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If you've ever wondered what you call a man from Madagascar, or a woman from Turkmenistan, then you've been wondering about demonyms. - Below are the demonyms for all known countries (or in some cases, continents or major land masses) of the world.
The countries are grouped into the following regions:
Africa
Antarctica and surrounding region
Asia
- Asia (General) - Asian
- Afghanistan - Afghan
- Armenia - Armenian
- Azerbaijan - Azerbaijani, Azeri
- Bangladesh - Bangladeshi
- Bhutan - Bhutanese
- British Indian Ocean Territory - no indigenous inhabitants, but some local agricultural workers are referred to as Chagossian or Ilois
- China - Chinese
- Georgia - Georgian
- Hong Kong - Hong Kong Chinese, Chinese, Hong Konger, Hong Kongese
- India - Indian
- Japan - Japanese
See also: Demonyms of Japan
- Kazakhstan - Kazakhstani, Kazakh
- Korea, North - North Korean, Korean
- Korea, South - South Korean, Korean
- Kyrgyz Republic (Kyrgyzstan) - Kyrgyzstani, Kyrgyz, Kirghiz
- Macau - Macanese, Chinese
- Maldives - Maldivan
- Mongolia - Mongolian, Mongol
- Nepal - Nepalese
- Pakistan - Pakistani
- Russia - Russian
- Sri Lanka - Sri Lankan
- Taiwan - Taiwanese, Chinese
- Tajikistan - Tajikistani, Tajik, Tadzhik
- Turkmenistan - Turkmen(s) (male and female)
- Uzbekistan - Uzbek, Uzbekistani
Central America, Middle America, and the Caribbean
- Central America (General) - American, Hispanic, Latin American, Latino, Latina
- Anguilla - Anguillan
- Antigua and Barbuda - Antiguan, Barbudan
- Aruba - Aruban
- Bahamas, The - Bahamian
- Barbados - Barbadian, Bajun (colloquial), Bajan (colloquial)
- Belize - Belizean
- British Virgin Islands - British Virgin Islander
- Cayman Islands - Caymanian
- Clipperton Island - uninhabited
- Costa Rica - Costa Rican
- Cuba - Cuban
- Dominica - Dominican
- Dominican Republic - Dominican
- El Salvador - Salvadoran
- Grenada - Grenadian, Grenadan
- Guadeloupe - Guadeloupean
- Guatemala - Guatemalan
- Haiti - Haitian
- Honduras - Honduran
- Jamaica - Jamaican
- Martinique - Martiniquais, Martinican
- Mexico - Mexican
See also: Demonyms of Mexico
- Montserrat - Montserratian
- Navassa Island - uninhabited
- Netherlands Antilles - Dutch Antillean
- Nicaragua - Nicaraguan
- Panama - Panamanian
- Puerto Rico - Puerto Rican, American
- Saint Kitts and Nevis - Kittian, Kittitian, Nevisian
- Saint Lucia - Saint Lucian
- Saint Vincent and Grenadines - Saint Vincentian, Vincentian
- Trinidad and Tobago - Trinidadian, Tobagonian
- Turks and Caicos Islands - ???
- Virgin Islands - Virgin Islander .
Europe
- Europe (General) - European
- Albania - Albanian
- Andorra - Andorran
- Austria - Austrian
- Belarus - Belarusian
- Belgium - Belgian
- Bosnia and Herzegovina - Bosnian, Bosnian-Herzegovinian
- Bulgaria - Bulgarian
- Croatia - Croat, Croatian
- Czech Republic - Czech
- Denmark - Dane, Danish (colloquial)
See also: Demonyms of Denmark
- Estonia - Estonian
- Faroe Islands - Faroese
- Finland - Finn, Finnish (colloquial)
- France - Frenchman, Frenchwoman, French (colloquial)
- Germany - German
- Gibraltar - Gibraltarian
- Greece - Greek
- Guernsey - Guernsey, Channel Islander
- Hungary - Hungarian
- Iceland - Icelander, Icelandic (colloquial)
- Ireland - Irishman, Irishwoman, Irish
- Isle of Man - Manxman, Manxwoman, Manx
- Italy - Italian
- Jan Mayen - no indigenous inhabitants
- Jersey - Jerseyan, Jerseyite, Channel Islander
- Latvia - Latvian
- Liechtenstein - Liechtensteiner
- Lithuania - Lithuanian
- Luxembourg - Luxembourger
- Macedonia - Macedonian
- Malta - Maltese
- Moldova - Moldovan
- Monaco - Monegasque, Monacan
- Netherlands, The (Holland) - Netherlander, Dutchman, Dutchwoman, Hollander, Dutch
- Nordic Countries* - Nordic, Norse
- Norway - Norwegian
See also: Demonyms of Norway
- Poland - Pole, Polish (colloquial)
- Portugal - Portuguese
- Romania - Romanian
- San Marino - Sammarinese, San Marinese
- Scandinavia* - Scandinavian
- Serbia and Montenegro - Serb, Serbian, Montenegrin
- Slovakia - Slovak
- Slovenia - Slovene
- Spain - Spaniard, Spanish (colloquial)
See also: Demonyms of Spain
- Svalbard (Spitzbergen) - ???
- Sweden - Swede, Swedish (colloquial)
- Switzerland - Swiss
- Ukraine - Ukrainian
- United Kingdom - Briton (singular), British (plural)
See also: Demonyms of the United Kingdom
- Vatican City (Holy See) - ???
Middle East
North America
Oceania
South America
Southeast Asia
Miscellaneous
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The following countries have their own writeups:
Argentina (by adamk)
Australia (by in10se)
Brazil (by adamk)
Canada (by in10se)
Denmark (by liveforever)
Japan (by mauler)
Mexico (by adamk)
Norway (by Sverre)
Peru (by adamk)
Spain (by adamk)
United Kingdom (by in10se)
United States of America (by in10se)
... and some other-worldly demonyms:
Solar System (by adamk)
If you know of any regional or city demonyms inside any of these countries, feel free to /msg me as well.
* Palestine is not an independent country, but is recognized by the United Nations.
Scandinavia and the Nordic area are a regions, not countries.
This information was taken from various sources including much help from the CIA World Factbook 2002, Google.com, and E2.