Africa

Algeria
Language: Standard Arabic. 30,081,000 (1998 UN). 14% speak Berber languages

Angola
Language: Portuguese

Benn
People: Fon and Adja (40%), Yoruba (12%), Bariba (9%), Betamaribé, Fulani (6%), and 37 smaller ethnic groups
Language: French (official), Fon, Yoruba and almost fifty other tribal languages

Botswana
eople: Batswana 60%, Bakalanga, Basarwa, Bakgalagadi
Languages: English, Setswana

Burkina Faso
People: Mossi, Gurunsi, Sénufo, Lobi, Bobo, Mande, Fulani
Language: French (official), tribal languages belonging to Sudanic family, spoken by 90% of the population.

Burundi
Language: Rundi, French.

Cameroon
People: Cameroon Highlanders 31%, Equatorial Bantu 19%, Kirdi 11%, Fulani 10%, Northwestern Bantu 8%, Eastern Nigritic 7%, other African 13%
Languages: 24 major African language groups, English, French

Cape Verde Islands
People: Creole (mulatto) 71%, African 28%, European 1%
Languages: Portuguese, Crioulo (a blend of Creole Portuguese and West African words)

Central African Republic
People: Baya, Banda, Sara, Mandjia, Mboum, M'Baka, European
Language: French (official), Sangho (national language), Arabic, Hunsa, Swahili

Chad
People: 200 ethnic groups including the Sara, Bagirmi and Kreish (31%), Sudanic Arabs (26%), the Téda or Toubou (7%) and the Mbun (6.5%)
Language: French (official), Arabic, Saran

Comoros Islands
People: Antalote, Cafre, Makoa, Oimatsaha, Sakalava
Language: Arabic, French, Comoran (a blend of Swahili and Arabic) and Mahorian (a Swahili dialect)

Congo
Lanague: Lingala, Munukutuba, French

Côte d'Ivoire
People: Akan (including Baoulé and Agni), Kru (Yacouba, or Dan, primarily), Senoufo, Mandé, Lebanese and French.
Languages: French. The main African languages are Yacouba, Senoufo, Baoulé, Agni and Dioula.

Democratic Republic of Congo
Language: Kongo, Lingala, Luba-Kasai, Congo Swahili, French

Djibouti
People: Afars, Issas, Somalis, Yemenis and French
Language: French and Arabic (both official)

Egypt
People: Berbers, Bedouins and Nubians
Language: Arabic

Equatorial Guinea
People: On Bioko, Bubi with some Fernandinos, Fang; in Rio Muni, primarily Fang
Language: Spanish (official), French (official), pidgin English, Fang, Bubi, Creole, Ibo

Ethiopia
People: Oromo (40%), Amhara and Tigrean (32%), Sidamo (9%), Shankella (6%), Somali (6%), Afar (4%), Gurage (2%)
Language:Amharic, Tigrinya, Orominga, Guaraginga, Somali, Arabic, English

Gabon
People: About 40 Bantu groups, including four major tribes (Fang, Eshira, Bapounou, Bateke), plus about 100,000 expatriate Africans and Europeans (27,000 French)
Language: French (official), Fang, Myene, Bateke, Bapounou/Eschira, Bandjabi

Gambia
People: Mandinka (42%), Fula (18%), Wolof (16%), Jola (10%), Serahuli (9%), other African (4%), non-Gambian (1%)
Language: English (official), Mandinka, Wolof, Fula, other indigenous languages

Ghana
People: Akan (44%), Mole-Dagbane (16%), Ewé (13%), Ga (8%), Guan, Gurma, Gonja, Dagomba
Language: English (official language), Ewé, Ga, Twi

Guinea
People: Malinké (Mandingo), Fula (Fulani), Susu and 15 other ethnic groups.
Language: French (official), Malinké, Fula and Susu

Guinea-Bissau
People: 99% African (Balante, Fulani, Manjak & Mandinka), 1% European
Language: Portugese (official language), Crioulo (common language), French

Kenya
People: 22% Kikuyu, 14% Luhya, 13% Luo, 12% Kalenjin, 11% Kamba, 6% Kisii, 6% Meru, 16% other
Languages: English, Swahili, indigenous.

