Population Codes

id	model_version	name	code	level	color	description
a3d9253c-a60d-4886-a851-506ce827f457	4.11.1-0.03	Central & South Asian	CAS	1	# 20AC33	Central and South Asia cover a broad region spanning from Kazakhstan in the north, to Sri Lanka in the south. Over 1.8 billion people call this region their home.
357dc38c-06ec-409b-9940-bb0a46c2d3ad	4.11.1-0.03	East Asian	EAS	1	# EC1010	East and Southeast Asia cover a broad region, from China, Japan, and Korea in the north, to Indonesia in the south. A cradle of an ancient civilization, this region today is home to over 2 billion people of many diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds.
3d7ae9ba-028d-4728-a33a-202d110d59de	4.11.1-0.03	European	EUR	1	# 0078EF	Europe is the second smallest of the world's continents. It is inhabited by ~740 million people. There are 44 countries in Europe, and over 80 distinct ethnic groups. Europe has a long history and diverse traditions, but genetically Europeans are very close.
2df1179b-2459-4fa3-a617-436d6caae3c5	4.11.1-0.03	Melanesian & Aboriginal Australian	MEL1	1	# 5300D1	Oceania is a region stretching over thousands of islands in the Pacific Ocean. It is home to around 41 million people. Melanesians and Aboriginal Australians inhabit the west of this region.
910dafa2-c25a-4c8a-b148-fe2f22e811a1	4.11.1-0.03	Native American	NAM1	1	# 009889	Over a billion people call North and South America their home. Millions of them are indigenous. They are descendants of the people who have been living on these continents for thousands of years before the arrival of Europeans.
f8449242-e225-4d49-a482-5c4b911f0bfd	4.11.1-0.03	Sub-Saharan African	SAF	1	# AB17A6	Sub-Saharan Africa covers a large part of the African continent, from the Sahara desert in the north, to Cape Agulhas in the south. It is home to over one billion people. Sub-Saharan Africans are the most genetically diverse people in the world.
61eb3499-f337-4da2-9893-0430286a2daf	4.11.1-0.03	Western Asian & North African	WAN	1	# FF8000	North Africa and West Asia were connected by land before the construction of the Suez canal. These regions have strong historic, cultural, linguistic, and genetic ties.
7c014c8d-d496-4943-8ec8-41f1680f7896	4.11.1-0.03	Arab & Levantine	ALE	2	# EB7F00	The Levant is a region on the eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea that includes the countries of Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, and Palestine. It borders the vast Arabian Peninsula to the south. Both Levant and the Arabian Peninsula served as historical crossroads between Africa, Europe, and Asia. Today, this region is home to over 135 million people.
fdfa5691-71ad-4ffd-8a88-576fc55482c4	4.11.1-0.03	Ashkenazi Jewish	ASK2	2	# 00607E	Ashkenazi Jewish people moved from the Middle East into Europe, where over centuries they largely married and formed families within their own ethic group. This resulted in a unique genetic signature that we can trace today. The Ashjenazi Jews have both European and Middle Eastern genetic heritage.
ba66e79c-efe5-44d5-8cc2-f2bd7ce0ac8e	4.11.1-0.03	Central Asian	CEA2	2	# 43A047	Central Asia stretches from the Altai Mountains in the north to the Hindu Kush and Pamir Mountains in the south, and from the Caspian sea in the west, to western China and Mongolia in the east. The countries in this region have been historically, culturally, and genetically connected.
4236643a-d599-4f4e-b7fe-36ebac7abfd0	4.11.1-0.03	Southern Central & Southeast African	CSA2	2	# AB47BC	Southern Central and Southeast Africans inhabit a region stretching from the Congo Basin and the African Great Lakes in the north, to Cape Agulhas in the south. This vast area is home to over 450 million people of culturally, ethnically, and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
fe4e066a-7101-4b6d-9df4-fe9fc2727cc9	4.11.1-0.03	Chinese & Southeast Asian	CSE	2	# FF1D23	Chinese and Southeast Asians live in a vast area between the Gobi desert in the north and the Indian Ocean in the south. Both regions have been historically well connected through the flow of people, culture and ideas.
fca6393b-039f-4801-a125-4572c9424b8c	4.11.1-0.03	East European	EAE2	2	# 04BFBF	Our Eastern Europe region stretches from the Baltic sea in the north to the Black sea in the south, and from Czechia in the west to Russia in the east. Countries in this region have been historically influenced by the Habsburg and the Russian Empires and have close genetic ties.
