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INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATIONMultiDisciplinary Team (MDT - San Jose)Indigenous Peoples |
Indigenous Peoples in Latin America
(estimate in millions)
|
POPULATION |
NATIONAL POPULATION |
INDIGENOUS POPULATION |
% |
More than 40% |
1. Bolivia 2. Guatemala 3. Peru 4. Ecuador |
6.9 8.0 20.0 9.5 |
4.9 5.3 9.3 4.1 |
71.00 66.00 47.00 43.00 |
Total |
44.4 |
23.6 |
53.00 |
|
From 5% to 20% |
5. Belize 6. Honduras 7. Mexico 8. Chile 9. El Salvador 10. Guayana 11. Panama 12. Suriname 13. Nicaragua |
0.15 4.8 85.0 12.0 5.5 0.8 2.2 0.5 3.5 |
0.029 0.70 12.00 1.0 0.4 0.045 0.014 0.03 0.16 |
19.00 15.00 14.00 8.00 7.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 5.00 |
Total |
114.45 |
14.504 |
13.00 |
|
From 1% to 4% |
14. French Guyana 15. Paraguay 16. Colombia 17. Venezuela 18. Jamaica 19. Puerto Rico 20. Trind. Tobg. 21. Dominica 22. Costa Rica 23. Guadalupe 24. Barbados 25. Bahamas 26. Martinique 27. Ant. y Barb 28. Argentina |
0.10 3.50 30.00 18.00 2.40 3.60 0.010.08 2.70 0.36 0.28 0.25 0.10 0.0730.00 |
0.004 0.100 0.60 0.40 0.048 0.072 0.0002 0.002 0.035 0.004 0.003 0.003 0.001 0.001 0.350 |
4.00 3.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 |
Total |
91.46 |
1.6232 |
2.00 |
|
From .01% to 0.9% |
29. Brazil 30. Uruguay |
140.0 2.5 |
0.3 0.004 |
0.20 0.016 |
Total |
142.5 |
0.3004 |
0.21 |
|
|
31. Canada 32. U.S.A. |
25.0 245.0 |
0.350 1.6 |
1.40 0.65 |
Total |
270.0 |
1.950 |
0.70 |
|
GENERAL TOTAL |
662.807.000 |
41.977.600 |
6.33 |
(Source: Jordán Pando 1990; III-FAO)
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