sian with some Polynesian
Korea, North:
racially homogeneous; there is a small Chinese
community and a few ethnic Japanese
Korea, South:
homogeneous (except for about 20,000 Chinese)
Kuwait:
Kuwaiti 45%, other Arab 35%, South Asian 9%, Iranian 4%,
other 7%
Kyrgyzstan:
Kirghiz 52.4%, Russian 18%, Uzbek 12.9%, Ukrainian 2.5%,
German 2.4%, other 11.8%
Laos:
Lao Loum (lowland) 68%, Lao Theung (upland) 22%, Lao Soung
(highland) including the Hmong ("Meo") and the Yao (Mien) 9%, ethnic
Vietnamese/Chinese 1%
Latvia:
Latvian 56.5%, Russian 30.4%, Byelorussian 4.3%, Ukrainian
2.8%, Polish 2.6%, other 3.4%
Lebanon:
Arab 95%, Armenian 4%, other 1%
Lesotho:
Sotho 99.7%, Europeans, Asians, and other 0.3%,
Liberia:
indigenous African tribes 95% (including Kpelle, Bassa,
Gio, Kru, Grebo, Mano, Krahn, Gola, Gbandi, Loma, Kissi, Vai, and
Bella), Americo-Liberians 2.5% (descendants of immigrants from the
US who had been slaves), Congo People 2.5% (descendants of
immigrants from the Caribbean who had been slaves)
Libya:
Berber and Arab 97%, Greeks, Maltese, Italians, Egyptians,
Pakistanis, Turks, Indians, Tunisians
Liechtenstein:
Alemannic 87.5%, Italian, Turkish, and other 12.5%
Lithuania:
Lithuanian 80.6%, Russian 8.7%, Polish 7%, Byelorussian
1.6%, other 2.1%
Luxembourg:
Celtic base (with French and German blend), Portuguese,
Italian, Slavs (from Montenegro, Albania, and Kososvo) and European
(guest and resident workers)
Macau:
Chinese 95%, Macanese (mixed Portuguese and Asian ancestry),
Portuguese, other
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:
Macedonian 66.6%,
Albanian 22.7%, Turkish 4%, Roma 2.2%, Serb 2.1%, other 2.4% (1994)
Madagascar:
Malayo-Indonesian (Merina and related Betsileo), Cotiers
(mixed African, Malayo-Indonesian, and Arab ancestry -
Betsimisaraka, Tsimihety, Antaisaka, Sakalava), French, Indian,
Creole, Comoran
Malawi:
Chewa, Nyanja, Tumbuko, Yao, Lomwe, Sena, Tonga, Ngoni,
Ngonde, Asian, European
Malaysia:
Malay and other indigenous 58%, Chinese 27%, Indian 8%,
others 7% (2000)
Maldives:
South Indians, Sinhalese, Arabs
Mali:
Mande 50% (Bambara, Malinke, Soninke), Peul 17%, Voltaic 12%,
Songhai 6%, Tuareg and Moor 10%, other 5%
Malta:
Maltese (descendants of ancient Carthaginians and
Phoenicians, with strong elements of Italian and other Mediterranean
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