Mestizo Colombians refers to Colombians who are of European (mostly Spanish) and Amerindian ancestry.
Numbers and distribution
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]
Genetics
Genetic studies estimate that admixture of Colombians varies between region, but a study conducted in fourteen departments reported an average ancestry 50.6% Amerindian, 41% European, and 8.4% African for Colombian Mestizos.[7]
Genetic ancestry of Mestizo Colombians according to Rojas et al (2010)[7]
See also
- Mestizo
- Race and ethnicity in Colombia
- White Colombians
- Indigenous peoples in Colombia
- Afro-Colombians
References
- ^ a b "Informe Latinobarómetro 2018". Latinobarometro. Retrieved October 3, 2022.
- ^ a b "Colombia a country study" (PDF).
- ^ a b 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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- ^ "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
- ^ a b https://www.researchgate.net/publication/45822469_Genetic_Make_Up_and_Structure_of_Colombian_Populations_by_Means_of_Uniparental_and_Biparental_DNA_Markers
