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Ethnic Diversity in the Pacific
| Country |
Ethnicity |
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| Cook Islands |
Cook Island Maori (Polynesian) 87.7%, part Cook Island Maori 5.8%, other 6.5% (2001 census) |
| Fiji Islands |
Fijian 51% (predominantly Melanesian with a Polynesian admixture), Indian 44%, European, other Pacific Islanders, overseas Chinese, and other 5% (1998 est.) |
| Kiribati |
Micronesian 98.8%, other 1.2% (2000 census) |
| Marshall Islands |
Micronesian |
| Micronesia, Federated States of |
nine ethnic Micronesian and Polynesian groups |
| Nauru |
Nauruan (Micronesian) 58%, other Pacific Islander 26%, Chinese 8%, European 8% |
| Palau |
Palauan (Micronesian with Malayan and Melanesian admixtures) 69.9%, Carolinian 1.4%, other Micronesian 1.1%, Filipino 15.3%, Chinese 4.9%, other Asian 2.4%, white 1.9%, other or unspecified 3.2% (2000 census) |
| Papua New Guinea |
Melanesian, small Micronesian and Polynesian communities, with 700 language groups, Papuan, Negrito, Micronesian, Polynesian |
| Samoa |
Samoan (Polynesian) 92.6%, Euronesians 7% (persons of European and Polynesian blood), Europeans 0.4% |
| Solomon Islands |
Melanesian 94.5%, Polynesian 3%, Micronesian 1.2%, other 1.1%, unspecified 0.2% (1999 census) |
| Timor-Leste |
Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian), Papuan, small Chinese minority |
| Tonga |
Polynesian, Europeans |
| Tuvalu |
Polynesian 96%, Micronesian 4% |
| Vanuatu |
Ni-Vanuatu (Melanesian) 98.5%, other 1.5% (1999 Census), more than 100 language groups and dialects |
Sources: Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2006
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