Mestizo Colombians

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

Mestizo Colombians
Colombiano Mestizo
Colombianos Mestizos
Colombian Soccer fans in Russia, showing the diversity of Colombians.
Colombian Soccer fans in Russia, showing the diversity of Colombians.
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

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 urban Mestizo populations reported an average 47% Amerindian, 42% European and 11% African ancestry.[7]

Genetic ancestry of Mestizo Colombians according to Rojas et al (2010)[7]

  Amerindian (47%)
  European (42%)
  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. Ministerio de Cultura (2010) "Muiscas, los hijos de Bachué". Bogotá | In Spanish
  7. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/45822469_Genetic_Make_Up_and_Structure_of_Colombian_Populations_by_Means_of_Uniparental_and_Biparental_DNA_Markers
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