a72944f3-acf2-4a1a-aa51-26794827e51c	4.11.1-0.03	Japanese & Korean	JPK2	2	# D40D12	The Korean Peninsula and the Japanese Archipelago are located to the far east of the Asian continent. Over 200 million people call this region their home. Although distinct, Japan and Korea have culturally influenced each other over many centuries.
acca8e9b-c20a-4197-9546-a5c51d7927a6	4.11.1-0.03	Melanesian & Aboriginal Australian	MEL2	2	# 5300D1	Melanesia includes several countries and territories, including: Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, New Caledonia, Torres Strait Islands. The indigenous inhabitants of Melanesia are genetically close to Aboriginal Australians.
56561c46-a8f3-4083-9a2c-abb3fdead5c2	4.11.1-0.03	North African	NAF2	2	# FA9600	North Africa stretches from the Atlantic Ocean and the Atlas Mountains in the west, to the Nile River valley and the Red Sea in the east. In the north and south, it is sandwiched between the Mediterranean and the Sahara desert. Humans have lived in this region for hundreds of thousands of years.
a2da35a1-5c60-4ef0-8769-16721f08db80	4.11.1-0.03	Native American	NAM2	2	# 009889	Indigenous Americans have inhabited the vast and diverse lands of North and South America for many millennia. First humans likely arrived to the Americas from Siberia, via the Bering Land Bridge 16,000 - 25,000 years ago. Based on archeological evidence, they reached as far as Chile in South America about 14,000 years ago.
03b6c738-cebd-4e1b-8fe6-d87722f027a8	4.11.1-0.03	Northern Asian	NAS	2	# 94090D	Northern Asia stretches across Siberia, Mongolia, and Northeast China. This area has been traditionally inhabited by Turkic, Tungusic, and Mongolic people. The region experiences long harsh winters and is famous for its cold-hardy people.
9e8c0d47-b31a-4565-8e9c-88292802db1a	4.11.1-0.03	Northern East African	NEA2	2	# 7B1FA2	The northern part of East Africa stretches from Sudan in the west to the Horn of Africa in the east. This region played an important role in the out-of-Africa migration of modern humans 60,000 years ago. It was also subject to back-to-Africa migrations around 4,000 years ago, which had a significant impact on the gene pool of the people living in this area. At present, the region is home to almost 200 million people.
456422aa-16d5-4d25-beb0-b9fdb4280ffd	4.11.1-0.03	Northern South Asian	NSA	2	# 43A047	The Northern Part of South Asia includes Pakistan, North India, Nepal and Bangladesh. With over 1.6 billion people, it is one of the most populous parts of the world. Ethnically and culturally diverse, the people of this region have a common genetic heritage. They descend from the Indo-Aryans who moved into this region from Central Asia about 4,000 years ago.
bf3d71da-1f36-469d-abd5-f8a58977d435	4.11.1-0.03	Northern West Asian	NWA	2	# DE6D00	Northern West Asia is nestled between the Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea, the Caspian Sea, and the Persian Gulf. It is where around 12,000 years ago modern humans first started growing crops, and where about 6,000 years ago the world's first civilization was born.
70b538a3-0886-40f6-8757-0e9de5f9965f	4.11.1-0.03	Northwest European	NWE	2	# 00ABD8	Northwest Europe is a broad region stretching from Ireland in the west, to Finland in the east. Some of the most populous countries on the European continent, Germany, UK, and France, are found in this region. The countries in Northwest Europe have been historically, culturally, and genetically well connected.
e3c408ca-879c-4a9c-9cc3-ffc384a02f66	4.11.1-0.03	Southern European	SEU	2	# 121BAB	South Europe stretches over three large peninsulas, from Portugal and Spain in the west, across Italy in the center, to Greece and Bulgaria in the east. With trade routes across the Mediterranean, these areas have been genetically and culturally well connected.
1b2c2c24-86b5-4a49-bfc0-53163e5df4ee	4.11.1-0.03	Southern South Asian	SSA	2	# 20AC61	Home to the great Hindu empires of the past, present day South India and Sri Lanka are inhabited by around 275 million people. Despite being ethnically, culturally, and linguistically diverse, the different peoples of this region share a common Dravidian genetic signature.
