Mestizo Colombians Explained

Group:	Mestizo Colombians
Native Name:	Colombianos Mestizos
Native Name Lang:	Spanish
Population:	47%,^[1] 49%,^[2] 53.2%,^[3] or 58%^[4] of Colombians
Regions:	Throughout the nation, primarily in the Andean, Orinoco and Caribbean regions
Languages:	Predominantly Colombian Spanish
Religions:	Christianity (Catholic)
Related Groups:	White Colombians, Native Colombians

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. 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.

Genetics

Genetic studies estimate that admixture of Colombians varies between region, but a study conducted in fourteen urban Mestizo populations reported an average of 47% Amerindian, 42% European, and 11% African ancestry.^[7]

See also

• Mestizo
• Race and ethnicity in Colombia
• White Colombians
• Indigenous peoples in Colombia
• Afro-Colombians

Notes and References

1. Web site: Informe Latinobarómetro 2018 . Latinobarometro . October 3, 2022.
2. Web site: Colombia a country study.
3. Lizcano Fernández. Francisco. 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. es. Convergencia. 2005. 38. May–August. 185–232. 1405-1435. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080920172933/http://convergencia.uaemex.mx/rev38/38pdf/LIZCANO.pdf. September 20, 2008.

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4. Web site: The World Fact Book.
5. Web site: Geoportal del DANE – Geovisor CNPV 2018. geoportal.dane.gov.co. 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