Countries and Nationality Vocabulary
This chart lists many of the countries or nations in the world, with the following information:
- name of country
- adjective used for that country (also describes nationality)
- noun used for a person from that country
Look at these example sentences:
- She comes from France.
- She is French.
- Her nationality is French.
- She is a Frenchwoman.
- She drives a French car
- She speaks French.
| country | adjective | person |
|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | Afghan | an Afghan |
| Albania | Albanian | an Albanian |
| Algeria | Algerian | an Algerian |
| Andorra | Andorran | an Andorran |
| Angola | Angolan | an Angolan |
| Argentina | Argentinian | an Argentinian |
| Armenia | Armenian | an Armenian |
| Australia | Australian | an Australian |
| Austria | Austrian | an Austrian |
| Azerbaijan | Azerbaijani | an Azerbaijani |
| Bahamas | Bahamian | a Bahamian |
| Bahrain | Bahraini | a Bahraini |
| Bangladesh | Bangladeshi | a Bangladeshi |
| Barbados | Barbadian | a Barbadian |
| Belarus | Belarusian or Belarusan | a Belarusian or a Belarusan |
| Belgium | Belgian | a Belgian |
| Belize | Belizean | a Belizean |
| Benin | Beninese | a Beninese |
| Bhutan | Bhutanese | a Bhutanese |
| Bolivia | Bolivian | a Bolivian |
| Bosnia-Herzegovina | Bosnian | a Bosnian |
| Botswana | Botswanan | a Tswana |
| Brazil | Brazilian | a Brazilian |
| Britain | British | a Briton |
| Brunei | Bruneian | a Bruneian |
| Bulgaria | Bulgarian | a Bulgarian |
| Burkina | Burkinese | a Burkinese |
| Burma (official name Myanmar) | Burmese | a Burmese |
| Burundi | Burundian | a Burundian |
| Cambodia | Cambodian | a Cambodian |
| Cameroon | Cameroonian | a Cameroonian |
| Canada | Canadian | a Canadian |
| Cape Verde Islands | Cape Verdean | a Cape Verdean |
| Chad | Chadian | a Chadian |
| Chile | Chilean | a Chilean |
| China | Chinese | a Chinese |
| Colombia | Colombian | a Colombian |
| Congo | Congolese | a Congolese |
| Costa Rica | Costa Rican | a Costa Rican |
| Croatia | Croat or Croatian | a Croat or a Croatian |
| Cuba | Cuban | a Cuban |
| Cyprus | Cypriot | a Cypriot |
| Czech Republic | Czech | a Czech |
| Denmark | Danish | a Dane |
| Djibouti | Djiboutian | a Djiboutian |
| Dominica | Dominican | a Dominican |
| Dominican Republic | Dominican | a Dominican |
| Ecuador | Ecuadorean | an Ecuadorean |
| Egypt | Egyptian | an Egyptian |
| El Salvador | Salvadorean | a Salvadorean |
| England | English | an Englishman, an Englishwoman |
| Eritrea | Eritrean | an Eritrean |
| Estonia | Estonian | an Estonian |
| Ethiopia | Ethiopian | an Ethiopian |
| Fiji | Fijian | a Fijian |
| Finland | Finnish | a Finn |
| France | French | a Frenchman, a Frenchwoman |
| Gabon | Gabonese | a Gabonese |
| Gambia, the | Gambian | a Gambian |
| Georgia | Georgian | a Georgian |
| Germany | German | a German |
| Ghana | Ghanaian | a Ghanaian |
| Greece | Greek | a Greek |
| Grenada | Grenadian | a Grenadian |
| Guatemala | Guatemalan | a Guatemalan |
| Guinea | Guinean | a Guinean |
| Guyana | Guyanese | a Guyanese |
| Haiti | Haitian | a Haitian |
| Holland (also Netherlands) | Dutch | a Dutchman, a Dutchwoman |
| Honduras | Honduran | a Honduran |
| Hungary | Hungarian | a Hungarian |
| Iceland | Icelandic | an Icelander |
| India | Indian | an Indian |
| Indonesia | Indonesian | an Indonesian |
| Iran | Iranian | an Iranian |
| Iraq | Iraqi | an Iraqi |
| Ireland, Republic of | Irish | an Irishman, an Irishwoman |
| Italy | Italian | an Italian |
| Jamaica | Jamaican | a Jamaican |
| Japan | Japanese | a Japanese |
| Jordan | Jordanian | a Jordanian |
| Kazakhstan | Kazakh | a Kazakh |
| Kenya | Kenyan | a Kenyan |
| Kuwait | Kuwaiti | a Kuwaiti |
| Laos | Laotian | a Laotian |
| Latvia | Latvian | a Latvian |
| Lebanon | Lebanese | a Lebanese |
| Liberia | Liberian | a Liberian |
| Libya | Libyan | a Libyan |
| Liechtenstein | - | a Liechtensteiner |
| Lithuania | Lithuanian | a Lithuanian |
