List of ethnic groups of Africa

Columns: Major ethnic groups | Region | Countries | Language family | Pop . ( millions ) ( year )
Akan | West Africa | Ghana , Ivory Coast | Niger-Congo , Kwa | 20 | Abyssinians | Horn of Africa | Ethiopia , Eritrea | Afro-Asiatic , Semitic | Amhara | Horn of Africa | Ethiopia | Afro-Asiatic , Semitic | 22 ( 2007 ) | Chewa | Central Africa | Malawi , Zambia | Niger-Congo , Bantu | 12 ( 2007 ) | Fulani | West Africa | Mauritania , Gambia . Guinea-Bissau , Guinea , Nigeria , Cameroon , Senegal , Mali , Burkina Faso , Benin , Niger , Chad , Sudan , CAR , Ghana , Togo , Sierra Leone | Niger-Congo , Senegambian | 20 | Hausa | West Africa | Nigeria , Niger , Benin , Ghana , Cameroon , Chad , Sudan | Afro-Asiatic , Chadic | 43 | Hutu | Central Africa | Rwanda , Burundi , Democratic Republic of Congo | Niger-Congo , Bantu | 15 | Igbo | West Africa | Nigeria | Niger-Congo , Volta-Niger | 34 ( 2017 ) | Kanuri | Central Africa | Nigeria , Niger , Chad and Cameroon | Nilo-Saharan , Saharan | 10 | Kongo | Central Africa | Democratic Republic of the Congo , Angola , Republic of the Congo | Niger-Congo , Bantu | 10

Example questions:
How many ethnicities are have recognition in the nation aside from Ethiopia home to the ethnic group of Africa known as the Abyssinians ? | Who was the leader of the first explorers of the nation home to the ethnic group of Africa known as the Luba from Europe ? | How many states are contained in the nation home to the ethnic group of Africa known as the Igbo ? | Which part of its continent contains the nation home to the ethnic group of Africa known as the Amhara ?

Answers:
nine | Henry Morton Stanley | 36 | Horn of Africa