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Latin Americans (Template:Langx; Template:Langx) are the citizens of Latin American countries (or people with cultural, ancestral or national origins in Latin America).

Latin American countries and their diasporas are multi-ethnic and multi-racial. Latin Americans are a pan-ethnicity consisting of people of different ethnic and national backgrounds. As a result, many Latin Americans do not take their nationality as an ethnicity, but identify themselves with a combination of their nationality, ethnicity and their ancestral origins.<ref name="Lizcano" /> In addition to the indigenous population, Latin Americans include people with Old World ancestors who arrived since 1492. Latin America has the largest diasporas of Spaniards, Portuguese, Africans, Italians, Lebanese and Japanese in the world.<ref>Pozzetta, George E., Bruno Ramirez and Robert F. Harney. The Italian Diaspora: Migration across the Globe. Toronto: Multicultural History Society of Ontario, 1992.</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The region also has large German (second largest after the United States),<ref name="Handwörterbuch">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> French, Palestinian (largest outside the Arab states),<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> Chinese and Jewish diasporas.

The specific ethnic and/or racial composition varies from country to country and diaspora community to diaspora community: many have a predominance of mixed indigenous and European descent or mestizo, population; in others, Indigenous Amerindians are a majority; some are mostly inhabited by people of European ancestry; others are primarily mulatto.<ref name="Lizcano"/><ref name="latin">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The largest single group are white Latin Americans.<ref name=Lizcano/> Together with the people of part European ancestry, they combine for almost the totality of the population.<ref name=Lizcano/>

Latin Americans and their descendants can be found almost everywhere in the world, particularly in densely populated urban areas. The most important migratory destinations for Latin Americans are found in the United States, Spain, France, Canada, Italy and Japan.

DefinitionEdit

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Latin American countries (green) in the Americas

Latin America (Template:Langx or Latinoamérica; Template:Langx) is the region of the Americas where Romance languages (i.e., those derived from Latin)—particularly Spanish and Portuguese—are primarily spoken.<ref name=Colburn>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>"Latin America."The New Oxford Dictionary of English. Pearsall, J., ed. 2001. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press; p. 1040: "The parts of the American continent where Spanish or Portuguese is the main national language (i.e.Mexico and, in effect, the whole of Central and South America including many of the Caribbean islands)."</ref>

It includes 20 countries or territories: Mexico in North America; Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama in Central America; Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Chile, Argentina and Uruguay in South America; and Cuba, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico in the Caribbean—in summary, Hispanic America plus Brazil. Canada and the United States, despite having sizeable Romance-speaking communities, are almost never included in the definition, primarily for being predominantly English-speaking Anglosphere countries. The ABC islands (Leeward Antilles), where the primary language is Papiamento, a Portuguese Creole, may or may not be considered part of Latin America.<ref>https://www.researchgate.net/publication/300471435_Language_and_education_in_Aruba_Bonaire_and_Curacao</ref>

Latin America, therefore, can be defined as all those parts of the Americas that were once part of the Spanish or Portuguese colonial empires,<ref>Template:Cite book Template:Cite book</ref> namely Spanish America and Colonial Brazil.

DemographicsEdit

Ethnic and racial groupsEdit

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Wititi dancers from Colca Canyon, Peru. Indigenous people make up most of the population in Bolivia and Guatemala, and a quarter in Peru.
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Mexican musicians from the Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra. Mestizos comprise the majority of Mexicans.
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Afro-Colombian fruit sellers in Cartagena.
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Woman from Curitiba, one of over a million Japanese Brazilians.
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Rapa Nui dancers from Easter Island, Chile. The Rapa Nui are a Polynesian people.

The population of Latin America comprises a variety of ancestries, ethnic groups and races, making the region one of the most diverse in the world. The specific composition varies from country to country: many have a predominance of mixed European and Amerindian, or mestizo, population; in others, Amerindians are a majority; some are dominated by inhabitants of European ancestry; and some countries' populations are primarily mulatto. White Latin Americans are the largest single group, accounting for more than one-third of the population. Black, Asian, and zambo (mixed black and Amerindian) minorities are also identified regularly.<ref name=Lizcano/><ref name=CIAEG>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

