manipuris
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Bishnupriya Manipuri
|
Manipur (India), Bangladesh
|
0.1 million[64]
|
|
Hinduism
|
Bissa
|
Niger–Congo → Mande → Bissa
|
Burkina Faso
|
0.6 million[65]
|
|
Islam
|
Blaan
|
Austronesian → Philippine → Blaan
|
Soccsksargen (Philippines)
|
0.2 million[66]
|
|
Anitism
|
Boa
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Boa
|
Bas-Uele (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
|
0.2 million[67]
|
|
Christianity
|
Bodo
|
Sino-Tibetan → Sal → Bodo
|
Bodoland (India)
|
1.5 million[34]
|
Mech, Kachari
|
Bathouism, Hinduism
|
Bosniaks
|
Indo-European → Slavic → Serbo-Croatian → Bosnian
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sandžak (Serbia, Montenegro)
|
2.5 million[68]
|
Significant populations in Serbia, Turkey, Austria, Germany and the United States
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Bouyei
|
Kra–Dai → Tai → Bouyei
|
Guizhou (China)
|
3 million[69]
|
Giáy
|
Moism
|
Bozo
|
Niger–Congo → Mande → Bozo
|
Mali
|
0.2 million[70]
|
|
Islam
|
Brahuis
|
Dravidian → Brahui
|
Balochistan (Pakistan)
|
1.6 million[71]
|
Raisani, Jhalawan, Sarawan, Mengal (including Zagar and Zakria Zae), Sasoli
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Bretons
|
Indo-European → Celtic → Breton[note 18]
|
Brittany (France)
|
4.6 million[72]
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Bru
|
Austroasiatic → Katuic → Bru
|
Savannakhet Province (Laos), Vietnam (Quảng Bình and Quảng Trị Provinces)
|
0.3 million[73]
|
|
Animism
|
Budu
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Budu
|
Wamba Territory (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
|
0.4 million[citation needed]
|
|
Christianity
|
Buduma
|
Afroasiatic → Chadic → Yedina
|
Lake Chad (Chad, Nigeria, Cameroon)
|
0.1 million[citation needed]
|
|
Islam
|
Buginese
|
Austronesian → South Sulawesi → Buginese
|
South Sulawesi (Indonesia)
|
6.4 million[2]
|
|
Islam
|
Bulgarians
|
Indo-European → Slavic → Bulgarian
|
Bulgaria
|
9–10 million[74]
|
Pomaks, along with significant populationsinTurkey, Ukraine and Moldova, Romania and Serbia, Germany, Spain and the United States
|
Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy
|
Burusho
|
Burushaski
|
Gilgit-Baltistan (Pakistan)
|
0.1 million[75]
|
|
Islam → Shia Islam
|
Butonese
|
Austronesian → Celebic → Butonese[note 2]
|
Buton (Indonesia)
|
0.3 million[citation needed]
|
|
Islam
|
Bwa
|
Niger–Congo → Gur → Bwa[note 2]
|
Burkina Faso, Mali
|
0.3 million[76]
|
|
Traditional African religions
|
Catalans
|
Indo-European → Romance → Catalan
|
Catalan Countries (Spain, France)
|
8.4 million[citation needed]
|
Valencians, Balearics, Andorrans
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Chamorro
|
Austronesian → Chamorro
|
Mariana Islands (United States)
|
0.2 million[77]
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Chams
|
Austronesian → Chamic → Cham
|
Champa (Cambodia, Vietnam)
|
0.6–0.7 million[78]
|
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Chechens
|
Northeast Caucasian → Nakh → Chechen
|
Chechnya (Russia)
|
2 million[79]
|
Kists
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Cherokee
|
Iroquoian → Cherokee[note 19]
|
United States (North Carolina, Tennessee)[note 20]
|
0.8 million[23]
|
Cherokee Nation, Eastern Band, United Keetoowah Band
|
Christianity
|
Cheyenne
|
Algic → Algonquian→ Cheyenne
|
United States (Montana, Oklahoma)
|
22,970
|
|
|
Choctaw
|
Muskogean → Choctaw[note 19]
|
United States (Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana)[note 20]
|
0.2 million[23]
|
|
Native American religion
|
Chokwe
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Chokwe
|
Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia
|
1.3 million[80]
|
|
Christianity
|
Chukchi
|
Chukotko-Kamchatkan → Chukchi
|
Chukchia
|
0.1 million
|
Chuvans
|
Russian Orthodoxy
|
Chutiya
|
Sino-Tibetan → Sal → Deori[note 4]
|
Assam (India)
|
2.5 million[81]
|
Deori
|
Hinduism
|
Chuukese
|
Austronesian → Micronesian → Chuukese
|
Chuuk Lagoon (Federated States of Micronesia)
|
0.1 million[82]
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Chuvash
|
Turkic → Oghur → Chuvash
|
Chuvashia (Russia)
|
1.5 million[33]
|
Virjal, Anatri
|
Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy
|
Circassians
|
Northwest Caucasian → Circassian[note 2]
|
Circassia (Russia)[note 1]
|
0.7 million[83]
|
Adygeans, Kabardians, Cherkess, Shapsugs
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Chakmas
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Chakma
|
Chittagong Hill Tracts (Bangladesh)
|
0.3 million[84]
|
|
Buddhism → Theravada Buddhism
|
Chewa
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Chewa
|
Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique
|
9.7 million[85]
|
|
Christianity
|
Copts
|
Afroasiatic → Coptic[note 21]
|
Egypt
|
15-20 million[86]
|
Sudan and Libya along with significant populationsinUnited States, Canada and Australia
|
Christianity → Coptic Orthodoxy
|
Cornish
|
Indo-European → Celtic → Cornish[note 22]
|
Cornwall (United Kingdom)
|
11 million[87]
|
Significant populations in the United States and Australia
|
Christianity
|
Corsicans
|
Indo-European → Romance → Corsican[note 18]
|
Corsica (France)
|
0.3 million[88]
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Cree
|
Algic → Algonquian → Cree[note 23]
|
Canada (Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador)
|
0.4 million[89]
|
Innu, Naskapi, Atikamekw, James Bay Cree, Moose Cree, Swampy Cree, Woods Cree, Plains Cree, Métis (including Métis in Canada), Oji-Cree
|
Christianity
|
Croats
|
Indo-European → Slavic → Serbo-Croatian → Croatian
|
Croatia, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
|
5.5 million[90]
|
Bunjevci, Krashovani, Janjevci, Sokci, Bosnian Croats, along with significant populationsinItaly (including Molise Croats), Austria, United States, Chile, Argentina, Germany, Australia and Canada
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Cuyunon
|
Austronesian → Philippine → Visayan → Cuyonon
|
Cuyo Archipelago (Philippines)
|
0.2 million[91]
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Czechs
|
Indo-European → Slavic → Czech
|
Czech Republic
|
11 million[92]
|
Bohemians, Moravians, Silesians, along with significant populationsinUnited States and Canada
|
Christianity → Catholicism[note 24]
|
Dagaaba
|
Niger–Congo → Gur → Dagaare
|
Ghana, Burkina Faso
|
1.1 million[93]
|
|
Christianity
|
Dagombas
|
Niger–Congo → Gur → Dagbani
|
Kingdom of Dagbon (Ghana)
|
1.2 million[94]
|
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Damara
|
Khoe → Khoekhoe
|
Damaraland (Namibia)
|
0.2 million[95]
|
|
Christianity
|
Danes
|
Indo-European → Germanic → Nordic → Danish
|
Denmark
|
5.6 million[96]
|
Significant populations in the United States, Canada, Greenland, and Germany.
|
Christianity → Protestantism
|
Dargins
|
Northeast Caucasian → Dargwa
|
Dagestan (Russia)
|
0.6 million[33]
|
Kajtak, Kubachi, Itsari, Chirag
|
Islam
|
Dinka
|
Nilo-Saharan → Nilotic → Dinka
|
South Sudan
|
4.5 million[97]
|
|
Christianity
|
Dogon
|
Niger–Congo → Dogon[note 2]
|
Bandiagara Escarpment (Mali)
|
0.8 million[98]
|
Ampari Dogon
|
Traditional African religions
|
Dogra
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Dogri
|
Jammu Division (India)
|
2.5 million[34]
|
|
Hinduism
|
Dubla
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Bhil → Dubli[note 25]
|
Gujarat (India)
|
0.7 million[60]
|
|
Hinduism
|
Dutch
|
Indo-European → Germanic → Dutch
|
Netherlands
|
29 million[99]
|
Gronings, Arubans, Bonairians, Curaçaoans, Sabans, St. Maarteners, St. Eustatians, Surinamese, Mennonites (including Russian Mennonites), Indos, Dutch Burghers, along with significant populations in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand
|
Christianity[note 24]
|
Dyula
|
Niger–Congo → Mande → Manding → Dyula
|
Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Mali
|
2.2 million[100]
|
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Ebira
|
Niger–Congo → Nupoid → Ebira
|
Kogi State (Nigeria)
|
1.8 million[101]
|
|
Islam
|
Edo
|
Niger–Congo → Edoid → Edo
|
Edo State (Nigeria)
|
1.6 million[102]
|
Ika, Emai
|
Christianity
|
Efik
|
Niger–Congo → Cross River → Ibibio-Efik → Efik
|
Cross River State (Nigeria)
|
0.7 million[citation needed]
|
|
Christianity
|
Ekoi
|
Niger–Congo → Ekoi
|
Nigeria, Cameroon
|
0.2 million[citation needed]
|
|
Christianity
|
Emberá
|
Choco → Embera
|
Chocó Department (Colombia), Panama (Darién, Emberá)
|
0.1 million[103]
|
|
Shamanism
|
English
|
Indo-European → Germanic → English
|
England (United Kingdom)[note 26]
|
58.5 million[104]
|
Numerous colonial descendants make up significant populations in USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Bahamas, Barbados, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Jamaica, Botswana, Kenya, Saint Helena, Zambia, Zimbabwe,Pakistan, Myanmar, India, Hong Kong.
|
Christianity → Protestantism
|
Esan
|
Niger–Congo → Edoid → Esan
|
Esanland (Nigeria)
|
0.7 million[105]
|
|
Christianity
|
Estonians
|
Uralic → Finnic → Estonian
|
Estonia, Setomaa
|
1.2 million[106]
|
Võros, Setos
|
Christianity → Protestantism[note 24]
|
Evenks
|
Tungusic → Evenki
|
Russia, China
|
70,000
|
|
Shamanism
|
Ewe
|
Niger–Congo → Kwa → Gbe → Ewe
|
Togo, Ghana
|
6.7 million[107]
|
Anlo Ewe, Waci
|
Christianity
|
Fang
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Beti → Fang
|
Río Muni (Equatorial Guinea), Gabon
|
1 million[59]
|
|
Christianity
|
Fijians
|
Austronesian → Fijian
|
Fiji
|
0.5 million[108]
|
|
Christianity → Protestantism
|
Finns
|
Uralic → Finnic → Finnish
|
Finland
|
5.5 million[109]
|
Kvens, Forest Finns, Tornedalians, Ingrian Finns, along with significant populations in Sweden, United States, and Canada.
