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Indigenous peoples in Bolivia
Bolivianos Nativos (Spanish) | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Total population | |
 4,176,647 (2012 census)[1] 41.52% of the Bolivian population | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Predominantly in the Andean Plateau, the Gran Chaco and Amazon Rainforest | |
 La Paz | 1,474,654[1] |
 Cochabamba | 835,535[1] |
 Potosí | 572,314[1] |
 Santa Cruz | 521,814[1] |
 Chuquisaca | 289,728[1] |
| Languages | |
| Spanish • Indigenous languages (including Quechua, Aymara, Guarani, Chiquitano) | |
| Religion | |
| Majority: Catholicism Minority: Indigenous religion | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Indigenous peoples of the Americas | |
The Indigenous peoples in Bolivia or Native Bolivians (Spanish: Bolivianos Nativos) are Bolivians who have predominantly or total Amerindian ancestry. They constitute anywhere from 20 to 60% of Bolivia's population of 11,306,341,[2] depending on different estimates, and depending notably on the choice Mestizo being available as an answer in a given census, in which case the majority of the population identify as mestizo,[2] and they belong to 36 recognized ethnic groups. Aymara and Quechua are the largest groups.[3] The geography of Bolivia includes the Andes, the Gran Chaco, the Yungas, the Chiquitania and the Amazon Rainforest.
An additional 30–68% of the population is mestizo, having mixed European and Indigenous ancestry.[2]
- ^ a b c d e f "Características de la Población – Censo 2012" [Population Characteristics – 2012 Census] (PDF) (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional de Estadística. p. 103. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 April 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2021. Excluding Afro-Bolivians (23,330).
- ^ a b c "CIA - The World Factbook -- Bolivia". CIA. Retrieved 2013-10-07.
- ^ "Indigenous peoples in Bolivia." International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs. Retrieved 2 Dec 2013.
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