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White Colombians (Spanish: Colombianos Blancos) are Colombians who have total or predominantly European or West Asian ancestry. According to the 2018 census, 87.58% of Colombians do not identify with any ethnic group, being either White or Mestizo (of mixed European and Amerindian ancestry), which are not categorized separately.
Race and ethnicity in Colombia descend mainly from three racial groups—Europeans, Amerindians, and Africans—that have mixed throughout the last 500 years of the country's history. Some demographers describe Colombia as one of the most ethnically diverse countries in the Western Hemisphere and in the World, with 900 different ethnic groups.
According to the 2018 census, the White and Mestizo population combined make up approximately 90% of the Colombian population, while an estimated 40% of Colombians are Mestizo or mixed race. [38] A study by Rojas et al reported an average of 47% Amerindian, 42% European, and 11% African for Mestizo Colombians.
A genetic study by Rojas et al. estimates that the ethnic composition of Colombia is about 47% Amerindian, 42% European, and 11% African. [54] Between 1540 and 1559, 8.9 percent of the residents of Colombia were of Basque origin.
The demographics of Colombia consist of statistics regarding Colombians' health, economic status, religious affiliations, ethnicity, population density, and other aspects of the population. Colombia is the second-most populous country in South America after Brazil , and the third-most populous in Latin America, after Brazil and Mexico .
Colombian government acknowledges three ethnic minority groups: Afro Colombians, Indigenous, and Romani. In difference, the non-ethnic population are mestizos and whites, who make up 86% of the Colombian population in the 2005 census. Mestizos and whites live in urban areas, mainly in the Andean highlands.
While people from this ethnic group earn, on average, 500 dollars a year (or 1.5 million Colombian pesos) people that are from White or Mestizo ethnic groups earn an average of 1500 dollars a year (or 4.5 million Colombian Pesos). This means that the average Afro-Colombian earns three times less than the average White/Mestizo Colombian. [32]
The 2018 census reported that 87% of the population did not consider themselves part of the listed ethnic groups, instead identifying as Mestizos and Whites. [3] External sources found Mestizos are the main racial group in Colombia, making up between 49% and 60% of country's population.