Of Guinea’s two dozen ethnic groups, three predominate: the Fulani, Malinké, and Soussou. The Fulani (sometimes called Peul), perhaps the largest single group (40% of the population), live mainly in the Futa Jallon.
Mexico – Ethnic groups: Mexico’s population is composed of many ethnic groups, including indigenous American Indians (Amerindians), who account for nearly one-fifth of the total, and Mexicans of European heritage (“whites”), who constitute between one-tenth and one-fifth of the total.
As a cultural and ethnic concept, the term Eastern Europe was defined by nineteenth-century German nationalists to be synonymous with “Slavic Europe,” as opposed to Germanic (Western) Europe.
The Indigenous peoples of Europe are the focus of European ethnology, the field of anthropology related to the various indigenous groups that reside in the nations of Europe.
The following is a list of contemporary ethnic groups.There has been constant debate over the classification of ethnic groups. Membership of an ethnic group tends to be associated with shared cultural heritage, ancestry, history, homeland, language or dialect, the term culture specifically including aspects such as religion, mythology and
The Indigenous peoples of Europe are the focus of European ethnology, the field of anthropology related to the various indigenous groups that reside in the nations of Europe.
Thailand contains more than 30 ethnic groups varying in history, language, religion, appearance, and patterns of livelihood. However, the Thai, akin to the Lao of Laos, the Shan of Myanmar (Burma prior to June 1989), and the Thai groupings of southern China, comprise about 75% of the total population of Thailand.
African The African population makes up around 79% of South Africa’s total population. The terminology used to describe this section of the population has changed over the years: in the 19th and early 20th century they tended to be referred to as ‘natives’ while in the 1960s the Apartheid authorities adopted the term ‘Bantu’.
It is important to note that at this time there is no state of Palestine–only territories (the Gaza Strip and portions of the West Bank) within the Middle East that are controlled by the Palestinian National Authority.
Portugal Table of Contents. Portugal’s population was remarkably homogeneous and had been so for all of its history. This lack of ethnic variety helped it become the first unified nation-state in Western Europe.
