Central Intelligence Agency

Mission

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is an independent US Government agency responsible for providing national security intelligence to senior US policymakers.

To learn more, visit CIA Vision, Mission & Values.

The Work of a Nation. The Center of Intelligence

Field Listing :: Nationality

This entry provides the identifying terms for citizens - noun and adjective.

Country	Nationality


Afghanistan	noun: Afghan(s) adjective: Afghan


Albania	noun: Albanian(s) adjective: Albanian


Algeria	noun: Algerian(s) adjective: Algerian


American Samoa	noun: American Samoan(s) (US nationals) adjective: American Samoan


Andorra	noun: Andorran(s) adjective: Andorran


Angola	noun: Angolan(s) adjective: Angolan


Anguilla	noun: Anguillan(s) adjective: Anguillan


Antigua and Barbuda	noun: Antiguan(s), Barbudan(s) adjective: Antiguan, Barbudan


Argentina	noun: Argentine(s) adjective: Argentine


Armenia	noun: Armenian(s) adjective: Armenian


Aruba	noun: Aruban(s) adjective: Aruban; Dutch


Australia	noun: Australian(s) adjective: Australian


Austria	noun: Austrian(s) adjective: Austrian


Azerbaijan	noun: Azerbaijani(s) adjective: Azerbaijani


Bahamas, The	noun: Bahamian(s) adjective: Bahamian


Bahrain	noun: Bahraini(s) adjective: Bahraini


Bangladesh	noun: Bangladeshi(s) adjective: Bangladeshi


Barbados	noun: Barbadian(s) or Bajan (colloquial) adjective: Barbadian or Bajan (colloquial)


Belarus	noun: Belarusian(s) adjective: Belarusian


Belgium	noun: Belgian(s) adjective: Belgian


Belize	noun: Belizean(s) adjective: Belizean


Benin	noun: Beninese (singular and plural) adjective: Beninese


Bermuda	noun: Bermudian(s) adjective: Bermudian


Bhutan	noun: Bhutanese (singular and plural) adjective: Bhutanese


Bolivia	noun: Bolivian(s) adjective: Bolivian


Bosnia and Herzegovina	noun: Bosnian(s), Herzegovinian(s) adjective: Bosnian, Herzegovinian


Botswana	noun: Motswana (singular), Batswana (plural) adjective: Motswana (singular), Batswana (plural)


Brazil	noun: Brazilian(s) adjective: Brazilian


British Virgin Islands	noun: British Virgin Islander(s) adjective: British Virgin Islander


Brunei	noun: Bruneian(s) adjective: Bruneian


Bulgaria	noun: Bulgarian(s) adjective: Bulgarian


Burkina Faso	noun: Burkinabe (singular and plural) adjective: Burkinabe


Burma	noun: Burmese (singular and plural) adjective: Burmese


Burundi	noun: Burundian(s) adjective: Burundian


Cambodia	noun: Cambodian(s) adjective: Cambodian


Cameroon	noun: Cameroonian(s) adjective: Cameroonian


Canada	noun: Canadian(s) adjective: Canadian


Cape Verde	noun: Cape Verdean(s) adjective: Cape Verdean


Cayman Islands	noun: Caymanian(s) adjective: Caymanian


Central African Republic	noun: Central African(s) adjective: Central African


Chad	noun: Chadian(s) adjective: Chadian


Chile	noun: Chilean(s) adjective: Chilean


China	noun: Chinese (singular and plural) adjective: Chinese


Christmas Island	noun: Christmas Islander(s) adjective: Christmas Island


Cocos (Keeling) Islands	noun: Cocos Islander(s) adjective: Cocos Islander


Colombia	noun: Colombian(s) adjective: Colombian


Comoros	noun: Comoran(s) adjective: Comoran


Congo, Democratic Republic of the	noun: Congolese (singular and plural) adjective: Congolese or Congo


Congo, Republic of the	noun: Congolese (singular and plural) adjective: Congolese or Congo