5236ed1e-ca46-4168-bbef-114f752cd095	4.11.1-0.03	West African	WAF	2	# BC0ADE	West Africa stretches from the Sahara desert in the north to the Gulf of Guinea in the south, and from Senegal in the west, to Nigeria in the east. Over millennia, this region was home to powerful empires, such as the Mali, Ghana, and Songhai. These empires influenced the culture and genetic makeup of present day West Africans.
30da84b8-9094-4fc5-96d8-efdfa13d9267	4.11.1-0.03	Arab & Levantine	ARB	3	# D95100	The Levant was the first stop modern humans made on their journey out-of-Africa. It is where agriculture originated and where modern humans made their first permanent settlements around 12,000 years ago. With the birth of Islam in western Arabia, around 1,400 years ago, the Arab language, culture, and genetic signature spread across the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, and beyond.
32e2f1f1-52de-4acb-8475-d83ebd7b6c75	4.11.1-0.03	Ashkenazi Jewish	ASK	3	# 00607E	Ashkenazi Jewish people moved from the Middle East into Europe, where over centuries they largely married and formed families within their own ethic group. This resulted in a unique genetic signature that we can trace today. The Ashjenazi Jews have both European and Middle Eastern genetic heritage.
fe40455a-8207-4d33-924b-bb6483e72259	4.11.1-0.03	Bengali & East Indian	BNI	3	# 96CA2D	People of this group have traditionally lived in the world's largest river delta, at the meeting point of the Ganges, the Brahmaputra and the Meghna. This region has long served as a crossroads between the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. This is why, the Bengali and East Indian people, in addition to Indo-European and Dravidian ancestry of their neighbors to the west, also have Australo-Asiatic ancestry found in Southeast Asia to the east.
dcdf9ab8-d10e-41c6-b685-577d75cffbe8	4.11.1-0.03	British & Irish	BRI	3	# 0288D1	The islands of Great Britain and Ireland are home to over 72 million people, including the English, Welsh, Scottish, and the Irish. They share a mixture of Celtic, Anglo-saxon and Viking heritage. A great number of people in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the US have British & Irish ancestry.
f24435af-55de-4dca-8de0-f58a984e7fbc	4.11.1-0.03	Central Asian	CEA	3	# A8C545	Located along the silk road, for many centuries Central Asia was a crossroads for people, goods and ideas. People living in Central Asia today have different degrees of Indo-Iranian and Turkic genetic heritage.
5433a91d-31f0-4b57-b87d-408f3c6452a5	4.11.1-0.03	Dai	CHD	3	# E74C3C	Present day Dai people live in Southern China, and neighboring Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam. The term "Dai" includes several ethnic groups unified by similar language, history, culture, and genetics. They can trace their origins to the Yunnan Province in China.
cb1a7aed-6765-4dbd-98f6-c0f9cac465ff	4.11.1-0.03	Han Chinese	CHI	3	# B9121B	Han Chinese account for over 90% of the Chinese and Taiwanese population today. They can trace their origins back to the ancient civilization that thrived in the Yellow River basin many thousands of years ago.
3fb1bbc7-7e6a-4b90-b293-2e9aa17c8331	4.11.1-0.03	Southern Central & Southeast African	CSA	3	# AB47BC	South of the equator, Africa was originally home to the indigenous hunter-gatherers, such as the San and the Pygmies. At present, this region is largely inhabited by the Bantu people. The Bantu spread southward and eastward from the highlands of Cameroon, in the event known as the \
9764784b-8ab8-4e00-a7fc-9a034676ff0e	4.11.1-0.03	East European	EAE	3	# 04BFBF	Eastern Europeans have different degrees of Slavic, Germanic, Baltic, and Siberian heritage, but in general share a high degree of genetic similarity.
46e7d268-2fc6-4e00-8ff5-55990ce94918	4.11.1-0.03	Filipino & Austronesian	FIL	3	# F44336	In a series of sea voyages, groups of Austronesians expanded out of the Philippines reaching as far as Madagascar in the west and Hawaii in the east. Today, the people of Madagascar, Micronesia, Polynesia and the Philippines share a common genetic signature that can be traced back to these early Austronesian seafarers. In addition to the more recent Austronesian heritage, modern Filipinos also have different degrees of Negrito ancestry that can be traced back to the first indigenous inhabitants of the region.
3e385191-0713-44cc-ac5d-0aa808cec1a4	4.11.1-0.03	Finnish	FIN	3	# 004B8D	Finland, dubbed "the land of thousand lakes", is found in northern Europe and is home to 5.5 million people. It is one of the most northern and remote countries in the world, which contributes to its unique genetic profile. The Finns are genetically distinct from all other Europeans! Finns today are known for their love of nature, sauna, coffee, and heavy metal music.
