INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION

MultiDisciplinary Team (MDT - San Jose)

Indigenous Peoples

Spanish Version

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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