|
Christianity → Protestantism
|
Flemings
|
Indo-European → Germanic → Dutch
|
Flanders (Belgium)
|
6.2 million[110]
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Fon
|
Niger–Congo → Kwa → Gbe → Fon
|
Dahomey (Benin)
|
1.7 million[111]
|
Egun
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
French
|
Indo-European → Romance → French
|
France, Romandy (Switzerland), Aosta Valley (Italy)
|
76.8 million[112]
|
Arpitans, Burgundians, Champenois, Free Countians, Gallo, Lorrainers, Normans (including Channel Islanders), Picards, Poitevins (including Saintongeais), Barthélemoise, Saint-Martinois, French Guianese, Caldoche, Réunionese (including Zoreilles), Saint-Pierrais, along with numerous colonial descendants such as Pieds-Noirs, French Canadians (including Quebecers, Acadians, and Métis), Louisianians (including Creoles of color and Cajuns), French Haitians, French Malagasy, Franco-Mauritians, and Franco-Seychellois
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Frisians
|
Indo-European → Germanic → Frisian[note 2]
|
Frisia (Netherlands, Germany)
|
0.9 million[113]
|
West Frisians, East Frisians, North Frisians
|
Christianity → Protestantism
|
Friulians
|
Indo-European → Romance → Friulian
|
Friuli (Italy)
|
0.6 million[114]
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Fula
|
Niger–Congo → Atlantic → Senegambian → Fula
|
West Africa (Guinea, Senegal, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Cameroon, Niger, Burkina Faso, Benin, Chad)[note 27]
|
20[115]–25 million[74]
|
Wodaabe, Haratin, Fula Jalon, Fulakunda, Maasina Fulfulde
|
Islam
|
Fur
|
Nilo-Saharan → Fur
|
Darfur (Sudan)
|
0.7 million[116]
|
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Ga-Adangbe
|
Niger–Congo → Kwa → Ga–Dangme[note 2]
|
Greater Accra (Ghana)
|
2.1 million[117]
|
Ga, Adangbe
|
Christianity
|
Gagauz
|
Turkic → Oghuz → Gagauz
|
Gagauzia (Moldova), Budjak (Ukraine)
|
0.3 million[citation needed]
|
|
Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy
|
Galicians
|
Indo-European → Romance → Galician
|
Galicia (Spain)
|
3.2 million[citation needed]
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Ganda
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Great Lakes → Luganda
|
Buganda (Uganda)
|
6.7 million[118]
|
Abayudaya
|
Christianity
|
Garifuna
|
Arawakan → Ta-Arawakan → Garifuna[note 28]
|
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines[note 29]
|
0.1 million[citation needed]
|
Black Caribs
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Garos
|
Sino-Tibetan → Sal → Garo
|
Garo Hills (India)
|
1.1 million[34]
|
|
Christianity
|
Gayonese
|
Austronesian → Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands → Gayo
|
Indonesia (Bener Meriah, Central Aceh, and Gayo Lues Regencies)
|
0.3 million[119]
|
|
Islam
|
Gbagyi
|
Niger–Congo → Nupoid → Gwari
|
Nigeria
|
1.2 million[120]
|
|
Traditional African religions
|
Gbaya
|
Niger–Congo → Ubangian → Gbaya[note 2]
|
Central African Republic, Cameroon
|
1.2 million[121]
|
Bokoto, Kàrà, Buli (including Toongo), Ali, Mandja, Gbaya-Bossangoa, Bozom, Mbodomo, Gbanu, Bangandu
|
Islam
|
Gedeo
|
Afroasiatic → Cushitic → Gedeo
|
Gedeo Zone (Ethiopia)
|
1 million[19]
|
|
Christianity → Protestantism
|
Gelao
|
Kra–Dai → Kra → Gelao[note 30]
|
Guizhou (China)
|
0.6 million[122]
|
|
Taoism
|
Georgians
|
Kartvelian → Georgian
|
Georgia
|
4.1 million[123]
|
Adjarians, Mingrelians, Svans, Tushetians (including Bats), Meskhetians
|
Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy
|
Germans
|
Indo-European → Germanic → German
|
Germany, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Eastern Belgium
|
100–149 million[124]
|
Bavarians, Franconians, Hessians, Hunsriks, Upper Saxons, Lower Saxons, Swabians (including Danube Swabians), Rhinelanders (including Colognians), Alsatians, German Swiss, Liechtensteiners, Pomeranians, Volga Germans, Baltic Germans, Silesian Germans, Carpathian Germans, North Schleswig Germans, Eastern Belgians, Transylvanian Saxons, Amish (including Pennsylvania Dutch), Hutterites, Mennonites (including Russian Mennonites), along with significant populations in the United States (including German Texans), Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Canada, Chile, Kazakhstan, Australia, and New Zealand.
|
Christianity
|
Gilaks
|
Indo-European → Iranian Languages → Western Iranian → Gilaki
|
Gilan, Iran
|
4.24 Million [2]
|
|
Islam → Shia Islam
|
Gola
|
Niger–Congo → Gola
|
Liberia, Sierra Leone
|
0.2 million[125]
|
|
Islam
|
Gonds
|
Dravidian → Gondi[note 31]
|
Gondwana (India)
|
13.3 million[60]
|
Godha, Madia Gonds, Muria, Koya
|
Hinduism
|
Gorontaloans
|
Austronesian → Philippine → Gorontaloan
|
Gorontalo (Indonesia)
|
1.8 million[2]
|
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Greeks
|
Indo-European → Greek
|
Greece, Cyprus
|
17 million[126]
|
Greek Cypriots, Pontic Greeks, Cappadocian Greeks, Sarakatsani, Urums, Griko, Macedonian Greeks, Anatolian Greeks, and also sizeable populations of Arvanites, Aromanians and Megleno-Romanians who identify as ethnic Greeks, along with a significant diasporainAlbania (including Northern Epirotes), Ukraine, Georgia, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, and Canada
|
Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy
|
Guan
|
Niger–Congo → Kwa → Guang[note 2]
|
Ghana (Brong-Ahafo and Volta Regions)
|
1 million[117]
|
Gonja, Kyode, Cherepon, Efutu, Anyanga, Larteh, Chumburung, Krache, Anum-Boso
|
Christianity
|
Guaraní
|
Tupian → Guarani
|
Paraguay, Misiones (Argentina), Bolivia
|
5 million[127]
|
Chiriguanos, along with Mestizos such as Paraguayans
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Gujarati
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Gujarati
|
Gujarat (India)
|
60 million[34]
|
Koli, Bharwad, Khoja, Patidar, Sunni Bohra, Lohana, Vagri, Kharva, Charan, Baria, Momna, Ghanchi, Shenva, Bhambi Khalpa, Zarabes, Bhoi, Luso-Indians, Gujarati Americans
|
Hinduism
|
Gujjar / Gurjar
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Gujari
|
Primarily Pakistan & India, also Afghanistan at smaller numbers
|
160 million[34]
|
Khatana, Solanki, Parihar, Tanwar, Parmar, chandel, Chauhan, Bhadana, Bhatti, Kohli, Tomar, Panwar, Pawar, Bainsla, Bagri, Hans, etc.
|
Islam, Hinduism
|
Gumuz
|
Nilo-Saharan → Gumuz
|
Benishangul-Gumuz Region (Ethiopia)
|
0.2 million[19]
|
|
Traditional African religion
|
Gurage
|
Afroasiatic → Semitic → Ethiopic → Gurage[note 2]
|
Guragia (Ethiopia)
|
1.9 million[19]
|
Kistane, Zay, Inor, Mesqan, Sebat Bet (including Chaha and Muher)
|
Christianity
|
Gurma
|
Niger–Congo → Gur → Gourmanché
|
Gurmaland (Burkina Faso, Ghana)
|
1.1 million[128]
|
Ntcham, Bimoba
|
Islam
|
Gurunsi
|
Niger–Congo → Gur → Gurunsi[note 2]
|
Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo
|
1.6 million[129]
|
Lukpa, Kabye, Tem, Lamba, Delo, Bago-Kusuntu, Chala, Lyélé, Nuna, Kalamsé, Pana, Kassena, Winye, Deg, Puguli, Paasaal, Sisaala, Chakali, Siti, Tamprusi, Vagla
|
Traditional African religions
|
Hadiya
|
Afroasiatic → Cushitic → Hadiyya
|
Hadiya (Ethiopia)
|
1.3 million[19]
|
|
Islam
|
Han Chinese
|
Sino-Tibetan → Chinese
|
Greater China, Singapore, Kokang
|
1.315 billion[130]
|
Subei, Cantonese (including Taishanese, Hongkongers, Tankas, Chuanqing and Macanese), Hui, Fujianese (including Fuzhounese, Hoklo, Hui'an maidens, Putianese, and Teochew), Gaoshan Han, Gan, Hakka (including Ngái), Hebei, Hunanese, Jianghuai, Shandong, Sichuanese, Wu (including Shanghainese, Ningbonese, and Wenzhou), Han Taiwanese, along with significant populations in the United States, Malaysia (including Peranakan), Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Myanmar, Canada, the Philippines (including Sangleys), Peru, Australia, Vietnam, Japan, Russia, France (including Chinois), the United Kingdom, South Africa, Italy, Germany, Korea, Spain, India, Laos, Brazil, the Netherlands, Panama, Venezuela and New Zealand
|
Chinese folk religion, Buddhism, Taoism, no religion (see also Religion in China and Religion in Taiwan)
|
Hani
|
Sino-Tibetan → Loloish → Hani
|
Yunnan (China)
|
1.4 million[131]
|
|
Animism
|
Harari
|
Afroasiatic → Semitic → Ethiopic → Harari
|
Hararia (Ethiopia)
|
0.2 million[132]
|
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Hausa
|
Afroasiatic → Chadic → Hausa
|
Hausaland (Niger, Nigeria)
|
43.7 million[133]
|
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Hawaiians
|
Austronesian → Polynesian → Hawaiian[note 32]
|
Hawaii (United States)
|
0.5 million[77]
|
|
Christianity
|
Hazaras
|
Indo-European → Iranian → Persian → Hazaragi
|
Hazarajat (Afghanistan)
|
8 million[130]
|
Aimaq Hazara, Hazara Australians
|
Islam → Shia Islam
|
Herero
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Herero
|
Hereroland (Namibia), Angola
|
0.3 million[citation needed]
|
OvaHimba, Ovambanderu
|
Christianity
|
Hmong
|
Hmong–Mien → Hmongic[note 2]
|
Guizhou (China)[note 33]
|
14–15 million[134]
|
A-Hmao, Gha-Mu, Xong, Pa-Hng, Hmong Americans
|
Hmong folk religion
|
Huli
|
Trans–New Guinea → Engan → Huli
|
Southern Highlands Province (Papua New Guinea)
|
0.3 million[135]
|
|
Christianity
|
Hungarians
|
Uralic → Ugric → Hungarian
|
Hungary, Székely Land (Romania), Felvidék (Slovakia)
|
14.3 million[136]
|
Jasz, Palóc, along with significant populationsinRomania (including Székelys and Csangos), Slovakia, Serbia, Ukraine, Croatia, Slovenia, Germany, the United States, and Canada