Cook Islands	noun: Cook Islander(s) adjective: Cook Islander


Costa Rica	noun: Costa Rican(s) adjective: Costa Rican


Cote d'Ivoire	noun: Ivoirian(s) adjective: Ivoirian


Croatia	noun: Croat(s), Croatian(s) adjective: Croatian


Cuba	noun: Cuban(s) adjective: Cuban


Cyprus	noun: Cypriot(s) adjective: Cypriot


Czech Republic	noun: Czech(s) adjective: Czech


Denmark	noun: Dane(s) adjective: Danish


Djibouti	noun: Djiboutian(s) adjective: Djiboutian


Dominica	noun: Dominican(s) adjective: Dominican


Dominican Republic	noun: Dominican(s) adjective: Dominican


Ecuador	noun: Ecuadorian(s) adjective: Ecuadorian


Egypt	noun: Egyptian(s) adjective: Egyptian


El Salvador	noun: Salvadoran(s) adjective: Salvadoran


Equatorial Guinea	noun: Equatorial Guinean(s) or Equatoguinean(s) adjective: Equatorial Guinean or Equatoguinean


Eritrea	noun: Eritrean(s) adjective: Eritrean


Estonia	noun: Estonian(s) adjective: Estonian


Ethiopia	noun: Ethiopian(s) adjective: Ethiopian


Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	noun: Falkland Islander(s) adjective: Falkland Island


Faroe Islands	noun: Faroese (singular and plural) adjective: Faroese


Fiji	noun: Fijian(s) adjective: Fijian


Finland	noun: Finn(s) adjective: Finnish


France	noun: Frenchman(men), Frenchwoman(women) adjective: French


French Polynesia	noun: French Polynesian(s) adjective: French Polynesian


Gabon	noun: Gabonese (singular and plural) adjective: Gabonese


Gambia, The	noun: Gambian(s) adjective: Gambian


Gaza Strip	noun: NA adjective: NA


Georgia	noun: Georgian(s) adjective: Georgian


Germany	noun: German(s) adjective: German


Ghana	noun: Ghanaian(s) adjective: Ghanaian


Gibraltar	noun: Gibraltarian(s) adjective: Gibraltar


Greece	noun: Greek(s) adjective: Greek


Greenland	noun: Greenlander(s) adjective: Greenlandic


Grenada	noun: Grenadian(s) adjective: Grenadian


Guam	noun: Guamanian(s) (US citizens) adjective: Guamanian


Guatemala	noun: Guatemalan(s) adjective: Guatemalan


Guernsey	noun: Channel Islander(s) adjective: Channel Islander


Guinea	noun: Guinean(s) adjective: Guinean


Guinea-Bissau	noun: Guinean(s) adjective: Guinean


Guyana	noun: Guyanese (singular and plural) adjective: Guyanese


Haiti	noun: Haitian(s) adjective: Haitian


Holy See (Vatican City)	noun: none adjective: none


Honduras	noun: Honduran(s) adjective: Honduran


Hong Kong	noun: Chinese/Hong Konger adjective: Chinese/Hong Kong


Hungary	noun: Hungarian(s) adjective: Hungarian


Iceland	noun: Icelander(s) adjective: Icelandic


India	noun: Indian(s) adjective: Indian


Indonesia	noun: Indonesian(s) adjective: Indonesian


Iran	noun: Iranian(s) adjective: Iranian


Iraq	noun: Iraqi(s) adjective: Iraqi


Ireland	noun: Irishman(men), Irishwoman(women), Irish (collective plural) adjective: Irish


Isle of Man	noun: Manxman (men), Manxwoman (women) adjective: Manx


Israel	noun: Israeli(s) adjective: Israeli


Italy	noun: Italian(s) adjective: Italian


Jamaica	noun: Jamaican(s) adjective: Jamaican


Japan	noun: Japanese (singular and plural) adjective: Japanese


Jersey	noun: Channel Islander(s) adjective: Channel Islander


Jordan	noun: Jordanian(s) adjective: Jordanian


Kazakhstan	noun: Kazakhstani(s) adjective: Kazakhstani


Kenya	noun: Kenyan(s) adjective: Kenyan


Kiribati	noun: I-Kiribati (singular and plural) adjective: I-Kiribati


Korea, North	noun: Korean(s) adjective: Korean


Korea, South	noun: Korean(s) adjective: Korean


Kosovo	noun: Kosovar (Albanian), Kosovac (Serbian) adjective: Kosovar (Albanian), Kosovski (Serbian) note: Kosovan, a neutral term, is sometimes also used as a noun or adjective


