The list of country names and regions is found at the bottom of this page.
Mandarin names for regions and countries are very different from their English counterparts. Once you have learned the country names, however, the names for nationalities always follow the same pattern.

Nationalities

Nationalities are formed by adding rén (person) to the country name:
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American
►měi guó rén
美國人

Canadian
►jiā ná dà rén
加拿大人

Japanese
►rì běn rén
日本人

Dialogue - What Nationality Are You?

Refer to the list of countries in the table below, and practice the dialogue by substituting other nationalities.
A: ►Nǐ shì nǎ guo rén? 
B: ►Wǒ shì Fà Guó rén. 
A : ►Tā yě shì Fà Guó rén ma? 
B : ►Bú shì. Tā shì Jiā Ná Dà rén. 

A: What’s your nationality?
B: I’m French.
A: Is she also French?
B: No, she’s Canadian.

A: 你是哪國人?
B: 我是法國人.
A : 她也是法國人嗎?
B: 不是. 她是加拿大人.
For more country names see:

EnglishPinyinTraditional CharactersSimplified Characters
North America► běi měi zhōu北美洲北美洲
United States►měi guó美國美国
Canada►jiā ná dà加拿大加拿大
Mexico►mò xī gē墨西哥墨西哥
South America►nán měi zhōu南美洲南美洲
Argentina►ā gēn tíng阿根廷阿根廷
Bahamas►bāhāmǎ巴哈馬巴哈马
Barbados►bābèiduō巴貝多巴贝多
Bolivia►bōlìwéiyà玻利維亞玻利维亚
Brazil►bā xī巴西巴西
Chile►zhìlì智利智利
Columbia►gēlúnbǐyà哥倫比亞哥伦比亚
Costa Rica►gēsīdàlíjiā哥斯大黎加哥斯大黎加
Cuba►gǔbā古巴古巴
Dominican Republic►duō míng níjiā多明尼加多明尼加
Ecuador►è guā duō厄瓜多厄瓜多
El Salvador►sàěrwǎduō薩爾瓦多萨尔瓦多
Grenada►gé ruì nàdá格瑞那達格瑞那达
Guatemala►guā dì mǎlā瓜地馬拉瓜地马拉
Guyana►gěyànà蓋亞那盖亚那
Haiti►hǎidì海地海地
Honduras►hóng dōulāsī宏都拉斯宏都拉斯
Jamaica►yámǎijiā牙買加牙买加
Nicaragua►níjiālāguā尼加拉瓜尼加拉瓜
Panama►bānámǎ巴拿馬巴拿马
Paraguay►bālāguī巴拉圭巴拉圭
Peru► bì lǔ秘魯秘鲁
Puerto Rico►bōduōlígè波多黎各波多黎各
Trinidad and Tobago►qiān lǐdá hé duōbāgē千里達和多巴哥千里达和多巴哥
Uruguay►wū lā guī烏拉圭乌拉圭
Venezuela►wěinèiruìlā委內瑞拉委内瑞拉