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Hutu
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Great Lakes → Rwanda-Rundi[note 34]
|
Rwanda, Burundi, Kivu (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
|
9.5 million[137]
|
|
Christianity
|
Iban
|
Austronesian → Malayic → Iban
|
Sarawak (Malaysia)
|
0.8 million[138]
|
Mualang
|
Christianity
|
Ibanag
|
Austronesian → Philippine → Cordilleran → Ibanag
|
Philippines (Isabela, Cagayan)
|
0.3 million[139]
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Ibibio
|
Niger–Congo → Cross River → Ibibio-Efik → Ibibio
|
Akwa Ibom State (Nigeria)
|
4.5 million[140]
|
Eket, Aro
|
Christianity
|
Icelanders
|
Indo-European → Germanic → Nordic → Icelandic
|
Iceland
|
0.4 million[citation needed]
|
|
Christianity → Protestantism
|
Idoma
|
Niger–Congo → Idomoid → Idoma
|
Benue State (Nigeria)
|
0.6 million[141]
|
Agatu, Alago, Yala
|
Christianity
|
Igbo
|
Niger–Congo → Igbo
|
Igboland (Nigeria)
|
20 million[142]
|
Anioma, Aro, Edda, Ekpeye, Etche, Ezaa, Ika, Ikwerre, Ikwo, Isu, Izzi, Mbaise, Mgbo, Ngwa, Nri-Igbo, Ogba, Ohafia, Ohuhu, Onitsha-Ado, Ukwuani, Waawa, along with numerous slave descendants such as Antiguans and Barbudans, African Americans, Afro-Bahamians, Afro-Barbadians, Afro-Brazilians, Afro-Dominicans, Afro-Haitians, Afro-Saint Lucians, Afro-Trinbagonians, Americo-Liberians, Belizean Creoles
|
Christianity
|
Igede
|
Niger–Congo → Idomoid → Igede
|
Benue State (Nigeria)
|
0.4 million[citation needed]
|
|
Christianity
|
Igorot
|
Austronesian → Philippine → Cordilleran[note 2]
|
Cordillera Administrative Region (Philippines)
|
1.5 million[143]
|
Balangao, Bontoc, Ibaloi, Ifugao (including Kalanguya), Isnag, Kalinga, Kankanaey
|
Anitism
|
Ijaw
|
Niger–Congo → Ijaw[note 2]
|
Nigeria (Rivers, Bayelsa, and Delta States)
|
5 million[98]
|
Bille, Engenni, Ibani, Kalabari, Kula, Nkoro, Nkoroo, Obolo
|
Christianity
|
Ilocano
|
Austronesian → Philippine → Cordilleran → Ilocano
|
Ilocos Region (Philippines)
|
10 million[144]
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Ingush
|
Northeast Caucasian → Nakh → Ingush
|
Ingushetia (Russia)
|
0.4 million[33]
|
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Inuit
|
Eskimo–Aleut → Inuit[note 2]
|
Greenland (Denmark), Canada (Nunavut, Nunatsiavut, Nunavik, NunatuKavut), Alaska (United States)
|
0.2 million[145]
|
Greenlandics (including Kalaallit, Tunumiit, Inughuit and Greenlandic Danes), Iñupiat, Inuktitut, Inuvialuit
|
Christianity
|
Iranun
|
Austronesian → Philippine → Iranun
|
Mindanao (Philippines)
|
0.3 million[citation needed]
|
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Irish
|
Indo-European → Celtic → Irish[note 22]
|
Ireland (Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom)[note 35]
|
70-80 million[146]
|
Irish Travellers, Ulster Irish, along with significant populations in the United States, Australia, Canada, Argentina, Mexico and New Zealand
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Iroquois
|
Iroquoian[note 36]
|
United States, Canada
|
0.1 million[147]
|
Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, Tuscarora
|
Longhouse Religion
|
Isan
|
Kra–Dai → Tai → Lao → Isan
|
Isan (Thailand)
|
22 million[148]
|
|
Buddhism → Theravada Buddhism
|
Isoko
|
Niger–Congo → Edoid → Isoko
|
Isoko region (Nigeria)
|
0.6 million[citation needed]
|
|
Christianity
|
Istro-Romanians
|
Indo-European → Romance → Istro-Romanian
|
Istria (Croatia)
|
1,000[149]
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Italians
|
Indo-European → Romance → Italian
|
Italy, Ticino (Switzerland)
|
69[150]–140 million[151]
|
Sicilians, Waldensians, Lazians, Marchigianos, Tuscans, Umbrians, Emilian, Romagnol (including Sanmarinese), Trentinis, Ligurians (including Monégasque), Lombards, Piedmontese, Apulians, Calabrians, Neapolitans (including Abruzzans, Molisans, Basilicatans, and Campanians), Venetians along with significant populationsinArgentina, Brazil, the United States, Venezuela, Canada, France, Peru, Uruguay, Australia, Germany, Chile and the United Kingdom
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Itawes
|
Austronesian → Philippine → Cordilleran → Itawis
|
Cagayan Valley (Philippines)
|
0.2 million[citation needed]
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Japanese
|
Japonic → Japanese
|
Japan
|
129 million[152]
|
Kantō, Kansai, Hokkaido, Tōhoku, Hōnichi, Satsugū, Chūgoku, Echigo, Tōkai, Shinshuu, Hokuriku, Hachijō, along with significant populationsinBrazil, the United States and the Philippines.
|
Shinto[note 37]
|
Jarai
|
Austronesian → Chamic → Jarai
|
Central Highlands (Vietnam)
|
0.4 million[37]
|
|
Animism
|
Javanese
|
Austronesian → Javanese
|
Java (Indonesia)
|
95.2 million[2]
|
Cirebonese, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Banyumasan, along with significant populations in Malaysia, Suriname, China, and Saudi Arabia
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Jews
|
Afroasiatic → Semitic → Hebrew[note 38]
|
Israel[note 39]
|
17.6 million[153]
|
Ashkenazim, Sephardim (including Moroccan Jews, Tunisian Jews, and Toshavim), Mizrahim (including Syrian and Bukharan Jews), Teimanim, Beta Israel, Italkim, Romaniotes, Juhurim, Krymchaks, Bene Israel, Cochin, Lishanid Noshan, Israelis, along with significant populations in the United States, France, Canada, the United Kingdom, Argentina, Russia, Germany, and Australia
|
Judaism
|
Jingpo
|
Sino-Tibetan → Sal → Jingpho
|
Kachin State (Myanmar), Yunnan (China) North-East India
|
1 million[154]
|
|
Animism
|
Jola
|
Niger–Congo → Atlantic → Senegambian → Jola[note 2]
|
Jolaland (Senegal)
|
0.5 million[155]
|
Banjaal, Bayot, Fogni, Gusilay, Karon, Kasa, Kuwaataay, Mlomp
|
Traditional African religions
|
Jukun
|
Niger–Congo → Jukun Takum[note 40]
|
Wukari (Nigeria)
|
0.1 million[156]
|
Wannu
|
Traditional African religions
|
Kadazan-Dusun
|
Austronesian → Malayo-Polynesian → Dusunic[note 2]
|
Sabah (Malaysia)
|
0.6 million[157]
|
Kadazan, Dusun, Dumpas, Ida'an, Kwijau, Lotud, Mangka'ak, Maragang, Minokok, Orang Sungai, Rumanau, Rungus, Tambanuo
|
Christianity
|
Kalanga
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Shona → Kalanga
|
Zimbabwe, Botswana
|
0.7 million[158]
|
Nambya
|
Christianity
|
Kalenjin
|
Nilo-Saharan → Nilotic → Kalenjin[note 2]
|
Rift Valley Province (Kenya)
|
5 million[159]
|
Keiyo, Tugen, Marakwet, Nandi, Kipsigis, Sabaot, Pökoot, Okiek, Terik
|
Christianity
|
Kalinago
|
Macro-Arawakan languages → Arawakan → Kalinago
|
Lesser Antilles
|
4,000
|
Black Caribs
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Kamba
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Kamba
|
Ukambani (Kenya)
|
3.9 million[159]
|
Afro-Paraguayans
|
Christianity
|
Kanaks
|
Austronesian → Kanak[note 2]
|
Kanakia (France)
|
0.1 million[160]
|
Haveke, Ajië, Arhâ, Xârâgurè, Haeke
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Kannadigas
|
Dravidian → Kannada
|
Karnataka (India)
|
43.7 million[34]
|
Vokkaliga
|
Hinduism
|
Kanuri
|
Nilo-Saharan → Saharan → Kanuri
|
Kanuriland (Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Cameroon)
|
8.6 million[161]
|
Kanembu, Yerwa Kanuri
|
Islam
|
Kapampangans
|
Austronesian → Philippine → Kapampangan
|
Pampanga (Philippines)
|
2 million[162]
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Kapsiki
|
Afroasiatic → Chadic → Kapsiki
|
Mandara Mountains (Nigeria, Cameroon)
|
0.1 million[citation needed]
|
|
Islam
|
Karachays
|
Turkic → Kipchak → Karachay
|
Karachay-Cherkessia (Russia)
|
0.2 million[33]
|
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Karakalpaks
|
Turkic → Kipchak → Karakalpak
|
Karakalpakstan (Uzbekistan)
|
0.7 million[163]
|
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Karbi
|
Sino-Tibetan → Kuki-Chin–Naga → Karbi
|
Karbi Anglong district (India)
|
0.5 million[34]
|
Amri
|
Hinduism
|
Karen
|
Sino-Tibetan → Karenic[note 2]
|
Karen State, Kayah State, Pa'O Self-Administered Zone (Myanmar), Thailand
|
9 million[164]
|
S'gaw Karen, Pwo Karen, Karenni (including Kayan), Pa'O
|
Buddhism → Theravada Buddhism
|
Kashmiris
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Dardic → Kashmiri
|
Kashmir (India, Pakistan)
|
7.1 million[34]
|
Kashmiri Pandits, Kashmiris of Punjab
|
Islam → Sunni Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism
|
Kashubians
|
Indo-European → Slavic → Kashubian
|
Kashubia (Poland)
|
0.5[165]–0.6 million[166]
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Kazakhs
|
Turkic → Kipchak → Kazakh
|
Kazakhstan
|
16.3 million[167]
|
Significant populations in China, and Russia
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Khas
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Nepali
|
Nepal, Uttarakhand, Sikkim (India)
|
20 million[168]
|
Chhetri, Bahun, Kami, Damai, Sarki, Gandarbha, Thakuri, Badi
|
Hinduism
|
Khmer
|
Austroasiatic → Khmer
|
Cambodia
|
17 million[148]
|
Significant populations in the United States and Vietnam
|
Buddhism → Theravada Buddhism
|
Khonds
|
Dravidian → Kui
|
Kandhamal (India)
|
1.6 million[60]
|
|
Hinduism
|
Khorasani Turks
|
Turkic → Oghuz → Khorasani Turkic
|
Khorasan (Iran)
|
1 million[169]
|
|
Islam → Shia Islam
|
Kikuyu
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Kikuyu
|
Kenya
|
6.6 million[159]
|
|
Christianity
|
Kilba
|
Afroasiatic → Chadic → Huba
