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The South of Brazil is the region with the largest percentage of Europeans. According to the 2005 census, people of European ancestry account for 79.6% of the population. [117] In colonial times, this region had a very small population. The region what is now Southern Brazil was originally settled by Amerindian peoples, mostly Guarani and ...
Brazil's population pyramid in 2017 Dutch descendants in Holambra Croatian descendants in Brazil Swiss descendants in São Paulo. The conception of "white" in Brazil is similar to other Latin American countries yet different to the United States, where historically only people of entirely or (almost entirely) European ancestry have been considered white, due to the one drop rule. [10]
The White Portuguese population in Brazil never outnumbered the non-White one. The numbers of Indigenous peoples [ citation needed ] and African slaves were much higher during Colonial Brazil . However, in the 19th century, there were more Brazilians of mixed Portuguese descent than those of pure African or Indian descent.
The South of Brazil is the region with the largest percentage of Whites. According to the 2005 census, people of Whites account for 87% of the population. [62] In colonial times, this region had a very small population. The region what is now Southern Brazil was originally settled by Amerindian peoples, mostly Guarani and Kaingangs. [79]
The four southernmost states were all >70% white in the 20th century, nevertheless in the last 2010 census São Paulo turned to be almost exactly 70.0% white, and according to the contemporary demographic trends it is likely to be less than 70% now. It should be pointed out that self-identification and ancestry do not correlate well in Brazil.
While some countries make classifications based on broad ancestry groups or characteristics such as skin color (e.g., the white ethnic category in the United States and some other countries), other countries use various ethnic, cultural, linguistic, or religious factors for classification. Ethnic groups may be subdivided into subgroups, which ...
Argentina's National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INDEC) does not conduct ethnic/racial censuses; so, no official data exist on the percentage of white Argentines today. White Argentines are dispersed throughout the country, but their greatest concentration is in the east-central region of Pampas, the southern region of Patagonia, the ...
Pages in category "Ethnic groups in Brazil" The following 95 pages are in this category, out of 95 total. ... White Brazilians; X. Xambioá ...