Template:Adjectivals and demonyms for nations
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An asterisk (*) indicates that the word refers also to a language. (Reference: Ethnologue, Languages of the World)
| Name | Adjective | Demonym | |
|---|---|---|---|
| colloquial | |||
| Afghanistan | Afghan | Afghans | |
| Albania | Albanian * | Albanians | |
| Algeria | Algerian | Algerians | |
| American Samoa | American Samoan | American Samoans | |
| Andorra | Andorran | Andorrans | |
| Angola | Angolan | Angolans | |
| Anguilla | Anguillan | Anguillans | |
| Antigua and Barbuda | Antiguan, Barbudan | Antiguans, Barbudans | |
| Argentina | Argentinian, Argentine | Argentinians, Argentines | |
| Armenia | Armenian * | Armenians | |
| Australia | Australian | Australians | "Aussies" |
| Austria | Austrian | Austrians | |
| Azerbaijan | Azerbaijani, Azeri * | Azerbaijanis, Azeris | |
| Bahamas | Bahamian | Bahamians | |
| Bahrain | Bahraini | Bahrainis | |
| Bangladesh | Bangladeshi | Bangladeshis | |
| Barbados | Barbadian ("Bajan") | Barbadians | "Bajans" |
| Belarus | Belarusian * | Belarusians | |
| Belgium | Belgian | Belgians | |
| Belize | Belizean | Belizeans | |
| Benin | Beninese, Beninois | Beninese, Beninois | |
| Bermuda | Bermudian, Bermudan | Bermudians, Bermudans | |
| Bhutan | Bhutanese | Bhutanese | |
| Bolivia | Bolivian | Bolivians | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Bosnian *, Bosniak, Herzegovinian | Bosnians, Bosniaks, Herzegovinians | |
| Botswana | Motswana (pl. Batswana), Botswanan | Batswana, Botswanans | |
| Brazil | Brazilian | Brazilians | |
| British Virgin Islands | British Virgin Island | British Virgin Islanders | |
| Brunei | Bruneian | Bruneians | |
| Bulgaria | Bulgarian * | Bulgarians | |
| Burkina Faso[1] | Burkinabe | Burkinabe | |
| Burundi | Burundian | Burundians | |
| Cambodia | Cambodian * | Cambodians | |
| Cameroon | Cameroonian | Cameroonians | |
| Canada | Canadian | Canadians | "Canucks"[2] |
| Cape Verde | Cape Verdean | Cape Verdeans | |
| Cayman Islands | Caymanian | Caymanians | |
| Central African Republic | Central African | Central Africans | |
| Chad | Chadian | Chadians | |
| Chile | Chilean | Chileans | |
| China | Chinese * | Chinese | |
| Christmas Island | Christmas Island | Christmas Islanders | |
| Cocos (Keeling) Islands | Cocos Island | Cocos Islanders | |
| Colombia | Colombian | Colombians | |
| Comoros | Comorian | Comorians | |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Congolese, Congo | Congolese | |
| Republic of the Congo | |||
| Cook Islands | Cook Island | Cook Islanders | |
| Costa Rica | Costa Rican | Costa Ricans | |
| Côte d'Ivoire | Ivorian | Ivorians | |
| Croatia | Croatian * | Croatians, Croats | |
| Cuba | Cuban | Cubans | |
| Cyprus | Cypriot | Cypriots | |
| Czech Republic | Czech * | Czechs | |
| Denmark | Danish * | Danes | |
| Dominica | Dominican[3] | Dominicans[3] | |
| Dominican Republic | Dominican[4] | Dominicans[4] | "Quisqueyanos" |
| East Timor | Timorese | Timorese | "Maubere" |
| Ecuador | Ecuadorian | Ecuadorians | |
| Egypt | Egyptian | Egyptians | |
| El Salvador | Salvadoran, Salvadorian, Salvadorean | Salvadorans | |
| England | English * | English | |
| Equatorial Guinea | Equatorial Guinean, Equatoguinean | Equatorial Guineans, Equatoguineans | |
| Eritrea | Eritrean | Eritreans | |
| Estonia | Estonian * | Estonians | |
| Ethiopia | Ethiopian | Ethiopians | |
| Falkland Islands | Falkland Island | Falkland Islanders | "Belongers" |
| Fiji | Fijian * | Fijians | |
| Finland | Finnish * | Finns | "Finnlanders" |