  • Mestizos: Intermixing between Europeans and Amerindians began early in the colonial period and was extensive. The resulting people, known as mestizos, make up the majority of the population in half of the countries of Latin America. Additionally, mestizos comprise large minorities in nearly all the other mainland countries.
  • Whites: Beginning in the late 15th century, large numbers<ref name=Lizcano/> of Iberian colonists settled in what became Latin America (Portuguese in Brazil and Spaniards elsewhere in the region), and at present most white Latin Americans are of Spanish, Portuguese and Italian ancestry. Iberians brought the Spanish and Portuguese languages, the Catholic faith, and many Iberian traditions. Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia and Venezuela contain the largest numbers of Europeans in Latin America in pure numbers.<ref name=Lizcano/> They make up the majority of the population of Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba and Uruguay and roughly half of Brazil's and Venezuela's population.<ref name=Lizcano/><ref name=Venezuela-Census2011>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

|CitationClass=web }}</ref> Of the millions of immigrants since most of Latin America gained independence in the 1810s–1820s, Italians formed the largest group, and next were Spaniards and Portuguese.<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref> Many others arrived, such as French, Germans, Greeks, Poles, Ukrainians, Russians, Croats, Serbs, Latvians, Lithuanians, English, Jews, Irish and Welsh. Most Latin Americans have some degree of European ancestry, when talking into account those of either mixed or full European descent.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}Template:Dead linkTemplate:Cbignore</ref>

  • Amerindians: The indigenous population of Latin America arrived during the Lithic stage. In post-Columbian times, they experienced tremendous population decline, particularly in the early decades of colonization. They have since recovered in numbers, surpassing sixty million (by some estimates<ref name=CIAEG/>), though, with the growth of the other groups, they now comprise a majority only in Bolivia. In Guatemala, Amerindians are a large minority that comprises 41% of the population.<ref name="ReferenceA">Census data Template:Dead link</ref> Mexico's 21% (9.8% in the official 2005 census) is the next largest ratio, and one of the largest indigenous population in the Americas in absolute numbers. Most of the remaining countries have Amerindians minorities, in every case making up less than one-tenth of the respective country's population. In many countries, people of mixed indigenous and European ancestry, known as mestizos, make up the majority of the population.
  • Asians: People of Asian descent number several million in Latin America. The majority of Asian descendants in the country are either of West Asian (such as Lebanese or Syrian) or East Asian (like Chinese or Japanese) descent.<ref name="Lizcano 2005 Study">Template:Cite journal</ref> The first Asians to settle in the region were Filipino, as a result of Spain's trade involving Asia and the Americas. The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics states that the country's largest Asian communities are from West Asia and East Asia.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

|CitationClass=web }}</ref> It is estimated that 7 to 10 million Brazilians are of Lebanese descent.<ref name="itamaraty1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="libano1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Around 2 million Brazilians self-identify as being "Yellow" (amarela or of East Asian descent) according to the 2010 census.<ref name="2010 ibge.gov.br">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The country is home to the largest ethnic Japanese community outside Japan itself, estimated as high as 1.5 million, and circa 200,000 ethnic Chinese and 100,000 ethnic Koreans.<ref>Template:Citation</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Ethnic Koreans also number tens of thousands of individuals in Argentina and Mexico.<ref name="MOFAT">Template:Citation</ref> The 2017 census stated that under 40,000 Peruvians self-identified as having Chinese or Japanese ancestry.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Though other estimates claim as much as 1.47 million people of East Asian descent reside in the country.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Lebanese and Syrian descendants have also formed notable communities in countries like Mexico and Argentina.<ref name="Elindependiente">Template:Cite news</ref> The Martiniquais population includes a mixed African, European and Amerindian descent, and an East Indian (Asian Indian) population is also present in Martinique.<ref name="CIA">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In Guadeloupe, an estimated 14% of the population is of East Asian descent.

  • Mulattoes: Mulattoes are people of mixed European and African ancestry, mostly descended from Spanish, Portuguese, or French settlers on one side and African slaves on the other, during the colonial period. Brazil is home to Latin America's largest mulatto population. Mulattoes form a majority in the Dominican Republic and are also numerous in Cuba, Puerto Rico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Colombia, and Ecuador. Smaller populations of mulattoes are found in other Latin American countries.<ref name=CIAEG/>
  • Blacks: Millions of African slaves were brought to Latin America from the 16th century onward, most of whom were sent to the Caribbean region and Brazil. Today, people identified as "black" are most numerous in Brazil (more than 20 million).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

|CitationClass=web }}</ref> Significant populations are also found in Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Panama and Colombia. Latin Americans of mixed black and white ancestry, called mulattoes, are far more numerous than blacks.

