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I highly doubt that we have a big population in Latin America from pure iberian descent. It is probably the most mixed region of the planet. Some populations were isolated before but that's very uncommon today. Argentina and Uruguay would have most castizos but they have like 30 or 40% italian in the mix. It would better to ask what percentage of genetic heritage from iberian descent has an average citizen today in Latin America.
This study did a pretty good job collecting that data. I rounded the percentages
Cuba 65% spanish, 35% black.
Puerto Rico 65% spanish, 20% amerindian, 15% black
Costa Rica 60% spanish, 30% amerindian, 10% black.
Brasil 55% portuguese, 20% other europeans origins, 15% black, 10% amerindian.
Chile 55% spanish, 40% amerindian.
Dominican Republic 55% spanish, 45 black%.
Venezuela 55% spanish, 30% amerindian, 15% black.
El Salvador 50% spanish, 50% amerindian.
Nicaragua 50% spanish, 40% amerindian, 10% black.
Uruguay 50% spanish, 40% other european origins, 5% amerindian, 5% black.
Colombia 45% spanish, 35% amerindian, 20% black.
Honduras 45% spanish, 55% amerindian.
Paraguay 45% spanish, 45% amerindian.
Panama 40% spanish, 35% amerindian, 15% black.
Argentina 30% spanish, 60% heritage from other european countries (mostly italian).
Ecuador 30% spanish, 60% amerindian, 10% black
Mexico 30% spanish, 60% amerindian.
Perú 30% spanish, 65% amerindian, 5% black.
Bolivia 25% spanish, 70% amerindian.
Guatemala 25% spanish, 75% amerindian.
Very good source and links. How did you find these? Its awesome.
Isn't Chile like Argentina that are mostly white ?
Argentina has a lot of blacks and mixed race people. Argentina does have a lot of whites but it does it's hardest to hide other groups and millions of other races and backgrounds that exist in Argentina. There are Native Americans too. There are also millions of blacks, Afrodescendants, and Afro Argentines in Argentina still alive and in existence in Argentina today.
This thread asked which Latin American country has the highest percentage of people of pure Iberian descent.
Chile, Argentina and Uruguay are obvioulsy excluded from the answers, since those countries have a very high German and Italian admixture. Germans and Italians are not Iberians.
I think it's very difficult to find people of "pure Iberian descent" in any Latin American country. It's almost impossible, unless you're talking about the children or grandchildren of recent immigrants from Portugal or Spain that arrived in Latin America in the 20th century (in small numbers).
This thread asked which Latin American country has the highest percentage of people of pure Iberian descent.
Chile, Argentina and Uruguay are obvioulsy excluded from the answers, since those countries have a very high German and Italian admixture. Germans and Italians are not Iberians.
I think it's very difficult to find people of "pure Iberian descent" in any Latin American country. It's almost impossible, unless you're talking about the children or grandchildren of recent immigrants from Portugal or Spain that arrived in Latin America in the 20th century (in small numbers).
Why should those countries be excluded? Even though the admixture with other people of European descent is high, Argentina, Chile and Uruguay are still the likeliest options. However, it seems virtually impossible to determine. Anyway, for instance, here in Argentina there are no longer many old Spanish immigrants alive, but there are a huge amount of middle-aged people whose parents were Spaniards.
This thread asked which Latin American country has the highest percentage of people of pure Iberian descent.
Chile, Argentina and Uruguay are obvioulsy excluded from the answers, since those countries have a very high German and Italian admixture. Germans and Italians are not Iberians.
I think it's very difficult to find people of "pure Iberian descent" in any Latin American country. It's almost impossible, unless you're talking about the children or grandchildren of recent immigrants from Portugal or Spain that arrived in Latin America in the 20th century (in small numbers).
The OP asked about the country with the highest percentage of pure Iberians, not in wich country pure Iberians are the highest percentage of population.
In any case, Spanish inmigration to Argentina and Chile during 20th century was not small at all. Currently there are around 2 million Spanish born living there.
It's Cuba. Argentina, Uruguay, and Brazil have large Italian/German populations.
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