| Luxembourg | - | a Luxembourger |
| Madagascar | Malagasy or Madagascan | a Malagasy or a Madagascan |
| Malawi | Malawian | a Malawian |
| Malaysia | Malaysian | a Malaysian |
| Maldives | Maldivian | a Maldivian |
| Mali | Malian | a Malian |
| Malta | Maltese | a Maltese |
| Mauritania | Mauritanian | a Mauritanian |
| Mauritius | Mauritian | a Mauritian |
| Mexico | Mexican | a Mexican |
| Moldova | Moldovan | a Moldovan |
| Monaco | Monégasque or Monacan | a Monégasque or a Monacan |
| Mongolia | Mongolian | a Mongolian |
| Montenegro | Montenegrin | a Montenegrin |
| Morocco | Moroccan | a Moroccan |
| Mozambique | Mozambican | a Mozambican |
| Myanmar see Burma | - | - |
| Namibia | Namibian | a Namibian |
| Nepal | Nepalese | a Nepalese |
| Netherlands, the (see Holland) | Dutch | a Dutchman, a Dutchwoman, or a Netherlander |
| New Zealand | New Zealand (used attributively only, as in New Zealand butter but not |
a New Zealander |
| Nicaragua | Nicaraguan | a Nicaraguan |
| Niger | Nigerien | a Nigerien |
| Nigeria | Nigerian | a Nigerian |
| North Korea | North Korean | a North Korean |
| Norway | Norwegian | a Norwegian |
| Oman | Omani | an Omani |
| Pakistan | Pakistani | a Pakistani |
| Panama | Panamanian | a Panamanian |
| Papua New Guinea | Papua New Guinean or Guinean | a Papua New Guinean or a Guinean |
| Paraguay | Paraguayan | a Paraguayan |
| Peru | Peruvian | a Peruvian |
| the Philippines | Philippine or Filipino | a Filipino (male/female), a Filipina (female) |
| Poland | Polish | a Pole |
| Portugal | Portuguese | a Portuguese |
| Qatar | Qatari | a Qatari |
| Romania | Romanian | a Romanian |
| Russia | Russian | a Russian |
| Rwanda | Rwandan | a Rwandan |
| Saudi Arabia | Saudi Arabian or Saudi | a Saudi Arabian or a Saudi |
| Scotland | Scottish | a Scot |
| Senegal | Senegalese | a Senegalese |
| Serbia | Serb or Serbian | a Serb or a Serbian |
| Seychelles, the | Seychellois | a Seychellois |
| Sierra Leone | Sierra Leonian | a Sierra Leonian |
| Singapore | Singaporean | a Singaporean |
| Slovakia | Slovak | a Slovak |
| Slovenia | Slovene or Slovenian | a Slovene or a Slovenian |
| Solomon Islands | - | a Solomon Islander |
| Somalia | Somali | a Somali |
| South Africa | South African | a South African |
| South Korea | South Korean | a South Korean |
| Spain | Spanish | a Spaniard |
| Sri Lanka | Sri Lankan | a Sri Lankan |
| Sudan | Sudanese | a Sudanese |
| Suriname | Surinamese | a Surinamer or a Surinamese |
| Swaziland | Swazi | a Swazi |
| Sweden | Swedish | a Swede |
| Switzerland | Swiss | a Swiss |
| Syria | Syrian | a Syrian |
| Taiwan | Taiwanese | a Taiwanese |
| Tajikistan | Tajik or Tadjik | a Tajik or a Tadjik |
| Tanzania | Tanzanian | a Tanzanian |
| Thailand | Thai | a Thai |
| Togo | Togolese | a Togolese |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Trinidadian Tobagan Tobagonian |
a Trinidadian a Tobagan a Tobagonian |
| Tunisia | Tunisian | a Tunisian |
| Turkey | Turkish | a Turk |
| Turkmenistan | Turkmen or Turkoman | a Turkmen or a Turkoman |
| Tuvalu | Tuvaluan | a Tuvaluan |
| Uganda | Ugandan | a Ugandan |
| Ukraine | Ukrainian | a Ukrainian |
| United Arab Emirates (UAE) | UAE or Emirates (used attributively only, as in UAE buildings, Emirates holidays but not |
an Emirati |
| United Kingdom (UK) | UK (used attributively only, as in UK time but not |
a Briton |
| United States of America (USA) | US (used attributively only, as in US aggression but not |
a US citizen |
| Uruguay | Uruguayan | a Uruguayan |
| Uzbekistan | Uzbek | an Uzbek |
| Vanuatu | Vanuatuan | a Vanuatuan |
| Vatican City | - | - |
| Venezuela | Venezuelan | a Venezuelan |
| Vietnam | Vietnamese | a Vietnamese |
| Wales | Welsh | a Welshman, a Welshwoman |
| Western Samoa | Western Samoan | a Western Samoan |
| Yemen | Yemeni | a Yemeni |
| Yugoslavia | Yugoslav | a Yugoslav |
| Zaire | Zaïrean | a Zaïrean |
| Zambia | Zambian | a Zambian |
| Zimbabwe | Zimbabwean | a Zimbabwean |