Blood type distribution by country

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This list concerns blood type distribution between countries and regions. Blood type (also called a blood group) is a classification of genes, based on the presence and absence of antibodies and inherited antigenic substances on the surface of red blood cells (RBCs). These antigens may be proteins, carbohydrates, glycoproteins, or glycolipids, depending on the blood group system.

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ABO and Rh distribution by country

  50.0% and above  40.0–49.9%  30.0–39.9%  20.0–29.9%  10.0–19.9%  5.0–9.9%  less than 5.0%

Ethnic distribution of ABO (without Rh) blood types [77]
(This table has more entries than the table above but does not distinguish between Rh types.)
People groupO (%)A (%)B (%)AB (%)
Australian Aboriginals 613900
Abyssinians 4327255
Ainu (Japan)17323218
Albanians 3843136
Great Andamanese 9602012
Arabs 3431296
Armenians 3150136
Asian Americans 4028275
Austrians 3644136
Bantus 4630195
Basques 514441
Belgians 474283
Bororo (Brazil) 100000
Brazilians 474193
Bulgarians 3244158
Bamar people 3624337
Buryats (Siberia)3321388
Bushmen 563492
Chinese-Canton 4723254
Chinese-Ningbo 3532259
Chinese-Yangzhou 3132277
Chinese-Peking 29273213
Chuvash 3029337
Croats 3442177
Czechs 3044189
Danes 4144114
Dutch 454393
Egyptians 3336248
English 474193
Inuit (Alaska)3844135
Inuit (Greenland)5736235
Estonians 3436238
Fijians 4434176
Finns 3441187
French 434773
Georgians 4637124
Germans 4143115
Greeks 4438145
Romani people (Hungary)29273510
Hawaiians 376121
Hindus (Bombay)32292811
Hungarians 3643198
Icelanders 5632103
Indians (India)3722337
Native Americans (US) 791641
Irish 5235101
Italians (Milan)4641113
Japanese 30382210
Jews (Germany)4241125
Jews (Poland)3341188
Kalmyks 26234111
Kikuyu (Kenya)6019201
Koreans 2832319
Sami people 296344
Latvians 3237247
Lithuanians 4034206
Malays 6218200
Māori 465410
Mayans 98111
Moros 6416200
Navajo Indians 732700
Nicobarese 749151
Norwegians 395084
Papuans (New Guinea)4127239
Persians 3833227
Peruvian Indians100000
Filipinos 4522276
Poles 3339209
Portuguese 355384
Romanians 3343168
Russians 3336238
Sardinians 5026195
Scots 5134123
Serbs 3842165
Shompen Nicobarese100000
Slovaks 3742165
South Africans 4540114
Spanish 3847105
Sudanese 6216210
Swedish 3645127
Swiss 385093
Tatars 28302913
Thais 3221369
Turks 4333196
Ukrainians 3740186
African Americans 4927204
White Americans 4540114
Vietnamese 4222305
Kurds 3732236

Blood group B has its highest frequency in the Middle East, where it ranks as the largest share of the population. In Southeast Asia its share of the population is lowest, especially in Indonesia, secondarily in East Asia, Northern Asia and neighboring Central Asia, and its incidence diminishes both towards the east and the west, falling to single-digit percentages in Netherlands, Norway, Portugal and Switzerland. [78] [79] It is believed to have been entirely absent from Native American and Australian Aboriginal populations prior to the arrival of Europeans in those areas. [79] [80]

Blood group A is associated with high frequencies in Europe, especially in Scandinavia and Central Europe, although its highest frequencies occur in some Australian Aboriginal populations and the Blackfoot Indians of Montana, US. [81] [82]

Maps of ABO alleles among native populations

In the ABO blood group system, there are three alleles: i, IA, and IB. As both IA and IB are dominant over i, only ii people have type O blood. Individuals with IAIA or IAi have type A blood, and individuals with IBIB or IBi have type B. Those with IAIB have type AB.

See also

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