By linguistic phylum
Further information: List of language families
Altaic speaking people
Mongols ~1 million
Tungusic peoples ~11 million
Turkic peoples ~180 million
Afro-Asiatic ~350 million
Semitic ~250 million mother tongue
Arabs
Maltese people ~740 000
Coptic Egyptians
Austronesian peoples ~380 million
Dravidian peoples ~200 million
Niger-Congo
Bantu peoples ~335 million
Indo-Europeans ~3 billion
Celtic
Latin (Romance) European peoples
Germanic
Kurds ~27 - ~30 million
Baltic peoples ( Latvians and Lithuanians )
Slavic peoples ( East Slavs,West Slavs and South Slavs )
Armenians ~11 - ~12 million
Greeks ~14 - ~17 million
Iraqis
Albanians
Iranian peoples
Indo-Aryans
Dravidian
Tai peoples
Uralic
Finno-Ugric peoples
Finnic peoples
Ugric peoples
Samoyedic peoples
By status
List of stateless ethnic groups:
This is a list of currently active separatist movements in Africa. Separatism includes autonomism and secessionism. What is and is not considered an autonomist or secessionist movement is sometimes contentious. Entries on this list must meet two criteria:
1.They are active movements with living, active members.
2.They are seeking greater autonomy or self-determination for a geographic region (as opposed to personal autonomy).
Under each region listed is one or more of the following:
De facto state: for regions with de facto autonomy from the government
Proposed state: proposed name for a seceding sovereign state
Proposed autonomous area: for movements toward greater autonomy for an area but not outright secession
De facto autonomous government: for governments with de facto autonomous control over a region
Government-in-exile: for a government based outside of the region in question, with or without control
Political party (or parties): for political parties involved in a political system to push for autonomy or secession
Militant organisation(s): for armed organisations (sometimes called terrorist organisations)
Advocacy group(s): for non-belligerent, non-politically participatory entities
Algeria
Kabyles
Proposed state: Kabylie
Political party: Mouvement pour l'Autonomie de la Kabylie
Angola
Cabinda (member of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization)
Proposed state: Republic of Cabinda
Government-in-exile: Frente para a Libertação do Enclave de Cabinda (FLEC)
Political party: Frente para a Libertação do Enclave de Cabinda (FLEC)
Militant organization: Forças Armadas de Cabinda (FAC)
Cameroon
Bakassi Peninsula
Proposed state: Democratic Republic of Bakassi
Southern Cameroons (member of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization)
Proposed state: Federal Republic of Southern Cameroon, Ambazonia
Political party: Southern Cameroons National Council
Comoros
Anjouan
Political parties: Anjouan People's Movement, Mouvement Populaire Anjouanais, Mawana
Mohéli
Proposed state: Democratic Republic of Mwali
Côte d'Ivoire
Northern Regions
Proposed state: Republique des les Regions Nordenses.
Pressure groups: Patriotic Movement of Côte d'Ivoire" (MPCI), Mouvement populaire ivoirien du Grand Ouest (MPIGO), Movement for Justice and Peace (MJP)
Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo-Kinshasa)
Bas-Congo
Pressure group: Bundu dia Kongo
Proposed state: Kingdom of Kongo
Katanga
Political parties: Confédération des Associations de Katanga Tribales, Union of Independent Federalists and Republicans
Militant organizations: Mai-Mai community-based militia groups
Status: Sporadic violence
Kwili, Kivu, Bukavu
Status: Confused fighting in progress
Egypt
Copts
Proposed state: Coptic Pharaonic Republic
Pressure group: Coptic Christians living abroad
Equatorial Guinea
Bioko
Pressure group: Movement for the Self-Determination of Bioko Island
Status: The indigenous Bubi people are now outnumbered by Fernandinos and Fang immigrants from the mainland.
Ethiopia
Gambela Region
Militant organization: Gambella Peoples Liberation Front
Ogaden ( Somali Region)
Proposed state: Republic of Ogadenia (member of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization)
Political party: Ogaden National Liberation Front, Western Somali Liberation Front, Ogaden Republican Army
Pressure group: Ogaden Youth Association
Oromia Region
Militant organizations: Oromo Independence Movement, Oromo Liberation Front, Islamic Front for the Liberation of Oromia, Conference of Oromiya Peoples Liberation Front
France
Réunion
Secessionist movements
Political party: Lorganizasion Popilèr po Libèr nout Péi (Lplp) – Popular Front for National Liberation: comprising of Nasion Rénioné, Mar, Drapo rouz, Patriot rénioné and Mir.
Political party: Marxist–Leninist Communist Organisation of Réunion
Mayotte continues to have autonomist movements despite the island having voted to become France's 101st department in 2011.
Mauritius
Rodrigues Island
Morocco
Western Sahara
Proposed state: Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
Ethnic Group: Sahrawi people
De facto state: Free Zone
Government-in-exile: Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic based in refugee camps in Tindouf Province, Algeria[15]
Political party: Polisario Front
Militant organisation: Polisario Front
Namibia
Caprivi
Ethnic Group: Lozi
Proposed state: Free State of Caprivi Strip/Itenge
Political party: Caprivi African National Union
Militant organization: Caprivi Liberation Army
Niger
Agadez Department
Ethnic Group: Tuareg people
Militant organization: Revolutionary Armed Forces of the Sahara
Political parties: Taniminnak Tidot N Tenere, Tidot Union of Tenere.
Proposed state: Akal N Tenere, Tenere Republic
Nigeria
Bakassi Peninsula
Proposed state: Democratic Republic of Bakassi
Igbo
Proposed state: Biafra (defunct)
Political party: Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra
Ijaw
Proposed state: Niger Delta Republic
Militant organization: Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force
Ogoni
Political party: Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People
Yoruba
Proposed state: Oduduwa Republic of the Yorubas
Political party: Oodua Republic Front
Rwanda
Batwa (member of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization)
Political party: Association for the Promotion of Batwa
Senegal
Casamance
Militant organization: Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance
Somalia
Jubaland
Proposed state: Republic of Jubaland
Militant organization: Somali Patriotic Movement
Maakhir
Puntland
Autonomous region: Puntland State of Somalia
Political party: Somali Salvation Democratic Front
Somaliland
De facto state: Republic of Somaliland
Political party: Somali National Movement
Southwestern Somalia
Proposed autonomous region: State of Southwestern Somalia
Militant organization: Rahanwein Resistance Army
South Africa
Boere-Afrikaners
Proposed state: Volkstaat
Political Party: Freedom Front Plus
Pressure group: Orania Movement
Militant organization: Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging, Boeremag
Cape Party
Thembu people
Proposed state:Thembuland.
Spain (Africa)
Canary Islands
Political party: Congreso Nacional de Canarias (MPAIAC party), Alternativa Nacionalista Canaria, Unidad del Pueblo
Revolutionary Organizations: Inekaren
Youth movement: Azarug
Trade union: Intersindical Canaria, Frente Sindical Obrero de Canarias
Militant organization: MPAIAC (defunct)
Sudan
Beja
Militant organization: Beja Congress
Darfur
Militant organization: Darfur Liberation Front
Eastern Sudan
Militant organization: Eastern Front
Southern Sudan
Proposed state: Southern Sudan
Tanzania
Zanzibar (member of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization)
Political party: Civic United Front
Zambia
Barotse
Ethnic Group: Lozi
Proposed state: Barotseland
Militant organization: Barotse Patriotic Front
List of indigenous peoples
Uncontacted peoples