|
Hong (Nigeria)
|
0.3 million[170]
|
|
Christianity
|
Kirati
|
Sino-Tibetan → Kiranti[note 2]
|
Eastern Region (Nepal)
|
0.9 million Nepalese. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Nepalese population only. Figure taken using the religious percentage of Kirat Mundhum followers (listed as "Kiranti") with the total populations.</ref>
|
Limbu, Sunuwar, Yakkha (including Athpare), Rai (including Kulung, Bantawa, and Bahing)
|
Kirat Mundhum
|
Kissi
|
Niger–Congo → Atlantic → Mel → Kissi
|
Guinea, Sierra Leone
|
0.1 million[171]
|
|
Christianity
|
Kofyar
|
Afroasiatic → Chadic → Kofyar
|
Plateau State (Nigeria)
|
0.2 million[citation needed]
|
|
Traditional African religions
|
Komi
|
Uralic → Permic → Komi
|
Russia (Komi Republic, Permyakia)
|
0.6 million[107]
|
Komi-Zyrians, Komi-Permyaks, Izhma Komi
|
Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy
|
Konkani
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Konkani
|
Konkan (India)
|
2.3 million[34]
|
Luso-Indians
|
Hinduism
|
Kongo
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Kongo
|
Kongoland (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Angola)
|
10.2 million[172]
|
Lari, Vili, Mayombe, Suundi, along with numerous slave descendants such as, African Americans, Afro-Bahamians, Afro-Barbadians, Afro-Brazilians, Afro-Dominicans, Afro-Haitians, Afro-Saint Lucians, Afro-Trinbagonians, Americo-Liberians, Belizean Creoles
|
Christianity
|
Konjo
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Konjo
|
Rwenzori Mountains (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda)
|
1.5 million[citation needed]
|
Nande
|
Christianity
|
Konso
|
Afroasiatic → Cushitic → Konso
|
Konso (Ethiopia)
|
0.4 million[19]
|
|
Traditional African religions
|
Koreans
|
Korean
|
Korea (North Korea, South Korea)
|
83.2 million[173]
|
Jeju Islanders, along with significant populations in the United States, China, Russia, Japan, Canada, Australia, Vietnam, and the Philippines
|
Shamanism[note 24]
|
Kpelle
|
Niger–Congo → Mande → Kpelle
|
Liberia, Guinea
|
1.2 million[174]
|
|
Traditional African religions
|
Kposo
|
Niger–Congo → Kwa → Ghana–Togo Mountain → Kposo
|
Plateaux (Togo), Ghana
|
0.2 million[175]
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Kru
|
Niger–Congo → Kru[note 2]
|
Liberia (Grand Kru and Maryland Counties)
|
3.3 million[176]
|
Aizi, Bété, Bakwé, Grebo, Krahn (including Sapo), Kuwaa
|
Christianity
|
Kumyks
|
Turkic → Kipchak → Kumyk
|
Dagestan (Russia)
|
0.5 million[33]
|
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Kunama
|
Nilo-Saharan → Kunama
|
Eritrea, Ethiopia
|
0.3 million[citation needed]
|
|
Christianity → Oriental Orthodoxy
|
Kurds
|
Indo-European → Iranian → Kurdish[note 2]
|
Kurdistan (Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Syria)
|
30-40 million[177]
|
Bajalan, Kurmanjis, Sorans, Zazas, Feylis, Iranian Laks, Yazidis, Shabak, along with significant populationsinFrance and Germany
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Kurukh
|
Dravidian → Kurukh
|
Chota Nagpur Plateau (India)
|
3.7 million[60]
|
Kisan
|
Sarnaism, Christianity, Hinduism, Animism
|
Kuteb
|
Niger–Congo → Jukunoid → Kuteb
|
Taraba State (Nigeria)
|
0.6 million[178]
|
|
Christianity
|
Kyrgyz
|
Turkic → Kipchak → Kyrgyz
|
Kyrgyzstan
|
5.2 million[179]
|
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Laks
|
Northeast Caucasian → Lak
|
Lakia (Russia)
|
0.2 million[33]
|
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Lamaholot
|
Austronesian → Flores–Lembata → Lamaholot
|
Solor (Indonesia)
|
0.2 million[citation needed]
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Lampungs
|
Austronesian → Lampung
|
Lampung (Indonesia)
|
1.4 million[2]
|
|
Islam
|
Lao
|
Kra–Dai → Tai → Lao
|
Laos
|
4 million[148]
|
|
Buddhism → Theravada Buddhism
|
Latvians
|
Indo-European → Baltic → Latvian
|
Latvia
|
1.8 million[180]
|
Latgalians, Kursenieki, Selonians
|
Christianity → Protestantism
|
Laz
|
Kartvelian → Laz[note 41]
|
Lazistan (Turkey, Georgia)
|
1.6 million[181]
|
Turkish Laz, Georgian Laz
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Lega
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Lega
|
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
0.3 million[182]
|
|
Traditional African religions
|
Lezgins
|
Northeast Caucasian → Lezgic → Lezgian
|
Lezgistan (Russia, Azerbaijan)
|
0.8 million[183]
|
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Li
|
Kra–Dai → Hlai[note 2]
|
Hainan (China)
|
1.2 million[184]
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Lhoba
|
? |
Tibet (Arunachal Pradesh
|
? |
Nishi, Na, Galo, Mishmi people, Tagin, Adi
|
Animism, Buddhism
|
Limba
|
Niger–Congo → Limba
|
Sierra Leone (Bombali and Koinadugu Districts)
|
0.4 million[185]
|
|
Christianity
|
Lisu
|
Sino-Tibetan → Loloish → Lisu
|
China, Myanmar
|
0.6 million[186]
|
Lipo
|
Christianity → Protestantism
|
Lithuanians
|
Indo-European → Baltic → Lithuanian
|
Lithuania
|
3.7[187]–4.1 million[188]
|
Samogitians, Aukstaitians, Lietuvninkai, along with significant populations in the United States, Canada, Brazil, Poland and the United Kingdom
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Luba
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Luban[note 2]
|
Lubaland (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
|
7 million[59]
|
Luba-Kasai, Luba-Katanga, Hemba (including Bangubangu), Songe, Lulua
|
Christianity
|
Luhya
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Luhya
|
Western Province (Kenya)
|
5.3 million[159]
|
Bukusu, Idakho, Isukha, Kabras, Khayo, Kisa, Marachi, Maragoli, Marama, Nyole, Samia, Tachoni, Tiriki, Tsotso, Wanga,
|
Christianity
|
Luo
|
Nilo-Saharan → Nilotic → Luo → Dholuo
|
Kenya
|
4 million[159]
|
|
Christianity
|
Lurs
|
Indo-European → Iranian → Luri
|
Iran (Lorestan, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, Khuzestan, Bushehr, and Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Provinces)
|
5 million[189]
|
Bakhtiari, Iranian Laks
|
Islam → Shia Islam
|
Luxembourgers
|
Indo-European → Germanic → German → Luxembourgish
|
Luxembourg, Arelerland (Belgium)
|
0.4 million[190]
|
Significant populations in Brazil and the United States
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Maasai
|
Nilo-Saharan → Nilotic → Maasai
|
Maasailand (Tanzania, Kenya)
|
1.5 million[191]
|
Samburu, Arusha, Kwavi
|
Traditional African religions
|
Macedonians
|
Indo-European → Slavic → Macedonian
|
North Macedonia
|
2 million[192]
|
Torbesh, Mijaks, along with significant populationsinAustralia, Germany, Italy, Switzerland and Greece
|
Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy
|
Madi
|
Nilo-Saharan → Central Sudanic → Ma'di
|
Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan, Uganda
|
0.4 million[citation needed]
|
|
Christianity
|
Madurese
|
Austronesian → Madurese
|
Madura (Indonesia)[note 42]
|
7.2 million[2]
|
Boyanese
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Mafa
|
Afroasiatic → Chadic → Mafa
|
Cameroon
|
0.2 million[193]
|
|
Christianity
|
Magahi
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Bihari → Magahi
|
Magadha (India)
|
12.7 million[34]
|
|
Hinduism
|
Magars
|
Sino-Tibetan → Magar[note 43]
|
Nepal
|
1.6 million[194]
|
|
Hinduism
|
Maguindanao
|
Austronesian → Philippine → Maguindanao
|
Maguindanao (Philippines)
|
1.4 million[195]
|
|
Islam
|
Maithils
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Bihari → Maithili
|
Mithila (India, Nepal)
|
40 million[196]
|
Karan Kayastha
|
Hinduism
|
Makassarese
|
Austronesian → South Sulawesi → Makassarese
|
South Sulawesi (Indonesia)
|
2.7 million[2]
|
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Makonde
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Makonde
|
Tanzania, Mueda Plateau (Mozambique)
|
1.4 million[197]
|
Machinga
|
Islam
|
Makua
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Makhuwa
|
Mozambique
|
3.5 million[198]
|
Lomwe, Chuwabu, Moniga, Koti, Nathembo
|
Traditional African religions
|
Malagasy
|
Austronesian → Malagasy
|
Madagascar, Comoros, Mayotte, Réunion, Mauritius
|
25 million
|
Merina, Sihanaka, Betsileo, Zafimaniry, Antaifasy, Antemoro, Antaisaka, Antambahoaka, Tandroy, Antankarana, Antanosy, Bara, Betsimisaraka, Bezanozano, Mahafaly, Makoa, Mikea, Sakalava, Tanala, Tsimihety, Vezo
|
Christianity
|
Malays
|
Austronesian → Malayic → Malay
|
Malay world (Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia)
|
60.7 million[199]
|
Bruneians, Kedahans, Pattani, Pahang, Musi, Palembangese, Pontianaks, Terengganuarians, Kelantanese, Perakians, Berau, Proto-Malay (including Orang Kuala, Jakun, Orang Rimba, Orang Seletar, and Temuan), Lubu, Palembangnese, Cape Malays, Cocos Malays, Bangka Malays
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Malayali
|
Dravidian → Malayalam
|
Kerala (India)
|
34.8 million[34]
|
Ambalavasi, Dheevara, Nair, Paravar, Saint Thomas Christians (including Knanayas), Mappilas, Ezhava, along with significant populations in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait and Bahrain
|
Hinduism
|
Maldivians
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Maldivian
|
Maldives, Minicoy
|
0.3 million[200]
|
Mahls
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Maltese
|
Afroasiatic → Semitic → Arabic → Maltese
|
Malta
|
0.5 million[201]
|
Gozitans
