Ethnic groups in Central America

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Central America is a region formed by 6 Hispanic countries and one Anglo-Saxon (Belize). This isthmus unites North America with South America. This made up of:

Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama.

Central America has an absolute population of 41.081.300. in the 2006 and one 523.674 surface of km², with a 78,4 density of hab/km², although its population is not distributed the same. For example, Belize is greater than El Salvador by 1.924 km², but El Salvador has 30 times the population of Belize. Also it happens with Panama and Costa Rica, Costa Rica has more population than Panama, but Panama has more surface than Costa Rica. Next we presented/displayed the population and surface of each country with its respective density:

COUNTRY	Surface	Population	Density
Guatemala	108,889	13,500,000	124.0
Belize	22,965	260,300	11.3
Honduras	112,492	7,176,760	63.8
El Salvador	21,041	7,361,360	250.0
Nicaragua	131,670	5,371,830	40.8
Costa Rica	51,100	4,057,150	79.4
Panama	75,517	3,353,900	44.4
Total	523,674	41,081,300	78.4

1 The White Population
2 The Mestizo Population
3 The Black and Mulatto Population
4 The Amerindian Population
5 References

[edit] The White Population

The white ethnic group has an approximated population of 7.762.251 hab. of where almost more than half one is in Costa Rica, thus occupying 19,0% of the Central American population.

COUNTRY	%local	Population	% Regional
Guatemala	5.0	675,000	11.7
Belize	7.8	20,303	0.4
Honduras	1.5	93,298	1.6
El Salvador	9.0	736,140	7.5
Nicaragua	17.0	913,211	15.8
Costa Rica	80.0	3,651,435	62.3
Panama	10.0	335,390	6,0

[edit] The Mestizo Population

The racially mixed population (amerindian and white mixture) is formed by 25.410.209 hab., occupying therefore the 61,9% of the Central American population. The greater percentage have Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama. Costa Rica has a small reserve.

COUNTRY	%local	Population	% Regional
Guatemala	40.0	6,075,000	20.9
Belize	48.7	113,490	0.4
Honduras	49.0	6,451,907	25.7
El Salvador	90.0	6,551,610	25.7
Nicaragua	70.0	3,706,563	14.8
Costa Rica	15.0	365,143	1.5
Panama	60.0	2,146,496	8.5

[edit] The Black and Mulatto Population

The black and mulatto population (mixture of black and white) is little abundant, is more in Belize and Panama. In this one last one one occurred by the construction of an interoceanic channel that brought black of the Antilles. They form an ethnic minority of 1.461.580, obtaining therefore the 3,6% of the Central American population.

COUNTRY	%local	Population	% Regional
Guatemala	2.0
Belize	27.7
Honduras	5.0
El Salvador	undet.
Nicaragua	9.0
Costa Rica	1.0
Panama	20.0

[edit] The Amerindian Population

This is one of most important, since it is formed by the native towns of America. The greater reserves have Guatemala, and are small minorities in the rest. It has a population of 7.580.674 occupying therefore the 18,5% of the region.