8363c80a-8d20-4bd8-8871-dffe2806da1a	4.11.1-0.03	French & German	FRG	3	# 0067A6	Our "French & German" ancestry group, apart from France and Germany, includes Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg to the north and Switzerland and Austria to the south. What is connecting these countries apart from their love of bread & chocolate? A lot of shared history and gene flow.
b9f83091-2feb-4977-b317-ae9eb68edf55	4.11.1-0.03	Greek & Balkan	GBA	3	# 2C1DFF	Located on the Balkan Peninsula, these countries share a mixture of Slavic and Mediterranean heritage. People living in these countries are genetically close despite their cultural diversity.
5cc2cf7c-a06b-44fe-bdf9-917aad8bc8cc	4.11.1-0.03	Ghanan, Ivorian, Liberian & Sierra Leonean	GLS	3	# A33EE8	Sierra Leone, Liberia, Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana are located on the coast of the Gulf of Guinea. The largest ethnic groups in this region are the Temne and the Mende people in Sierra Leone, the Kpelle people in Liberia, and the Akan people in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana. These groups share a large degree of genetic similarity.
b8d36a8b-e2db-4c30-b1e0-bc63083832ba	4.11.1-0.03	Gambian & Senegalese	GSE	3	# BA6EEE	Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau and Guinea are located on the North Atlantic coast of West Africa. Larger ethnic groups in this region are the Fula, the Wolof, the Mandika, the Jola, and the Balanta. These groups share a common genetic signature.
f46b91d6-dcd4-4c61-a635-aef4b4a3cad2	4.11.1-0.03	Gujarati Patels	GUP	3	# 588F27	Gujarati Patels are members of the landlord and agrarian caste in Gujarat, India. They have been marrying within their caste for hundreds of years, resulting in a unique genetic signature that we can track today.
8e7c5126-82ed-4475-9abf-ad592650ca1a	4.11.1-0.03	Turkish, Iraqi, Iranian & Caucasian	ICM	3	# FF733F	The Turkish, Iraqi, Iranian and Caucasian people live on the crossroads between Asia and Europe. This region has seen the rise and fall of many empires, including the Persian, Roman, and Ottoman Empires. People in this area carry the genetic heritage of the world's first farmers, mixed with the Central Asian signature of the Ottoman Turks. They also carry traces of East Asian ancestry which date back to the Mongol invasions.
c893097a-3886-4b66-807d-99893ec39655	4.11.1-0.03	Southern Indian & Sri Lankan	ISL	3	# 20AC61	This group includes the Dravidian people of South India, such as the Telugus, the Tamils, the Kannadigas, and the Malayalis. The Sinhalese people of Sri Lanka also belong to this group, being genetically closest to their Tamil compatriots.
ddae891a-3e61-4122-9e7c-fcfa85379e54	4.11.1-0.03	Italian	ITA	3	# 1510F0	Italy, the boot-shaped peninsula in southern Europe, has a long, rich, and eventful history. It has been a hub of gene flow over time, the north in contact with mainland Europe and the south influenced by Mediterranean people arriving by sea. Famous for its arts, culture, and cuisine, Italy today is home to 60 million people.
406695ad-43f4-409a-81c9-29a2aa699ae1	4.11.1-0.03	Japanese & Korean	JPK	3	# D40D12	Japanese and Korean people share a common genetic signature dating back to prehistoric times. Modern Koreans trace their ancestry to prehistoric Siberians who mixed with people that migrated into the region from southern China and Southeast Asia. The genetic landscape of modern Japanese people has been shaped over millennia by multiple waves of migration from the Korean peninsula and mainland China.
94a86ea5-501e-480c-a6eb-da4332b1d77d	4.11.1-0.03	Mongolian & Manchurian	MAM	3	# CD0402	Apart from Mongolians and Manchurians, this grouping also includes the Sakha, Buryat, Daur and other smaller ethnic groups. They inhabit the regions around the Gobi Desert in present day Mongolia, Northeast China, and Northeast Russia. These people are genetically and culturally related.
fe7b3c17-257a-4b47-b7ea-b91dcf2bed04	4.11.1-0.03	Melanesian & Aboriginal Australian	MEL	3	# 5300D1	Ancestors of Melanesians and Australian Aborigines were skilled seafarers who populated the western parts of Oceania about 40,000 - 50,000 years ago. From Papuans, Ni-Vanuatu people, and Fijians to Indigenous Australians, this group is incredibly ethnically, culturally, and linguistically diverse.
