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1 Demography of Contemporary Populations

The following table provides estimates of the per-country populations of indigenous people, and also those with part-indigenous ancestry, expressed as a percentage of the overall country population of each country that is comprised by indigenous peoples, and of people with partly indigenous descent. The total percentage obtained by adding both of these categories is also given.

Note: these categories are inconsistently defined and measured differently from country to country. Some are based on the results of population wide genetic surveys, while others are based on self identification or observational estimation.

Country Indigenous Part Indigenous Combined Total
North America
Canada 1.8% 3.6% 5.4%
Mexico 30% 60% 90%
USA 0.9% 0.6% 1.5%
Central America
Belize 16.7% 33.8% 50.5%
Costa Rica 1% 15% 16%
El Salvador 8% 90% 98%
Guatemala 40.8% 40.8%
Honduras 7% 90% 97%
Nicaragua 5% 69% 74%
Panama 6% 84% 90%
Caribbean
Antigua and Bermuda
Barbados
The Bahamas
Cuba
Dominica 2.9% 2.9%
Dominican Republic
Grenada ~0% ~0% ~0%
Haiti ~0% ~0% ~0%
Jamaica
Puerto Rico 0.4% 84% 84.4%
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and The Grenadines 2% 2%
Suriname 2% 2%
Trinidad and Tobago 0.8% 88 88.8%
South America
Argentina 1%2% 3%
Bolivia 55%30% 85%
Brazil0.4% 0.4%
Chile4.6% 4.6%
Colombia1% 1%
Ecuador25% 65% 90%
French Guiana
Guyana9.1% 9.1%
Paraguay 95% 85%
Peru45% 37% 82%
Uruguay0% 8% 8%
Venezuela

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