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Monoethnicity is the existence of a single ethnic group in a given region or country. It is the opposite of polyethnicity.
An example of a largely monoethnic country is Japan. It is a common belief in Japan that the entire country is monoethnic, but a few ethnic minorities live in Japan (e.g. Koreans, Ainus, and Ryukyuans).[1] They represent around 1% of the whole population.[2]
South Korea is another monoethnic country. There are small ethnic minorities that exist in South Korea, where they account for around 1% of the South Korean population. These include around 650,000 Chinese immigrants.[3]
Most African countries have what would be considered a mono-racial society, but it is common to find dozens of ethnic groups within the same country.
The Yugoslav Wars are noted as having made Yugoslavia's successor states "de facto and de jure monoethnic nation-states",[4] with Bosnia and Herzegovina further diving itself into mono-ethnic enclaves.[5]
Because not all countries collect data on ethnicity, and the collection of data usually relies on self-reporting, it can be difficult to discern how monoethnic a country is.
Monoethnic countries with more than 85% homogenity
editSovereign states
Rank | Country | Population | Dominant group | % | Notes | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Egypt | 111,247,248 | Egyptian | 99.7% | [6] | |
2 | Lesotho | 2,227,548 | Basotho | 99.7% | [7] | |
3 | Algeria | 47,022,473 | Arab-Amazigh | 99% | Although almost all Algerians are Amazigh in origin and not Arab, only a minority identify themselves as primarily Amazigh | [8] |
4 | Bangladesh | 168,697,184 | Bengali | 99% | [9] | |
5 | Morocco | 37,387,585 | Arab-Amazigh | 99% | Does not include data from Western Sahara | [10] |
6 | Vanuatu | 318,007 | Ni-Vanuatu | 99% | [11] | |
7 | Armenia | 2,976,765 | Armenian | 98.1% | [12] | |
8 | Tunisia | 12,048,847 | Arab | 98% | [13] | |
9 | Albania | 3,107,100 | Albanian | 98% | [14] | |
10 | Japan | 123,201,945 | Japanese | 97.5% | [15] | |
11 | Poland | 38,746,310 | Polish | 96.9% | This number represents the percentage of people who indicated Polish as their primary ethnicity | [16] |
12 | Tonga | 104,889 | Tongan | 96.5% | [17] | |
13 | Kiribati | 116,545 | I-Kiribati | 95.78% | [18] | |
14 | Marshall Islands | 82,011 | Marshallese | 95.6% | [19] | |
15 | Cambodia | 17,063,669 | Khmer | 95.4% | [20] | |
16 | Solomon Islands | 726,799 | Melanesian | 95.4% | [21] | |
17 | Lebanon | 5,364,482 | Arab | 95% | [22] | |
18 | Portugal | 10,207,177 | Portuguese | 95% | [23] | |
19 | Nauru | 9,892 | Nauruan | 94.6% | [24] | |
20 | Azerbaijan | 10,650,239 | Azerbaijani | 91.6% | [25] | |
21 | Croatia | 4,150,116 | Croatian | 91.6% | [26] | |
22 | China | 1,416,043,270 | Han Chinese | 91.1% | [27] | |
23 | Saudi Arabia | 36,544,431 | Arab | 90% | [28] | |
24 | Romania | 18,148,155 | Romanian | 89.3% | Data represents only those who declared an ethnicity in the 2021 census | [29] |
25 | Turkmenistan | 5,744,151 | Turkmen | 87.6% | [30] | |
26 | Georgia | 4,900,961 | Georgian | 86.8% | [31] | |
27 | Vietnam | 105,758,975 | Viet | 85.3% | [32] |
Unrecognized states and dependent territories
editCountry | Population | Dominant group | % | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
Palestine | 5,483,450 | Palestinian Arab | 91% | [33][34] |
Northern Cyprus | 265,100 | Turkish Cypriots | 99.2% | [35] |
Somaliland | 3,500,000 | Somalis | 99% | [36] |
Republic of China (Taiwan) | 23,347,374 | Han Chinese | 97% | [37] [38] |
Hong Kong | 7,249,907 | Cantonese people and Taishanese people | 92% | [39] |
Kosovo | 1,586,659 | Albanians | 92% | [40] |
Greenland | 55,877 | Inuit | 89.7% | [41] |
South Ossetia | 53,532 | Ossetians | 89.9% | [42] |
Macau | 614,458 | Cantonese people and Macanese people | 88.7% | [43] |
Åland | 30,696 | Ålanders | 86.5% | [44] |
See also
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- ^ "Tunisia - CIA World Factbook", The World Factbook, Central Intelligence Agency, 25 November 2024
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From the ethnic point of view, according to the Albanian government's reports, 98 percent of the population is Albanian and only two percent consist of Greek, Macedonian, Montenegrin recognized as national Minorities and Roma, Aromaninan recognized as ethnic - linguistic Minorities by the Albanian state.
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- ^ "Kiribati - CIA World Factbook", The World Factbook, CIA, 15 November 2024
- ^ Marshall Islands- CIA World Factbook
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- ^ Solomon Islands- CIA World Factbook
- ^ "Lebanon - CIA World Factbook", The World Factbook, Central Intelligence Agency, 25 November 2024
- ^ "Portugal - CIA World Factbook", The World Factbook, Central Intelligence Agency, 25 November 2024
- ^ "Nauru - CIA World Factbook", The World Factbook, Central Intelligence Agency, 25 November 2024
- ^ Azerbaijan - the World Factbook, 25 November 2024
- ^ Croatia - the World Factbook, 25 November 2024
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- ^ "Hong Kong", The World Factbook, CIA, retrieved 16 February 2020
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- ^ "North America :: Greenland – The World Factbook - Central Intelligence Agency", www.cia.gov, retrieved 7 February 2020
- ^ South Ossetia – Ethnic composition: 2015 census, archived from the original on 6 July 2018, retrieved 16 July 2018
- ^ "Macau", The World Factbook, CIA, retrieved 9 June 2020
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