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Mambila
|
Niger–Congo → Mambila
|
Mambilla Plateau (Nigeria, Cameroon)
|
0.1 million[202]
|
Somyev
|
Traditional African religions
|
Manchu
|
Tungusic → Manchu[note 44]
|
Manchuria
|
10.5 million[203]
|
|
Shamanism
|
Mandarese
|
Austronesian → South Sulawesi → Mandar
|
West Sulawesi (Indonesia)
|
0.5 million[204]
|
|
Islam
|
Mandinka
|
Niger–Congo → Mande → Manding[note 2]
|
Mali, The Gambia, Guinea, Senegal
|
13[121]–20 million[205]
|
Bolon, along with numerous slave descendants such as Montserratians, Cape Verdeans, and Martinicans, African Americans, Afro-Bahamians, Afro-Barbadians, Afro-Brazilians, Afro-Dominicans, Afro-Haitians, Afro-Saint Lucians, Afro-Trinbagonians, Americo-Liberians, Belizean Creoles
|
Islam
|
Manggarai
|
Austronesian → Sumba–Flores → Manggarai
|
Manggarai (Indonesia)
|
0.8 million[citation needed]
|
|
Christianity
|
Manjak
|
Niger–Congo → Atlantic → Senegambian → Manjak
|
Guinea-Bissau, Senegal
|
0.4 million[206]
|
|
Traditional African religions
|
Manx
|
Indo-European → Celtic → Manx
|
Isle of Man (Crown dependency)
|
0.1 million
|
|
Christianity → Protestantism
|
Māori
|
Austronesian → Polynesian → Māori[note 45]
|
New Zealand
|
0.9 million[citation needed]
|
Cook Islanders
|
Christianity
|
Mapuche
|
Mapudungun[note 46]
|
Araucanía (Chile, Argentina)
|
1.4 million[207]
|
Huilliche, along with Mestizos such as Chileans
|
Christianity
|
Maranao
|
Austronesian → Philippine → Maranao
|
Lanao (Philippines)
|
0.8 million[208]
|
|
Islam
|
Marathi
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Marathi
|
Maharashtra (India)
|
83 million[34]
|
Mahar, Maratha, Kunbi, Dhangar, Bhoi
|
Hinduism
|
Mari
|
Uralic → Mari
|
Mari El (Russia)
|
0.5 million[33]
|
Meadow Mari, Hill Mari, Eastern Mari, Mountain Mari
|
Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy
|
Masa
|
Afroasiatic → Chadic → Masana
|
Cameroon, Chad
|
0.5 million[209]
|
|
Christianity, Islam[209]
|
Masalit
|
Nilo-Saharan → Masalit
|
Sudan, Chad
|
0.4 million[210]
|
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Maya
|
Mayan[note 2]
|
Guatemala, Belize, Mexico (Yucatán, Campeche, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Chiapas)
|
6 million[211]
|
Maya, Achi, Chuj, Ch'orti', Itza, K'iche', Q'eqchi', Xinca, Tektitek, Huastecan, Mopan, Lacandon, Chontal, Akatek, Jakaltek, Q'anjob'al, Tzeltal, Mocho', Tojolab'al, Mam, Ixil, Tzotzil, Poqomam, Yucatecan Maya, Motozintlecos, Awakatek, Kaqchikel, Sakapultek, Sipakapense, Uspantek, Ch'ol, Tz'utujil, along with Mestizos such as Guatemalans (including Hispanic Belizeans) and Mexicans
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Mazandarani
|
Indo-European → Indo-Iranian → Iranian → Western Iranian → Caspian Languages → Mazandarani
|
Mazandaran, Iran
|
4.25 Million[212]
|
|
Islam → Shia Islam
|
Mazahua
|
Oto-Manguean → Oto-Pamean → Mazahua
|
State of Mexico (Mexico)
|
0.1 million[213]
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Mazatec
|
Oto-Manguean → Popolocan → Mazatecan[note 2]
|
Oaxaca (Mexico)
|
0.2 million[213]
|
Ayautla
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Mbaka
|
Niger–Congo → Ubangian → Mbaka
|
Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
0.3 million[59]
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Megleno-Romanians
|
Indo-European → Romance → Megleno-Romanian
|
Balkans (Greece, North Macedonia, Romania, Turkey)
|
5,000[214]
|
|
Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy
|
Mehri
|
Afroasiatic → Semitic → Mehri
|
Mahra (Yemen, Oman)
|
0.2 million[215]
|
Soqotri
|
Islam
|
Meitei
|
Sino-Tibetan → Kuki-Chin–Naga → Meitei
|
Manipur (India)
|
1.8 million[34]
|
Loi
|
Hinduism → Vaishnavism
|
Melanau
|
Austronesian → Malayo-Polynesian → Melanau
|
Sarawak (Malaysia)
|
0.1 million[62]
|
|
Islam
|
Mende
|
Niger–Congo → Mande → Mende
|
Sierra Leone (Southern and Eastern Provinces)
|
1.9 million[citation needed]
|
|
Islam
|
Miꞌkmaq
|
Algic → Algonquian → Miꞌkmaq[note 23]
|
Mi'kma'ki (Canada)
|
0.2 million[89]
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Mien
|
Hmong–Mien → Mienic[note 2]
|
China (Hunan, Guizhou), Vietnam
|
2.6 million[216]
|
Iu Mien, Kim Mun, Dzao Min, Biao Min, Bunu, Lakkia, Biao Mon
|
Yao folk religion
|
Mijikenda
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Mijikenda
|
Coast Province (Kenya)
|
2 million[159]
|
Chonyi, Giriama, Digo, Segeju
|
Christianity
|
Minahasan
|
Austronesian → Philippine → Minahasan[note 2]
|
Minahassa Peninsula (Indonesia)
|
1.2 million[2]
|
Tonsawang, Tontemboan, Tondano, Tombulu, Tonsea
|
Christianity → Protestantism
|
Minangkabau
|
Austronesian → Malayic → Malay → Minangkabau
|
Minangkabau Highlands (Indonesia)
|
6.5 million[2]
|
Aneuk Jamee
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Mising
|
Sino-Tibetan → Tani → Mising
|
India (Assam, Arunachal Pradesh)
|
0.6 million[34]
|
|
Donyi-Polo
|
Miskito
|
Misumalpan → Miskito
|
Mosquito Coast (Nicaragua, Honduras)
|
0.2 million[217]
|
|
Christianity → Protestantism
|
Mixe
|
Mixe–Zoque → Mixe[note 2]
|
Oaxaca (Mexico)
|
0.1 million[213]
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Mixtec
|
Oto-Manguean → Mixtecan → Mixtec
|
La Mixteca (Mexico)
|
0.5 million[213]
|
Trique, Cuicatecs, Amoltepec
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Mon
|
Austroasiatic → Mon
|
Mon State (Myanmar)
|
1.1 million[218]
|
|
Buddhism → Theravada Buddhism
|
Mongo
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Mongo
|
Democratic Republic of the Congo (Équateur, Tshuapa, Mongala, Nord-Ubangi, Sud-Ubangi)
|
3.2 million[219]
|
Bolia, Ntomba, Ngando, Iyaelima, Mbole, Mpama, Nkutu, Sengele, Hendo, Dengese, Tetela
|
Christianity
|
Mongols
|
Mongolic[note 2]
|
Inner Mongolia, Dorbetia, Bayingolin, Bortala, Hoboksaria, Subei-Mongolia, Santania, Kharchinia} (China), Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Altai, Khakassia, Shoria, Ust-Orda, Aginia, Chulymia (Russia)
|
10.3 million[220]
|
Khalkha, Buryats, Barga, Oirats, Kalmyks, Daur, Moghols, Hamnigan, Tsagaan, Yugur, Khatso, Bonan, Sart Kalmyks, Soyot, Sichuan Mongols, Sogwo Arig, Altai Uriankhai, Ordos, Kanja, Sogwo Arig, Mughals, Khakhas, Santa, Naimans, Dariganga, Khorchin, Kharchin, Köke Nuur, Chaharian, Jalairs, Gorlos, Sartuul, Myangad, Chulyms, Tubalar, Uzemchin, Uradian, Tumed, Baarins, Tofalar, Zakhchin, Hishigten, Dorbet, Muumyangan, Dukhan, Jalaids, Abaganar, Shor, Chantuu, Olot, Sunud, Eastern Dorbet, Aohans, Onnigud, Khoshut, Abagas, Khotons, Alasha, Khoid, Eljigin, Choros, Qaidam, Fujin
|
Buddhism → Tibetan Buddhism,
|
Mongondow
|
Austronesian → Philippine → Mongondow
|
Mongondowia (Indonesia)
|
0.2 million[221]
|
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Montenegrins
|
Indo-European → Slavic → Serbo-Croatian → Montenegrin
|
Montenegro
|
0.6 million[citation needed]
|
Significant populations in Serbia and the United States
|
Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy
|
Mordvins
|
Uralic → Mordvinic[note 2]
|
Mordovia (Russia)
|
0.7 million[33]
|
Erzyas, Mokshas, Qaratays, Teryukhans, Tengushev, Shoksha
|
Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy
|
Mossi
|
Niger–Congo → Gur → Mossi
|
Mossiland (Burkina Faso)
|
6 million[222]
|
|
Islam
|
Mumuye
|
Niger–Congo → Adamawa → Mumuye
|
Taraba State (Nigeria)
|
0.4 million[223]
|
|
Traditional African religions
|
Munanese
|
Austronesian → Celebic → Munanese[note 2]
|
Muna (Indonesia)
|
0.3 million[citation needed]
|
|
Islam
|
Mundas
|
Austroasiatic → Munda → Mundari
|
India (Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal)
|
2.2 million[60]
|
Sabar, Mahali
|
Sarnaism
|
Murut
|
Austronesian → Malayo-Polynesian → Murutic[note 2]
|
Murutia (Malaysia)
|
0.1 million[224]
|
Okolod, Keningau, Tagal, Paluan, Selungai, Timugon, Serudung, Sembakung, Tidong, Kalabakan, Bulungan, Bookan
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Muscogee
|
Muskogean → Muscogee[note 19]
|
United States (Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia)[note 20]
|
0.1 million[23]
|
Coushatta, Alibamu, Hitchiti, Natchez, Seminoles (including Black Seminoles), Yuchi, Shawnee, Creoles of color, Miccosukee
|
Native American religion → Creek mythology
|
Musgum
|
Afroasiatic → Chadic → Musgu
|
Far North Region (Cameroon), Chad (Chari-Baguirmi, Mayo-Kebbi Est)
|
0.2 million[225]
|
|
Islam
|
Mwera
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Mwera
|
Tanzania (Mtwara and Ruvuma Regions)
|
0.4 million[226]
|
|
Islam
|
Naga
|
Sino-Tibetan → Kuki-Chin–Naga[note 47]
|
India (Nagaland, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam), Naga Self-Administered Zone, Myanmar
|
1.7 million[60]
|
Angami, Ao, Sangtam, Yimchunger, Lotha, Chakhesang (including Chokri and Khezha), Mao, Pochury, Rengma, Tangkhul, Maring, Zemi, Liangmei, Kabui, Maram, Konyak, Chang, Wancho, Phom, Khiemnungan, Tangsa, Nocte
|
Christianity
|
Nagpuri
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Bihari → Sadri
|
Chota Nagpur Plateau (India)
|
4.3 million[34]
|
Chik Baraik
|
Hinduism
|
Nahuas
|
Uto-Aztecan → Nahuatl
|
Mexico
|
1.5 million[213]
|
Huasteca Nahuas, Mexicaneros, Sierra Puebla Nahuas, Guerrero Nahuas, Orizaba Nahuas, Southeastern Puebla Nahuas, Central Nahuas, Pipil, along with Mestizos such as Mexicans
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Nama
|
Khoe → Khoekhoe
|
Namaland (Namibia), South Africa
|
0.1 million[95]
|
