Country Population Diversity

Table of Data:

Place	Total	Racial Diversity	Lingustic Diversity	Religious Diversity
SURINAME	552	223	150	179
QATAR	490	174	174	142
BAHRAIN	439	143	163	133
SINGAPORE	438	42	187	210
FIJI	421	128	141	152
NEW CALEDONIA	408	159	160	90
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	405	164	149	93
GUYANA	395	201	50	144
GUATEMALA	394	176	168	50
BELIZE	387	211	127	49
KUWAIT	376	130	145	101
MAURITIUS	371	161	28	182
CHAD	367	65	193	109
MALAYSIA	337	42	153	143
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO	331	181	0	149
BRUNEI	326	96	138	92
BOLIVIA	326	133	161	32
PAPUA NEW GUINEA	319	0	282	38
NIGERIA	314	0	207	107
MOZAMBIQUE	307	0	183	124
SOUTH AFRICA	306	94	184	28
NEPAL	305	77	128	100
TOGO	303	0	122	181
GUINEA BISSAU	300	0	135	165
BENIN	299	0	146	153
UNITED STATES	290	169	77	44
PARAGUAY	288	130	144	14
CAMEROON	284	0	174	110
IVORY COAST	283	0	145	139
MAURITANIA	281	106	175	0
NAMIBIA	279	77	174	29
PERU	274	155	91	29
LAOS	273	0	161	113
REUNION	268	223	0	46
KENYA	265	24	177	64
ANGOLA	262	12	176	74
SOUTH SUDAN	256	0	90	167
GABON	255	0	168	86
TANZANIA	254	0	142	112
ETHIOPIA	250	0	142	108
CANADA	248	119	75	55
INDIA	248	22	124	103
CUBA	248	136	0	112
UGANDA	247	0	165	82
KAZAKHSTAN	243	50	114	80
OMAN	241	65	78	99
SRI LANKA	238	0	113	125
DEM REP CONGO	237	0	187	50
GHANA	234	0	135	99
NEW ZEALAND	232	130	51	51
ISRAEL	227	35	128	64
BURKINA FASO	225	0	100	125
NIGER	223	46	177	0
NICARAGUA	221	158	15	49
SUDAN	221	110	78	33
ZAMBIA	220	0	185	35
AFGHANISTAN	219	55	142	22
EAST TIMOR	212	64	148	0
BHUTAN	212	42	99	72
MALAWI	212	0	168	44
REP CONGO	208	0	158	50
PANAMA	204	166	0	38
VIETNAM	202	0	64	138
LIBERIA	201	0	149	52
NORTH MACEDONIA	201	0	105	96
SIERRA LEONE	200	0	136	64
COLOMBIA	200	171	0	29
CHINA	200	0	14	185
BRAZIL	199	162	0	38
ERITREA	199	0	97	102
CENT AFR REP	195	0	123	72
MYANMAR	190	0	111	80
TAIWAN	188	0	34	155
CYPRUS	188	0	113	75
PAKISTAN	186	65	99	22
SAUDI ARABIA	184	82	68	35
VENEZUELA	182	164	0	18
CHILE	182	147	0	35
GREENLAND	180	54	126	0
MEXICO	178	153	0	26
ECUADOR	176	126	29	22
SOLOMON ISLANDS	174	24	118	32
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC	174	130	0	44
IRAQ	174	32	96	46
SWITZERLAND	172	5	100	67
MALI	169	12	147	10
GAMBIA	168	0	149	19
AUSTRALIA	168	66	15	87
SENEGAL	166	0	147	19
COSTA RICA	165	130	0	35
PUERTO RICO	165	130	10	26
KYRGYZSTAN	161	69	56	36
GUINEA	161	0	124	36
LEBANON	160	10	29	122
SOUTH KOREA	159	0	0	159
ESTONIA	158	0	113	46
VANUATU	149	0	99	49
IRAN	145	5	126	14
BAHAMAS	144	40	75	29
NETHERLANDS	143	38	29	76
EL SALVADOR	143	93	0	50
BELGIUM	142	10	96	37
TAJIKISTAN	140	65	70	5
HONDURAS	139	89	0	50
YEMEN	138	74	19	46
LUXEMBOURG	123	0	114	10
INDONESIA	123	0	87	36
DJIBOUTI	122	0	103	19
SYRIA	119	0	71	48
FRANCE	119	54	29	36
PHILIPPINES	118	0	86	32
GERMANY	113	5	38	71
BOSNIA	112	0	0	112
BOTSWANA	112	5	61	46
UNITED KINGDOM	109	64	0	44
LATVIA	108	0	46	62
BULGARIA	107	0	71	36
TURKMENISTAN	104	35	42	28
GEORGIA	104	0	68	36
RUSSIA	103	24	29	51
FRENCH GUIANA	101	101	0	0
NORTH KOREA	100	0	0	100
MONGOLIA	98	24	19	56
AUSTRIA	98	0	42	55
ZIMBABWE	94	0	72	22
URUGUAY	93	64	0	29
UZBEKISTAN	91	35	37	19
ARGENTINA	87	55	0	32
MOROCCO	87	12	75	0
MONTENEGRO	87	0	19	68
HAITI	85	24	0	61
MADAGASCAR	80	0	0	80
TURKEY	78	0	78	0
CAPE VERDE	77	68	0	10
ROMANIA	73	0	51	23
EQUAT. GUINEA	73	0	45	28
MOLDOVA	71	0	71	0
THAILAND	66	0	29	38
BURUNDI	66	0	0	66
ALBANIA	66	0	0	66
SERBIA	66	0	38	28
JAPAN	66	0	0	66
SPAIN	65	5	50	10
SLOVAKIA	64	0	42	22
TUNISIA	59	54	5	0
UKRAINE	57	0	35	22
SAMOA	56	0	0	56
AZERBAIJAN	56	0	0	56
BELARUS	56	0	38	18
BANGLADESH	54	0	0	54
EGYPT	52	24	0	28
RWANDA	50	0	0	50
LESOTHO	48	0	0	48
LIBYA	46	0	36	10
HUNGARY	40	0	0	40
SOMALIA	39	39	0	0
PALESTINE	39	0	29	10
JAMAICA	39	24	0	15
JORDAN	38	10	29	0
LITHUANIA	36	0	27	10
ALGERIA	36	0	36	0
SLOVENIA	33	0	10	24
NORWAY	33	10	0	24
ESWATINI	32	0	0	32
GREECE	29	0	10	19
SWEDEN	29	10	0	19
FINLAND	29	0	29	0
ITALY	24	0	5	19
DENMARK	24	5	0	19
CAMBODIA	20	0	10	10
CZECHIA	18	0	0	18
PORTUGAL	15	15	0	0
IRELAND	15	0	10	5
ICELAND	10	0	0	10
CROATIA	10	0	0	10
POLAND	0	0	0	0
ARMENIA	0	0	0	0