Kuwait	noun: Kuwaiti(s) adjective: Kuwaiti


Kyrgyzstan	noun: Kyrgyzstani(s) adjective: Kyrgyzstani


Laos	noun: Lao(s) or Laotian(s) adjective: Lao or Laotian


Latvia	noun: Latvian(s) adjective: Latvian


Lebanon	noun: Lebanese (singular and plural) adjective: Lebanese


Lesotho	noun: Mosotho (singular), Basotho (plural) adjective: Basotho


Liberia	noun: Liberian(s) adjective: Liberian


Libya	noun: Libyan(s) adjective: Libyan


Liechtenstein	noun: Liechtensteiner(s) adjective: Liechtenstein


Lithuania	noun: Lithuanian(s) adjective: Lithuanian


Luxembourg	noun: Luxembourger(s) adjective: Luxembourg


Macau	noun: Chinese adjective: Chinese


Macedonia	noun: Macedonian(s) adjective: Macedonian


Madagascar	noun: Malagasy (singular and plural) adjective: Malagasy


Malawi	noun: Malawian(s) adjective: Malawian


Malaysia	noun: Malaysian(s) adjective: Malaysian


Maldives	noun: Maldivian(s) adjective: Maldivian


Mali	noun: Malian(s) adjective: Malian


Malta	noun: Maltese (singular and plural) adjective: Maltese


Marshall Islands	noun: Marshallese (singular and plural) adjective: Marshallese


Mauritania	noun: Mauritanian(s) adjective: Mauritanian


Mauritius	noun: Mauritian(s) adjective: Mauritian


Mexico	noun: Mexican(s) adjective: Mexican


Micronesia, Federated States of	noun: Micronesian(s) adjective: Micronesian; Chuukese, Kosraen(s), Pohnpeian(s), Yapese


Moldova	noun: Moldovan(s) adjective: Moldovan


Monaco	noun: Monegasque(s) or Monacan(s) adjective: Monegasque or Monacan


Mongolia	noun: Mongolian(s) adjective: Mongolian


Montenegro	noun: Montenegrin(s) adjective: Montenegrin


Montserrat	noun: Montserratian(s) adjective: Montserratian


Morocco	noun: Moroccan(s) adjective: Moroccan


Mozambique	noun: Mozambican(s) adjective: Mozambican


Namibia	noun: Namibian(s) adjective: Namibian


Nauru	noun: Nauruan(s) adjective: Nauruan


Nepal	noun: Nepalese (singular and plural) adjective: Nepalese


Netherlands	noun: Dutchman(men), Dutchwoman(women) adjective: Dutch


New Caledonia	noun: New Caledonian(s) adjective: New Caledonian


New Zealand	noun: New Zealander(s) adjective: New Zealand


Nicaragua	noun: Nicaraguan(s) adjective: Nicaraguan


Niger	noun: Nigerien(s) adjective: Nigerien


Nigeria	noun: Nigerian(s) adjective: Nigerian


Niue	noun: Niuean(s) adjective: Niuean


Norfolk Island	noun: Norfolk Islander(s) adjective: Norfolk Islander(s)


Northern Mariana Islands	noun: NA (US citizens) adjective: NA


Norway	noun: Norwegian(s) adjective: Norwegian


Oman	noun: Omani(s) adjective: Omani


Pakistan	noun: Pakistani(s) adjective: Pakistani


Palau	noun: Palauan(s) adjective: Palauan


Panama	noun: Panamanian(s) adjective: Panamanian


Papua New Guinea	noun: Papua New Guinean(s) adjective: Papua New Guinean


Paraguay	noun: Paraguayan(s) adjective: Paraguayan


Peru	noun: Peruvian(s) adjective: Peruvian


Philippines	noun: Filipino(s) adjective: Philippine


Pitcairn Islands	noun: Pitcairn Islander(s) adjective: Pitcairn Islander


Poland	noun: Pole(s) adjective: Polish


Portugal	noun: Portuguese (singular and plural) adjective: Portuguese


Puerto Rico	noun: Puerto Rican(s) (US citizens) adjective: Puerto Rican


Qatar	noun: Qatari(s) adjective: Qatari


Romania	noun: Romanian(s) adjective: Romanian


Russia	noun: Russian(s) adjective: Russian


Rwanda	noun: Rwandan(s) adjective: Rwandan


Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	noun: Saint Helenian(s) adjective: Saint Helenian note: referred to locally as "Saints"


Saint Kitts and Nevis	noun: Kittitian(s), Nevisian(s) adjective: Kittitian, Nevisian


