The population of Coast Rica is primarily of Spanish descent, with a small mestizo (mixed white and native or Amerindian) minority (about 7 percent). The remainder are blacks (3 percent), East Asians (2 percent), and Amerindians (1 percent).
The people of Côte d'Ivoire are known as Ivoirians. There are many ethnic groups, but accurate statistics on the numbers in each group are not available.
The people of Croatia are called Croats. People from Yugoslavia, Slovenia, Hungary, Italy, and other European countries also live in Croatia.
The people of Cuba are called Cubans, and almost everyone living there was born in Cuba. Whites of Spanish descent make up almost 70 percent of the total; blacks are about 10 percent; and mulattoes (mixed race) are just under 20 percent.
RELIGION: Discouraged by the communist government, but Roman Catholicism and Santeria are practiced.
Cyprus is presently divided in two, with ethnic Greeks living on one side of the island and ethnic Turks on the other. However, the Greek Cypriots outnumber the Turks by more than four-to-one.
The people of thc Czech Republic are called Czechs. Slovaks from neighboring Slovakia make up about 3 percent of the population.
The people of Denmark are called Danes. They are almost all northern Europeans; the Danes are among the most homogeneous peoples of Europe.
The people of Djibouti are called Djiboutians. There are several ethnic groups in Djibouti.
The people of Dominica are called Dominicans. The majority are black, with about 6 percent of the population of mixed descent, and less than 1 percent of European descent.
The people of the Dominican Republic are called Dominicans. The population is about 16 percent white, 11 percent black, and 70 percent mulatto (mixed black and white).
The people of Ecuador are called Ecuadorans. The population includes about 40 percent mestizo (mixed native or Amerindian and white), about 40 percent native people (Amerindians), about 10 percent white, and 5 percent black.
The people of Egypt are known as Egyptians. They trace their origin to the intermarriages of ancient Egyptians with invaders over many centuries from Asia and Africa.
The people of El Salvador are called Salvadorans. The population is just under 90 percent mestizo (mixed white and Amerindian), 10 percent Amerindian (native people, mainly the Pipil tribes), and less than 1 percent white.
The people of Equatorial Guinea are called Equatorial Guineans. A number of distinct ethnic groups or tribes share the country.
The people of Eritrea, called Eritreans, are classified into nine language groups. The three largest groups are estimated to be the Tigrinya, Tigre, and Afar.
The people of Estonia are called Estonians. Ethnic groups include Russians (30 percent); Ukrainians (3 percent); Belarusans (2 percent); and Finns, (1 percent).
The people of Ethiopia are called Ethiopians. There are more than seventy ethnic groups.
The people of Fiji are called Fijians. The population is estimated to be 49 percent native Fijian.
The people of Finland are called Finns. The population includes a Swedish-speaking minority of about 250,000.
The people of France are called French. Two ethnic groups, the Bretons (people who live in Brittany) and the French Guianans (residents of the South American territory, French Guiana) are also profiled in this chapter.
The people of Gabon are called the Gabonese. There are at least forty distinct tribal groups in Gabon.
People of The Gambia are called Gambians. Among the ethnic groups, the Malinké (Mandingo) make up an estimated 42 percent of the population; the Fulani, who predominate in the eastern part of the country, make up 16 percent; and the Wolof represent 15 percent.
The people of Georgia are called Georgians; about 70 percent of the population trace their ancestry to Georgia. Minorities include Armenians, 8 percent; Russians, 6 percent; Azerbaijanis, 6 percent; Ossetians, 3 percent; and Greeks, 2 percent.