|
Christianity
|
Nauruans
|
Austronesian → Malayo-Polynesian → Oceanic → Micronesian → Nauruan
|
Nauru
|
0.15 million
|
|
Christianity → Protestantism
|
Navajo
|
Dené–Yeniseian → Na-Dene → Apachean → Navajo
|
Navajo Nation (United States)
|
0.3 million[23]
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Newar
|
Sino-Tibetan → Newar
|
Kathmandu Valley (Nepal)
|
1.3 million[227]
|
Chitrakar, Shrestha
|
Hinduism
|
Ngaju
|
Austronesian → Malayo-Polynesian → Barito → Ngaju
|
Central Kalimantan (Indonesia)
|
1 million[228]
|
Bakumpai, Meratus
|
Kaharingan
|
Ngalop
|
Sino-Tibetan → Tibetic → Dzongkha
|
Bhutan
|
0.4 million[229]
|
Kheng, Bumthang
|
Buddhism → Tibetan Buddhism
|
Ngbandi
|
Niger–Congo → Ubangian → Ngbandi
|
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic
|
0.1 million[230]
|
Yakoma
|
Christianity
|
Nias
|
Austronesian → Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands → Nias
|
Nias (Indonesia)
|
1 million[2]
|
|
Christianity
|
Nogais
|
Turkic → Kipchak → Nogai
|
Russia (Stavropol Krai, Dagestan)
|
0.1 million[33]
|
Ak Nogai, Karagash
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Norwegians
|
Indo-European → Germanic → Nordic → Norwegian
|
Norway
|
5.3 million[231]
|
Significant populations in the United States, and Norwegian Canadians
|
Christianity → Protestantism
|
Nubians
|
Nilo-Saharan → Nubian[note 2]
|
Nubia (Egypt, Sudan)
|
3-4 million[232]
|
Nobiin, Mattokki, Dongolawi, Midob, Hill Nubians (including Dilling, Debri, Ghulfan, Kadaru, Karko, and Wali), Birgid, Ja'alin (including Bedaria), Shaigiya
|
Islam
|
Nuer
|
Nilo-Saharan → Nilotic → Nuer
|
Nuerland (South Sudan)
|
2.9 million[citation needed]
|
|
Traditional African religions
|
Nùng
|
Kra–Dai → Tai → Zhuang → Nung
|
Vietnam, Guangxi (China)
|
1 million[37]
|
|
Animism
|
Nuristanis
|
Indo-European → Nuristani[note 2]
|
Nuristan (Afghanistan)
|
0.3 million[233]
|
Safed-Posh Kaffirs (including Askunis), Kamkata-viris (including Kata and Kom)
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Nyishi
|
Sino-Tibetan → Tani → Nishi
|
Arunachal Pradesh (India)
|
0.3 million[34]
|
|
Christianity
|
Occitans
|
Indo-European → Romance → Occitan[note 18]
|
Occitania (France, Italy, Spain)
|
6 million[234]
|
Aranese, Auvergnats, Provençals, Languedociens, Gascons
|
Christianity
|
Odia
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Odia
|
Odisha (India)
|
37 million[34]
|
Utkala Brahmins, Khandayat, Bonaz
|
Hinduism
|
Ogoni
|
Niger–Congo → Cross River → Ogoni[note 2]
|
Ogoniland (Nigeria)
|
0.7 million[235]
|
Baan, Eleme, Gokana, Tẹẹ
|
Christianity
|
Ojibwe
|
Algic → Algonquian → Ojibwe[note 48]
|
Anishinaabeland (Canada, United States)
|
0.3 million[147]
|
Oji-Cree, Odawa, Potawatomi, Mississaugas
|
Midewiwin
|
Oromo
|
Afroasiatic → Cushitic → Oromo
|
Oromia (Ethiopia), Kenya
|
25.5 million[19]
|
Boran, Barentoo, Salale, Macha, Arsi, Wollo
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Ossetians
|
Indo-European → Iranian → Ossetian
|
South Ossetia, North Ossetia-Alania (Russia)
|
0.7 million[236]
|
Iron, Digor
|
Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy
|
Ot Danum
|
Austronesian → Malayo-Polynesian → Barito → Ot Danum
|
Indonesia (West and Central Kalimantan)
|
0.4 million[citation needed]
|
Lawangan, Ma'anyan
|
Kaharingan
|
Otomi
|
Oto-Manguean → Otomian → Otomi
|
Mexico (Hidalgo, Puebla, Veracruz, State of Mexico, Querétaro)
|
0.3 million[213]
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Ovambo
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Ovambo
|
Ovamboland (Namibia), Angola
|
1.6 million[citation needed]
|
|
Christianity → Protestantism
|
Ovimbundu
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Umbundu
|
Angola
|
4 million[237]
|
|
Christianity
|
Pamiris
|
Indo-European → Iranian → Pamir[note 2]
|
Pamir Mountains (Tajikistan, Afghanistan, China)
|
0.3 million[citation needed]
|
Shughni, Sarikoli (including Tajiks of Xinjiang), Yazghulami, Munji, Yidgha, Sanglechi, Ishkashimi, Wakhi
|
Islam → Shia Islam
|
Pangasinese
|
Austronesian → Philippine → Pangasinan
|
Pangasinan (Philippines)
|
1.5 million[238]
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Papel
|
Niger–Congo → Atlantic → Senegambian → Papel
|
Biombo Region (Guinea-Bissau)
|
0.2 million[239]
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Pare
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Pare
|
Pare Mountains (Tanzania)
|
0.9 million[citation needed]
|
|
Islam
|
Pashayi
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Dardic → Pashayi[note 2]
|
Afghanistan (Laghman, Kapisa and Nangarhar Provinces)
|
0.4 million[240]
|
|
Islam
|
Pashtuns
|
Indo-European → Iranian → Pashto
|
Pashtunistan (Afghanistan, Pakistan)
|
49.6 million[241]
|
Pashtun Americans, Kakar
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Pedi
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Sotho–Tswana → Sepedi
|
Limpopo (South Africa)
|
3.7 million[242]
|
|
Christianity
|
Pende
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Pende
|
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
0.3 million[243]
|
|
Christianity
|
Persians
|
Indo-European → Iranian → Persian
|
Iran
|
52.5 million[244]
|
Tat, along with significant populations in the United States, the United Arab Emirates, Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom, Bahrain, Australia, and Sweden
|
Islam → Shia Islam
|
Pitcairn Islanders
|
Indo-European → Germanic → English → Pitkern
|
Pitcairn Island
|
1,000[245]
|
Significant population in Norfolk Island, along with a diaspora in Australia, and New Zealand[246]
|
Christianity → Protestantism
|
Poles
|
Indo-European → Slavic → Polish
|
Poland
|
59.2 million[247]
|
Significant populations in the United States, Brazil, Germany, Canada, Iceland, Sweden, France, the United Kingdom, Argentina, Belarus, Russia, Australia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Ireland, and Norway
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Portuguese
|
Indo-European → Romance → Portuguese
|
Portugal
|
42–125 million[note 49][248]
|
Azoreans, Madeirans, along with numerous colonial descendants such as Brazilians (including Ribeirinhos and Pardo Brazilians), Cape Verdeans, Portuguese Angolans, Portuguese Mozambicans, Luso-Indians, Macanese, Kristangs, and Portuguese Burghers
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Punjabis
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Punjabi
|
Punjab (Pakistan, India)
|
151.6 million [249][250]
|
Sikhs, Gujjars, Jat, Khatris, Arain, Awan, along with significant populations in the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States.
|
Islam → Sunni Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism
|
Purépecha
|
Purépecha
|
Michoacán (Mexico)
|
0.1 million[213]
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Qashqai
|
Turkic → Oghuz → Qashqai
|
Fars Province (Iran)
|
1 million[251]
|
|
Islam → Shia Islam
|
Qiang
|
Sino-Tibetan → Qiangic[note 2]
|
Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture (China)
|
0.3 million[252]
|
|
Qiang folk religion
|
Quechua
|
Quechuan[note 2]
|
Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador
|
7.7 million[253]
|
Yaru, Cusco, Ayacucho, along with Mestizos such as Peruvians, Ecuadorians, and Bolivians
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Rade
|
Austronesian → Chamic → Rade
|
Central Highlands (Vietnam)
|
0.3 million[37]
|
|
Christianity
|
Rajasthanis
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Hindustani → Rajasthani
|
Rajasthan (India)
|
25.8 million[34]
|
Banjara, Gurjars, Rajputs (including Mahyavanshi, Chandels, and Molesalam), Marwari, Charan, Kachhi, Meena
|
Hinduism
|
Rajbongshi
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Kamtapuri
|
India (Assam, West Bengal), Bangladesh
|
15 million[254]
|
|
Hinduism
|
Rakhine
|
Sino-Tibetan → Burmese → Arakanese
|
Rakhine State (Myanmar)
|
3 million[255]
|
Marma
|
Buddhism → Theravada Buddhism
|
Rejangese
|
Austronesian → Malayo-Polynesian → Land Dayak → Rejang
|
Rejang Lebong Regency (Indonesia)
|
2 million[256]
|
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Rohingyas
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Rohingya
|
Rakhine State (Myanmar)
|
2.4 million[257]
|
|
Islam
|
Roma
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Romani
|
Europe (Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, North Macedonia, Serbia, Slovakia, Czech Republic)[note 27]
|
12 million[258]
|
Roma (including Austrian Roma), Iberian Kale, Finnish Kale, Welsh Kale, Romanichal, Sinti, Manush, Romanisæl, Ashkali and Balkan Egyptians, Boyash, Lom, Dom (including Halebi, Lori, and Madari), along with significant populations in the United States, and Brazil.
|
Christianity
|
Romanians
|
Indo-European → Romance → Romanian
|
Romania, Moldova
|
23.4 million[259]
|
Moldovans, along with significant populationsinItaly, Germany, Spain, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, and France.
|
Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy
|
Russians
|
Indo-European → Slavic → Russian
|
Russia
|
139 million[260]
|
Cossacks, Pomors, Lipovans, along with significant populationsinUkraine, Kazakhstan, Germany, the United States, Uzbekistan, Israel, Brazil, Belarus, Canada, Latvia, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Estonia, Turkmenistan, France, Lithuania and Azerbaijan.