Saint Lucia	noun: Saint Lucian(s) adjective: Saint Lucian


Saint Pierre and Miquelon	noun: Frenchman(men), Frenchwoman(women) adjective: French


Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	noun: Saint Vincentian(s) or Vincentian(s) adjective: Saint Vincentian or Vincentian


Samoa	noun: Samoan(s) adjective: Samoan


San Marino	noun: Sammarinese (singular and plural) adjective: Sammarinese


Sao Tome and Principe	noun: Sao Tomean(s) adjective: Sao Tomean


Saudi Arabia	noun: Saudi(s) adjective: Saudi or Saudi Arabian


Senegal	noun: Senegalese (singular and plural) adjective: Senegalese


Serbia	noun: Serb(s) adjective: Serbian


Seychelles	noun: Seychellois (singular and plural) adjective: Seychellois


Sierra Leone	noun: Sierra Leonean(s) adjective: Sierra Leonean


Singapore	noun: Singaporean(s) adjective: Singapore


Slovakia	noun: Slovak(s) adjective: Slovak


Slovenia	noun: Slovene(s) adjective: Slovenian


Solomon Islands	noun: Solomon Islander(s) adjective: Solomon Islander


Somalia	noun: Somali(s) adjective: Somali


South Africa	noun: South African(s) adjective: South African


Spain	noun: Spaniard(s) adjective: Spanish


Sri Lanka	noun: Sri Lankan(s) adjective: Sri Lankan


Sudan	noun: Sudanese (singular and plural) adjective: Sudanese


Suriname	noun: Surinamer(s) adjective: Surinamese


Swaziland	noun: Swazi(s) adjective: Swazi


Sweden	noun: Swede(s) adjective: Swedish


Switzerland	noun: Swiss (singular and plural) adjective: Swiss


Syria	noun: Syrian(s) adjective: Syrian


Taiwan	noun: Taiwan (singular and plural) note: example - he or she is from Taiwan; they are from Taiwan adjective: Taiwan


Tajikistan	noun: Tajikistani(s) adjective: Tajikistani


Tanzania	noun: Tanzanian(s) adjective: Tanzanian


Thailand	noun: Thai (singular and plural) adjective: Thai


Timor-Leste	noun: Timorese adjective: Timorese


Togo	noun: Togolese (singular and plural) adjective: Togolese


Tokelau	noun: Tokelauan(s) adjective: Tokelauan


Tonga	noun: Tongan(s) adjective: Tongan


Trinidad and Tobago	noun: Trinidadian(s), Tobagonian(s) adjective: Trinidadian, Tobagonian


Tunisia	noun: Tunisian(s) adjective: Tunisian


Turkey	noun: Turk(s) adjective: Turkish


Turkmenistan	noun: Turkmen(s) adjective: Turkmen


Turks and Caicos Islands	noun: none adjective: none


Tuvalu	noun: Tuvaluan(s) adjective: Tuvaluan


Uganda	noun: Ugandan(s) adjective: Ugandan


Ukraine	noun: Ukrainian(s) adjective: Ukrainian


United Arab Emirates	noun: Emirati(s) adjective: Emirati


United Kingdom	noun: Briton(s), British (collective plural) adjective: British


United States	noun: American(s) adjective: American


Uruguay	noun: Uruguayan(s) adjective: Uruguayan


Uzbekistan	noun: Uzbekistani adjective: Uzbekistani


Vanuatu	noun: Ni-Vanuatu (singular and plural) adjective: Ni-Vanuatu


Venezuela	noun: Venezuelan(s) adjective: Venezuelan


Vietnam	noun: Vietnamese (singular and plural) adjective: Vietnamese


Virgin Islands	noun: Virgin Islander(s) (US citizens) adjective: Virgin Islander


Wallis and Futuna	noun: Wallisian(s), Futunan(s), or Wallis and Futuna Islanders adjective: Wallisian, Futunan, or Wallis and Futuna Islander


West Bank	noun: NA adjective: NA


Western Sahara	noun: Sahrawi(s), Sahraoui(s) adjective: Sahrawi, Sahrawian, Sahraouian


Yemen	noun: Yemeni(s) adjective: Yemeni


Zambia	noun: Zambian(s) adjective: Zambian


Zimbabwe	noun: Zimbabwean(s) adjective: Zimbabwean

The online Factbook is updated weekly. ISSN 1553-8133
For additional information on government leaders in selected foreign countries, go to World Leaders.