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]
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Sovereign states
Rank | Country | Population | Dominant group | % | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | Ukraine | 41,554,836 (unoccupied territory) | Ukrainians | ~87%[failed verification] | [46] |
32 | Georgia | 3,716,858 (unoccupied territory) | Georgians | 86.8% | [47] |
33 | Denmark | 5,873,420 | Danes | 86.11% | [48] |
34 | Thailand | 59,878,001 | Thais | 86% | [49] |
35 | Vietnam | 96,208,984 | Vietnamese | 85.3% | [50] |
36 | Somalia | 15,893,219 | Somalis | 85% | [51] |
37 | Turkmenistan | 6,031,187 | Turkmens | 85% | [52] |
Country | Population | Dominant group | % | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
Northern Cyprus | 265,100 | Turkish Cypriots | 99.2% | [53] |
Somaliland | 3,500,000 | Somalis | 99% | [54] |
Republic of China (Taiwan) | 23,347,374 | Han Chinese | 97% | [55] [56] |
Hong Kong | 7,249,907 | Cantonese people and Taishanese people | 92% | [57] |
Kosovo | 1,935,259 | Albanians | 92% | [58] |
Palestine | 5,483,450 | Palestinian Arab | 91% | [59][60] |
South Ossetia | 53,532 | Ossetians | 89.9% | [61] |
Greenland | 55,877 | Inuit | 89.7% | [62] |
Macau | 614,458 | Cantonese people and Macanese people | 88.7% | [63] |
Åland | 379,270 | Ålanders | 86.5% | [64] |
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Greek 98.8%, other 1% (includes Maronite, Armenian, Turkish-Cypriot), unspecified 0.2% (2011 est.)
Japan is widely believed to be a monolingual country with a monoethnic population...
Many Japanese take it for granted that they live in a monoethnic society...
...a country that still regards itself as mono-ethnic.
...the practically monoethnic Armenian Republic...
Thus Armenia became the most mono-ethnic country in the CIS and the Middle East.
Whereas Armenia is now basically a mono- ethnic state...
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.
Arab 98%, European 1%, Jewish and other 1%
After World War II Poland has become a primarily monoethnic...
Monoethnic and monocultural Poland...
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