List of ethnic groups of Africa

The ethnolinguistic groups include various Afroasiatic, Khoisan, Niger-Congo, and Nilo-Saharan populations.

The official population count of the various ethnic groups in Africa is highly uncertain due to limited infrastructure to perform censuses, and due to rapid population growth.

Some groups have alleged that there is deliberate misreporting in order to give selected ethnicities numerical superiority (as in the case of Nigeria's Hausa, Fulani, Yoruba, and Igbo peoples).

The clustering corresponded closely with ethnicity, culture, and language.

[5] As a first overview, the following table lists major groups by ethno-linguistic affiliation, with rough population estimates (as of 2016):[citation needed] The following is a table of major ethnic groups (10 million people or more): Media related to Ethnic groups in Africa at Wikimedia Commons Africa Eurasia North America Oceania South America