Blood type distribution by country

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This list concerns blood type distribution between countries and regions. Blood type (also called a blood group) is a classification of genes, based on the presence and absence of antibodies and inherited antigenic substances on the surface of red blood cells (RBCs). These antigens may be proteins, carbohydrates, glycoproteins, or glycolipids, depending on the blood group system.

  50.0% and above   40.0–49.9%   30.0–39.9%   20.0–29.9%   10.0–19.9%   5.0–9.9%   less than 5.0%

Ethnic distribution of ABO (without Rh) blood types[79]
(This table has more entries than the table above but does not distinguish between Rh types.)
People group O (%) A (%) B (%) AB (%)
Australian Aboriginals 61 39 0 0
Abyssinians 43 27 25 5
Ainu (Japan) 17 32 32 18
Albanians 38 43 13 6
Great Andamanese 9 60 20 12
Arabs 34 31 29 6
Armenians 31 50 13 6
Asian Americans 40 28 27 5
Austrians 36 44 13 6
Bantus 46 30 19 5
Basques 51 44 4 1
Belgians 47 42 8 3
Bororo (Brazil) 100 0 0 0
Brazilians 47 41 9 3
Bulgarians 32 44 15 8
Bamar people 36 24 33 7
Buryats (Siberia) 33 21 38 8
Bushmen 56 34 9 2
Chinese-Canton 47 23 25 4
Chinese-Ningbo 35 32 25 9
Chinese-Yangzhou 31 32 27 7
Chinese-Peking 29 27 32 13
Chuvash 30 29 33 7
Croats 34 42 17 7
Czechs 30 44 18 9
Danes 41 44 11 4
Dutch 45 43 9 3
Egyptians 33 36 24 8
English 47 41 9 3
Inuit (Alaska) 38 44 13 5
Inuit (Greenland) 57 36 23 5
Estonians 34 36 23 8
Fijians 44 34 17 6
Finns 34 41 18 7
French 43 47 7 3
Georgians 46 37 12 4
Germans 41 43 11 5
Greeks 44 38 14 5
Romani people (Hungary) 29 27 35 10
Hawaiians 37 61 2 1
Hindus (Bombay) 32 29 28 11
Hungarians 36 43 19 8
Icelanders 56 32 10 3
Indians (India) 37 22 33 7
Native Americans (US) 79 16 4 1
Irish 52 35 10 1
Italians (Milan) 46 41 11 3
Japanese 30 38 22 10
Jews (Germany) 42 41 12 5
Jews (Poland) 33 41 18 8
Kalmyks 26 23 41 11
Kikuyu (Kenya) 60 19 20 1
Koreans 28 32 31 9
Kurds 37 32 23 6
Sami people 29 63 4 4
Latvians 32 37 24 7
Lithuanians 40 34 20 6
Malays 62 18 20 0
Māori 46 54 1 0
Mayans 98 1 1 1
Moros 64 16 20 0
Navajo Indians 73 27 0 0
Nicobarese 74 9 15 1
Norwegians 39 50 8 4
Papuans (New Guinea) 41 27 23 9
Persians 38 33 22 7
Peruvian Indians 100 0 0 0
Filipinos 45 22 27 6
Poles 33 39 20 9
Portuguese 35 53 8 4
Romanians 33 43 16 8
Russians 33 36 23 8
Sardinians 50 26 19 5
Scots 51 34 12 3
Serbs 38 42 16 5
Shompen Nicobarese 100 0 0 0
Slovaks 37 42 16 5
South Africans 45 40 11 4
Spanish 38 47 10 5
Sudanese 62 16 21 0
Swedish 36 45 12 7
Swiss 38 50 9 3
Tatars 28 30 29 13
Thais 32 21 36 9
Turks 43 33 19 6
Ukrainians 37 40 18 6
African Americans 49 27 20 4
White Americans 45 40 11 4
Vietnamese 42 22 30 5

Blood group B has its highest frequency in the Middle East, where it ranks as the largest share of the population. In Southeast Asia its share of the population is lowest, especially in Indonesia, secondarily in East Asia, Northern Asia and neighboring Central Asia, and its incidence diminishes both towards the east and the west, falling to single-digit percentages in Netherlands, Norway, Portugal and Switzerland.[80][81] It is believed to have been entirely absent from Native American and Australian Aboriginal populations prior to the arrival of Europeans in those areas.[81][82]

Blood group A is associated with high frequencies in Europe, especially in Scandinavia and Central Europe, although its highest frequencies occur in some Australian Aboriginal populations and the Blackfoot Indians of Montana, US.[83][84]

Maps of ABO alleles among native populations

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