List of Largest Ethnic Groups in Africa
List of the largest ethnic group in each African Country.
Largest Ethnic Groups in every African Country
African Country
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Largest Ethnic Group
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Algeria
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Arab-Berber 99%
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Angola
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Ovimbundu 37%
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Benin
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Fon and related 38.4%
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Botswana
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Setswana 79%
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Burkina Faso
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Mossi 52.5%
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Burundi
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Hutu 85%
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Cameroon
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Cameroon Highlanders 31%
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Cabo Verde
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Creole mulatto 71%
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Central African Republic
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Baya 33%
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Chad
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Sara 25.9%
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Comoros
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Antalote, Cafre, Makoa, Oimatsaha, Sakalava (Comoros’ population is a mixture of Arabs, Persians, Indonesians, Africans, and Indians)
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The Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Over 200 African ethnic groups of which the majority are Bantu; the four largest tribes - Mongo, Luba, Kongo (all Bantu), and the Mangbetu-Azande (Hamitic) make up about 45% of the population
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Republic of the Congo
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Kongo 48%
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Akan 32.1%
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Djibouti
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Somali 60%
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Egypt
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Egyptian 99.6%
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Fang 85.7%
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Eritrea
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Tigrinya 55%
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Ethiopia
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Oromo 34.4%
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Gabon
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Fang 32%
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The Gambia
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Mandinka/Jahanka 33.8%
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Ghana
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Akan 47.5%
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Guinea
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Fulani (Peul) 33.9%
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Guinea-Bissau
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Fulani 28.5%
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Kenya
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Kikuyu 22%
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Lesotho
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Sotho 99.7%
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Kpelle 20.3%
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Libya
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Berber and Arab 97%
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Madagascar
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Merina 26%
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Malawi
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Chewa 32.6%
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Mali
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Bambara 34.1%
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Mauritania
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Black Moors 40%
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Mauritius
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Creole 86.5%
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Morocco
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Arab-Berber 99%
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Mozambique
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Ethnic groups are not broken down in percentages however, the country is 99.66% African. The main ethnic groups in Mozambique are Makhuwa, Tsonga, Makonde, Shangaan, Shona, Sena, Ndau, and other indigenous groups.
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Namibia
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Ovambo 50%
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Niger
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Hausa 53.1%
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Nigeria
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Hausa and Fulani 29%
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Hutu 84%
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Sao Tome and Principe
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Mestico or mixed-blood, descendants of Portuguese colonists and African slaves figures vary from 33%-68%
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Senegal
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Wolof 38.7%
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Seychelles
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Mixed French, African, Indian, Chinese, and Arab. Seychelles has no indigenous population and was first permanently settled by a small group of French planters, African slaves, and South Indians in 1770.
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Sierra Leone
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Temne 35%
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Somali 85%
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South Africa
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Zulu 21 %
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South Sudan
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Dinka 35.8%
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Sudan
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Sudanese Arab 70%
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Swaziland (renamed the country eSwatini in April 2018)
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Swazi 84.3%
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Tanzania
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Bantu 95%
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Togo
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Ewe figures vary from 21%-32%
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Tunisia
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Arab 98%
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Uganda
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Baganda 16.5%
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Zambia
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Bemba 21%
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Zimbabwe
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Shona 82%
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