Lesotho
People: Basotho (99.7%), European
Language: South Sotho, English

Liberia
Language: English

Libya
People: Berber and Arab (97%), plus some Greeks, Maltese, Italians, Egyptians, Pakistanis, Turks, Indians, Tunisians
Language: Arabic, Italian, English

Madagascar
People: Eighteen major ethnic groups, including Malayo-Indonesian, African, Arab, French, Indian, Creole and Comoran
Language: Malagasy and French

Malawi
People: Chewa, Nyanja, Tumbuko, Yao, Lomwe, Sena, Tonga, Ngoni, Ngonde, Asian, European
Languages: English, Chichewa, regional languages

Mali
People: Bambara, Tuareg, Dogon, Songhaï, Senoufou, Fulani
Language: French. The main African languages are Bambara, Songhaï, Tuareg and Arabic

Mauritania
People: Black Moors 40%, Moors 30%, Black Africans (Soninké, Pulaar, Peuls, Wolof) 30%
Language: Arabic (official), French, various tribal languages

Mauritius
People: Indo-Mauritian (68%), Créole (27%), Sino-Mauritian (3%), Franco-Mauritian (2%)
Languages: English, Créole, French, Hindi, Urdu, Hakka, Bojpoori

Mayotte
People: Antalote, Cafre, Makoa, Oimatsaha, Sakalava
Language: Arabic, French, Comoran (a blend of Swahili and Arabic) and Mahorian (a Swahili dialect)

Morocco
People: 55% Arab, 44% Berber, 0.7% foreigners
Languages: Arabic (officially) with Berber dialects, as well as French, Spanish and English.

Mozambique
People: African (99%, including Shangaan, Chokwe, Manyika, Sena and Makua)
Language: Portuguese (official), indigenous languages

Namibia
People: 86% African (50% Owambo, 9% Kavango, 7% Herero, 7% Damara, 5% Nama, 4% Caprivian, 3% San, 2% Baster, 0.5% Tswana), 7.4% mixed, 6.6% white
Languages: English, Afrikaans, German, Oshivambo, Herero, Nama

Niger
People: Hausa (55%), Songhai-Zarma (22%), Peul-Fulani (10%), Tuareg (8%), Beri Beri or Kanour (4.3%)
Language: French (official), Hausa, Djerma

Nigeria
People: 250 different ethnic groups, including: Hausa-Fulani, Yoruba, Ibo, Kanuri, Ibibio, Tiv, Ijaw
Language: English and French. The main African languages are Hausa, Yoruba, Ibo, Edo, Efik

Reunion
People: French, African, Malagasy, Chinese, Pakistani, Indian
Languages: French (official), Creole

Rwanda
People: Hutu (80%), Tutsi (19%), Twa (1%)
Languages: Kinyarwanda, French, English

São Tomé e Principel
People: Descendents of Angolan slaves and Europeans
Language: Portuguese

Senegal
People: Wolof (36%), Fulani (17%), Sérèr (17%), Toucouleur (9%), Diola (9%), Mandingo (9%), European (1%) and Lebanese
Languages: French (official), Wolof, Pulaar, Diola, Mandingo

Seychelles
People: Seychellois (of African, Indian and European background)
Languages: English, French, Seselwa

Sierra Leone
Offical Language: English

Somalia
Languages: Somali, Standard Arabic, English

South Africa
People: 77% black, 10% white (60% of whites are of Afrikaner descent, most of the rest are of British descent), 8% mixed race, 2.5% of Indian or Asian descent.
Languages: Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, Pedi, English, Tswana, Sotho, Tsonga, Swati, Venda, Ndebele.

Sudan
Language: Standard Arabic

Swaziland
People: Swazi, Zulu, Shangaan-Tsonga and European
Language: English, Swati

Tanzania
People: 99% native African (over 100 tribes), 1% Asian, European and Arabic
Languages: Swahili, English, indigenous.

Togo
People: 37 ethnic groups (the largest are Ewé, Mina and Kabyè); less than 1% European and Syrian-Lebanese
Language: French (official), Ewé and Mina in south, Dagomba and Kabyè in north

Tunisia
People: Arab-Berber (98%), European and Jewish
Languages: Arabic, French, some English and German

Uganda
People: Baganda, Lango, Acholi, Pygmy, European, Asian, Arab
Languages: English, Swahili, plus 30 indigenous languages such as Luganda.

Zambia
People: African (98%): main ethnic groups are Bemba, Nyanja, Lozi and Tonga. Smaller groups include Ngoni, Lunda, Kaonde, Luvale and Asian (1%); European (1%)
Languages: English and over 70 indigenous languages

Zimbabwe
People: Shona (76%), Ndebele (18%), Batonka (2%), Shangaan (1%), Venda (1%), European, Asian
Languages: Shona, Ndebele, English