Racial distribution, in 2005<ref name=Lizcano>Template:Cite journalTemplate:Page range too broad</ref> - Population estimates, as of Template:UN PopulationTemplate:UN Population
Country PopulationTemplate:UN Population Mestizos Whites Amerindians Mulattoes Blacks Zambos Asians
Template:Flag Template:UN Population 11.1% 85.0% 1.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.9%
Template:Flag Template:UN Population 28.0% 15.0% 55.0% 2.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Template:Flag Template:UN Population 19.4% 47.7% 0.4% 19.1% 6.2% 0.0% 1.1%<ref name="Igbe Brasil 2010">Template:Cite FTP</ref>
Template:Flag Template:UN Population 44.0% 53.0% 3.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Template:Flag Template:UN Population 53.2% 20.0% 1.8% 21% 3.9% 0.1% 0.0%
Template:Flag Template:UN Population 15.0% 82.0% 0.8% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0% 0.2%
Template:Flag Template:UN Population 0.0% 62.0% 0.0% 27.6% 11.0% 0.0% 1.0%
Template:Flag Template:UN Population 0.0% 14.6% 0.0% 75.0% 7.7% 2.3% 0.4%
Template:Flag Template:UN Population 41.0% 9.9% 39.0% 5.0% 5.0% 0.0% 0.1%
Template:Flag Template:UN Population 86.0% 12.0% 1.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Template:Flag Template:UN Population 41.0% 6.9% 50.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2% 0.8%
Template:Flag Template:UN Population 85.1% 1.9% 7.7% 1.6% 0.0% 3.9% 0.7%
Template:Flag Template:UN Population 70% 15% 14% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.5%
Template:Flag Template:UN Population 69% 17% 5% 6% 3% 0.6% 0.2%
Template:Flag Template:UN Population 32.0% 10.0% 8.0% 27.0% 5.0% 14.0% 4.0%
Template:Flag Template:UN Population 90.5% 3.5% 1.5% 3.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.5%
Template:Flag Template:UN Population 32.0% 12.0% 45.5% 9.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.8%
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Template:Flag Template:UN Population 4.0% 88.0% 0.0% 8.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Template:Flag Template:UN Population 42.9% 42.2% 2.7% 0.7% 2.8% 0.0% 2.2%
Total 635,457,371 30.3% 36.1% 9.2% 20.3% 3.2% 0.2% 0.7%

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Racial groups according to self-identificationEdit

The Latinobarómetro surveys have asked respondents in 18 Latin American countries what race they considered themselves to belong to. The figures shown below are averages for 2007 through 2011.<ref>Informe Latinobarómetro, Latinobarómetro.</ref>

Country Mestizo White Amerindian Mulatto Black Asian Other DK/NR1
Template:Flag 15% 73% 1% 1% 1% 0% 3% 7%
Template:Flag 40% 6% 47% 1% 0% 0% 1% 4%
Template:Flag 18% 45% 2% 15% 15% 2% 0% 2%
Template:Flag 26% 60% 7% 0% 0% 1% 1% 5%
Template:Flag 43% 29% 5% 5% 7% 0% 1% 9%
Template:Flag 16% 66% 3% 9% 2% 1% 1% 5%
Template:Flag 28% 16% 5% 23% 25% 2% 0% 2%
Template:Flag 78% 5% 7% 3% 3% 1% 0% 3%
Template:Flag 62% 14% 5% 3% 2% 1% 2% 11%
Template:Flag 29% 17% 44% 2% 1% 1% 2% 6%
Template:Flag 61% 9% 12% 3% 3% 2% 1% 10%
Template:Flag 60% 15% 15% 2% 0% 1% 3% 4%
Template:Flag 54% 19% 7% 3% 4% 1% 1% 11%
Template:Flag 55% 15% 5% 5% 11% 4% 1% 4%
Template:Flag 36% 35% 2% 1% 1% 0% 4% 20%
Template:Flag 72% 12% 7% 2% 1% 0% 1% 5%
Template:Flag 6% 80% 1% 3% 2% 0% 2% 6%
Template:Flag 45% 40% 4% 3% 2% 1% 0% 5%
Weighted average2 34% 33% 11% 8% 6% 0% 2% 7%

