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Cook Islands Maori (81.3%), mixed (6.7%), other (11.9%) (2011 estimate) [3] Costa Rica: By ethnicity Whites and Mestizo (83.6%), Mulatto (6.7%), Native Costa Rican (2.4%), Afro–Costa Ricans (1.1%), other (4%), unspecified (2.2%) (2011 estimate) [3] Cuba: By ethnicity Whites (64.1%), Mulattos (26.6%), Afro-Cubans (9.3%) (2012 census) [3 ...
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 ancestry, history, homeland, language or dialect and cultural heritage; where the term "culture" specifically includes aspects such as religion, mythology and ritual, cuisine, dressing (clothing) style and ...
The two lists have been described by Alesina and Ferrara as follows: [1] Fearon [3] and Alesina et al. [4] have compiled various measures of ethnic heterogeneity which try to tackle the fact that the difference amongst groups manifests itself in different ways in different places. The two classifications are constructed differently.
As of 2009, the average birth rate (unclear whether this is the weighted average rate per country [with each country getting a weight of 1], or the unweighted average of the entire world population) for the whole world is 19.95 per year per 1000 total population, a 0.48% decline from 2003's world birth rate of 20.43 per 1000 total population.
With a global population of over 1.4 billion, the Han Chinese are the world's largest ethnic group, making up about 17.5% of the world population. The Han Chinese represent 91.11% of the population in China and 97% of the population in Taiwan .
Kurds comprise anywhere from 18 to 25% of the population in Turkey, [1] [57] 15 to 20% in Iraq; [1] 10% in Iran; [1] and 9% in Syria. [1] [58] Kurds form regional majorities in all four of these countries, viz. in Turkish Kurdistan, Iraqi Kurdistan, Iranian Kurdistan and Syrian Kurdistan. The Kurds are the fourth-largest ethnic group in West ...
The Turks of Bulgaria form the largest Turkish community in the Balkans as well as the largest ethnic minority group in Bulgaria. According to the 2011 census, they form a majority in the Kardzhali Province (66.2%) and the Razgrad Province (50.02%), as well as substantial communities in the Silistra Province (36.09%), the Targovishte Province ...
With a population of more than 80 million, [90] [91] they are the largest ethnic group in Pakistan and the world's third-largest Islam-adhering ethnicity [92] after Arabs [93] and Bengalis. [94] The majority of Punjabi Muslims are adherents of Sunni Islam , while a minority adhere to Shia Islam and other sects , including the Ahmadiyya ...