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Existence of a single ethnic group in a region or country
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]
Monoethnic countries with more than 85%
Sovereign states
Rank
Country
Population
Dominant group
%
1
Maldives
379,270
Maldivians
100%
[6]
2
North Korea
24,252,231
Koreans
99.9%
[7]
[8]
3
Lesotho
2,203,821
Basotho
99.7%
[9]
4
Egypt
106,437,241
Egyptians (including
Copts )
99%
[10]
5
Morocco
37,112,080
Moroccans
99%
[11]
6
Cyprus
1,266,676 (not including
Northern Cyprus )
Greek Cypriots
98.8%
[12]
7
Japan
[13]
[14]
[15]
126,702,133
Japanese
98.5%
[16]
8
Armenia
[17]
[18]
[19]
3,018,854
Armenians
98.1%
[20]
9
Algeria
44,700,000
Algerians
98%
[21]
10
Albania
2,876,591
Albanians
98%
[22]
11
Tunisia
11,721,177
Tunisians
98%
[23]
12
Hungary
9,937,628
Hungarians
98%
[24]
13
Bangladesh
162,951,560
[25]
Bengalis
98%
[26]
14
Jordan
10,945,512
Arabs
98%
[27]
15
Mongolia
3,081,677
Mongols
97%
[28]
16
Poland
[29]
[30]
38,523,261
Poles
96.9%
[31]
17
South Korea
51,446,201
Koreans
96%
[32]
18
Portugal
10,839,514
Portuguese
95.9%
[33]
19
Lebanon
6,859,408
Lebanese
95%
[34]
20
Czech Republic
10,610,947
Czechs
95%
[35]
21
Haiti
11,439,646
Afro-Haitians
95%
[36]
22
Iceland
332,529
Icelanders
94%
[37]
23
Finland
5,537,364
Finns
93.5%
[38]
24
Greece
11,183,716
Greeks
93%
[39]
25
China
1,384,688,986
Han Chinese
91.6%
[40]
26
Azerbaijan
9,951,400
Azerbaijanis
94.8%
[41]
27
Croatia
3,871,833
Croats
91.6%
[42]
28
Italy
60,483,973
Italians
91.5%
[43]
29
Cambodia
15,552,211
Khmers
90%
[44]
30
Romania
16,792,868
Romanians
88.9%
[45]
31
Spain
41,969,601
Spaniards
87.1%
[46]
32
Ukraine
41,554,836 (unoccupied territory)
Ukrainians
~87%[
failed verification ]
[47]
33
Georgia
3,716,858 (unoccupied territory)
Georgians
86.8%
[48]
34
Denmark
5,873,420
Danes
86.11%
[49]
35
Thailand
59,878,001
Thais
86%
[50]
36
Vietnam
96,208,984
Vietnamese
85.3%
[51]
37
Somalia
15,893,219
Somalis
85%
[52]
38
Turkmenistan
6,031,187
Turkmens
85%
[53]
Unrecognized states and dependent territories
Country
Population
Dominant group
%
Northern Cyprus
265,100
Turkish Cypriots
99.2%
[54]
Somaliland
3,500,000
Somalis
99%
[55]
Republic of China (Taiwan)
23,347,374
Han Chinese
97%
[56]
[57]
Hong Kong
7,249,907
Cantonese people and
Taishanese people
92%
[58]
Kosovo
1,935,259
Albanians
92%
[59]
Palestine
5,483,450
Palestinian Arab
91%
[60]
[61]
South Ossetia
53,532
Ossetians
89.9%
[62]
Greenland
55,877
Inuit
89.7%
[63]
Macau
614,458
Cantonese people and
Macanese people
88.7%
[64]
Åland
379,270
Ålanders
86.5%
[65]
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