1 Don't know/No response.
2 Weighted using 2011 population.

Genetic ancestryEdit

Average proportions of West Eurasian (European and MENA), Native American and African admixtures in each Latin American country:

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Country Population<ref name=":3" /> West Eurasian % Native American % African % Source
Template:Flag 45,538,000 72.3% 25.2% 2.5% Toscanini et al. 2011<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
Template:Flag 12,244,000 16.2% 82.2% 1.6% Heinz et al. 2013<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
Template:Flag 211,141,000 62.0% 17.0% 21.0% Moura et al. 2015<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
Template:Flag 19,659,000 49.0% 48.0% 3.0% Bermejo et al. 2017<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
Template:Flag 52,321,000 52.2% 32.5% 15.3% Ossa et al. 2016<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
Template:Flag 5,106,000 49.2% 37.9% 12.9% Campos-Sánchez et al. 2013<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
Template:Flag 11,020,000 71.0% 8.0% 21.0% Fortes-Lima et al. 2018<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
Template:Flag 11,331,000 52.0% 10.0% 38.0% Mathias et al. 2016<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
Template:Flag 17,980,000 32.9% 61.5% 5.6% Rodrigues-Soares et al. 2019<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
Template:Flag 6,310,000 46.7% 48.8% 4.5% Salazar-Flores et al. 2015<ref name=":2">Template:Cite journal</ref>
Template:Flag 18,125,000 26.5% 71.2% 2.3% Söchtig et al. 2015<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

(weighted average of Ladinos & Mayas)

Template:Flag 10,645,000 58.4% 36.2% 5.4% Salazar-Flores et al. 2015<ref name=":2" />
Template:Flag 129,740,000 42.3% 54.0% 3.7% Salzano & Sans 2014<ref name=":1">Template:Cite journal</ref>

(average of three "General" studies)

Template:Flag 6,824,000 43.0% 41.0% 16.0% Arrieta-Bolaños et al. 2018<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
Template:Flag 4,459,000 25.0% 51.0% 24.0% Castro-Perez et al. 2016<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
Template:Flag 6,844,000 55.4% 33.8% 10.8% Simão et al. 2021<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
Template:Flag 33,846,000 18.0% 78.0% 4.0% Marker et al. 2020<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
Template:FlagTemplate:Refn 3,242,000 61.0% 18.0% 21.0% Pérez-Mayoral et al. 2019<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
Template:Flag 3,388,000 76.6% 14.0% 9.4% Bonilla et al. 2015<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
Template:Flag 28,301,000 58.8% 28.6% 12.6% Larralde et al. 2001<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
Weighted average 638,064,000 51.54% 36.32% 12.14%

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LanguageEdit

File:Map-Romance Latin America.svg
Linguistic map of Latin America. Spanish in green, Portuguese in orange, and French in blue.

Spanish and Portuguese are the predominant languages of Latin America. Spanish is the official language of most of the countries on the Latin American mainland, as well as in Puerto Rico (where it is co-official with English), Cuba and the Dominican Republic. Portuguese is spoken only in Brazil, the biggest and most populous country in the region. French is spoken in Haiti, as well as in the French overseas departments of French Guiana in South America and Guadeloupe and Martinique in the Caribbean. Dutch is the official language of some Caribbean islands and in Suriname on the continent; however, as Dutch is a Germanic language, these territories are not considered part of Latin America.

Indigenous languages are widely spoken in Peru, Guatemala, Bolivia and Paraguay, and, to a lesser degree, in Mexico, Chile and Ecuador. In Latin American countries not named above, the population of speakers of indigenous languages is small or non-existent.

