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Colombian nationality is typically obtained by birth in Colombia when one of the parents is either a Colombian national or a Colombian legal resident, by birth abroad when at least one parent was born in Colombia, or by naturalization, as defined by Article 96 of the Constitution of Colombia and the Law 43-1993 as modified by Legislative Act 1 of 2002. [1]
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.
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 .
Colombia inherited from the Spanish Empire harsh rules against immigration, first in the Viceroyalty of New Granada and later in the Colombian Republic. The Constituent Assembly of Colombia and the subsequent reforms to the national constitution were much more open to the immigrants and the economic aperture.
The Three Races or Equality before the Law, c. 1859, Francisco Laso, Peru De español é india, produce mestizo "from Spanish man and Indian woman comes mestizo." (Pintura de castas, c. 1780), unknown author, Mexico De negro é india sale lobo "from black man and Indian woman comes 'wolf' ." (Pintura de castas, c. 1780), unknown author, Mexico
Most of Colombia's population descends from European immigration in the mid 16th to late 20th centuries. The greatest waves of European immigration to Colombia can generally be divided into three time periods: the 1820s-1850's, which brought hundreds of immigrants mainly from Spain, Italy, Germany (including Ashkenazi Jewish); the 1880s-to 1910s, which brought many immigrants from France ...
External sources found Mestizos are the main racial group in Colombia, making up between 49% and 60% of country's population. [1] [2] Chibcha mestizos make up around 10 million people or 20% of Colombia’s population. [4] According to Latinobarometro in 2023, 50% of Colombians surveyed self identified as Mestizos. [5]
Colombia, [b] officially the Republic of Colombia, [c] is a country primarily located in South America with insular regions in North America.The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuela to the east and northeast, Brazil to the southeast, Peru and Ecuador to the south and southwest, the Pacific Ocean to the west, and Panama to the northwest.