Mestizo Colombians

Mestizo Colombians refers to Colombians who are of European (mostly Spaniard) and Amerindian ancestry.

Mestizo Colombians
Colombiano Mestizo
Total population
47%,[1] 49%,[2] 53.2%,[3] or 58%[4] of Colombians
Regions with significant populations
Throughout the nation
Languages
Predominantly Colombian Spanish
Religion
Christianity (Catholic, Protestant, other Christians), Irreligion

Numbers and distribution

The 2018 census reported that 87% of the population do not consider part of some the recognized ethnic groups, being mostly 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]

According to Latinobarometro, 47% of Colombians surveyed self identified as Mestizos.[1]

Genetics

Genetic studies estimate that admixture of Colombians varies between 45.9% European, 33.8% Amerindian, and 20.3% African ancestry;[6] and 62.5% European, 27.4% Amerindian, and 9.2% African ancestry.[7]

In a genetic research published in 2014, 77% of Colombians sampled self identified as of mixed ancestry and their average admixture was 60% European, 29% Amerindian, and 11% African.[8]

Genetic ancestry of Colombians according to Candela Project (2014).[8]

  European (60%)
  Amerindian (29%)
  African (11%)

See also

References
  1. "Informe Latinobarómetro 2018". Latinobarometro. Retrieved October 3, 2022.
  2. "Colombia a country study" (PDF).
  3. 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{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  4. "The World Fact Book".
  5. "Geoportal del DANE - Geovisor CNPV 2018". geoportal.dane.gov.co. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
  6. Godinho, Neide Maria de Oliveira (2008). O impacto das migrações na constituição genética de populações latino-americanas (Thesis).
  7. Homburger, Julian R.; Moreno-Estrada, Andrés; Gignoux, Christopher R.; Nelson, Dominic; Sanchez, Elena; Ortiz-Tello, Patricia; Pons-Estel, Bernardo A.; Acevedo-Vasquez, Eduardo; Miranda, Pedro; Langefeld, Carl D.; Gravel, Simon; Alarcón-Riquelme, Marta E.; Bustamante, Carlos D. (4 December 2015). "Genomic Insights into the Ancestry and Demographic History of South America". PLOS Genetics. 11 (12): e1005602. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1005602. PMC 4670080. PMID 26636962.
  8. Ruiz-Linares, Andrés; Adhikari, Kaustubh; Acuña-Alonzo, Victor; Quinto-Sanchez, Mirsha; Jaramillo, Claudia; Arias, William; Fuentes, Macarena; Pizarro, María; Everardo, Paola; Avila, Francisco de; Gómez-Valdés, Jorge (2014-09-25). "Admixture in Latin America: Geographic Structure, Phenotypic Diversity and Self-Perception of Ancestry Based on 7,342 Individuals". PLOS Genetics. 10 (9): e1004572. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1004572. ISSN 1553-7404. PMC 4177621. PMID 25254375.
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