|
Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy
|
Ryukyuans
|
Japonic → Ryukyuan[note 50]
|
Ryukyu Islands (Japan)
|
1.5 million[261]
|
Amami (including Kikai, Amami Ōshima, Tokunoshima, Okinoerabu, and Yoron), Okinawan (including Kunigami) Miyako, Yaeyama, Yonaguni
|
Ryukyuan religion
|
Rusyns
|
Indo-European → Slavic → Rusyn
|
Carpathian Ruthenia (Ukraine, Slovakia, Poland)[note 51]
|
1.2 million[262]
|
Pannonian Rusyns, Lemkos, Hutsuls, Boykos
|
Christianity
|
Saho
|
Afroasiatic → Cushitic → Saho
|
Eritrea
|
0.3 million[263]
|
|
Islam
|
Salar
|
Turkic → Oghuz → Salar
|
China (Qinghai, Gansu)
|
0.1 million[264]
|
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Sama-Bajau
|
Austronesian → Malayo-Polynesian → Barito → Sama–Bajaw[note 2]
|
Maritime Southeast Asia (Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei)[note 27]
|
0.5–1 million[265]
|
Sama (including Banguingui), Bajaw, Abaknon
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Sambal
|
Austronesian → Philippine → Sambalic[note 2]
|
Zambales (Philippines)
|
0.1 million[266]
|
Bolinao, Botolan (including Banguingui)
|
Christianity → Roman Catholic
|
Sámi
|
Uralic → Sami[note 2]
|
Sápmi (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia)
|
0.1 million[267]
|
Inari Sami, Kildin Sami, Lule Sami, Northern Sami, Pite Sami, Skolt Sami, Southern Sami, Ter Sami, Ume Sami
|
Christianity → Protestantism
|
Samoans
|
Austronesian → Polynesian → Samoan
|
Samoan Islands (Samoa, American Samoa)
|
0.6 million[citation needed]
|
American Samoans
|
Christianity
|
Sangirese
|
Austronesian → Philippine → Sangirese
|
Sangihe Islands (Indonesia)
|
0.4 million[268]
|
|
Christianity → Protestantism
|
Santal
|
Austroasiatic → Munda → Santali
|
India (West Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha)[note 3]
|
6.6 million[60]
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Sara
|
Nilo-Saharan → Central Sudanic → Sara[note 2]
|
Chad, Central African Republic
|
5.4 million[269]
|
Ngambay, Doba, Laka, Kabba, Sar, Mbay, Ngam, Dagba, Gulay
|
Traditional African religions
|
Sardinians
|
Indo-European → Romance → Sardinian
|
Sardinia (Italy)
|
1.2 million[270]
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Sasak
|
Austronesian → Sasak
|
Lombok (Indonesia)
|
3.2 million[2]
|
|
Islam
|
Savu
|
Austronesian → Sumba–Flores → Sumba → Hawu
|
Savu (Indonesia)
|
0.1 million[271]
|
|
Christianity → Protestantism
|
Scots
|
Indo-European → Germanic → Scots, Indo-European → Celtic → Scottish Gaelic[note 22]
|
Scotland (United Kingdom)
|
21 million
|
Ulster Scots, Orcadians, Shetlanders, Highlanders, Lowlanders, along with significant populations in the United States (including Scotch-Irish Americans), Canada, Australia, Argentina, and the Bahamas
|
Christianity → Protestantism
|
Senufo
|
Niger–Congo → Senufo[note 2]
|
Mali, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso
|
3 million[272]
|
Nafana, Minyanka
|
Traditional African religions
|
Serbs
|
Indo-European → Slavic → Serbo-Croatian → Serbian
|
Serbia, Republika Srpska (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
|
11.5–12.5 million[273][274]
|
Kosovo Serbs, Triestine Serbs, along with significant populationsinCroatia, Germany, Austria, France, and Sweden
|
Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy
|
Serer
|
Niger–Congo → Atlantic → Senegambian → Serer
|
Senegal
|
1 million[275]
|
Laalaa, Ndut, Niominka, Serer-Noon, Palor, Saafi
|
Islam
|
Shan
|
Kra–Dai → Tai → Shan
|
Shan State (Myanmar)
|
5 million[218]
|
|
Buddhism → Theravada Buddhism
|
Sharchops
|
Sino-Tibetan → Tshangla
|
Bhutan (Lhuntse, Mongar, Pemagatshel, Samdrup Jongkhar, Trashigang, and Trashiyangtse Districts)
|
0.1 million[citation needed]
|
|
Buddhism → Tibetan Buddhism
|
Sherbro
|
Niger–Congo → Atlantic → Mel → Sherbro
|
Sherbro Island (Sierra Leone)
|
0.2 million[citation needed]
|
|
Traditional African religions
|
Shilluk
|
Nilo-Saharan → Nilotic → Luo → Shilluk
|
South Sudan
|
1.5 million[citation needed]
|
Gule
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Shona
|
Niger–Congo→ Bantu → Shona
|
Mashonaland (Zimbabwe)
|
7.2 million[276]
|
Manyika, Ndau
|
Christianity
|
Sibe
|
Tungusic → Xibe[note 44]
|
China (Liaoning, Jilin, Xinjiang)[note 3]
|
0.2 million[277]
|
|
Shamanism[note 24]
|
Sidama
|
Afroasiatic → Cushitic → Sidaama
|
Sidamia (Ethiopia)
|
7.8 million[19]
|
|
Christianity
|
Siddi
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Swahili[note 52] → Sidi
|
Pakistan (Baluchistan, Sindh), India (Karnataka, Gujarat, Hyderabad)
|
0.4 million[citation needed]
|
|
Islam
|
Sika
|
Austronesian → Flores–Lembata → Sika
|
Sikka Regency (Indonesia)
|
0.2 million[278]
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Silesians
|
Indo-European → Slavic → Silesian
|
Silesia (Poland), Czech Silesia (Czech Republic)
|
2 million[citation needed]
|
Cieszyn Vlachs, Silesian Gorals
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Silt'e
|
Afroasiatic → Semitic → Ethiopic → Gurage → Silt'e
|
Siltia (Ethiopia)
|
1 million[19]
|
|
Islam
|
Sindhis
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Sindhi
|
Sindh (Pakistan)
|
26 million[279]
|
Jat, Memon, Arain, Indian Sindhis
|
Islam → Sunni Islam, Hinduism
|
Sinhalese
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Sinhala
|
Sri Lanka
|
13.8 million[280]
|
Dewa, British Sri Lankans, Burghers (including Portuguese Burghers and Dutch Burghers)
|
Buddhism → Theravada Buddhism
|
Sioux
|
Siouan → Sioux[note 53]
|
Lakotah (United States)
|
0.2 million[23]
|
Lakota, Dakota, Nakota
|
Native American religion
|
Slovaks
|
Indo-European → Slavic → Slovak
|
Slovakia
|
6 million[281]
|
significant populationsinCzech Republic, Serbia, Hungary, United States and Canada
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Slovenes
|
Indo-European → Slavic → Slovene
|
Slovenia
|
2.5 million[citation needed]
|
Carinthian Slovenes, Italy Slovenes
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Soga
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Soga
|
Busoga (Uganda)
|
2.1 million[citation needed]
|
|
Christianity, Traditional African religions
|
Somalis
|
Afroasiatic → Cushitic → Somali
|
Greater Somalia (Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Kenya)
|
20.25 million[282]
|
Hawiye, Darod (including Majeerteen), Isaaq, Dir, Rahanweyn, Madhiban, Yibir, Ajuran along with significant populations in the United States, the United Kingdom, Sweden, and Canada
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Songhai
|
Nilo-Saharan → Songhai
|
Mali, Niger
|
4.5 million[283]
|
Zarma
|
Islam
|
Soninke
|
Niger–Congo → Mande → Soninke
|
Mali
|
2.1 million[284]
|
Haratin
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Sorbs
|
Indo-European→ Slavic→ Sorbian
|
Lusatia (Germany)
|
0,6–0,8 milion
|
Upper Sorbs, Lower Sorbs
|
Christianity→Catholicism
|
Sotho
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Sotho–Tswana → Sotho
|
Free State (South Africa), Lesotho
|
6 million[285]
|
|
Christianity
|
Spaniards
|
Indo-European → Romance → Spanish
|
Spain[note 54]
|
47 million[286] in Spain.
|
Castilians, Andalusians, Asturians (including Vaqueiros de alzada), Leonese, Cantabrians, Aragonese, Extremadurans, Mirandese, Canary Islanders (including Isleños), Criollos, along with numerous colonial descendants such as Hispanos (including Californios, Tejanos, and Neomexicanos), Mexicans, Guatemalans (including Hispanic Belizeans), Salvadorans, Hondurans, Nicaraguans, Costa Ricans, Panamanians, Colombians, Venezuelans, Ecuadorians, Peruvians, Bolivians, Paraguayans, Chileans, Argentines, Uruguayans, Cubans, Dominicans, Zamboangueños, Puerto Ricans, Fernandinos, and Spanish Filipinos
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Sui
|
Kra–Dai → Kam–Sui → Sui
|
Sandu Shui Autonomous County (China)
|
0.4 million[287]
|
|
Animism
|
Sumba
|
Austronesian → Sumba–Flores → Sumba[note 2]
|
Sumba (Indonesia)
|
0.4 million[288]
|
Anakalangu, East Sumbanese, Kodi, Lamboya, West Sumbanese, Mamboru, Wanukaka
|
Christianity → Protestantism
|
Sundanese
|
Austronesian → Sundanese
|
Java (Indonesia)
|
36.7 million[2]
|
Bantenese, Baduy, Cirebonese
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Sukuma
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Sukuma
|
Tanzania
|
9.6 million[citation needed]
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Sumbawa
|
Austronesian → Sumbawa
|
Sumbawa (Indonesia)
|
0.4 million[citation needed]
|
|
Islam
|
Surma
|
Nilo-Saharan → Surmic[note 2]
|
Ethiopia, South Sudan
|
0.2 million[19]
|
Me'en, Mursi, Kichepo
|
Traditional African religions
|
Susu
|
Niger–Congo → Mande → Susu
|
Guinea, Kambia (Sierra Leone)
|
2.4 million[289]
|
|
Islam
|
Swahili
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Swahili
|
Swahili coast (Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Comoros)
|
0.5 million[290]
|
Shirazi (including Zanzibaris, Comorians and Maore)
|
Islam
|
Swazi
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Nguni → Swazi
|
Mpumalanga (South Africa), Eswatini
|
1.8 million[291]
|
|
Christianity → African Zionism
|
Swedes
|
Indo-European → Germanic → Nordic → Swedish
|
Sweden
|
7.7 million[292]
|
Scanians, Jamtish, Gutnish, along with significant populationsinFinland (including Åland Swedes), the United States, Canada, Argentina and the United Kingdom
|
Christianity → Protestantism
|
Tabasaran
|
Northeast Caucasian → Lezgic → Tabasaranese
|
Tabasaranstan (Russia)
|
0.1 million[33]
|
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Tagalogs
|
Austronesian → Philippine → Tagalog
|
Philippines
|
19.6 million[293]
|
Filipino Americans
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Tahitians
|
Austronesian → Polynesian → Tahitian[note 18]
|
Tahiti (France)
|
0.2 million[citation needed]
|
|
Christianity
|
Tajiks
|
Indo-European → Iranian → Persian → Tajik
|
Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
|
20.4 million[294]
|
Chagatai
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Talysh
|
Indo-European → Iranian → Talysh
|
Azerbaijan, Iran
|
0.2 million[295]
|
|
Islam → Shia Islam
|
Tama
|
Nilo-Saharan → Tama
|
Chad, Sudan
|
0.3 million[citation needed]
|
|
Islam
|
Tamils
|
Dravidian → Tamil
|
Tamil Nadu (India), Sri Lanka (Northern and Eastern Provinces)
|
64 million[296]
|
Indian Tamils, Sri Lankan Tamils (including Sri Lankan Moors), along with significant populationsinMalaysia, South Africa, the United States, Singapore, Canada, the United Kingdom, and France (including Malbars).