Methodology

To determine the level of diversity present in a population, this study examined three key factors: the indigenous language, religious affiliation, and ancestral heritage of each country’s inhabitants. To assess linguistic diversity, the research examined language at multiple levels. For example, categorizing English as part of the Indo-European language family’s Germanic branch. Furthermore, religious diversity was analyzed at different tiers. For example, considering Catholicism a denomination of Christianity, which is part of the broader Abrahamic family of religions. Finally, racial diversity was evaluated by investigating the four primary races: Melanesian, Caucasian, African, and East Asian, as well as subgroups within these categories. A modified form of the Simpson’s diversity index was used to calculate variance within each country, accounting for both richness and evenness, two measures of diversity.

For example, Egypt is 95% Sunni Muslim and 5% Oriental Orthodox Christian. Both of these religions are from the Abrahamic group of religions. Therefore this is the calculation:

Abrahamic (100%)
Level 1: 10,000 – (100^2) = 0

Muslim (95%), Christian (5%)
Level 2: 10,000 – ((95^2) + (5^2)) = 9025+25 = 950

Sunni Muslim (95%), Oriental Orthodox Christian (5%)
Level 3: 10,000 – ((95^2) + (5^2)) = 9025+25 = 950

Total Religious Diversity: 0+950+950 = 1900

Sources

eLinguistics

Ethnologue

Pew Research

CIA World Factbook

Dienekes Anthropology Blog

Atlas of Genetic Genealogy