Mestizo Colombians

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Mestizo Colombians
Colombianos mestizos (Spanish)
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Total population
Mixed ancestry predominates
49%–60% [1] [2] of the Colombian population
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

Mestizo Colombians (Spanish : Colombianos mestizos) are Colombians of mixed European (mostly Spanish) and Indigenous ancestry. [3]

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Numbers and distribution

The 2018 census reported that 87% of the population did not consider themselves part of a listed ethnic group, instead being mostly Mestizo and White. [4]

External sources found Mestizos are the main racial group in Colombia, making up between 49% and 60% of country's population. [1] [2] Chibcha mestizos make up around 10 million people or 20% of Colombia’s population. [5] According to Latinobarometro in 2023, 50% of Colombians surveyed self-identified as Mestizos. [6]

Genetics

Genetic studies estimate that admixture of Colombians varies between regions, but a 2010 study conducted in fourteen urban Mestizo populations reported an average of 47% Indigenous, 42% European, and 11% African ancestry. [3]

Genetic ancestry of Mestizo Colombians according to Rojas et al (2010) [3]
  1. Amerindian (47%)
  2. European (42%)
  3. African (11%)

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Colombia a country study" (PDF).
  2. 1 2 "The World Fact Book".
  3. 1 2 3 Rojas, Winston; V Parra, Maria; Campo, Omer; Caro, María Antonieta; Lopera, Juan; Arias Pérez, William Hernán; Duque, Constanza (8 June 2010). "Genetic Make Up and Structure of Colombian Populations by Means of Uniparental and Biparental DNA Markers". American Journal of Physical Anthropology . 143: 13–20. doi:10.1002/ajpa.21270.
  4. ↑ "Geoportal del DANE – Geovisor CNPV 2018". geoportal.dane.gov.co. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
  5. ↑ Ministerio de Cultura (2010) "Muiscas, los hijos de Bachué". Bogotá | In Spanish
  6. ↑ "Informe Latinobarómetro 2018". Latinobarometro. Archived from the original on June 10, 2021. Retrieved October 3, 2022.
  7. ↑ Criollo-Rayo, Angel; Bohórquez, Mabel Elena; Lott, Paul; Carracedo, Angel; Tomlinson, Ian; Castro, Jorge Mario; Mateus, Gilbert; Molina, Daniel; Vargas, Catalina Rubio; Puentes, Carlos; Consortium, Chibcha; Echeverry, Magdalena; Carvajal, Luis (2 March 2023). "Colorectal Cancer Risk and Ancestry in Colombian admixed Populations". doi:10.1101/2023.03.02.23286692 – via medRxiv.
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