The people of Norway are called Norwegians. The population is nearly all of the same ethnicity—generally tall and fair-skinned, with blue eyes.
The people of Oman are called Omanis. On the northern coast, there are groups of Baluchi, Iranian, and African people.
The people of Pakistan are called Pakistanis. About two-thirds of the population are Punjabi, tracing their origin to the Punjab region of northwest India.
The people of Panama are called Panamanians. About 70 percent of the population is mestizo (mixed white and Amerindian or native) or mulatto (mixed white and black); 14 percent are black; a little more than 10 percent are white (mostly Europeans); and 5 to 8 percent are Amerindian (native people).
The people of Papua New Guinea are called Melanesians. They are usually classified by language group.
The people of Paraguay are called Paraguayans. About 90 percent of the population is mestizo (mixture of Spanish and Guaraní Indian).
Between 30 and 45 percent of the inhabitants of Peru are Amerindian (native), about 30 percent mestizo (mixed Spanish and Amerindian), 15 percent white, and 3 percent black, Asian, or other. The Asháninka and Quechua are two Amerindian groups, but there are a number of other tribes.
The people of the Philippines are called Filipinos. There are nine main ethnic groups: Tagalog, Ilocanos, Pampanguenos, Pangasinans, Bicolanos, Cebuanos, Boholanos, Hiligaynon (Ilongos), and Waray-Waray.
Before World War II (1939–45), over 30 percent of the people living within the boundaries of Poland were non-Poles. As a result of World War II, and of the boundary changes and population transfers that followed, only about 2 percent of Poland's population today is non-Polish.
The Portuguese people represent a mixture of various ethnic strains. In the north are traces of Celtic influence.
The native population of Qatar (about 100,000) descends from Bedouin (or Bedu) tribes. Pakistanis, Indians, Iranians, and Gulf and Palestinian Arabs are among the leading immigrant groups.
Ethnic Romanians constitute 89 percent of the population of Romania. Two important ethnic minorities are Hungarians (7.5 percent of the total population) and Germans (0.5 percent), both concentrated in the Transylvania region.
The people of Russia are called Russians. A little more than 80 percent of the population are Russian by ancestry.