|
Hinduism
|
Tarok
|
Niger–Congo → Plateau → Tarok
|
Plateau State (Nigeria)
|
0.3 million[297]
|
|
Christianity
|
Tatars
|
Turkic → Kipchak → Tatar
|
Tatarstan (Russia)
|
7 million[298]
|
Volga Tatars, Crimean Tatars, Lipka Tatars, Siberian Tatars, Mishar Tatars, Finnish Tatars, Dobruja Tatars, Chinese Tatars, Nagaybak, Kryashens
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Tausūg
|
Austronesian → Philippine → Visayan → Tausug
|
Sulu Archipelago (Philippines)
|
1.1 million[299]
|
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Tboli
|
Austronesian → Philippine → Tboli
|
South Cotabato (Philippines)
|
0.1–0.2 million[300]
|
|
Anitism
|
Telugu
|
Dravidian → Telugu
|
India (Andhra Pradesh, Telangana)
|
81.1 million[34]
|
Kamma, Reddy, Velama, Kapu, Raju, Madiga, Mala
|
Hinduism
|
Temne
|
Niger–Congo → Atlantic → Mel → Temne
|
Northern Sierra Leone (Sierra Leone)
|
1.6 million[301]
|
|
Islam
|
Thais
|
Kra–Dai → Tai → Thai
|
Thailand
|
52-59 million[302]
|
Southern Thai, Khorat, Lanna, Tai Lü, Thai Americans
|
Buddhism → Theravada Buddhism
|
Tibetans
|
Sino-Tibetan → Tibetic[note 2]
|
Tibet (China)
|
6.5[303] million[304]
|
Amdolese (including Golok and Tebbu), Khams, Ü-Tsang (including Ngari and Walung), Changpa, Baima
|
Buddhism → Tibetan Buddhism
|
Tigrayans
|
Afroasiatic → Semitic → Ethiopic → Tigrinya
|
Eritrean Highlands (Eritrea), Tigrayia (Ethiopia)
|
10-11 million[305]
|
|
Christianity → Oriental Orthodoxy
|
Tigre
|
Afroasiatic → Semitic → Ethiopic → Tigre
|
Eritrea
|
1.8 million[306]
|
|
Islam
|
Tiv
|
Niger–Congo → Tiv
|
Benue State (Nigeria)
|
2.5 million[307]
|
|
Christianity
|
Tiwa
|
Sino-Tibetan → Sal → Tiwa[note 4]
|
India (Assam, Meghalaya)
|
0.2 million[60]
|
|
Hinduism
|
Tlapanec
|
Oto-Manguean → Tlapanec
|
Guerrero (Mexico)
|
0.1 million[213]
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Tokelauan people
|
Austronesian languages → Malayo-Polynesian languages → Oceanic languages → Polynesian languages → Tokelauan language
|
Tokelau significant populations in Samoa and New Zealand
|
46,000
|
|
Christianity → Congregationalism
|
Toraja
|
Austronesian → South Sulawesi → Toraja
|
Tana Toraja (Indonesia)
|
1.1 million[308]
|
|
Christianity → Protestantism
|
Toubou
|
Nilo-Saharan → Saharan → Tebu[note 2]
|
Toubouland (Chad, Niger, Sudan, Libya)
|
2.3 million[121]
|
Daza, Teda
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Toucouleur
|
Niger–Congo → Atlantic → Senegambian → Fula → Pulaar
|
Futa Tooro (Senegal)
|
1 million[59]
|
|
Islam
|
Tripuri
|
Sino-Tibetan → Sal → Kokborok
|
Tripura (India)
|
1 million[34]
|
Jamatia, Murasing
|
Hinduism
|
Tsonga
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Tsonga
|
Mozambique (Maputo City and Maputo Province, Gaza Province), South Africa (Limpopo, Mpumalanga)
|
4.6 million[309]
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Tswana
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Tswana
|
Botswana, South Tswanaland (South Africa)
|
4 million[310]
|
Balete, Mangwato, Bangwaketse, Bakwena, Batlokwa, Bahurutshe, Bakgatla, Rolong
|
Christianity
|
Tujia
|
Sino-Tibetan → Tujia[note 55]
|
Wuling Mountains (China)
|
5.7 million[311]
|
|
Nuo folk religion
|
Tuluvas
|
Tulu
|
Karnataka(India)
|
1.8 million[312]
|
|
Hinduism
|
Tupuri
|
Niger–Congo → Adamawa → Tupuri
|
Far North Region (Cameroon), Mayo-Kébbi (Chad)
|
0.2 million[313]
|
|
Christianity
|
Turkana
|
Nilo-Saharan → Nilotic → Turkana
|
Turkanaland (Kenya)
|
1 million[159]
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Turks
|
Turkic → Oghuz → Turkish
|
Turkey
|
80 million[314]
|
Turkish Cypriots, Meskhetian Turks, Yörüks, along with significant populationsinBulgaria, Greece, North Macedonia, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Austria, Belgium, Sweden, the United States, Syria, and Iraq
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Turkmens
|
Turkic → Oghuz → Turkmen
|
Turkmenistan
|
7.1 million[315]
|
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Tutsi
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Great Lakes → Rwanda-Rundi[note 34]
|
Rwanda, Burundi, Kivu (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
|
3 million[citation needed]
|
Banyamulenge
|
Christianity, Islam
|
Tuvans
|
Turkic → Siberian → Tuvan
|
Tuva (Russia)
|
0.3 million[33]
|
Tozhu Tuvans
|
Buddhism → Tibetan Buddhism
|
Udmurts
|
Uralic → Permic → Udmurt
|
Udmurtia (Russia)
|
0.6 million[33]
|
Besermyan
|
Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy
|
Urhobos
|
Niger–Congo → Edoid → Urhobo
|
Delta State (Nigeria)
|
1 million[citation needed]
|
|
Christianity
|
Ukrainians
|
Indo-European → Slavic → Ukrainian
|
Ukraine
|
47.6 million[316]
|
Poleshuks, Cossacks, along with significant populationsinthe United States, Brazil, Kazakhstan, Germany, Canada, Italy, Argentina, the Czech Republic, and Romania
|
Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy
|
Uyghurs
|
Turkic → Karluk → Uyghur
|
Uyghuristan (China)
|
13.5 million[317]
|
Uyghurs in Kazakhstan
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Uzbeks
|
Turkic → Karluk → Uzbek
|
Uzbekistan
|
36 million[318]
|
Uzbeks in Russia
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Venda
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Tshivenda
|
Vendaland (South Africa)
|
1.3 million[319]
|
|
Christianity, Traditional African religions
|
Vietnamese
|
Austroasiatic → Vietic → Vietnamese
|
Vietnam
|
89 million[37]
|
Muong, Gin, Phen, Chut, Thổ, Nung, Giáy, along with significant populations in the United States, Cambodia, France, Australia, Canada, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Germany and Laos
|
Buddhism → Mahayana
|
Visayans
|
Austronesian → Philippine → Visayan[note 2]
|
Visayas (Philippines)
|
35.7 million[320]
|
Aklanon, Butuanon, Cebuano (including Boholano and Eskaya), Caluyanon, Capiznons, Hiligaynon, Karay-a, Masbateños, Negrense, Porohanon, Romblomanon (including Bantoanons), Waray
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Wa
|
Austroasiatic → Palaungic → Wa
|
Wa State (Myanmar)
|
1.2 million[citation needed]
|
|
Buddhism, Animism
|
Walloons
|
Indo-European → Romance → French → Walloon[note 56]
|
Wallonia (Belgium)
|
4.9 million[321]
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Waxiang
|
Sino-Tibetan → Chinese → Waxiang Chinese
|
Hunan (China)
|
0.3 million[322]
|
|
Chinese folk religion
|
Welayta
|
Afroasiatic → Omotic → Wolayitta
|
Wolayitia (Ethiopia)
|
1.7 million[19]
|
|
Christianity → Protestantism
|
Welsh
|
Indo-European → Celtic → Welsh[note 22]
|
Wales (United Kingdom)
|
6 million[323]
|
significant populations in Argentina, the United States, Canada, and Australia.
|
Christianity → Protestantism
|
Wolof
|
Niger–Congo → Atlantic → Senegambian → Wolof
|
Senegambia (Senegal, The Gambia)
|
5.9 million[324]
|
Lebu, along with numerous slave descendants such as Haratins and Martinicans, African Americans, Afro-Bahamians, Afro-Barbadians, Afro-Brazilians, Afro-Dominicans, Afro-Puerto Ricans, Afro-Haitians, Afro-Saint Lucians, Afro-Trinbagonians, Americo-Liberians, Belizean Creoles
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Xhosa
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Nguni → Xhosa
|
Xhosaland (South Africa)
|
7.3 million[325]
|
|
Christianity
|
Yakan
|
Austronesian → Malayo-Polynesian → Barito → Sama–Bajaw → Yakan
|
Basilan (Philippines)
|
0.1 million[326]
|
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Yakö
|
Niger–Congo → Cross River → Yakö
|
Yakurr Local Government (Nigeria)
|
0.1 million[327]
|
|
Christianity
|
Yakuts
|
Turkic → Siberian → Yakut
|
Yakutia (Russia)
|
0.5 million[33]
|
|
Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy
|
Yao
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Yao
|
Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania (Ruvuma and Mtwara Regions)
|
2.6 million[328]
|
|
Islam
|
Yi
|
Sino-Tibetan → Loloish[note 2]
|
China (Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Guangxi)[note 3]
|
7.8 million[329]
|
Phù Lá, Azha
|
Bimoism
|
Yoruba
|
Niger–Congo → Yoruba
|
Yorubaland (Nigeria, Benin)
|
20 million[330]
|
Egun, Ijesha, Egba, Yewa, Igbomina, Awori, Akoko, Okun, Ana, Ekiti, Ilaje, Oku
|
Christianity
|
Zaghawa
|
Nilo-Saharan → Saharan → Zaghawa
|
Chad, Sudan
|
0.3 million[98]
|
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Zande
|
Niger–Congo → Zande
|
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, South Sudan
|
3.8 million[331]
|
Barambu
|
Christianity
|
Zapotecs
|
Oto-Manguean → Zapotec[note 2]
|
Oaxaca (Mexico)
|
0.5 million[213]
|
Ixtlán
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Zhuang
|
Kra–Dai → Tai → Zhuang[note 2]
|
Zhuangia (China)
|
16.2 million[332]
|
|
Moism
|
Zomi
|
Sino-Tibetan → Kuki-Chin–Naga[note 47]
|
Zogam (Myanmar, Bangladesh, India)
|
10 million[333]
|
Thadou, Paite, Simte, Zou, Lamkang, Kom, Lushai, Hmar, Koireng, Mizo, Aimol, Mru, Mrucha (including Anu-Hkongso), Bawm, Biate, Chin people Asho
|
Christianity
|
Zulu
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Nguni → Zulu
|
KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa)
|
9 million[334]
|
Northern Ndebele
|
Christianity
|