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Megapopulations are the broadest ethnic category calculated and reported to you. Our database coverage is described below.

Megapopulation Names

and number of populations included

 

African 17

African American 28

American Indian 24

Australoid 3

Austronesian 6

Central Asian 39

Central European 13

East Asian 39

East European 8

European American 24

Iberian 32

Iberian American 61

Jewish 3

Mediterranean European 20

Melungeon 1

Middle Eastern 36

North Asian 3

Northern European 15

Romani 4

South Asian 35

Southeast Asian 12

 

 

Beyond Megapopulations (and percentage of total populations) These categories correspond roughly to what people used to think of as "race," a now-discredited notion. They are continent-specific, with African and Caucasian extended to North and South American African and European populations.

 

African   45     11%  

 

Amerind   24    6%

 

Austral 9    2%

 

Asian  67    17%

 

Caucasian  255    64%

 

 

 

Another Calculation We created these totals to see what kind of white versus non-white coverage the database has.

 

White  255  64%

Non-White  145   36%

Total 400 Populations