| France | French * | French | |
| French Guiana | French Guianese | French Guianese | |
| French Polynesia | French Polynesian | French Polynesians, Tahitians[5] | |
| Gabon | Gabonese | Gabonese | |
| Gambia | Gambian | Gambians | |
| Georgia | Georgian * | Georgians | |
| Germany | German * | Germans | |
| Ghana | Ghanaian | Ghanaians | |
| Gibraltar | Gibraltar | Gibraltarians | |
| Great Britain | British | Britons | see Other words for British |
| Greece | Greek *, Grecian[6] | Greeks, Grecians[6], Hellenes | |
| Greenland | Greenlandic * | Greenlanders | |
| Grenada | Grenadian | Grenadians | |
| Guadeloupe | Guadeloupe | Guadeloupians | |
| Guam | Guamanian | Guamanians | |
| Guatemala | Guatemalan | Guatemalans | |
| Guinea | Guinean | Guineans | |
| Guinea-Bissau | Guinean | Guineans | |
| Guyana | Guyanese | Guyanese | |
| Haiti | Haitian | Haitians | |
| Hong Kong | Hong Kong, Chinese | Hongkongers, Hong Kongers, Chinese | |
| Honduras | Honduran | Hondurans | |
| Hungary | Hungarian * | Hungarians, Magyars | |
| Iceland | Icelandic * | Icelanders | |
| India | Indian | Indians | |
| Indonesia | Indonesian * | Indonesians | |
| Iran | Iranian | Iranians | |
| Iraq | Iraqi | Iraqis | |
| Ireland | Irish * | Irish | |
| Isle of Man | Manx * | Manx | |
| Israel | Israeli | Israelis | |
| Italy | Italian *, Italic[6] | Italians, Italics[6] | |
| Jamaica | Jamaican | Jamaicans | |
| Japan | Japanese * | Japanese | |
| Jordan | Jordanian | Jordanians | |
| Kazakhstan | Kazakhstani | Kazakhstanis[7] | |
| Kenya | Kenyan | Kenyans | |
| Kiribati | I-Kiribati | I-Kiribati | |
| North Korea | North Korean | Koreans | |
| South Korea | South Korean | ||
| Kuwait | Kuwaiti | Kuwaitis | |
| Kyrgyzstan | Kyrgyzstani | Kyrgyzstanis | |
| Laos | Laotian, Lao * | Laotians, Laos | |
| Latvia | Latvian * | Latvians, Letts | |
| Lebanon | Lebanese | Lebanese | |
| Lesotho | Basotho | Basotho | |
| Liberia | Liberian | Liberians | |
| Libya | Libyan | Libyans | |
| Liechtenstein | Liechtenstein | Liechtensteiners | |
| Lithuania | Lithuanian * | Lithuanians | |
| Luxembourg | Luxembourg | Luxembourgers | |
| Macau | Macanese, Chinese | Macanese, Chinese | |
| Macedonia | Macedonian * | Macedonians | |
| Madagascar | Malagasy * | Malagasy | |
| Malawi | Malawian | Malawians | |
| Malaysia | Malaysian | Malaysians | |
| Maldives | Maldivian | Maldivians | |
| Mali | Malian | Malians | |
| Malta | Maltese * | Maltese | |
| Marshall Islands | Marshallese * | Marshallese | |
| Martinique | Martiniquais | Martiniquais | |
| Mauritania | Mauritanian | Mauritanians | |
| Mauritius | Mauritian | Mauritians | |
| Mayotte | Mahoran | Mahorais | |
| Mexico | Mexican | Mexicans | |
| Micronesia | Micronesian | Micronesians | |
| Moldova | Moldovan * | Moldovans | |
| Monaco | Monégasque *, Monacan | Monegasques, Monacans | |
| Mongolia | Mongolian * | Mongolians, Mongols | |
| Montenegro | Montenegrin * | Montenegrins | |
| Montserrat | Montserratian | Montserratians | |
| Morocco | Moroccan | Moroccans | |
| Mozambique | Mozambican | Mozambicans | |
| Myanmar[8] | Myanmari | Bamar (Burmese) | |
| Namibia | Namibian | Namibians | |
| Nepal | Nepali * | Nepalese | |
| Netherlands | Dutch * | Dutch | |
| Netherlands Antilles | Dutch Antillean | Dutch Antilleans | |
| New Caledonia | New Caledonian | New Caledonians | |
| New Zealand | New Zealand | New Zealanders | "Kiwis" |
| Nicaragua | Nicaraguan | Nicaraguans | |
| Niger | Nigerien | Nigeriens | |
| Nigeria | Nigerian | Nigerians | |
| Norway | Norwegian * | Norwegians | |
