Demography of Contemporary Populations
The following table provides estimates of the per-country populations of indigenous peoples of the Americas, and also those with partial indigenous ancestry, expressed as a percentage of the overall country population of each country that is comprised by indigenous peoples of the Americas, and of people of partial 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 | Ref. | Part indigenous | Ref. | Combined total | Ref. |
| North America | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenland | 89% | % | 89% | |||
| Canada | 1.8% | 3.6% | 5.4% | |||
| Mexico | 9.8% | 60% | 69.8% | |||
| United States | 0.9% | 0.7% | 1.7% | |||
| Central America | ||||||
| Belize | 16.7% | 33.8% | 50.5% | |||
| Costa Rica | 1% | 15% | 16% | |||
| El Salvador | 1% | 90% | 91% | |||
| Guatemala | 40.8% | % | % | |||
| Honduras | 7% | 90% | 97% | |||
| Nicaragua | 5% | 69% | 74% | |||
| Panama | 6% | 84% | 90% | |||
| Caribbean | ||||||
| Antigua and Barbuda | % | % | % | |||
| Barbados | % | % | % | |||
| The Bahamas | % | % | % | |||
| Cuba | ~0% | ~0% | ~0% | |||
| Dominica | 2.9% | % | % | |||
| Dominican Republic | % | % | % | |||
| Grenada | ~0% | ~0% | ~0% | |||
| Haiti | ~0% | ~0% | ~0% | |||
| Jamaica | % | % | % | |||
| Puerto Rico | 0.4% | 84% | 84% | |||
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | % | % | % | |||
| Saint Lucia | % | % | % | |||
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
2% | % | % | |||
| Trinidad and Tobago | 0.8% | 88% | 80% | |||
| South America | ||||||
| Argentina | 1.0% | 56% | 57% | |||
| Bolivia | 55% | 30% | 85% | |||
| Brazil | 0.4% | % | % | |||
| Chile | 4.6% | % | % | |||
| Colombia | 1% | 58% | 59% | |||
| Ecuador | 25% | 65% | 90% | |||
| French Guiana | % | % | % | |||
| Guyana | 9.1% | % | % | |||
| Paraguay | 1.7% | 95% | 96.7% | |||
| Peru | 45% | 37% | 82% | |||
| Suriname | 2% | % | % | |||
| Uruguay | 0% | 8% | 8% | |||
| Venezuela | % | % | % |
Read more about this topic: Indigenous Peoples Of The Americas
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