In Peru, Quechua is an official language, alongside Spanish and any other indigenous language in the areas where they predominate. In Ecuador, while holding no official status, the closely related Quichua is a recognized language of the indigenous people under the country's constitution; however, it is only spoken by a few groups in the country's highlands. In Bolivia, Aymara, Quechua and Guaraní hold official status alongside Spanish. Guarani is, along with Spanish, an official language of Paraguay, and is spoken by a majority of the population (who are, for the most part, bilingual), and it is co-official with Spanish in the Argentine province of Corrientes. In Nicaragua, Spanish is the official language, but, on the country's Caribbean coast English and indigenous languages such as Miskito, Sumo, and Rama also hold official status. Colombia recognizes all indigenous languages spoken within its territory as official, though fewer than 1% of its population are native speakers of these. Nahuatl is one of the 62 native languages spoken by indigenous people in Mexico that are officially recognized by the government as "national languages" along with Spanish.

Other European languages spoken in Latin America include: English, by some groups in Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama and Puerto Rico, as well as in nearby countries that may or may not be considered Latin American, such as Belize and Guyana; English is also used as a major foreign language in Latin American commerce and education. Other languages spoken in parts of Latin America include German in southern Brazil, southern Chile, Argentina, portions of northern Venezuela and Paraguay; Italian in Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Venezuela; Polish, Ukrainian and Russian in southern Brazil; and Welsh<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> in southern Argentina. Hebrew and Yiddish are used by Jewish diasporas in Argentina and Brazil.

In several nations, especially in the Caribbean region, creole languages are spoken. The most widely spoken creole language in the Caribbean in general is Haitian Creole, the predominant language of Haiti; it is derived primarily from French and certain West African tongues with indigenous, English, Portuguese and Spanish influences as well. The other most spoken Creole is Antillean Creole French that is primarily spoken in the Lesser Antilles. It is a French-based creole, that is the local language spoken among the natives of the Caribbean islands of Saint Lucia and Dominica and also in Martinique and Guadeloupe. Creole languages of mainland Latin America, similarly, are derived from European languages and various African tongues.

ReligionEdit

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Procession of Our Lord and the Virgin of the Miracle in Salta city.

The vast majority of Latin Americans are Christians (90%),<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> mostly Roman Catholics.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> About 71% of the Latin American population consider themselves Catholic.<ref>Fraser, Barbara J., In Latin America, Catholics down, church's credibility up, poll says Catholic News Service June 23, 2005</ref> Membership in Protestant denominations is increasing, particularly in Brazil, Guatemala and Puerto Rico. Argentina hosts the largest communities of both Jews<ref name=nl>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=jpppi>The Jewish People Policy Planning Institute; Annual Assessment, 2007 </ref><ref name=ujc>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and Muslims<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> in Latin America. Indigenous religions and rituals are practiced in countries with large indigenous populations, especially Bolivia, Guatemala, Mexico and Peru, and Afro-Latin American religions such as Santería, Candomblé, Umbanda, and Macumba are practiced in countries with large Afro-Latin American populations, especially Cuba, Brazil, and Dominican Republic. Latin America constitutes, in absolute terms, the world's second largest Christian population, after Europe.<ref name="Survey1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

MigrationEdit

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According to the 2005 Colombian census or DANE, about 3,331,107 Colombians currently live abroad.<ref name=pstalker>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The number of Brazilians living overseas is estimated at 2 million people.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> An estimated 1.5 to two million Salvadorians reside in the United States.<ref>Country Overview: El Salvador Template:Webarchive, United States Agency for International Development</ref> At least 1.5 million Ecuadorians have gone abroad, mainly to the United States and Spain.<ref>Chavistas in Quito, Forbes.com, January 7, 2008</ref> Approximately 1.5 million Dominicans live abroad, mostly in the United States.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> More than 1.3 million Cubans live abroad, most of them in the United States.<ref>Cubans Abroad, Radiojamaica.com</ref> It is estimated that over 800,000 Chileans live abroad, mainly in Argentina, Canada, United States and Spain. Other Chilean nationals may be located in countries like Costa Rica, Mexico and Sweden.<ref>Chile: Moving Towards a Migration Policy, Migration Information Source</ref> An estimated 700,000 Bolivians were living in Argentina as of 2006 and another 33,000 in the United States.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Central Americans living abroad in 2005 were 3,314,300,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> of which 1,128,701 were Salvadorans,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 685,713 were Guatemalans,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 683,520 were Nicaraguans,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 414,955 were Hondurans,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 215,240 were Panamanians<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and 127,061 were Costa Rica.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

As of 2006, Costa Rica and Chile were the only two countries with global positive migration rates.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Notable Latin AmericansEdit

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Latin Americans by nationality
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