Monoethnicity

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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.

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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

RankCountryPopulationDominant group %Ref
1Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives 379,270 Maldivians 100% [6]
2Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 24,252,231 Koreans 99.9% [7] [8]
3Flag of Lesotho.svg  Lesotho 2,203,821 Basotho 99.7% [9]
4Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 106,437,241 Egyptians
(including Copts)		99% [10]
5Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 37,112,080 Moroccans 99% [11]
6Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 1,266,676 (not including Northern Cyprus) Greek Cypriots 98.8% [12]
7Flag of Japan.svg  Japan [13] [14] [15] 126,702,133 Japanese 98.5% [16]
8Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia [17] [18] [19] 3,018,854 Armenians 98.1% [20]
9Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 44,700,000 Algerians 98% [21]
10Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 2,876,591 Albanians 98% [22]
11Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 11,721,177 Tunisians 98% [23]
12Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 9,937,628 Hungarians 98% [24]
13Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 162,951,560 [25] Bengalis 98% [26]
14Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 10,945,512 Arabs 98% [27]
15Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 3,081,677 Mongols 97% [28]
16Flag of Poland.svg  Poland [29] [30] 38,523,261 Poles 96.9% [31]
17Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 51,446,201 Koreans 96% [32]
18Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 10,839,514 Portuguese 95.9% [33]
19Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 6,859,408 Lebanese 95% [34]
20Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 10,610,947 Czechs 95% [35]
21Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti 11,439,646 Afro-Haitians 95% [36]
22Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 332,529 Icelanders 94% [37]
23Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 5,537,364 Finns 93.5% [38]
24Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 11,183,716 Greeks 93% [39]
25Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1,384,688,986 Han Chinese 91.6% [40]
26Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 9,951,400 Azerbaijanis 94.8% [41]
27Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 3,871,833 Croats 91.6% [42]
28Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 60,483,973 Italians 91.5% [43]
29Flag of Cambodia.svg  Cambodia 15,552,211 Khmers 90% [44]
30Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 16,792,868 Romanians 88.9% [45]
31Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 41,554,836 (unoccupied territory) Ukrainians ~87%[ failed verification ] [46]
32Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 3,716,858 (unoccupied territory) Georgians 86.8% [47]
33Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 5,873,420 Danes 86.11% [48]
34Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 59,878,001 Thais 86% [49]
35Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 96,208,984 Vietnamese 85.3% [50]
36Flag of Somalia.svg  Somalia 15,893,219 Somalis 85% [51]
37Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Turkmenistan 6,031,187 Turkmens 85% [52]

Unrecognized states and dependent territories

CountryPopulationDominant group %Ref
Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine 5,483,450 Palestinian Arab 91% [53] [54]
Flag of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.svg  Northern Cyprus 265,100 Turkish Cypriots 99.2% [55]
Flag of Somaliland.svg  Somaliland 3,500,000 Somalis 99% [56]
Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Republic of China (Taiwan) 23,347,374 Han Chinese 97% [57] [58]
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 7,249,907 Cantonese people and Taishanese people 92% [59]
Flag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo 1,586,659 Albanians 92% [60]
Flag of Greenland.svg  Greenland 55,877 Inuit 89.7% [61]
Flag of South Ossetia.svg  South Ossetia 53,532 Ossetians 89.9% [62]
Flag of Macau.svg  Macau 614,458 Cantonese people and Macanese people 88.7% [63]
Flag of Aland.svg  Åland 30,696 Ålanders 86.5% [64]

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