Self-identified Mestizos by population estimates (Note: In countries like Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Panama, Brazil, Cuba and the Cartagena region of Colombia, "mestizos" and Tri-racials are often lumped together so the "mestizo" populations in these countries in the rigid definition of the term are probably overstated)
1. Mexico: 90 - 107 million
2. Colombia: 25 - 30 million
3. Brazil: 13 - 14 million
4. Peru: 12 - 13 million
5. Ecuador: 12 - 13 million
6. Venezuela: 10 - 12 million
7. Chile: 9 - 10 million
8. Guatemala: 8.5 - 9 million
9. Honduras: 8 - 8.5 million
10. Bolivia: 7 - 8 million
11. Paraguay: 6 - 7 million
12. El Salvador: 5 - 6 million
13. Nicaragua: 4 - 5 million
14. Panama: 2.5 - 3 million
15. Costa Rica: 2 - 2.5 million
16. Argentina: 1 - 2 million
17. Uruguay: 250,000 - 300,000
18. Puerto Rico: 200, 000 - 250, 000
19. Dominican Republic: 100,000- 150,000
20. Cuba: 75,000 - 100,000
Largest population: Mexico
Smallest population: Cuba
Self-identified Amerindians/Natives population estimates:
1. Mexico: 25 - 30 million
2. Peru: 10 - 15 million
3. Guatemala: 6 - 7 million
4. Bolivia: 2 - 3 million
5. Ecuador: 1.9 - 2 million
6. Chile: 1.8 - 1.9 million
7. Colombia: 1.6 - 1.8 million
8. Venezuela: 800,000 - 900,000
9. Brazil: 700,000 - 800,000
10. Honduras: 650,000 - 700,000
11. Argentina: 600,000 - 650,000
12. Panama: 400,000 - 500,000
13. Nicaragua: 300,000 - 400,000
14. Costa Rica: 125,000 - 150,000
15. Paraguay: 100,000 - 125,000
16. Uruguay: 75,000 - 100,000
17. El Salvador: 12,500 - 25,000
18. Puerto Rico: 10,000 - 12,500
19. Dominican Republic: 7,500 - 10,000
20. Cuba: 1,000 - 7,500
Largest population: Mexico
Smallest population: Cuba
Combined self-identified Mestizo/Native population estimates:
1. Mexico: 100 - 108 million
2. Colombia: 28 - 32 million
3. Peru: 25 - 28 million
4. Brazil: 14 - 15 million
5. Ecuador: 13.7 - 14 million
6. Guatemala: 13.5 - 13.7 million
7. Venezuela: 12 - 13 million
8. Bolivia: 10 - 10.5 million
9. Chile: 9 - 10 million
10. Honduras: 8 - 9 million
11. Paraguay: 6 - 6.5 million
12. El Salvador: 5 - 5.5 million
13. Nicaragua: 4.5 - 5 million
14. Panama: 3 - 4 million
15. Costa Rica: 2 -3 million
16. Argentina: 1.5 - 2 million
17. Uruguay: 300,000 - 400,000
18. Puerto Rico: 250,000 - 300,000
19. Dominican Republic: 125,000 - 175,000
20. Cuba: 75,000 - 125,000
Largest population: Mexico
Smallest population: Cuba
Estimated percentages of Mestizos:
1. Paraguay: 95% - 96%
2. Honduras: 90% - 91%
3. El Salvador: 85% - 90%
4. Ecuador: 77.5% - 80%
5. Mexico: 70% - 75%
6. Nicaragua: 69% - 70%
7. Bolivia: 68% - 69%
8. Panama: 65% - 67.5%
9. Colombia: 52.5% - 55%
10. Venezuela: 51.5% - 52.5%
11. Costa Rica: 47.5% - 50%
12. Chile: 45% - 47.5%
13. Guatemala: 41.5% - 43%
14. Peru: 37% - 40%
15. Uruguay: 8 - 10%
16. Brazil: 6 - 7.5%
17. Puerto Rico: 5 - 6%
18. Argentina: 3 - 4%
19. Dominican Republic: 1 - 2%
20. Cuba: 0.5% - 1%
Largest percentage: Paraguay
Smallest percentage: Cuba
Estimated percentages of Natives:
1. Peru: 45% - 47.5%
2. Guatemala: 41.5% - 43%
3. Mexico: 23%- 25%
4. Bolivia: 22% - 23%
5. Panama: 12.5% - 13%
6. Chile: 10.5% - 12%
7. Ecuador: 7.5% - 8%
8. Honduras: 7 - 7.5%
9. Nicaragua: 5% - 6%
10. Colombia: 3 - 4%
11. Venezuela: 2.7% - 3%
12. Costa Rica: 2.4% - 2.5%
13. Uruguay: 2.3% - 2.4%
14. Argentina: 2 - 2.3%
15. Paraguay: 1.5% - 2%
16. Puerto Rico: 0.5% - 0.7%
17. Brazil: 0.4% - 0.5%
18. El Salvador: 0.2% - 0.4%
19. Dominican Republic: 0.1 - 0.2%
20. Cuba: 0.0% - 0.1%
Largest percentage: Peru
Smallest percentage: Cuba
Combined Mestizo/Native elements:
1. Paraguay: 97.5% - 98.5%
2. Honduras: 97% - 98%
3. Bolivia: 91% - 92.5%
4. Mexico: 87.5% - 91%
5. El Salvador: 86.5% - 87.5%
6. Ecuador: 85% - 87.5%
7. Peru: 83% - 84%
8. Guatemala: 82% - 83%
9. Panama: 77.5% - 78%
10. Nicaragua: 74% - 77%
11. Colombia: 57.5% - 60%
12. Chile: 55% - 57.5%
13. Venezuela: 53% - 55%
14. Costa Rica: 50% - 52.5%
15. Uruguay: 10% - 12.5%
16. Brazil: 7% - 8%
17. Puerto Rico: 6% - 7%
18. Argentina: 5% - 6%
19. Dominican Republic: 1.5% - 2.5%
20. Cuba: 0.5% - 1.5%
Largest percentage: Paraguay
Smallest percentage: Cuba
In conclusion:
-Mexico has the largest population of Mestizos, Natives, and combined(Native descendent) population by aggregate numbers
-Paraguay has the highest percentage of Mestizos and combined(Native descendent)
-Peru has the highest percentage of Natives
-Cuba has the lowest population and percentage of Mestizos, Natives, and combined(Native descendent)
What shocked me the most was El Salvador! There must have been a lot of mixing going on there if Uruguay has a larger population and Puerto Rico has a higher percentage of Natives than them. Either that or their census has a more stringent definition of who qualifies as Native.