| Oman | Omani | Omanis | |
| Pakistan | Pakistani | Pakistanis | |
| Panama | Panamanian | Panamanians | |
| Papua New Guinea | Papua New Guinean, Papuan | Papua New Guineans, Papuans | |
| Paraguay | Paraguayan | Paraguayans | |
| Peru | Peruvian | Peruvians | |
| Philippines | Philippine, Filipino * | Philippines, Filipinos | |
| Pitcairn Island | Pitcairn Island | Pitcairn Islanders | |
| Poland | Polish * | Poles | |
| Portugal | Portuguese * | Portuguese | |
| Puerto Rico | Puerto Rican | Puerto Ricans, Boricuas | |
| Qatar | Qatari | Qataris | |
| Réunion | Réunionese | Réunionese | |
| Republic of Ireland[9] | Irish *[9] | Irish[9] | |
| Romania | Romanian * | Romanians | |
| Russia | Russian * | Russians | |
| Rwanda | Rwandan | Rwandans | |
| St. Helena | St. Helenian | St. Helenians | |
| St. Kitts and Nevis | Kittitian, Nevisian | Kittitians, Nevisians | |
| St. Lucia | St. Lucian | St. Lucians | |
| Saint-Pierre and Miquelon | Saint-Pierrais, Miquelonnais | Saint-Pierrais, Miquelonnais | |
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines | St. Vincentian, Vincentian | St. Vincentians, Vincentians | |
| Samoa | Samoan * | Samoans | |
| San Marino | Sammarinese | Sammarinese | |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | São Toméan | São Toméans | |
| Saudi Arabia | Saudi, Saudi Arabian | Saudis, Saudi Arabians | |
| Scotland | Scottish *, Scots * | Scots | |
| Senegal | Senegalese | Senegalese | |
| Serbia | Serbian * | Serbians | |
| Seychelles | Seychellois | Seychellois | |
| Sierra Leone | Sierra Leonean | Sierra Leoneans | |
| Singapore | Singaporean | Singaporeans | |
| Slovakia | Slovak * | Slovaks | |
| Slovenia | Slovenian *, Slovene * | Slovenians, Slovenes | |
| Solomon Islands | Solomon Island | Solomon Islanders | |
| Somalia | Somali * | Somalis | |
| Somaliland | Somaliland | Somalilanders | |
| South Africa | South African | South Africans | |
| Spain | Spanish * | Spaniards | |
| Sri Lanka | Sri Lankan | Sri Lankans | |
| Sudan | Sudanese | Sudanese | |
| Surinam | Surinamese | Surinamers | |
| Swaziland | Swazi | Swazis | |
| Sweden | Swedish * | Swedes | |
| Switzerland | Swiss | Swiss | |
| Syria | Syrian | Syrians | |
| Taiwan | Taiwanese * | Taiwanese | |
| Tajikistan | Tajikistani | Tajikistanis | |
| Tanzania | Tanzanian | Tanzanians | |
| Thailand | Thai * | Thai | |
| Tibet | Tibetan * | Tibetans | |
| Togo | Togolese | Togolese | |
| Tonga | Tongan * | Tongans | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Trinidadian, Tobagonian | Trinidadians, Tobagonians | "Trinis", "Trinibagonians" |
| Tunisia | Tunisian | Tunisians | |
| Turkey | Turkish * | Turks | |
| Turkmenistan | Turkmen * | Turkmens | |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | none | Turks and Caicos Islanders | |
| Tuvalu | Tuvaluan * | Tuvaluans | |
| Uganda | Ugandan | Ugandans | |
| Ukraine | Ukrainian * | Ukrainians | |
| United Arab Emirates | Emirati, Emirian | Emiratis, Emirians | |
| United Kingdom | British | Britons | see Other words for British |
| United States | American[10], U.S. | Americans[11] | "Yankees", "Yanks" |
| Uruguay | Uruguayan | Uruguayans | |
| Uzbekistan | Uzbekistani, Uzbek * | Uzbeks | |
| Vanuatu | Ni-Vanuatu | Ni-Vanuatu | |
| Venezuela | Venezuelan | Venezuelans | |
| Vietnam | Vietnamese * | Vietnamese | |
| Virgin Islands | Virgin Island | Virgin Islanders | |
| Wales | Welsh * | Welsh | |
| Wallis and Futuna | Wallisian *, Futunan | Wallisians, Futunans | |
| Yemen | Yemeni | Yemenis | |
| Zambia | Zambian | Zambians | |
| Zimbabwe | Zimbabwean | Zimbabweans | |