478ac25d-bb91-4d67-8c7a-59368bf564b6	4.11.1-0.03	North African	NAF	3	# FA9600	North Africa boasts a rich history, from Ancient Egypt and the Berber Kingdoms of antiquity, to the Arab and Ottoman expansion, and more recently European colonization. All of these have left a trace on the genetic pool of modern North Africans, who inherited a mosaic of North African, Middle Eastern, European and Sub-Saharan ancestry.
e8456661-154b-41b7-971b-9265f9a893f8	4.11.1-0.03	Native American	NAM	3	# 009889	This group includes a wide range of Indigenous people, such as:The Inuit and Métis in Canada, The Cherokee, Navajo and Iroquois in the US, The Maya in Mexico, The Quechua, Aymara, and Mapuche in South America. They all bear the genetic legacy of their ancestors, who crossed into the Americas from Siberia many thousands of years ago.
add6576c-176e-498a-bff2-7c9363c723c7	4.11.1-0.03	Northern East African	NEA	3	# 7B1FA2	The northern part of East Africa is at a crossroads between Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. This is reflected in the culture, language, and genetics of the people who live here. Northern East Africans share a mixture of East African and West Asian ancestry.
c530fa20-fafc-4bc3-bfd0-98e45963de15	4.11.1-0.03	Nepali	NEP	3	# 95AB63	Nepal is a cultural melting pot that is home to almost 30 million people of over 100 different ethnicities. These ethnicities have different degrees of Tibeto-Burman and Indo-European ancestry that originated, respectively, north and south of the Himalayas.
b9176ea2-fb58-40bd-816e-5a03585e29c2	4.11.1-0.03	Nigerian	NGA	3	# A32ADF	Nigeria is located in Western Africa. With over 225 million people, it is the most populous country on the African continent. Nigerians speak around 500 different languages and belong to over 250 ethnic groups, such as the Yoruba, Esan, and Igbo.
b6671fb5-509a-4805-9c24-86f89c2327c0	4.11.1-0.03	Northern Indian & Pakistani	NIP	3	# 8BC34A	North India and Pakistan stretch from the foothills of the Himalayas down to the fertile valleys of the Indus and the Ganges, and beyond. This region is a cradle of one of the world's most ancient civilizations and boasts a long and rich history. Today, it is home to around 1.3 billion people. Many North Indians and Pakistanis share common Indo-European genetic and linguistic heritage.
7bc75cc3-4785-44e0-bf3f-eff3754dddb2	4.11.1-0.03	Scandinavian	SCA	3	# 3498DB	Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Iceland are countries where we are most likely to find the descendants of the Vikings today. These Northern European countries share a common cultural, linguistic and genetic history. Scandinavian people are known for their cold-hardiness, love of winter sports, and great work-life balance.
eb983cfb-6b96-4fbf-9725-53f6d9e76d28	4.11.1-0.03	Southeast Asian	SEA	3	# E53935	Our "Southeast Asian" ancestry group includes mainland Southeast Asia and the Indonesian and Malaysian parts of the Malay archipelago. This is a culturally and ethnically diverse region. It is home to over 550 million people, including large ethnic groups, such as the Bamar, Thai, Khmer, Malay, Javanese, and Sundanese.
570f9e97-2d43-4cb7-83f2-a3858846923e	4.11.1-0.03	Siberian	SIB	3	# C62828	Siberia is a vast geographical region in Russia located to the east of the Ural Mountains. It is home to many native Siberian ethnic groups, such as the Altaian, Chukchi, Itelmen, and Yukaghir people.
be48784c-8e8e-49cc-b3ed-99e4f499e2ff	4.11.1-0.03	Spanish & Portuguese	SPP	3	# 1C3FFD	The Spanish and the Portuguese share a common Mediterranean ancestry, with a dash of North African or "Moorish" influence towards the south of the Iberian Peninsula. This ancestry is frequently found in Latinos in today's Central and South America.
585db288-f137-4b8e-bc9c-019fbcee73fd	4.11.1-0.03	Vietnamese	VIE	3	# FF5252	Vietnam is a vibrant country in Southeast Asia boasting a rich culture, history, and tradition. It is home to over 80 million people. The Kinh account for 85% of the Vietnamese population. They are genetically close to other Southeast Asians.