Mestizo_Colombians
Mestizo Colombians
Ethnic group
Mestizo Colombians refers to Colombians who are of European (mostly Spanish) and Amerindian ancestry.
Colombianos Mestizos | |
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Total population | |
47%,[1] 49%,[2] 53.2%,[3] or 58%[4] of Colombians | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Throughout the nation, primarily in the Andean, Orinoco and Caribbean regions | |
Languages | |
Predominantly Colombian Spanish | |
Religion | |
Christianity (Catholic) | |
Related ethnic groups | |
White Colombians, Native Colombians |
The 2018 census reported that 87% of the population did not consider themselves part of the listed ethnic groups, instead identifying as Mestizos and Whites.[5]
External sources found Mestizos are the main racial group in Colombia, making up between 49% and 58% of country's population.[2][3][4] Chibcha mestizos make up around 10–15 million people or 20–30% of Colombia’s population.[6] According to Latinobarometro, 47% of Colombians surveyed self identified as Mestizos.[1]
Genetic studies estimate that admixture of Colombians varies between region, but a study conducted in fourteen departments reported an average ancestry 46% Amerindian, 42.8% European, and 11.2% African for Colombian Mestizos.[7]
- "Informe Latinobarómetro 2018". Latinobarometro. Retrieved October 3, 2022.
- Lizcano Fernández, Francisco (2005). "Composición Étnica de las Tres Áreas Culturales del Continente Americano al Comienzo del Siglo XXI" [Ethnic Composition of Three Cultural Areas of the Americas at Beginning of the XXI Century] (PDF). Convergencia (in Spanish). 38 (May–August): 185–232. ISSN 1405-1435. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 20, 2008: see table on page 218
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: CS1 maint: postscript (link) - "Geoportal del DANE – Geovisor CNPV 2018". geoportal.dane.gov.co. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
- Ministerio de Cultura (2010) "Muiscas, los hijos de Bachué". Bogotá | In Spanish